I first need to give a disclaimer that I started the MK franchise in 3D, having never played the original which probably biases my opinion a bit.
I paid ~$15 bones for this loose a few years ago, and now that I've played my fill, do I feel like I really got my money's worth? There's no unlockable incentives, and no reason for me to gold-out the cups on 150cc- getting all gold on 100cc felt like enough completion because of that. Additionally, with owning MKDS alone, I don't really know if I have reason to come back to this one, and I’m not even sure if it warrants a stay in my collection.
I do think this game is impressive in its pseudo(semi?)-3D graphics- always a really cool thing to see on the GBA, like with Monkey Ball Jr. and Spyro. However- and this is probably because I've never played the OG- the completely flat tracks became way too repetitive for me, even though there are so many of them. It feels contradictory to have so many tracks but for so many of them to be slight regurgitations of each other. Whatever, Cheese Land is my favorite track.
I paid ~$15 bones for this loose a few years ago, and now that I've played my fill, do I feel like I really got my money's worth? There's no unlockable incentives, and no reason for me to gold-out the cups on 150cc- getting all gold on 100cc felt like enough completion because of that. Additionally, with owning MKDS alone, I don't really know if I have reason to come back to this one, and I’m not even sure if it warrants a stay in my collection.
I do think this game is impressive in its pseudo(semi?)-3D graphics- always a really cool thing to see on the GBA, like with Monkey Ball Jr. and Spyro. However- and this is probably because I've never played the OG- the completely flat tracks became way too repetitive for me, even though there are so many of them. It feels contradictory to have so many tracks but for so many of them to be slight regurgitations of each other. Whatever, Cheese Land is my favorite track.