Hello, and I forgot to say, Koopa is also on the Neutral side. If this confuses you, this is a live talk show before the 9:00 start of the Mushroom Cup, and all the characters are being interviewed.

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"Hello, and welcome to the National Racing competition! I'm your host, Mr Shy Guy, and with me today I have Koopa Troopa from Channel 5! Let's hear it for Koopa!"

"Thank you, Mr Shy. There has been a lot of preparations on all sides, and today we will be unveiling all the tracks and races our favourite people will be driving along! But first, we go to our teams! Introducing (I bet you expected this), Team Mario! With the one and only Mario Bros.! AND Princesses Peach and Daisy! Mario, how are things with you!"

"Great Koopa! We've all been preparing for the big event, and we are ready to kick some overgrown turt-"

"Well that's great!" interrupted Shy Guy, "but isn't it a bit self-respective to only call it Team Mario?"

"Well actually," replied Luigi, "now all our surnames will be Mario after my proposal to Daisy-"

Oooohs and ahhhs erupted from the crowd as clumsy Luigi leaked this information to his girlfriend, who gasped and blushed a beetroot red.

"We'll give you to some time together to… umm… sort this out. But now it's time for the antagonists to make their appearance, so let's give it up for Team Bow, Sir! Woo Hoo… say that again, Lakitu… oh…" Koopa coughed and continued, "Bowser or his fellow teammates will not be showing up tonight, or in fact, Teams #SWAG and Sweat. I guess we'll reveal the tracks! Lakitu, fire them at me!

"It's my pleasure, Koopa! To start off with we have the Mushroom cup! Two racers from each team participate in four different races, with no special events! In the Shell cup, all four racers race for the finish, but the other teams choose the kart combinations for the team! In the Flower cup, each team is given 300 of a certain item! In the Banana cup, two racers share a kart together, to remember the fourth National Karting Competition! But we will be showing the last four cups in the midway show! So let's get back to our last present team! You know and love them all, so introducing Team Shroomers!"

-In the Green Room-

Even Mario and Peach had left for the race tracks, giving Luigi and Daisy some time together. She wasn't sure whether she should be mad or flattered. But she decided that her sweet slapstick boyfriend never meant any harm, and so they made up and headed down to Mario Kart Stadium, followed by a hurried Bowser, Wario, Waluigi, seven Koopalings, Metal Mario and Pink Gold Peach.

A Fishin' Lakitu prepared to start the tournament.

"3…" everything was tense,

"2…" the teams revved their engines,

"1…" Mario and Peach shared a glance…

"GO!"