Mario Kart Fans Speculate on Possibility of Two New DLC Racers

Okay, spoiler alert if you’re vibing with Donkey Kong Bananza. You’ve been warned.

So here’s the deal, folks are buzzing that Mario Kart World might just throw in two wild cards—Void Kong and King K. Rool. Not officially stamped yet, but some fandom detectives, yes, they’re a thing, have noticed in the game’s credits that hints at new characters. It’s like finding an old mixtape from your high school days and wondering why ‘Livin’ la Vida Loca’ wasn’t in there all along.

The latest Mario Kart is already packed—like 50 totally non-socially distanced racers zooming around. Yet, some die-hard fans wish a few more classic faces stepped up to the starting line. Nostalgia is a crazy driver, right? Nintendo’s been as quiet as a cat stalking shadows about any DLC. So, people are clinging onto this maybe-lead like it’s a winning lottery ticket—or maybe just a sneaky inside joke by the devs. Who even knows?

Anyway… wait… where was I? Oh right. Over on Reddit, our buddy prpro-03 lit the match. They dropped the bombshell that the voice actors for King K. Rool and Void Kong are listed in Mario Kart World. Yuu Hayashi is on the Void Kong train, and Tsuguo Mogami is rocking it as King K. Rool. It’s like finding out your favorite actor from that obscure indie film is suddenly in the latest blockbuster. But no one’s saying these characters are one and the same here—or aren’t they? Maybe they’re just here for some background shenanigans. Seriously, would they be just extras? Imagine the voice of an NPC chicken in a farm game; not exactly a headliner, huh?

What Even Is DLC These Days, Really?

Let’s chew on this for a minute. Hayashi and Mogami might get their Mario Kart moments, or maybe not—it’s all just clouds in our coffee right now. This duo’s definitely got gaming legacies, though. Mogami’s been around the Nintendo block, doing his thing in other big-name games. Hayashi? Not so much, but hey, everyone’s got a first, right?

No word from Nintendo dropping any confetti yet on adding more racers. But come on, with Mario Kart 8 Deluxe letting in non-Mario cameos, would it be that jaw-dropping if we saw these guys hopping on a kart soon? Feels like a matter of when, not if, I think. Just waiting for that pierced balloon to burst or maybe… ah, nevermind.