Me, I chose Bowser. A big burly turtle-type creature, Bowser’s selling point was his top speed. The drawback was that he was more difficult to manoeuvre and his acceleration was terrible. What I knew from karting, of course, was that the trick was to maintain his top speed. You’d drift him, make sure he didn’t spin out and keep the minimum speed up as high as possible, keep him consistent around the track. You had to know how to drive Bowser, but once you had the hang of that consistency and you were keeping the minimum speed high, he was unbeatable, and that’s exactly the same principle for
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