I love Mario Kart!
Here comes Mario Kart for the DS. Bringing back old battle maps, especially my favorite Block Fort. Has a ton of retro courses, and some amazing new courses (both battle and GP). What is better than 4 player battle? 8 player battle!
Online play is fun, that is until you play against a cheater. I stopped playing online against non-friends for that reason alone.
As with many Nintendo franchise games, there isn't much new here. This game is the same format as Mario Kart 64. I happen to be a fan of the series; so my expectations are very high when a new Mario Kart game is released.
I would give this a 9.3, but gamespot only allows 0.5 intervals.
One of the few games worth of a 9.5 rating.