History:
Green-Shelled Lakitus had for years served as the Marshals of the Grand Prix. They provide all officiating, including starting races, telling drivers when they're going backwards, and fishing them out of hazards or out-of-bounds areas. The Lakitus, normally enemies of Mario, agreed to be arbitrators in the Grand Prix because of their convenient ability to float and lift things, as well as their non-judgmental and impartial nature.
Tho these Green-Shelled members of the Lakitu Race were normally adversarial and strictly nonpartisan, a Red-Shelled Lakitu took it upon himself to enter into the actual Driving of the 2011 tournament. Such an act was unprecedented in the Lakitu community and he faced many trials and harsh words, as being non-bias observers and aides in the Grand Prix had become something of a staple in Lakitu Society. He faced exile from the Giga Lakitu himself, although his fat corruption by that point had known no bounds. Nevertheless, Lakitu found his way onto the Track, helped construct the Piranha Plant Slide with his allegiance with the Koopas, and even resurrected an ancient version of Rainbow Road using his Lakitu access to the Grand Prix Archives.
7:
Lakitu makes an odd appearance as a Driver in Mario Kart 7. He has a Red Shell to distinguish himself from other Evil Lakitus as well as the impartial Race Judge Lakitus. The Racers in 7 are divided into five weight classes of equal stats. In addition to this, each racer has his or her own signature Kart, though they are free to use any of the sixteen Karts, ten sets of wheels, and seven gliders, which makes a ridiculous number of possible combinations. Here we examine just one of those combinations that works well with Lakitu's class, the Featherweights, and his classic ride, the Cloud 9.
As a Featherweight, his stats are equal to Toad, Koopa, and Shy Guy. He excels at Sea Speed, Acceleration, Handling, Off-Road, Mini-Turbo, and Drift at the expense of Land Speed and Weight. These are a lot of advantages, but may not fit every playing style or course. The Cloud 9 is a good Kart that emphasizes the Featherweights, lacking Land Speed and Weight, but boosting everything else. To this we added the Mushroom Tires. Anything else would make its dismal Top Speed much lower, sacrifice its excellent underwater and aerial Speed, or rob it of some other advantage it needs over Off-Road. Its acceleration and handling stay high while its this stat plummets but doesn't become unbearable. This combo works in tracks with lots of Air and Sea travel, such as Cheep Cheep Lagoon, Koopa Cape, Piranha Plant Slide, Wario's Shipyard, and Koopa Troopa Beach. It can handle its own on land, but ultimately this is an aquatic vehicle now.
Lakitu, like all the other Drivers in 7, has two Staff Ghosts on two Tracks in Time Trials. His first is on Piranha Plant Slide where the Normal Staff Ghosts uses the Standard Kart, Monster Tires, and Super Glider in 02:20.186. The Expert switches to Lakitu's signature Cloud 9, with Sponge Tires, and Paraglider in 02:06.540. Neither takes advantage of the undersea ability of the Cloud 9. His second is on the retro SNES Rainbow Road, which he gets for being kind of an other-worldly, significant entry as a driver, considering the storied history of his species and Mario Kart. He goes 01:34.459 in the Pipe Frame, Slim Wheels, and Super Glider. His Drift, Mini-Turbo, and Handling are going to be excellent, although his speed will heavily decrease. If you can pull off a faster racer while staying on the track you can beat him. The Expert does 01:21.994 using the Cloud 9, Roller Wheels, and Paraglider. The Roller Wheels overemphasize the Cloud 9's strengths, as well as its weaknesses. While it will be a technologically efficient machine, again, its speed will be shot, take it down by not falling off.
Green-Shelled Lakitus had for years served as the Marshals of the Grand Prix. They provide all officiating, including starting races, telling drivers when they're going backwards, and fishing them out of hazards or out-of-bounds areas. The Lakitus, normally enemies of Mario, agreed to be arbitrators in the Grand Prix because of their convenient ability to float and lift things, as well as their non-judgmental and impartial nature.
7:
Lakitu makes an odd appearance as a Driver in Mario Kart 7. He has a Red Shell to distinguish himself from other Evil Lakitus as well as the impartial Race Judge Lakitus. The Racers in 7 are divided into five weight classes of equal stats. In addition to this, each racer has his or her own signature Kart, though they are free to use any of the sixteen Karts, ten sets of wheels, and seven gliders, which makes a ridiculous number of possible combinations. Here we examine just one of those combinations that works well with Lakitu's class, the Featherweights, and his classic ride, the Cloud 9.
As a Featherweight, his stats are equal to Toad, Koopa, and Shy Guy. He excels at Sea Speed, Acceleration, Handling, Off-Road, Mini-Turbo, and Drift at the expense of Land Speed and Weight. These are a lot of advantages, but may not fit every playing style or course. The Cloud 9 is a good Kart that emphasizes the Featherweights, lacking Land Speed and Weight, but boosting everything else. To this we added the Mushroom Tires. Anything else would make its dismal Top Speed much lower, sacrifice its excellent underwater and aerial Speed, or rob it of some other advantage it needs over Off-Road. Its acceleration and handling stay high while its this stat plummets but doesn't become unbearable. This combo works in tracks with lots of Air and Sea travel, such as Cheep Cheep Lagoon, Koopa Cape, Piranha Plant Slide, Wario's Shipyard, and Koopa Troopa Beach. It can handle its own on land, but ultimately this is an aquatic vehicle now.
Lakitu, like all the other Drivers in 7, has two Staff Ghosts on two Tracks in Time Trials. His first is on Piranha Plant Slide where the Normal Staff Ghosts uses the Standard Kart, Monster Tires, and Super Glider in 02:20.186. The Expert switches to Lakitu's signature Cloud 9, with Sponge Tires, and Paraglider in 02:06.540. Neither takes advantage of the undersea ability of the Cloud 9. His second is on the retro SNES Rainbow Road, which he gets for being kind of an other-worldly, significant entry as a driver, considering the storied history of his species and Mario Kart. He goes 01:34.459 in the Pipe Frame, Slim Wheels, and Super Glider. His Drift, Mini-Turbo, and Handling are going to be excellent, although his speed will heavily decrease. If you can pull off a faster racer while staying on the track you can beat him. The Expert does 01:21.994 using the Cloud 9, Roller Wheels, and Paraglider. The Roller Wheels overemphasize the Cloud 9's strengths, as well as its weaknesses. While it will be a technologically efficient machine, again, its speed will be shot, take it down by not falling off.
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