History:
Funky is well-known throughout the Mushroom World as the Funkiest Dude Alive. He grew up alongside Donkey Kong on the DK Island, and was as much a brother as a friend to the Lord of the Island. He always had a much more laid back approach to life than Donkey did, though. Despite this fact, he ran a few successful businesses. Starting as a surfer, Funky was able to actually create his own Regional Airline Service, although the speed and hazards involved in his Barrel Planes turned away about all but Donkey and Diddy Kong. He was later able to branch out into mechanical repair and even did a little gun-running. He was soon sitting on enough funds to fully support his thrill-seeking personality, having never inherited the vast Banana Fortune that Donkey did.
While he never owned a course of his own, his close relationship with Donkey Kong gave him free reign of his many courses. Funky was able to invest his personal wealth instead into a massive venue, Funky Stadium, that was used for every kind of extreme sport imaginable, although he gained the most notoriety from using it for Mario Kart Battles.
Wii:
Funky makes his only appearance in Wii, and it's a lasting impression. As a large-sized character he is able to push around many of the littler racers. For each size class in Wii the drivers can choose between six Karts and six Bikes, each of which with specific stats. In addition, each character adds his or her own bonuses. Funky adds +4 Speed and +3 Off-Road. The stats for the twelve vehicles Funky may use are as follows:
While his Off-Road stat for many of the large vehicles is useless, his speed is where it's at. He has the best speed boost of any Large Character, which boosts their already impressive speed. This means that Funky in the Jetsetter is the fastest Kart in the game and he makes the Spear the fastest Bike. The abysmal handling and acceleration of these rides makes them less valuable however. If he jumps in something like the Flame Flyer or Flame Runner he is slightly more balanced while still taking great advantage of speed - and many Time Trial World Records are set with that combo.
Funky's Off-Road is useless because he's so fast on the track that skilled drivers should never be taking him Off-Road. The only Large vehicles that could take advantage of this, the Offroader and the Wario Bike, have speed so bad that they should be useless to Funky. Wario, Waluigi, King Boo, and Dry Bowser all have Off-Road stats equal to or greater than Funky's, along with other stats that support different driving styles. Funky is all-speed, and when using him you need to get ahead early and drive well enough to stay there forever. He's nasty.
His only ghost is on the Retro DK Mountain where he uses the Wario Bike in 02:57.744. Again, this doesn't really use Funky's advantages and should be beaten easily. The Expert Ghost though, upgrades to the Flame Flyer in 02:38.130. DK Mountain has enough turns to slow him down though, pick someone with comparable speed and better handling such as Daisy in the Mach Bike or Dolphin Dasher and you'll have a good shot. While Funky doesn't have any tracks named after him, he does have the Funky Stadium Battle Stage. Funky Stadium is one of only two Battle Courses named after a character (The other being Luigi's Mansion from Double Dash), although there are others associated with specific characters, especially in Mario Kart 7.
Funky is well-known throughout the Mushroom World as the Funkiest Dude Alive. He grew up alongside Donkey Kong on the DK Island, and was as much a brother as a friend to the Lord of the Island. He always had a much more laid back approach to life than Donkey did, though. Despite this fact, he ran a few successful businesses. Starting as a surfer, Funky was able to actually create his own Regional Airline Service, although the speed and hazards involved in his Barrel Planes turned away about all but Donkey and Diddy Kong. He was later able to branch out into mechanical repair and even did a little gun-running. He was soon sitting on enough funds to fully support his thrill-seeking personality, having never inherited the vast Banana Fortune that Donkey did.
Wii:
Funky makes his only appearance in Wii, and it's a lasting impression. As a large-sized character he is able to push around many of the littler racers. For each size class in Wii the drivers can choose between six Karts and six Bikes, each of which with specific stats. In addition, each character adds his or her own bonuses. Funky adds +4 Speed and +3 Off-Road. The stats for the twelve vehicles Funky may use are as follows:
While his Off-Road stat for many of the large vehicles is useless, his speed is where it's at. He has the best speed boost of any Large Character, which boosts their already impressive speed. This means that Funky in the Jetsetter is the fastest Kart in the game and he makes the Spear the fastest Bike. The abysmal handling and acceleration of these rides makes them less valuable however. If he jumps in something like the Flame Flyer or Flame Runner he is slightly more balanced while still taking great advantage of speed - and many Time Trial World Records are set with that combo.
His only ghost is on the Retro DK Mountain where he uses the Wario Bike in 02:57.744. Again, this doesn't really use Funky's advantages and should be beaten easily. The Expert Ghost though, upgrades to the Flame Flyer in 02:38.130. DK Mountain has enough turns to slow him down though, pick someone with comparable speed and better handling such as Daisy in the Mach Bike or Dolphin Dasher and you'll have a good shot. While Funky doesn't have any tracks named after him, he does have the Funky Stadium Battle Stage. Funky Stadium is one of only two Battle Courses named after a character (The other being Luigi's Mansion from Double Dash), although there are others associated with specific characters, especially in Mario Kart 7.
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