Were gonna keep this real simple.  Is Mario Kart 8 the best Mario Kart ever??? 

My vote is Yes

nope.

simple enough?

No, absolutely not. That distinction still belongs to MK64. For it's time, it was mindblowing, just as much as MK8 is now (graphically). And even now, even with dated graphics, it still has great tracks, perfect controls, great balance that no other MK game has had since, and THE best battle mode of any of the MK series.

MK8 is a very good game. WITH a real, legit, decent battle mode, it could have been great. But Nintendo got lazy on that mark, so it loses points for that. It has to. With all that disc space, they also don't have much reason not to have included some kind of "mission mode" like DS had, thought that's a minor quibble. Bottom line, MK8 is a great release, the best MK in a long time. But no, it's not the best MK ever.

Played for eight hours out of the first 32 I owned the title (more hours than I slept in that period).
It's an incredible game.
MkWii will always have a special spot in my heart as my first Kart. And the one I played to death at university with mates. But 8 is fantastic and I will continue to play it in the coming weeks and uncover its every last nuance/play for a good 100 hours plus. Ask me then...

No, MKDS is the best.

Yes.

Possibly. I need more time to play (a year or so) to make a final judgement.

From what I've seen so far, it's REALLY close between it and the Wii version as my #1.

Nope. It's a million times easier working with a 20 year old concept than it is CREATING said concept. The first MK, for that reason, stands alone.

out of the retro tracks 3 are mindblowing as seen here http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=184156&page=1#
but i had more favourites on the mkwii retro's

Yes