As you’d expect, the star of the show has a huge wardrobe selection. In addition to Mario’s default outfit, he gets nine unique fits ready for the race course.
The Lean Mean Green Machine is always just slightly behind his brother, and that’s true in the costume department too. Luigi has eight alternate costumes, along with his default green dungaree-d duds.
Pizza (Koopa Troopa Beach, Crown City, Salty Salty Speedway)
Fruit Bowl (DK Spaceport)
Mechanic
Soda (Mario Circuit)
Peach Costumes
Princess Peach has some fabulous outfits to pick up, and she’s clearly loving every single one of them. While she starts in her signature pink dress, she has eight costumes to unlock in Mario Kart World.
Outfit
Name
Unlock food (Location)
Touring
Chocolate (Crown City)
Pro Racer
Afternoon Tea (Crown City, Peach Stadium)
Farmer
Milk, Yoghurt (Moo Moo Meadows)
Sightseeing
Pizza (Koopa Troopa Beach, Crown City, Salty Salty Speedway)
Fruit Bowl (DK Spaceport)
Fried Fish (Crown City, Koopa Troopa Beach)
Popcorn (Boo Cinema)
Daisy Costumes
Princess Daisy brings her sense style to the course with aplomb. Unlike her pink counterpart, Daisy only gets six alternate costumes, but they’re all fantastic.
Spicy Chips, Canned Coffee (Whistlestop Summit, Toad’s Factory)
Fried Fish (Crown City, Koopa Troopa Beach)
Yoshi Costumes
Yoshi comes in all sorts of colours, and while we’re all very familiar with the Green version — the default — there are plenty of others. Mario Kart World gives us eight different coloured Yoshi, each with a different outfit, too.
Pizza (Koopa Troopa Beach, Crown City, Salty Salty Speedway)
Donkey Kong Costumes
Donkey Kong’s new design is all the rage right now… but that doesn’t mean Nintendo had to shaft him. DK only has one other costume, and he deserved way, way more.
Bowser’s outfit count might not rival his nemesis’, but at a cool four alternate outfits, there’s more than just a shell to Mushroom Kingdom’s big bad.
Outfit
Name
Unlock food (Location)
Pro Racer
Cake (Crown City, Peach Stadium)
Biker
Burger (Mario Bros. Circuit)
Pizza (Koopa Troopa Beach, Crown City, Salty Salty Speedway)
Afternoon Tea (Crown City, Peach Stadium)
Bowser Jr. is along for the ride and is taking a leaf out of his dad’s book for some of his outfits. The little scarf-wearing menace has three alternate costumes to go along with his iconic cloth-wear.
Outfit
Name
Unlock food (Location)
Pro Racer
Pizza (Koopa Troopa Beach, Crown City, Salty Salty Speedway)
Koopa Troopa, usually working under Bowser, has been taking some of the spotlight in some of the sports and spin-off games over the last few decades. And as a result, he’s got a solid five alternate costumes to enjoy.
Toad has been a Mario Kart mainstay since the very beginning — but why does he only have four alternate outfits? We’re not sure! At least there’s some Treasure Tracker inspiration, here…
Toadette actually made her debut in a Mario Kart game (Double Dash), and she’s been in most entries ever since. Like Toad, she has four alternate costumes. We’re kind of in love with that Soft Server one…
Pizza (Koopa Troopa Beach, Crown City, Salty Salty Speedway)Ice Cream (Sky-High Sundae)
Explorer
Pancakes (Crown City, Peach Stadium)
Lakitu Costumes
So… who is picking up people who drive off the course? We’re not sure either, but Lakitu has some driving skills. He’s also got two alternate outfits, one of which represents his roadside responsibilities.
Outfit
Name
Unlock food (Location)
Pit Crew
Burger (Mario Bros. Circuit)
Cake (Crown City, Peach Stadium)
King Boo is a frequent Mario Kart guest nowadays, and he also gets some of our favourite costumes. Even with three alternate outfits, he doesn’t ever leave his crown behind.
