Given the popularity of mkwcomparator and the fact that several people asked me to create a DS version, here it is. Just select the vehicle+character combinations that you want to compare from the drop-down lists and enjoy the awesomeness of a radar chart. Changing the character only affects the weight. This time, it's been harder to find the vehicle+character statistics : lots of walkthroughs give them, but they're usually rough estimates and some contain errors. To obtain the data, I took lots of screenshots of the game's kart selection screen and wrote a script to extract the figures from these screenshots. The numbers should therefore be very accurate. I hope you'll enjoy my work. Please send your comments, suggestions and bug reports to loulan_at_lozi_dot_org.
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So what do these figures mean? A good handling stat allows to turn more easily. The speed stat corresponds to the top speed, which can sometimes hard to reach if your acceleration is poor. It's an important stat for time trials. With a high items stat, you're more likely to get good items in question marks. With a heavy vehicle (weight stat) you can smash through lighter vehicles, sometimes throwing them off the road but your jumps will be shorter. A high drift stat allows you to turn more sharply during drifts. The higher the acceleration, the quicker you can reach high speeds after having been slowed down or stopped, that's an important stat in the Grand Prix mode where you usually get hit pretty often. Beginners will usually prefer good acceleration and handling stats whereas expert players will usually prefer faster vehicles at the cost of a poorer acceleration.