Standard bike (vehicle class): Difference between revisions

'''Standard bikes''',<ref name="Englishname">Alex Musa (May 30, 2014). ''There are actually two sub-categories of bike: standard and sport. Standard bikes drift similarly to every other body type. Sport bikes more or less commit to the turn during a drift, sharply cutting in the direction of the turn. ''. ''Mario Kart 8 Official Game Guide'', page 28. ''PRIMA Games''. Retrieved December 22, 2017.</ref> commonly known as '''outside drifting bikes''' or '''outward drifting bikes''' are a class of [[bike]]s that are able to drift. Introduced as just ''drift type'' (「ドリフトタイプ」) bikes in ''[[Mario Kart Wii]]'',<ref name="JapaneseDriftType">[http://www.21010.net/club/bn/wii/rmcj/pdf/p014_015.pdf Page 14 and 15 of the Nintendo Official Guidebook of ''Mario Kart Wii'']. Retrieved April 26, 2018.</ref> they have become one of the four body classes in ''[[Mario Kart 8]]'', distinguished from [[Sport bike (vehicle class)|sport bike]]s.

Due to their ability to drift, they in general handle in a similar way to [[kart]]s since their introduction in ''Mario Kart Wii''. In both ''Mario Kart Wii'' and ''Mario Kart 8'', they can be distinguished from [[Sport bike (vehicle class)|sport bike]]s by looking at the usually more upright posture of the character riding them.

Standard bikes are introduced as ''drift type'' (「ドリフトタイプ」) bikes in ''Mario Kart Wii''.<ref name="JapaneseDriftType"/> They are not explicitly distinguished from [[Sport bike (vehicle class)|sport bike]]s in the vehicle selection screen and as such, the player needs to look at the posture of the rider to understand whether the selected bike is a standard bike or a sport bike. All the chopper bikes ([[Wario Bike]], [[Shooting Star (bike)|Shooting Star]], and [[Phantom (bike)|Phantom]]) drift out, so they're categorized under the standard bike vehicle class.

Standard bikes return as one of the four body classes of ''[[Mario Kart 8]]'', alongside [[kart]]s, [[Sport bike (vehicle class)|sport bike]]s, and [[All-Terrain Vehicle|ATV]]s. In this game, they are given a proper name<ref name="Englishname"/> and are fully distinguished from [[Sport bike (vehicle class)|sport bike]]s in that they have their own distinct icon on the vehicle customization screen ([[File:MK8 Standard Bike Body Icon Inverted.png]]).