I grew up with this game and spent many hours playing it as a kid, but if you take off the nostalgia goggles, this is probably the worst Mario Kart. Its racing mechanics are lacking, the tracks are hit-or-miss, and it just feels behind the times compared to its contemporaries. Given that this was the height of the kart racing genre, a lot of people just assume that this is a classic entry in the franchise, but it's really not. Diddy Kong Racing is your best bet on the N64, but the best kart racer of this era (CTR) isn't even on a Nintendo console. Thankfully, they more than made up for it with Double Dash.
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To be honest, I've only played a few hours of Super Mario Kart over the years, and my impression of it was that it was about the same quality-wise as 64. Way uglier, yes, but when you judge it by the standards of the era, it's a pretty impressive work of engineering. Whereas MK64 came out so early in the N64's lifespan that it really does not compare to other racing games on the platform, especially DKR. That's just my take, though.
FrozenRoy
3 years ago