I've seen people praise this game; calling it the best racing game in the system and an amazing conversion of the console version.

It... just isn't. Sure it has an adventure mode and more characters than the gba mario kart, but if we compare those games mario kart is just better; it has better graphics, better presentation, better music and better controls.

The controls are what killed the game for me. Sure the console version is kinda sluggish feeling but you can still chain drift boosts to keep your speed and momentum going. This game does have drift boost but wow it feels awful. In ctr and cnk you drift boost using the bumpers (r1 and l1); you start the powerslide by pressing one of the two buttons and then you press the other with the correct timing. In gba cnk you initiate the powerslide with R then to boost YOU PRESS A, yes that's right you have to let go of the accelerate button then time it right to get the boost. I kind of got used to the awful control scheme, but even then the courses are not clear enough to commit to the powerslides, they look terrible and don't have any indicator, unlike gba mario kart.

Mario kart super circuit isn't even the best gba racing game, that title goes to one of the fzero games on the console.