Lakitu is a character from the Super Mario series. He is usually depicted as an adversary of Mario and his allies, but also has a supporting role in some video games he appears in.
In the Mario Kart series, Lakitu pulls characters out of bottomless pits, lava, and water, and he takes a moment to put the characters on the road. He also waves a flag in the Mario Kart games as he tells you where to go. A Lakitu with a red shell is one of the playable characters in Mario Kart 7, and returns again in Mario Kart 8 as an unlockable character.
Super Mario 64[]
Lakitu serves as Mario's cameraman in Super Mario 64 and Super Mario 64 DS. He is visible at the start of the game during the game's introduction when he announces that he is broadcasting Mario's adventures on behalf of the Lakitu Bros. network. He is also visible inside the mirror inside the castle and seen during the game's ending. In the Nintendo DS remake, Lakitu wakes Yoshi up on the castle rooftop to alert his friends are missing.
Mario Baseball series[]
In the Mario SuperStar Baseball, and Mario Super Sluggers, Lakitu serves as the umpire of every Baseball stadium and game.
Tetris Attack[]
He is one of the playable characters from Tetris Attack. He is one of Yoshi's friends who is brainwashed against him.
Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam[]
They host Lakitu Info Center where the heroes can play missions and minigames usually involving saving Paper Toads which is required to beat the game. The player gets a Battle Card after clearing a certain amount of them. (This is also the only game in the Mario and Luigi series to not be fought in any way.)
