i finished all the standard tracks; i'm going to play the dlc at some point

so what can i say about the game? the only reason i can't call it a perfect video game as an entertainment medium, and thus the best mario kart game, is because of the deluxe edition

well, technically it is, considering that the deluxe isn't really mario kart 9, although the extra content and the new item feature make all the difference to me. the most polished kart game ever.

and even though the anti-gravity sections are gimmicky in a way that doesn't change the gameplay, they're still visually cool and make the experience much more varied in a way that can't be appreciated enough

i know that's probably because of its 3d sandbox nature, yadda yadda yadda, but there's still so much potential to be fulfilled...

there are a lot of ideas out there that people have already made mods for, but they should be in the game officially

for example: better inventory organization, dynamic lighting while holding a torch, a more complex second hand feature, and not that stupid combat system (and to be clear: the previous one was bad, too)

at least its current state is waaay better than it once was. i mean, we would never ever get an update like the cave & cliffs one considering how much freaking slow it is to get any """big""" updates like this