It is easily the worst out of the Mario Kart games. Playing the single player mode is pure agony and some of the tracks are terrible like the Vanilla Lakes which are just icy circles with blocks that bring you to a screeching halt and Bowser Castle 2 which feels like something a 5 year old would design. At the end of the day, it is still Mario Kart and it is still fun.

not as good

The beginning of one of the most addictive franchises in gaming. While it plays and looked like a slowed down F-Zero, the addition of Super Mario World visuals and more importantly, random items, added such a wonderful level of chaos to the traditional racing format of the time that it instantly became one of the most fun racing games to have ever been released.

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