12 Facts About Lakitu

Lakitu, known in Japan as Jugem, is a fictional flying Koopa in the Mario franchise.

Lakitu has a striped green shell, wears aviator goggles, and rides around in a smiling cloud.

Lakitu has since appeared in several main Mario titles since, as well as Mario spin-off titles, notably the Mario Kart series where he acts as the referee and a playable character in Mario Kart 7, Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart Tour.

Lakitu has appeared in non-Mario titles, including the Super Smash Bros.

Lakitu is a Koopa who rides in a cloud and drops creatures called Spinies on the ground.

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An enemy bearing a resemblance to Lakitu called Roketon appears in Super Mario Land for the Game Boy, where it uses a plane.

Lakitu made an appearance in Yoshi's Island, where it had several variations, including the first occurrence of an electricity-producing Lakitu.

Lakitu has a prominent role in the Mario Kart series since its debut in 1992 with Super Mario Kart.

Lakitu starts every match in Mario Hoops 3-on-3 and Mario Sports Mix.

In Super Mario Maker with its 3DS remake and Super Mario Maker 2, Lakitu can be customized to throw other objects, such as coins, power-ups and even other enemies; his cloud can be ridden on by the player after he has been defeated and by shaking the Lakitu in the level editor it will be tossed away leaving the cloud empty, that can be ridden or used to carry power-ups, cannons or certain enemies.

Lakitu referenced its appearance in one of the later levels as being a difficult encounter.

UGO Networks editor Chris Littler listed having to be rescued by Lakitu after falling off the track in Super Mario Kart as one of the top 50 worst ways to die in a video game.