Which Characters are in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

The Mario Kart series has managed to become extremely popular since its debut on the Super Nintendo console back in the 90s thanks not only to the incredibly fun kart racing experience all entries in the series offer but also to their character rosters, which have been expanded in each new game in the series with new racers.

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, the latest entry in the long-running series, did the same as well, expanding the character roster quite a bit and adding a few racers that come outside of the Super Mario Bros. franchise. Here are all of the characters available in the Switch game.

Which Characters are in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe features a massive roster of 42 characters, not counting alternate costumes for characters like Yoshi, Shy Guy, Link, and the Inklings.

Being the definitive edition of the original Mario Kart 8, the Nintendo Switch release features all of the DLC content released for the Wii game as well as seven additional characters that were not available in the original – King Boo, Bowser Jr., Dry Bones, Inkling Girl, Inkling Boy, Gold Mario and the Breath of the Wild variant of Link.

Of these 42 characters, only Gold Mario has to be unlocked. Every other character is available right from the start of the game.

Here’s the full list of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe playable characters.

1. Mario
2. Luigi
3. Peach
4. Daisy
5. Rosalina
6. Donkey Kong
7. Bowser
8. Tanooki Mario
9. Cat Peach
10. Yoshi
11. Dry Bones
12. Bowser Jr.
13. Dry Bowser
14. Toad
15. Koopa Troopa
16. Shy Guy
17. Lakitu
18. Toadette
19. Lemmy
20. Larry
21. Wendy
22. Ludwig
23. Iggy
24. Roy
25. Morton
26. King Boo
27. Baby Mario
28. Baby Luigi
29. Baby Peach
30. Baby Daisy
31. Baby Rosalina
32. Metal / Gold Mario
33. Pink Gold Peach
34. Wario
35. Waluigi
36. Inkling Girl
37. Inkling Boy
38. Link
39. Male Villager
40. Female Villager
41. Isabelle
42. Mii