Can You Identify All 100 Video Game Characters in This Reimagined Mario Kart?

Nintendo's own real-life playable video game museum (Smash Bros.) just got its last round of updates until the next version, but this Mario Kart video one-ups it on character count—by about double, that is. As Toad races up the track to make it to first place, gamers will notice a lot of familiar faces, or at least the backs of heads. In fact, many gamers will know them all by name, which is an impressive testament to how many memorable video game characters are out there.

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Nintendo’s own real-life playable video game museum (Smash Bros.) just got its last round of updates until the next version, but this Mario Kart video one-ups it on character count—by about double, that is. As Toad races up the track to make it to first place, gamers will notice a lot of familiar faces, or at least the backs of heads. In fact, many gamers will know them all by name, which is an impressive testament to how many memorable video game characters are out there.

… And then there’s Goku, because of reasons. If you saw anyone you couldn’t identify, check out the full list from the video’s YouTube description:

– Adam (Streets of Rage) 0:52
– Alex Kidd 1:33
РAsh Ketchum (Pok̩mon) 0:32
– Axel (Streets of Rage) 0:52
– Baby Luigi 0:38
– Baby Mario 0:38
– Banjo Kazooie 1:14
– Big Daddy (Bioshock) 0:59
– Birdo 0:20
– Blinky (Pac-Man) 0:19
– Bomberman 1:31
– Bowser 0:25
– Bowser Junior 0:25
– Captain Falcon (FZero) 0:57 1:19
– Cat Peach 0:57
РCharmander (Pok̩mon) 0:21
– CJ (GTA: San Andreas) 1:18
– Crash Bandicoot 0:33
– Daisy 1:18
– Diddy Kong 0:42
– DK 0:42
– Donkey Kong Jr 0:42
– Dry Bones 1:39
– Dry Bowser 1:38
– Duke Nukem 1:12
– Earthworm Jim 1:14
– Ecco the Dolphin 1:15
– Eggman (Sonic the Hedgehog) 1:14
– Fox (Lylatwars) 0:55
– Frogger 1:02
– Funky Kong 0:42
– Gilius Thunderhead (Golden Axe) 1:39
– Goku (Dragonball Z) 1:49
– Hammerbro 1:52
– Honey Queen 1:15
– Iggy Koopa 0:54
– Isabelle (Animal Crossing) 0:53
– Kamek 0:19
– King Boo 1:50
– Kirby 0:55
– Koopa 0:29
– Kratos (God of War) 1:36
– Lara Croft (Tomb Raider) 1:52
– Larry Koopa 0:56
– Lemmy Koopa 0:30
– Lugwig Koopa 0:38
– Luigi 0:36
– Link (Legend of Zelda) 0:56
– Mario 0:41
– Master Chief (Halo) 0:50
– Megaman 1:33
– Metal Mario 0:30
– Minecraft’s Steve 1:12
– Morton Koopa 1:17
– Nathan Drake (Uncharted) 1:33
– Ness (Earthbound) 1:38
– Olimar (Pikmin) 0:33
– Pac-Man 0:18
– Papa the Rappa 1:16
– Paratrooper 1:37
– Peach 0:53
– Petey Piranha 1:19
РPikachu (Pok̩mon) 0:31
– Pink Gold Peach 1:37
– Pit (Kid Icarus) 0:27
– Pong Left Paddle 0:34
– Pong Right Paddle 0:34
– Qbert 0:51
– Rabbid (Rayman) 1:34
– Ratchet and Clank 1:50
– Rayman 1:14
– Red Yoshi 0:50
– R.O.B 0:58
– Rosalina 0:31
– Roy Koopa 1:17
– Ryu (Street Fighter) 1:41
– Sack Boy (Little Big Planet) 1:34
– Samus (Metroid) 1:32
– Scorpion (Mortal Kombat) 1:11
– Shy Guy 0:23
– Solid Snake (Metal Gear Solid) 0:56
– Sonic the Hedgehog 0:27
– Spyro 1:00
– Subzero (Mortal Kombat) 1:11
– Tails (Sonic the Hedgehog) 0:27
– Tanooki Mario 0:58
– Tetris Block I 1:38
– Tetris Block L 1:38
– Tetris Block T 1:38
– Tetris Block Z 1:38
– The King (Tekken) 0:55
– Toad 0:0…really?
– Toadette 0:24
– Turbo (Wreck it Ralph) 1:37
– Tyris Flare (Golden Axe) 1:40
– Villager Boy (Animal Crossing) 0:53
– Villager Girl (Animal Crossing) 0:53
– Waluigi 0:29
– Wario 0:29
– Wendy Koopa 0:36
– Wriggler 0:48
– Yoshi 0:39

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