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Mario Kart World

How to Unlock Dolphin and Best Kart

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★ 394 P Switches | 150 ? Panels | 200 Medallions
☆ Unlockables Guide | Mirror Mode
★ How to Get Kamek Fast
☆ Best Characters | Best Karts | Best Combo
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Mario Kart World - Dolphin

Dolphin is one of the playable drivers in Mario Kart World. See how to unlock Dolphin, their stats, and best karts here!

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How to Unlock Dolphin

Get Transformed by Kamek on Koopa Troopa Beach

Mario Kart World Dolphin - Get Transformed by Kamek on Koopa Troopa Beach
CourseKoopa Troopa Beach

To unlock Dolphin, you need to be transformed by Kamek while racing on Koopa Troopa Beach. It seems that the character you transform into depends on the course and your location within the course.

The image above shows where we were able to unlock Dolphin! The star is where Kamek was used and the diamond is where we were transformed by Kamek into Dolphin.

All Kamek Unlocks and How to Get Kamek

Unlocking Dolphin Takes Some Time to Grind

Unlocking Dolphin takes some time to grind because of the five other characters you can unlock from the Koopa Troopa Beach Course. Just keep playing until you unlock the character!

Dolphin Stats and Overview

Basic Info

Dolphin Dolphin
Tier Rank Online A
Tier Rank Offline C
Weight Class Heavy Lightweight

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Dolphin Stats

Speed 45 45
Acceleration 60 60
Weight 40 40
Handling 55 55

Characters of the Same Weight Class

Toad Toad Toadette Toadette Koopa Troopa Koopa Troopa
Lakitu Lakitu Cheep Cheep Cheep Cheep Nabbit Nabbit
Shy Guy Shy Guy Stingby Stingby

Best Karts for Dolphin

Baby Blooper is The Best Kart

Vehicle Stats
Baby Blooper Baby Blooper
S: 45 45
A: 60 60
W: 40 40
H: 55 55

Baby Blooper is recommended for Dolphin because their stats are similar. While Baby Blooper has average speed, it boast high acceleration and handling. It can also easily handle sharp curves, and accelerate with Mini-Turbo.

Reel Racer is Also Recommended

Vehicle Stats
Reel Racer Reel Racer
S: 65 65
A: 40 40
W: 50 50
H: 45 45

The Reel Racer is our next recommended vehicle for Dolphin. This Kart has more speed but lower acceleration and handling, which Dolphin can make up for.

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Who is Dolphin?

Friendly NPC First Seen in Super Mario World

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First Appearance Super Mario World
The dolphin is a friendly creature that first appears in Super Mario World. It helps Mario by serving as platforms that he can use to move around in some of the water levels of the game.

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New CharactersNew Characters Returning CharactersReturning Characters
Hidden CharactersHidden Characters List of Lightweight CharactersLightweight Characters
List of Middleweight CharactersMiddleweight Characters List of Heavyweight CharactersHeavyweight Characters
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Starting Characters

Mario Mario Luigi Luigi Peach Peach
Pauline Pauline Toad Toad Toadette Toadette
Wario Wario Waluigi Waluigi Baby Mario Baby Mario
Baby Luigi Baby Luigi Baby Peach Baby Peach Baby Daisy Baby Daisy
Baby Rosalina Baby Rosalina Bowser Bowser Yoshi Yoshi
Goomba Goomba
NEW 		Koopa Troopa Koopa Troopa Hammer Bro Hammer Bro
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Dry Bones Dry Bones Para-Biddybud Para-Biddybud
NEW 		Cheep Cheep Cheep Cheep
NEW
Pokey Pokey
NEW 		Piranha Plant Piranha Plant
NEW 		Nabbit Nabbit
NEW
Wiggler Wiggler Shy Guy Shy Guy Monty Mole Monty Mole
NEW
Sidestepper Sidestepper
NEW 		Snowman Snowman
NEW 		Stingby Stingby
NEW
Penguin Penguin
NEW 		Cow Cow
NEW

Hidden Characters

Daisy Daisy Rosalina Rosalina Bowser Jr. Bowser Jr.
Donkey Kong Donkey Kong Lakitu Lakitu Spike Spike
NEW
Swoop Swoop
NEW 		Peepa Peepa
NEW 		King Boo King Boo
Fish Bone Fish Bone
NEW 		Birdo Birdo Chargin Chargin' Chuck
NEW
Coin Coffer Coin Coffer
NEW 		Rocky Wrench Rocky Wrench
NEW 		Cataquack Cataquack
NEW
Dolphin Dolphin
NEW 		Conkdor Conkdor
NEW 		Pianta Pianta
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