Hi guys!
Today I will show you a list I made of Characters, including DLC's, I would LOVE to have in the game that has just been released! Mario Kart 8!


~Starting Drivers~

-Mario
-Luigi
-Peach
-Yoshi
-Koopa
-Toad
-Baby Mario
-Baby Peach
-Bowser
-Donkey Kong
-Wario
-Baby Luigi

~Unlockable Drivers~

-Daisy
-Rosalina
-Metal Mario
-Lakitu
-Toadette
-Birdo
-Baby Daisy
-Baby Rosalina
-Waluigi
-Bowser Jr.
-Diddy Kong
-Mii
-Shy Guy
-Funky Kong
-Cranky Kong
-Para-Troopa
-R.O.B.
-King Boo

~DLC Bowser's Minions Pack~

-Goomba
-Bullet Bill
-Boo
-Dry Bones
-Dry Bowser
-Bob-Omb
-Kamek

~DLC Koopalings Pack~

-Iggy
-Roy
-Lemmy
-Larry
-Wendy
-Ludwig
-Morton

~DLC Metal Pack~

-Metal Luigi
-Metal Peach
-Metal Daisy
-Metal Bowser
-Metal Donkey Kong
-Metal Wario
-Metal Yoshi
-Metal Toad

~DLC Donkey Kong Pack~

-Cranky Kong
-Dixie Kong
-Candy Kong
-Donkey Kong Junior
-Kiddy Kong
-King K. Rool
-Tiny Kong
-Baby Donkey Kong


Do you like my list? It took me about 2 hours to make, no lie D:
However, on the list, it has total 60 Characters! 30 Characters on the game already, and 30 DLC Characters!
Tell me, do you like my list? Give points on 10, and tell me, why that specific point?
Thanks for reading the list! And I'm out again! Baai! ~James~

wow, that's a lot, they all seen good, except how would bullet bill drive? I know he has arms and fingers, but that would mean he has to look up at the sky.

I really like this list. It has a lot of good characters that you do not need dlc for but my favorite would be dlc and that is king k rool.
 
 Also how the goomba drive exactly? It has no arms.
 
 I really liked all of the characters you included here too so many characters I love.

I think you have a lot of really good characters on this list, the only problem is that there are a lot of them, and I don't think all of them will actually be put into the game unfortunately. It is quite extensive and I also like the idea of the metal pack because it provides quite a variety. I think for dry bowser's minions, only dry bones and dry bowser will appear mainly because it would be weird for goombas and bullet bill to actually drive in the game. Plus it might be hard to distinguish a bullet bill driver from the actual item you can get. 

Overall though, you have a lot of good suggestions, many of which I could see making an appearance in the game! 

compared to the others i actually didn't really like that list. All the DLC felt unnecessary except the koopalings pack.  Funky and cranky kong shoudn't be in the game. Neither should ROB. Take out baby rosalina, and make dry bones and dry bowser non DLC characters and we will be golden

ohoh James, what about the unlock able DLC Cars? I mean what is a Mario Game without a Lamborghini or a Ferrari?? But it is a nice list you made there Jamy.

mourinhosgum :
I was bored and made a random list, but ROB was a really good character, but I didn't even knew I put him in the list D:

TheJmsGamer : jms why are you so exited about this

I guess I'm one of the few people that actually wanted Wiggler to be apart of the Mario Kart 8 cast. I would love to see King Boo and Para-troopa return from Mario Kart Double Dash.

I like most of them except Boo, Bob-omb, and Bullet Bill. Bullet Bill is an item. You could replace Bob-omb with Big Bob-omb from Super Mario 64. You listed Cranky Kong twice, once under unlockable drivers, and once under the Kong DLC. I'd also recommend adding Petey Piranha. Fawful and Professor E.Gadd would be nice DlC additions along with Antasma and Cackletta. Don't forget the spin off games!

cnw64 :
Forgot him to be added

Mario Kart 8 is possibly the most disappointing Mario Kart game yet. Yeah, I'm judging it solely based off of the roster. Where the hell are the kongs? Funky and Dixie and Diddy and Cranky? And who even cares about "Pink Gold Peach?"

But I like your roster idea. The Wii U has potential for lots of content. MK8 for the Wii U is just barely under 5 GB, while Super Smash Bros. Brawl for the Wii is just barely under 8 GB. Compare. Game for the Wii has 8gb of content, game for the Wii U have 5 gb. So why don't they have more characters and more tracks? Make a game that pushes the Wii U to its limit.

Starting Drivers - Cool.
Unlockable Drivers - All of those seem reasonable. I would play as all of them, really... Except Daisy/Baby Daisy. Eww.
DLC Bowser's Minions Pack - That would be pretty cool. All of Bowser's signature minions!
DLC Koopalings - These guys would be way better as DLC than as regular unlockable characters. You can get all 7 of them at the same time!
DLC Metal - Sorry, that would be dumb.
DLC Donkey Kong - Most of those characters would be pretty cool, But who cares about Tiny Kong and Baby Donkey Kong (though Baby DK would make sense, Yoshi's Island).