I'm giving this a generous score since I did mildly abuse rewind in my emulator, because wow does this game fall off badly. The Mushroom Cup is genuinely great fun, lightweight but doesn't feel too finnicky. The other three are trainwrecks for me, a deadly mixture of clunky controls and aggravating map design. Oh, and I've genuinely never seen AI that cheats as blatantly as whoever is in 1st and 2nd place in front of you; literal constant Power Stars.
That being said, it is charming. It's nice to see what's essentially the codifier of kart racing games, the music is pretty sweet, the animations are cute, and it does have some fun moments (again, mostly in the Mushroom Cup). Unfortunately, it's just not enough to outweigh my personal gripes with the game.
That being said, it is charming. It's nice to see what's essentially the codifier of kart racing games, the music is pretty sweet, the animations are cute, and it does have some fun moments (again, mostly in the Mushroom Cup). Unfortunately, it's just not enough to outweigh my personal gripes with the game.