Rider Axel

Rider Axel, also known as just Axel is character created by . He makes his first appearance in Mario Kart X (Crakabo), appearing as the main antagonist of the game's Adventure Mode.
==Appearance==
Axel appears as a tall humanoid robot. He wears a red helmet with gold and black trimmings, and large black sunglasses, red armor with white stripes across them, a dark red bandana, and a gold belt with an 'X'-symbol on it. He also possesses two pairs of exhaust pipes on his back.
==Personality==
Axel is prideful and egotistical, believing that he is the fastest racer in the world and always searching for fast opponents for him to race. He is shown to be easily bored when other racers aren't able to defeat him, giving them very little respect, even when they're congratulating him. When given the power of the Turbo Star, he demonstrates little care towards anything other than racing, threatening to destroy the Mushroom Kingdom and turn it into a race track if no one is able to defeat him in a race. After being beaten however, he gladly admits defeat, acknowledging when he has been bested.
==Appearances==
===Mario Kart X (Crakabo)===
Rider Axel makes his first appearance in Mario Kart X (Crakabo). At the beginning of the game, he manages to get a surprise 1st place victory at the 10th Mario Kart tournament, and despite winning, is unimpressed by his competition, refusing to give Mario a handshake after he wins. Obtaining the Turbo Star as a grand prize, he uses its power to raise massive crystals from the ground, challenging the people of the Mushroom Kingdom to bring him a racer that can match his speed, lest their entire kingdom be turned into his personal race track.
Once the player assembles enough Turbo Shards to create a Turbo Star, they make their way into Luigi Arena. Axel then challenges the player to a final race for the fate of the Mushroom Kingdom. After being defeated, he declares the player the true champion of Mario Kart, and leaves to find faster opponents.
Rider Axel is not a playable character, instead riding in his own unique vehicle, the Rider Star. He has the best stats in the game.
==Trivia==
*His name is derived from the word "accelerate".
*Rider Axel's design is primarily inspired by the Kamen Rider franchise, as well as Captain Falcon from F-Zero.
*Rider Axel's shares many similarities with another villain, King Kartpentus from Mario Kart Something, as both are robot villains dedicated to finding fast opponents to race.
*Rider Axel was originally meant to be a playable character in Mario Kart X, but the creators felt his inclusion stood out a bit too much among the rest of the Mario cast. As a result, he was kept to a non-playable role in the game.
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