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Character Profiles
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After having played the game all the way through, and having used all of the annoying charaters, only a few of the characters are really worth playing. The rest are amazingly incompetent. It seems that these characters are less balanced than those found in Mario Kart 64. Note: This character guide is to help you beat the Adventure part (one or two) of the game. When it comes to battle modes, these characters choices aren't necessarily as accurate. |
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The Two Best Characters
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The Two Best Characters is made up of a very small, elite group of racers who dominate the game in almost every aspect. These are definitely subjective picks, but you'll find both of them not only easy to control, but light-weight, and built with fast acceleration and superb control. These two rule when it comes to winning races.
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1. Tip-Tup the Turtle: Basically, this is my favorite character to drive. I used him to beat the entire game, and he's nearly unbeatable in the single-player Adventure section of the game. He's fast, can accelerate super-quick, and his control is superb. In fact, even though he's light-weight, Tip-Tup seems to be slightly heavier than Pipsy, who is my other favorite racer. Remember, I'm not talking about character design here, I'm talking about racing attributes.
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| 2. Pipsy: Pipsy is the first character with whom I beat Wizpig. Once you get over her squeaky voice and annoying look (young girls, however, will probably love her), you'll find she's an excellent racer. She's lighter than Tip-Tup and more likely to be knocked around. However, she recovers faster than he. Nintendo describes her as having high acceleration, light weight, excellent handling, and medium top speed. If you can ignore her looks, than in the more difficult Silver Coin Challenges, she's remarkably efficient in winning. |
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Bench-Warmers
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The other racers were all good, but I never really enjoyed them as much as I did these top two. Listed below are the others whom I've rated briefly from runners up to straight-out lousy.
3. Diddy: Good at everything, but not the best. Diddy actually wins a lot in the trophy races when comupter controlled. 4. Drumstick: Harder to handle than any of the above characters, but has a good top speed and controls well at high speeds. 5. Timber, 6. Bumper, 7. Conker: They're all the same to me, average. Snore. Although if one had to be picked, Bumper would be it. |
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Avoid like the Plague
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| 8. Banjo and 9. Krunch: Slow, difficult to control, but have remarkably high top speeds. Why choose a character that's hard to control? Skip these guys every time. | |
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