Quacker
| Quacker | |
|---|---|
 Toad on his Quacker | |
| Type | Sport bike |
| Appears in | Mario Kart Wii |
The Quacker is a small inside drifting bike that appears in Mario Kart Wii. The vehicle is visually based on the appearance of a duck-themed child's training toilet[1] with exhaust pipes located in the duck's wings. The emblem is located on the back and on the collar.
The bike's kart counterpart is the Cheep Charger. The two vehicles also share the apparent children's toy-design theme and are based on a type of swimming animal. The Mr. Scooty from Mario Kart 8 appears to be a thematic successor, albeit as an outside drift bike.
The Quacker has the best acceleration in the game, making it recover from items such as Bananas and Shells almost immediately. It also has great handling, drifting, and mini-turbo, and decent offroad. However, the bike itself has quite low speed (being the third slowest vehicle in the game) and is also the lightest vehicle in the game, which makes it very easy for heavier vehicles to push it off an edge or onto grass, and it has the highest jump angle out of any vehicle in the game. Also, it only drifts on normal off-road terrain when combined with Toadette. It is the slowest inward drifting bike in the game, but has the best handling of the inward drifting bikes. It is unlocked by winning the 150cc Star Cup, or by playing 2,400 races. The Quacker has the same speed stat as the Sugarscoot, the same drift stat as the Mach Bike, and the same off-road stat as the Daytripper, all of which are medium sized vehicles. It is one of three vehicles to combine high handling and drifting (the other two being the Classic Dragster and Cheep Charger); the two are usually negatively correlated. The Quacker has the highest stat total out of any vehicle in the game, with 343 stat points. This and the Bit Bike are the only vehicles in the game with a weight stat that is less than twenty, and it is also the only inward drifting bike in the game with a speed stat that is less than forty.
If Toad uses the Quacker, it has the best acceleration in the game and its drift surpasses that of the Bullet Bike by one point. Also, if Baby Peach uses the Quacker, it will have the highest stat total out of any character-vehicle combination in the game, with 358 stat points. In addition, if Baby Luigi or Baby Daisy ride the Quacker, its speed will tie with the Wario Bike's default speed.
Color schemesEdit
| Character | Color scheme | Image | Character | Color scheme | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baby Mario | White body, red wing tips, bright blue cab, red collar, black eyes, yellow beak | Baby Luigi | White body, green wing tips, green cab, green collar, dark green eyes, yellow beak | ||
| Baby Peach | White body, pink wing tips, pink cab, pink collar, blue eyes, pink beak | Baby Daisy | Yellow-orange body, red-orange wing tips, orange cab, red-orange collar, dark blue eyes, orange beak | ||
| Toad | White body, yellow wings with red tips, yellow cab, dark blue collar, red eyes, yellow beak | Toadette | Pink body, purple wing tips, purple cab, purple collar, black eyes, yellow beak | ||
| Koopa Troopa | Pale yellow body, light blue wing tips, lime cab, lime collar, black eyes, orange beak | Dry Bones | Silver-gray body, dark gray wing tips, dark gray cab, dark gray collar, brown eyes, yellow beak | ||
| Male Mii | White body, blue wing tips, blue cab, blue collar, black eyes, yellow beak | Female Mii | White body, yellow wing tips, yellow cab, yellow collar, black eyes, yellow beak |
Profiles and statisticsEdit
Mario Kart WiiEdit
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Vehicle type: Hang-on |
Super Smash Bros. for Wii UEdit
| Trophy Toad + Quacker | ||
| Game(s): Super Smash Bros. for Wii U only | ||
| Category: Series Related | ||
| ( ) Appears in: Wii Mario Kart Wii (04/2008) | ||
| ( ) Trophy Box: 10: Super Mario Kart | ||
| How to unlock: Random | ||
| Though its appearance calls to mind an infant's toy, the Quacker is really a fully functional motorbike with some serious acceleration. That's because its frame is so light, you might expect it to float on water like a swan boat! But that lightness also makes it easy for other karts to push around, so try to stay out of trouble. (American English) | ||
| Despite just looking like a child's plaything, the Quacker is a fully-functional motorbike with serious acceleration and a frame so light you'd think it'd be able to float on water like a swan boat! That lightness makes it easy for other karts to push it around, though, so avoid drawing attention to yourself as you slip by your rivals. (British English) | ||
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Names in other languagesEdit
| Language | Name | Meaning | Note(s) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | スピードスワン Supīdo Suwan |
Speed Swan | [?] | |
| French | Coin-coin | French onomatopoeia for "quack-quack". | [?] | |
| German | Quakquak | Quack-Quack | [?] | |
| Italian | Quaquaraqua | An onomatopoeic expression used to describe a talkative but clumsy person, also sounds similar to the onomatopoeia of a duck's quack. | [?] | |
| Korean | 스피드스완 Seupideu Seuwan |
Speed Swan | [?] | |
| Portuguese | Quacker | - | [2] | |
| Spanish | Pato Raudo | Swift Duck | [?] |
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, Japanese trophy description
- ^ Trophy list (2014). Super Smash Bros. for Wii U by Sora Ltd. and Bandai Namco Games. Nintendo.