Lakitu (racer)

Not to be confused with Lakitu (referee).

Lakitu has managed to become a playable racer In the last two games, three times if you count Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.

Profile

Physical description

Lakitu has a red shell (to distinguish him from the referee who has a green shell), he wears goggles and three strands of black hair sticking out of his head. The expressions he makes shows his personality being bubbly and chill.

Powers and abilities

In Mario Kart 7, he is classified as Featherweight. Lakitu has high acceleration, handling, and off-road stats while giving him drawbacks such as low speed and weight. His cloud-shaped kart (Cloud 9) also has an advantage in acceleration, and handling, but it also has drawbacks such as speed and weight.

In Mario Kart 8 & Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, he is classified as Lightweight. Lakitu's stats show he is the best in handling and traction.

In Mario Kart Tour, he is classified as a Super Driver. He was given the special item Triple Green Shells, which is shared with Iggy, Koopa Troopa, and Dry Bones.

In the Mario Kart series

Mario Kart 7

This was Lakitu's first playable appearance, along with the Honey Queen. He is the staff ghost racer for Piranha Plant Slide and SNES Rainbow Road and is the most common CPU along with Toad. He was given a kart based on him, called Cloud 9, which is in the shape of a Lakitu's Cloud.

Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

Lakitu makes a reappearance in Mario Kart 8 and its remake Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. He is the staff ghost racer for SNES Donut Plains 3. However, his kart, Cloud 9, does not make a reappearance for unknown reasons.

Mario Kart Tour

Lakitu was added as a playable character during the Tokyo Tour, and his cloud-shaped kart makes a reappearance. The Lakitu (referee) in the New Year's costume debuts in the New Year's 2021 Tour as a playable character.

Other appearances

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS

Lakitu with him riding Cloud 9 makes an appearance in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS as a trophy. He is also equipped with the Slick tires and Lakitu's Super Glider.

Gallery

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Racers	Feather	Koopa Troopa • Lakitu • Toad
	Light	Daisy • Peach • Yoshi
	Medium	Luigi • Mario • Mii
	Cruiser	Donkey Kong • Rosalina • Wiggler
	Heavy	Bowser • Honey Queen • Metal Mario • Wario
Vehicle parts	Bodies	Barrel Train • B Dasher • Birthday Girl • Blue Seven • Bolt Buggy • Bruiser • Bumble V • Cact-X • Cloud 9 • Egg 1 • Gold Standard • Koopa Clown • Pipe Frame • Soda Jet • Tiny Tug • Zucchini
	Tires	Gold Tires • Monster • Mushroom • Red Monster • Roller • Slick • Slim • Sponge • Standard • Wood
	Gliders	Beast Glider • Flower Glider • Gold Glider • Paraglider • Peach Parasol • Super Glider • Swooper
Courses	Mushroom Cup	Toad Circuit • Daisy Hills • Cheep Cheep Lagoon • Shy Guy Bazaar
	Flower Cup	Wuhu Loop • Mario Circuit • Music Park • Rock Rock Mountain
	Star Cup	Piranha Plant Slide • Wario Shipyard • Neo Bowser City • Maka Wuhu
	Special Cup	DK Jungle • Rosalina's Ice World • Bowser's Castle • Rainbow Road
	Shell Cup	N64 Luigi Raceway • GBA Bowser Castle 1 • Wii Mushroom Gorge • DS Luigi's Mansion
	Banana Cup	N64 Koopa Beach • SNES Mario Circuit 2 • Wii Coconut Mall • DS Waluigi Pinball
	Leaf Cup	N64 Kalimari Desert • DS DK Pass • GCN Daisy Cruiser • Wii Maple Treeway
	Lightning Cup	Wii Koopa Cape • GCN Dino Dino Jungle • DS Airship Fortress • SNES Rainbow Road
Battle courses	Nitro	Honeybee Hive • Sherbet Rink • Wuhu Town
	Retro	GBA Battle Course 1 • N64 Big Donut • DS Palm Shore
Species	Species	Banzai Bill • Bouncing Note • Cheep Cheep • Clampy • Cobrat • Fish Bone • Flying Shy Guy • Frogoon • Ghost • Goat • Goomba • Grand Goomba • Human • Lakitu • Noshi • Penguin • Piranha Plant • Podoboo • Rocky Wrench • Screaming Pillar • Sidestepper • Stingby • Super Thwomp • Swooper • Tiki Goon • Thwomp • Toad • Unagi • Walking Tree
Items	Items	Banana • Bob-omb • Blooper • Bullet Bill • Coin • Fire Flower • Golden Mushroom • Green Shell • Item Box • Lightning • Lucky Seven • Mushroom • Spiny Shell • Super Leaf • Starman • Triple Bananas • Triple Green Shells • Triple Mushrooms
Objects	Objects	Barrel • Board • Boulder • Bumper • Cannon • Car • Crate • Current • Cutting torch • Dash Panel • Drain Pipe • Flipper • Glide Ramp • Hot Air Balloon • Item Box • Jar • Kart • Launch Star • Lava • Lava Plume • Leaf pile • Oil Slick • Pinball • Puddle • Ramp • Ring • Table • Train • Truck
Miscellaneous	Other	Gallery • Music

