Baby Daisy

**Baby Daisy** is a human character in the *Mario* franchise created to be the infant counterpart of Princess Daisy. Her first appearance is in *Mario Kart Wii* as an unlockable playable character, whose debut is similar to that of Toadette in *Mario Kart: Double Dash!!*. Baby Daisy made another playable appearance in *Mario Super Sluggers*, along with other baby characters such as Baby Mario, Baby Luigi, Baby Peach and Baby Donkey Kong, and has since continued making playable appearances in certain spin-offs.

## History

### *Mario Kart* series

#### *Mario Kart Wii*

Baby Daisy makes her first game appearance in the *Mario* series as a lightweight unlockable character in *Mario Kart Wii*. Like Baby Mario, Baby Luigi and Baby Peach, Baby Daisy is the infant counterpart of her adult persona, Princess Daisy. She is added to the game's roster by obtaining at least one Star Rank for all 50cc Wii Grand Prix Cups or playing 1,950 races. Baby Daisy shares the same small-sized karts as the others, but in her own personal style. In the Daisy Circuit level, there is a large golden statue of Baby Daisy in mid-air with Baby Luigi holding her. She is the staff ghost character for Moo Moo Meadows. Baby Daisy is given a decent speed bonus, weight bonus, and mini-turbo bonus, which makes vehicles like the Bullet Bike move faster than normal, perform slightly stronger mini-turbos after a drift, and weigh slightly more than usual.

### *Mario Kart 8* / *Mario Kart 8 Deluxe*

Baby Daisy makes a reappearance as a playable racer in *Mario Kart 8*. Unlike in *Mario Kart Wii*, she appears as a default character. She is a lightweight character, in the group of characters that have the highest acceleration, handling, and grip but with the lowest speed and weight, alongside the other baby characters and Lemmy Koopa. When she uses the Peach Parasol for a glider, it becomes orange like her adult counterpart. This game also introduces a new emblem for Baby Daisy, being a daisy inside orange bonnet frills (previously, Baby Daisy's emblem lacked the bonnet frills and appeared identical to the emblem of her adult counterpart).

Baby Daisy returns in *Mario Kart 8 Deluxe*, the enhanced Nintendo Switch port. She now shares stats with only Baby Peach, being among the lightest characters in the game, as well as having the best handling and traction. Her signature vehicle combo is the Wild Wiggler with Wooden Tires and the Flower Glider.

### *Mario Kart Tour*

Baby Daisy appears in *Mario Kart Tour* as a Normal character, being very easy to unlock. Her special item is the Bubble. In the closed beta test, however, her special item was the Triple Mushrooms. She and Baby Luigi are currently the only babies that do not have an alternate variant, and is the only princess baby with this distinction.

### *Mario Super Sluggers*

Baby Daisy, going up to bat in *Mario Super Sluggers*
Baby Daisy makes an appearance in *Mario Super Sluggers* as an unlockable participant. When she is on the batting side for the team she participates in, her bat is a large baby rattle, like Baby Peach's. However, Baby Daisy's rattle is a deep yellow rather than pink, as each of the two babies' rattles corresponds to their signature colors. Since Baby Daisy is considered to be a Team Player, she has no specific special move, but can use star powers to improve the ability of her batting or pitching. Baby Daisy has good chemistry with Baby Mario, Baby Luigi, Baby Peach, Baby Donkey Kong and Yoshi. Her special move is the same as Daisy's, the Super Dive, and she also shares the same batting and pitching; left and right.

In order for Baby Daisy to be added to the overall roster, the player has to go through the Challenge Mode process and solve the events in relation to her. In order to do this, the player has to use Yoshi to access a remote area of the Peach Ice Garden, where Baby Daisy can be found crying. In a conversation between Yoshi, Baby Daisy and, Lakitu, who translates her gibberish for him, she explains that Bowser Jr. scared her while she was playing hide and seek with Baby Peach. Consequently, this resulted in Baby Daisy losing her rattle. Despite Lakitu's attempt to pacify her, Baby Daisy continues to violently bawl. Lakitu informs the Yoshi that the only way for her to calm down is to find her rattle.

If Yoshi returns without her rattle, a separate conversation can be seen hinting where the rattle is and that Lakitu can't further translate her speaking. After Wario uses his magnet to retrieve the rattle, Baby Daisy is delighted, explaining that her rattle is her bat.

Upon completion of the entire criteria in relation to Baby Daisy's scenario, she is now able to join Princess Peach's team, the Peach Monarchs. Baby Daisy will also be available for the other modes at that point.

On a side note, Baby Daisy's stats are the same as Blooper's, having decent pitching and running with average fielding and weak batting.

### *Dr. Mario World*

Baby Daisy is one of the playable, downloadable characters in *Dr. Mario World* (referred to as **Dr. Baby Daisy**), and was released on September 5, 2019 alongside Dr. Baby Mario, Dr. Baby Luigi, and Dr. Baby Peach. Her special skill in both Stage and Vs modes changes the next capsules into matching color capsules. In Vs mode, she is the slowest of the four babies, though she can attack opponents with 4 row viruses. Unlike the other babies, she has no defenses against incoming doctor attacks.

## Trivia

* Baby Daisy and Baby Rosalina are the only baby versions of characters introduced in a *Mario Kart* game.