best to ever do it

still hits when it matters

lovely game to bounce around in

bangin' tunes, genuinely challenging, keeps it fresh front to back, better than every mario kart

my favourite sports game of all time: simple but deep, great multiplayer experience, excellent single player experience, gave us Waluigi

only drawbacks are the limited number of tracks and the stunt mode lacking depth, otherwise a rich racer

wonderful game to chill with, consistent level quality, just barely doesn't overstay its welcome

an incredibly big swing, gonzo plot with lots of style, just blast at everything in sight and jump and roll around, then do it all again harder and faster

surpassed by its sequel but still a fantastic time, every ship is great except y-wings

Incredibly fun when you're in the zone but too unforgiving for me

a genuine sea change moment, it's functionally obsolete but god this was mind-blowing and still has the best version of the original Brinstar theme

more difficult on this hardware when the framerate was lower and the controller something you had to wrangle, but still has some magic in it

definitely bloated and less consistent, but the highs are high and a lot of the kinda extraneous additions are still fun for what they are

charming, in a sense the best looking N64 game today, and a solid RPG

absolutely busted to control today but fun to run and gun in

surprisingly solid 3D level-based platformer

every level swings for the fences, weird design keeps it oddly enjoyable to revisit, controls are the main drawback

wave race's less interesting sibling

don't remember the differences well enough to say one is better than another, so this is tied with Stadium 1

yeah the anime existed but it was wild to see 3D pokemon at the time, the pokemon skeleton is obviously strong and damn those minigames ruled

fixed the many issues with first MP, fun boards, easiest to chill with

can't remember which THPS I played, so let's say it was this one, a great game that I didn't spend enough time with to get a great experience out of

no N64 Rare platformer is a bad time, imo

played this more in the weird little arcade at the local airport than on an N64, solid racer

felt like the B-team taking over, ground vehicles lack depth but still a good time

just some wild dumb fun

solid, more difficult and unlock-dependent than it needs to be

customizability is neat but makes no difference, some good ideas but weirdly harsh course design and AI

on replay this one is noticeably worse

THIS GUY'S A HUMAN WALL IN THERE

in retrospect a weird idea that only something like pokemon could support in a way that people would clamor for a sequel for over twenty years

I believe that almost everyone's favourite mario kart is whichever one they played the most, some people are honest about that and some people mistake favourite for best, which is most evident whenever this game comes up because it is mediocre

was spoiled by the openness of Rogue Squadron and this always felt limited and flat in comparison

kirby has never clicked for me

where the fuck is rosie

very much a game your friend who is allowed slightly more violent games than you would rent once for a sleepover

my brother and I have had so many conversations about the walk on music used in this game

never played this outside a mcdonald's

level transition screens just being low-pixel jpgs of movie stills with MS paint text over them