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Playable characters	Featherweight	Baby Daisy • Baby Luigi • Baby Mario • Baby Peach • Baby Rosalina • Lemmy
	Light	Princess Peach • Princess Daisy • Yoshi (Light Blue * · Black * · Red * · Yellow * · White * · Blue * · Pink * · Orange *) • Toad • Koopa Troopa • Shy Guy (Light Blue * · Black * · Green * · Yellow * · White * · Blue * · Pink * · Orange *) • Lakitu • Toadette • Larry Koopa • Wendy O. Koopa • Cat Peach * • Villager (Female) * • Isabelle * • Dry Bones • Bowser Jr. • Inkling Girl
	Medium	Mario • Luigi • Iggy Koopa • Ludwig von Koopa • Tanooki Mario * • Villager (Male) * • Inkling Boy • Birdo • Diddy Kong • Peachette
	Heavy	Rosalina • Metal Mario (Gold ) • Pink Gold Peach • Donkey Kong • Waluigi • Roy Koopa • Link * • King Boo • Funky Kong • Pauline
	Cruiser	Bowser • Wario • Morton Koopa Jr. • Dry Bowser *
	Any	Mii
Parts	Bodies	Standard Kart • Pipe Frame • Mach 8 • Steel Driver • Cat Cruiser • Circuit Special • Tri-Speeder • Badwagon • Prancer • Biddybuggy • Landship • Sneeker • Sports Coupe • Gold Standard • GLA * • W 25 Silver Arrow * • 300 SL Roadster * • Blue Falcon * • Tanooki Kart * • B Dasher * • Streetle * • P-Wing * • Koopa Clown
	Tires	Standard • Monster • Roller • Slim • Slick • Metal • Button • Off-Road • Sponge • Wood • Cushion • Blue Standard • Hot Monster • Azure Roller • Crimson Slim • Cyber Slick • Retro Off-Road • Gold Tires • GLA Tires * • Triforce Tires * • Leaf Tires *
	Gliders	Super Glider • Cloud Glider • Wario Wing • Waddle Wing • Peach Parasol • Parachute • Parafoil • Flower Glider • Bowser Kite • Plane Glider • MKTV Parafoil • Gold Glider • Hylian Kite * • Paper Glider *
New Cups	Mushroom	Mario Kart Stadium • Water Park • Sweet Sweet Canyon • Thwomp Ruins
	Flower	Mario Circuit • Toad Harbor • Twisted Mansion • Shy Guy Falls
	Star	Sunshine Airport • Dolphin Shoals • Electrodome • Mount Wario
	Special	Cloudtop Cruise • Bone-Dry Dunes • Bowser's Castle • Rainbow Road
Retro Cups	Shell	Wii Moo Moo Meadows • GBA Mario Circuit • DS Cheep Cheep Beach • N64 Toad's Turnpike
	Banana	GCN Dry Dry Desert • SNES Donut Plains 3 • N64 Royal Raceway • 3DS DK Jungle
	Leaf	DS Wario Stadium • GCN Sherbet Land • 3DS Music Park • N64 Yoshi Valley
	Lightning	DS Tick-Tock Clock • 3DS Piranha Plant Slide • Wii Grumble Volcano • N64 Rainbow Road
DLC cups	Egg *	GCN Yoshi Circuit • Excitebike Arena • Dragon Driftway • Mute City
	Triforce *	Wii Wario's Gold Mine • SNES Rainbow Road • Ice Ice Outpost • Hyrule Circuit
	Crossing *	GCN Baby Park • GBA Cheese Land • Wild Woods • Animal Crossing
	Bell *	3DS Neo Bowser City • GBA Ribbon Road • Super Bell Subway • Big Blue
Booster Pass	Golden Dash	Tour Paris Promenade • 3DS Toad Circuit • N64 Choco Mountain • Wii Coconut Mall
