Mario Kart 9 Speculation

[Kosheh]

As a bonus, nobody will have to gripe about "clone" characters like Tanooki Mario and Cat Peach; they'd be demoted to a mere sub-menu and wouldn't need to take up character slots on the main roster (though alternate skins could still provide some varying stats, like Miis).  I'm not counting Metal Mario as a clone here because he was inherently meant to be a separate entity from Mario in the spin-offs (and I assume that's also the case for Pink Gold Peach).

Cat Peach and Tanooki Mario actually do have varying stats, though :V Both are ever-so-slightly lighter than their default counterparts, so they accelerate just a weeeee bit faster than their regular counterparts. As a tradeoff, their a weeeee bit slower but handle better in midair.
Pink Gold Peach and Metal Mario are heavy variants of the defaults.

Fun fact: The AC Villagers have the same stats: the female and male villagers, respectively. Very, very slightly lighter than Mario and Peach...so yeah, what you just mentioned is actually already feasible within the game...


tl;dr:
Tanooki Mario - light mario
Mario - boring mario
Metal Mario - heavy mario

Also, if you guys care:

- Dry Bowser is the same weight as actual Bowser (Heaviest)
- Link is the same weight as Rosalina and DK (most people call them "Cruiser" class)
- Isabelle is the same weight as Toad, or Shyguy (Lightweight - NOT Featherweight)