A very solid Mario Kart entry considering it was only the third game and first portable game in the series. It's interesting how Nintendo mixes components of the previous two games for the SNES and N64 and applies them to this game.
The gameplay physics and mechanics resemble that of Super Mario Kart but there are features borrowed from Mario Kart 64 such as being able to recover from minor crashes, blue shells, etc.
Levels are more based on the SNES game with variations.