The End is the Beginning
I was actually going to review another SNES classic, but I saw Mario Kart and could not resist. A friend "put me on" this classic when all I wanted to play was Sonic or Mario World. I was genuinely impressed. Nintendo really took advantage of that Mode 7? I think they called it. I can't recall who I used to play with. Probably Yoshi, Toad, Luigi. The racing was cool but the battle mode was what really impressed me. I notice the battle mode doesn't get much shine on the later Mario Kart titles. Why is that? I guess Nintendo needs to spruce it up because I haven't played battle mode since the 64 version and that was brief.
I can see how someone who didn't first play this version would overlook it. It holds up very well in my opinion. Alot of "classic" games I play don't. Nintendo pioneers again and everyone else plays catch up. Nintendo...you know you can't see them lol.