Outfit
Name
Unlock food (Location)
Pro Racer
Soda (Toad’s Factory)
Curry Bowl (Bowser’s Castle)
Aristocrat
Pizza (Koopa Troopa Beach, Crown City, Salty Salty Speedway)
Popcorn (Boo Cinema)
Pirate
Skewers (Wario’s Shipyard, Peach Beach, Whistlestop Summit, Shy Guy Bazaar)
Shy Guy Costumes
Unlike their colourful dinosaur friend (enemy?), Shy Guy has a much more limited variety of outfits, with only two additional ones. One of them is one of our absolute favourites, though, so we might let this slide…
Wario’s rise in popularity over the years is clearly reflected in his large, eclectic wardrobe. He has seven excellent costumes to go with his iconic dungaree combo, with a couple that’ll make you laugh out loud.
While he can’t manage as many outfits as his partner in crime, Waluigi has some of the game’s very best — we’ve all seen the Wampire, right? Five costumes is nothing to sneeze at, especially when you see the selection.
Skewers (Wario’s Shipyard, Peach Beach, Whistlestop Summit)
DK Drink (DK Spaceport, Koopa Troopa Beach)
Fruit Bowl (DK Spaceport)
Birdo Costumes
Birdo’s ribbon and ring are ripe for customisation, right? Well, not this time around, apparently. Birdo only has two alternate costumes, but we’re big fans of both of them. That checkerboard bow is rather lovely.
All the other girls got a lot of love in Mario Kart World, so why not Pauline? Instead, she has just one alternate costume to go with her standard red dress. We don’t think that’s fair.
Rosalina is cool, calm, and collected, and that’s reflected in her wardrobe choices. She’s also kept things fairly minimal with just four additional outfits. One of them is a very beautiful dress, though.
Baby Mario has inherited his older version’s builder outfit plus a couple of extra fits for the ride. He may only have three other costumes, but let’s be honest, the oversized cap is already good enough — does he need anything else?
Poor Baby Luigi. While his older version has been given a lot of love, this little guy only has two additional costumes. Don’t worry Luigi, there’s good stuff in your future…
Outfit
Name
Unlock food (Location)
Pro Racer
Burger (Mario Bros. Circuit)
Work Crew
Cake, Pancakes (Peach Stadium, Acorn Heights)
Baby Peach Costumes
Unlike the boys, the Baby girls have a couple of extra clothes to keep them ready for the road. Baby Peach gets four different costumes along with her default outfit, all boasting her signature colour.
Outfit
Name
Unlock food (Location)
Touring
Popcorn (Boo Cinema)
Pro Racer
Burger (Mario Bros. Circuit)
Sailor
Skewers (Wario’s Shipyard, Peach Beach, Whistlestop Summit, Shy Guy Bazaar)
Explorer
Pancakes (Acorn Heights)
Baby Daisy Costumes
Baby Daisy shows early signs of her adult’s fashion sense here with a little bit of added cuteness. Like Peach, she gets four extra outfits.
Outfit
Name
Unlock food (Location)
Touring
Popcorn (Boo Cinema)
Pro Racer
Burger (Mario Bros. Circuit)
Sailor
Skewers (Wario’s Shipyard, Peach Beach, Whistlestop Summit, Shy Guy Bazaar)
Explorer
Pancakes (Acorn Heights)
Baby Rosalina Costumes
The newest of the babies, Baby Rosalina has the same number of outfits as her adult counterpart, at four alternate costumes. She can float, too, because of course she can.
Outfit
Name
Unlock food (Location)
Touring
Popcorn (Boo Cinema)
Pro Racer
Burger (Mario Bros. Circuit)
Sailor
Skewers (Wario’s Shipyard, Peach Beach, Whistlestop Summit, Shy Guy Bazaar)