	Lucky Cat	Tour Tokyo Blur • DS Shroom Ridge • GBA Sky Garden • Tour Ninja Hideaway
	Turnip	Tour New York Minute • SNES Mario Circuit 3 • N64 Kalimari Desert • DS Waluigi Pinball
	Propeller	Tour Sydney Sprint • GBA Snow Land • Wii Mushroom Gorge • Sky-High Sundae
	Rock	Tour London Loop • GBA Boo Lake • 3DS Rock Rock Mountain • Wii Maple Treeway
	Moon	Tour Berlin Byways • DS Peach Gardens • Tour Merry Mountain • 3DS Rainbow Road
	Fruit	Tour Amsterdam Drift • GBA Riverside Park • Wii DK Summit • Yoshi's Island
	Boomerang	Tour Bangkok Rush • DS Mario Circuit • GCN Waluigi Stadium • Tour Singapore Speedway
	Feather	Tour Athens Dash • GCN Daisy Cruiser • GBA Sunset Wilds • Squeaky Clean Sprint
	Cherry	Tour Los Angeles Laps • GBA Sunset Wilds • Wii Koopa Cape • Tour Vancouver Velocity
	Acorn	Tour Rome Avanti • GCN DK Mountain • Wii Daisy Circus • Piranha Plant Cove
	Spiny	Tour Madrid Drive • 3DS Rosalina's Ice World • SNES Bowser Castle 3 • Wii Rainbow Road
Battle Courses	Wii U	Wii Moo Moo Meadows • GCN Dry Dry Desert • SNES Donut Plains 3 • N64 Toad's Turnpike • Mario Circuit • Toad Harbor • GCN Sherbet Land • N64 Yoshi Valley
	NS	Battle Stadium • Sweet Sweet Kingdom • Dragon Palace • Lunar Colony • 3DS Wuhu Town • GCN Luigi's Mansion • SNES Battle Course 1 • Urchin Underpass
Other	Items and objects	Ball 'n' Chain • Boo • Banana • Barrel • Bell • Board • Boomerang Flower • Boulder • Bowser Statue • Bullet Bill • Bus • Car • Crate • Crazy Eight • Dash Panel • Feather • Fire Flower • Golden Mushroom • Green Shell • Hammer Bros. Sphinx • Item Box • Lava Fireball • Lava Plume • Lightning • Millstone • Mushroom • Oil Slick • Piranha Plant • Podoboo Cog • Red Shell • Ring of Fire • Rupee • Snowboy • Snowman • Spiny Shell • Stamp • Super Horn • Wario's Gold-Filled Mine Cart
	Enemies and species	Bone Piranha Plant • Boo • Bouncing Note • Bowser Monument • Chain Chomp • Cheep Cheep • Chomp • Deku Baba • Dolphin • Fire Snake • Fish Bone • Fishin' Lakitu • Freezie • Frogoon • Ghost • Giant Pillar • Goomba • Goomba Tower • Grand Goomba • Hammer Knight • Keese • Little Bird • Mecha Cheep • Mechakoopa • Mini Toad • Monty Mole • Moo Moo • Mr. Resetti • Noki • Pianta • Piranha Plant • Pokey • Raving Piranha Plant • Shy Guy Snowboarder • Sidestepper • Skating Shy Guy • Super Thwomp • Swooper • Thwomp • Tiki Goon • Unagi
	Techniques	Anti-gravity • Drift • Gravity • Highlight Reel • Hop • Mini-Turbo • Rocket Start • Slipstream • Spin Boost • Trick
	Miscellaneous	List of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Staff Ghosts' statistics • List of Mario Kart 8 Staff Ghosts' statistics
* - Downloadable content in Mario Kart 8   - Exclusivity to only the original Mario Kart 8   - Exclusivity to the Deluxe port