Rosalina. She resonates extremely strongly with me. She's genuinely how I'd love to look and stuff. Being pretty is cool, and she is massive and I love that. She's a 7'3" space queen.

Bowser. Always have since og, always will.

Waluigi because WALUIGI NUMBAH ONE MOTHERFUCKERS!!

If you're picking to win, this is an excellent write-up: https://www.mayerowitz.io/blog/mario-meets-pareto

Yoshi.

I like Yoshi.

Wario, I'ma gonna winna!

I always play Shy Guy. He's cute and his sounds are absolutely hilarious and never get annoying to me. And I'm also super shy, so it all works out.

Luigi. Growing up I usually played Nintendo games only on a friend’s console, and was usually player 2. As I got my own consoles and games, I stuck with him out of loyalty and because he has a longer jump in some games. :D

Dry Bones, because just like real life, if you call in DOA the boss will still want you to show up

Luigi

Toad in the karty

DK in the party

Daisy because she's the fastest mid-weighter on a bike

Started off with Toad in the original.

With Double Dash I moved on to Paratroopa / Koopa Troopa.

And with 8 I moved onto Shy Guy.

For the in-between games, I kept the same as the previous entry. Even though he's not a light racer like the others, I switched to Shy Guy because I like the noises he makes.

Koopa or Toad. Because when I was little my big brother told me they were the best, and he beat me every time.

30odd years later, after like 10 iterations of the game, I still hold that knowledge to be unquestionably true enough to not bother playing anyone else ever.

Boo. He’s always just so damned delighted to be included!

I expected everyone to be saying Toad. Kinda funny to find your friends and family are such an echo chamber.

I have played with experts and here is what they were doing:

• forget Kong or Bowser, they can't accelerate, and if you're hit, you're dead
• get one fast enough with a decent acceleration
• ALWAYS DRIFT ALL THE TIME, it takes time to learn but that's what pros do
• don't take shortcuts, they are actually longer than the regular road, and even with the boosts on the road, you can't drift properly

Drifting seems to be secret.

As for myself, I play any character that is not too slow. Mario is fun I guess, or it's the nostalgia kicking in since I played it on the NES when it came out.

Yoshi, since OG MK.

Because when you get stopped by weapons fast acceleration helps.

I did try out dry bowser as well for a while. I thought it might have been the key to beating 200cc.

I finished it with Yoshi.

EDIT: this is MK8 btw. I aint made of cash to buy MKW

Waluigi, because bwahahah, who's your daddy!

Cow.

Because Cow.

Daisy, because girl + yellow.

Birdo, because in the n64 version I read somewhere yoshi was the fastest. So I picked him for the longest time, , no clue if that was accurate information then or now, however ever since my transition sliding over to the family similar Birdo has felt like representation. Trouble, complicated, flawed representation but still.

Shy Black Guy

I like King Boo.

Toad and toadette !

Baby Mario/Luigi/Toad so I can build a super accelerating, super handling, ultra slow car. Keeping the boost turns going is the secret

definately Bowser!

Very rarely play mario kart but when I do I play Rosalina cause she's cool af

Hi, I'm Daisy!

YOW!

Woo-HOO!

NiiiiiinTENDO!

Every game since Double Dash.

MK8 DX I pretty much exclusively used my Mii in the end.

MKW I have been using Bowser Jr, though it’s always fun to bring out Cow every now and again.

Yoshi, because if I wanted the best acceleration acceleration the only other choice was the princess.

(I only played the original SNES version.)

I like Wiggler because he gets so heated and makes silky faces. Best Heavy driver.

Rosalina. I like her in general, probably my favorite mario character. Also she's a heavyweight which I prefer in Mario kart.

In Mario kart's without her, typically Bowser.

Newer MK: cute Rosalina MK64: cute Yoshi

in world: pit stop sky guy. he is cool in 8 I used tanuki

Turtle or Toad. The first one. We have it on Switch but don’t play it much. It’s fine, it’s really pretty, but my experience is with the first one.

Right from the first Mario Kart I was a Koopa Troopa fan. Acceptable alternatives being Yoshi and Dry Bones.

Whatever I feel like playing at the moment. I don't have a favorite.

I always pick a light character while learning the courses, and then switch to the biggest fastest one once I have got my routes figured out.

Bikes ALWAYS.