Dry Bowser was made playable and his own character from Bowser for the first time in this game.While he's a Base-Breaking Character for others, Funky Kong is this for fans of Donkey Kong Country, as it was the first time he appeared in a Mario game.This was the first game where Rosalina was playable and it wouldn't be a stretch to say her inclusion helped to boost her popularity.Bikes, no matter which weight class, especially inward drifting ones, are flat out superior to karts in every single way.Their ability to pop wheelies continuously negates the fact that they're supposed to be slower and their ability to make sharp turns means that handling is a Dump Stat for them. When the game was in its heyday, seeing a kart online was the Mario Kart equivalent of saying you saw bigfoot.
