Just some characters I'd love to have here in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe or 9
Zelda
Funky Kong
Ganondorf (Very doubtful, but eh, it'd be cool)
Petey Piranha
Whittle (The little tree dudes from Super Mario Galaxy 2!)
Pianta
Captain Falcon
Fox (From Star Fox)
Falco
Tom Nook
Luma
Baby Yoshi (Multiple colors to choose from like normal Yoshi.)
Midna
Zant
Sidon
Mipha
Yunobo
Daruk
Urbosa
Riju
Revali
Teba
Ok... at this point with my list... just make the next Mario Kart: Nintendo Kart
lol