User blog:OliverDuckandToad11/Differences in the Mario Kart series

Like the New Super Mario Bros. (series), there are a few things that I think need changing in the Mario Kart (series), these changes being:

Super Mario Kart

 * Wario and Donkey Kong would've appeared as playable characters in this game instead of Donkey Kong Jr. and Koopa Troopa. Although, that technically means that Koopa Troopa would be a new playable character in Mario Kart: Super Circuit.
 * ? Panels would've been Item Boxes just like its sequel.
 * Items such as Fireballs, Poison Mushrooms and Yoshi Eggs would've been usable by the player rather than just being used by CPU players.
 * Items such as Bob-ombs, Golden Mushrooms and Spiny Shells (which later appeared in present Mario Kart games) would've appeared as items in this game.

Mario Kart 64

 * Donkey Kong's Pipe Frame would've been brown instead of yellow.
 * Much like Super Mario Kart, Bob-ombs would've appeared as items in this game (though they later made their first Mario Kart appearance as an item in Mario Kart: Double Dash.
 * Cape Feathers would also return as items in this game, although they were meant to appear as items in the game, but the item was cut from the final.
 * Item Boxes would've been cube-shaped just like how they are in the sequel of this game onwards.

Mario Kart: Super Circuit

 * Triple Bananas, Fake Item Boxes and Golden Mushrooms would've appeared as items in this game, although they were supposed to appear as items in the actual game, but the items ended up being cut.
 * There would've been some new playable characters in this game, such as Koopa Troopa (who won't be playable in Super Mario Kart), Kamek (after being dropped as a playable character in Mario Kart 64) and Baby Mario (who would later appear as a new driver in Mario Kart: Double Dash).

Mario Kart: Double Dash

 * Characters such as Dry Bones and Dry Bowser would've appeared as new items in this game and their vehicles would consist of a grey version of the Koopa King (Dry Bowser) and a skeletal version of the Koopa Dasher. However, Dry Bones later appeared as a new playable character in Mario Kart DS and Dry Bowser in that game's sequel Mario Kart Wii.
 * Wario would've had his new long-sleeved shirt