Honestly a banger. Fun courses, cool roster. The mission mode is easily the highlight here. Something they 100% need to bring back.

Mechanically though, I don't think it's the most fun Mario kart. It's excusable since it's on a handheld though, pretty impressive what was achieved here.

I have vague memories of playing this with my cousin when we traveled to see them. I only recently got the game for myself on Wii U so I can experience the full thing!

Imagine if a game came out, with Double Dash mechanics but it also had DS's mission mode: oh wow. Now that's an idea...