Speed (type)

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Speed (also called Speedy) is one of the possible types playable characters can be classified as throughout the Super Mario franchise. Speed characters generally feature slightly above speed scores, at the expense of Power or Technique. The type has appeared in most sports games, most notably in the Mario Tennis series and the Mario & Sonic series, among many others.

Toad and Diddy are almost always Speed players, while Daisy, Yoshi and Bowser Jr. are often Speed as well.

List of Speed characters

Character	Games	Types in other games
Mario	Mario Golf: Super Rush	All-Around: Mario Tennis series, Mario Superstar Baseball, Super Mario Strikers, Mario Hoops 3-on-3, Mario Strikers Charged, Mario & Sonic series, Mario Sports Mix, Mario Sports Superstars Technique: Mario Strikers: Battle League
Luigi	Super Mario Strikers, Mario Golf: Super Rush	All Around: Mario Tennis series, Mario Superstar Baseball, Mario Hoops 3-on-3, Mario Strikers Charged, Mario & Sonic series, Mario Sports Mix, Mario Sports Superstars Technique: Mario Strikers: Battle League
Princess Peach	Mario Strikers series	All Around: Mario Tennis series, Mario Superstar Baseball, Mario Hoops 3-on-3, Mario & Sonic series, Mario Sports Mix, Mario Sports Superstars Control: Mario Golf: Super Rush
Princess Daisy	Mario & Sonic series, Mario Golf: Super Rush	All Around:Mario Superstar Baseball, Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash, Mario Sports Superstars (tennis mode), Mario Tennis Aces Technique: Mario Tennis (Nintendo 64), Mario Power Tennis, Mario Hoops 3-on-3, Mario Sports Mix, Mario Tennis Open, Mario Sports Superstars (non-tennis modes), Mario Strikers: Battle League Offensive: Super Mario Strikers
Yoshi	Mario Tennis series, Mario Superstar Baseball, Mario & Sonic series	All Around: Super Mario Strikers, Mario Hoops 3-on-3, Mario Strikers Charged, Mario Sports Mix, Mario Sports Superstars (non-tennis modes) Offense: Mario Strikers: Battle League
Toad and Red, Blue, Yellow, Green and Purple Toads	Mario Strikers Charged, Mario Sports Mix, Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, Mario Tennis Aces, Mario Strikers: Battle League	All Around: Mario Superstar Baseball, Mario Sports Superstars Technique: Mario Tennis (Nintendo 64), Control: Mario Golf: Super Rush
Birdo	Mario Tennis (Nintendo 64), Mario Sports Superstars (tennis mode)	All Around: Mario Superstar Baseball, Mario Sports Superstars (non-tennis modes), Mario Tennis Aces Power: Mario Strikers Charged Technique: Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, Mario & Sonic at Tokyo 2020 Olympics Offense: Mario Strikers: Battle League
Bowser Jr.	Mario Sports Mix, Mario Sports Superstars (non-tennis modes)	All Around: Mario & Sonic series, Mario Strikers: Battle League Tricky: Mario Tennis series (until Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash), Mario Sports Superstars (tennis mode) Power: Mario Superstar Baseball Offensive: Mario Strikers Charged Defensive: Mario Tennis Aces Spin: Mario Golf: Super Rush
Green, Red, Blue and Yellow Koopa Troopas	Mario Power Tennis, Mario Tennis Aces	All Around: Mario Superstar Baseball, Mario Strikers Charged, Mario Sports Superstars Spin: Mario Golf: Super Rush
Red, Blue, Yellow, Green and Black Shy Guys	Mario Sports Superstars	All Around: Mario Superstar Baseball, Mario Strikers Charged, Mario Golf: Super Rush, Mario Strikers: Battle League Technique: Mario Tennis (Nintendo 64), Mario Power Tennis, Mario Tennis Aces
Diddy Kong	Mario Tennis series, Mario Hoops 3-on-3, Mario Strikers Charged, Mario Sports Mix, Mario Sports Superstars, Mario Strikers: Battle League	Technique: Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020
Dixie Kong	Mario Hoops 3-on-3	Technique: Mario Superstar Baseball
Boo	Mario Strikers Charged	Tricky: Mario Tennis series, Mario Hoops 3-on-3, Mario Sports Superstars (tennis mode) Technique: Mario Superstar Baseball, Mario Sports Superstars (non-tennis modes) Spin: Mario Golf: Super Rush

Other Speed elements in Mario games

One of the available Balanced horses in Mario Sports Superstars

In Super Mario Bros. 2, and in Super Mario 3D World, Toad is considered a speedy character, able to dash much faster than the other three, but having a lower jump. In the Horse Racing mode in Mario Sports Superstars, one of the four types of Horses the player can control is the Speed type. Like their riders, Speed horses have speed scores greater than their other stats.