世論 What Japan Thinks

A recent survey from goo Ranking was a look at what Japanese considered to be thier favourite characters from the Mario Kart series.

Demographics

Over the 5th and 6th of September 2011 1,112 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 70.8% of the sample were female, 13.5% in their teens, 18.2% in their twenties, 28.1% in their thirties, 25.5% in their forties, 8.7% in their fifties, and 6.0% aged sixty or older. Note that the score in the results refers to the relative number of votes for each option, not a percentage of the total sample.

Having never played Mario Kart in any incarnation, I cannot comment on this survey, so instead here’s some action from the game.

Ranking result

Q: Who is your favourite character from the Mari Kart series? (Sample size=1,112

Rank		Score
1	Yoshi	100
2	Toad	98.2
3	Mario	83.1
4	Peach	52.5
5	Luigi	46.4
6	Bowser	43.9
7	Koopa Troopa	41.0
8	Baby Mario	31.3
9	Wario	26.6
10	Toadette	24.8
11	Daisy	24.5
12	Baby Peach	23.0
13	Donky Kong	22.7
14	Bowser Jr.	17.3
15=	King Boo	12.9
15=	Baby Luigi	12.9
17	Baby Daisy	12.6
18=	Donkey Kong Jr.	11.9
18=	Koopa Paratroopa	11.9
18=	Waluigi	11.9
21	Dry Bones	11.5
22	Birdo	10.4
23	Dry Bowser	10.1
24	Diddy Kong	6.5
25	Funky Kong	5.0
26	Rosetta	4.0
27=	Petey Piranha	2.2
27=	R.O.B.	2.2