No real single player campaign unless you're looking forward to get the gold trophies for all courses as completion. Much content is to be had here be it new, retro, or other worldly courses. I'm happy that this game has the 2 item slots now, but I still wished they fixed the items in this game because the coin taking up the item roulette can really screw up your defense. The feather returning only for battle mode specifically is a nice addition to the item roster. As for the character roster, I hope within Mario Kart 9 they get rid of the characters with no value, because seeing Pink Gold Peach still pisses me off.
This is the best Mario Kart game simply because they finished battle mode. That and the fact there are 48 race tracks to choose from makes this game full like a complete package. You have tons of variety and options. Making feel like the perfect and quite simply one of the best multiplayer experiences you can ever have
Another fun kart racer, but at this point there isn't much Mario Kart can do to differentiate itself. It runs on the cycling of nostalgia through characters, spatial feeling, and tracks. It has become pigeon holed and for most, that's probably fine. I wish we had more kart racers doing different things though.