I've been playing it most of the day with my 9 year old son (this was my first try on the game). He is hogging the wheel, as the game was his birthday pressie from his uncle (my bruver

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We played every track with a variety of characters/karts and controls.
I hate to be a killjoy but I have settled with my good old trusty Gamecube controller. I respect the tilt control, but I just get on better with my old controls that I know and love.
Rainbow Road is superb - a vast improvement on the Double Dash version, which was already one of my favourites.
When not being bumped or shelled, I can stay on any track. But I do find that there are more obstacles and pitfalls than ever in this version of my fave racing game of all time.
I really really REALLY want Ninty to release the SNES version on VC now to complete my collection of MK games.
BTW, am I the only one who can't be bothered with all this drifting mullarky?
Love it, love it, love it. Can't believe we are getting SSBB soon as well. I won't know what to play first!
