Lakitus are bespectacled Koopas who ride clouds through the skies. They are the best known for tossing Spiny Eggs to Mario or Luigi below. However, they seem to be taking on less evil tasks in other games, such as refereeing races, umpiring tennis and baseball games, and even filming Mario's adventures. Many of the sports game manuals referred to Lakitu in the singular, indicating that there may have only been a specific individual Lakitu involved (who is named for his species, like Toad or Yoshi), and Mario Kart 7 introduced a unique, playable Lakitu character. After being asked what video game character would represent him the best, Shigeru Miyamoto replied that Lakitu would, as he "seems to be very free, floating in the air, going anywhere", a type of personality Miyamoto can apparently relate to.