Gnizmo on 29 January 2008
Complaining because you can't casually beat expert players online with luck based powerups isn't exactly in the best interest of the people who will be playing Mario Kart online the most, nor is it in your interest to have a shallower game and relegate it to casual online play, due to its lack of meaningful advanced techniques.
See here is my problem with snaking summed up in your defense of it. There are not a ton of advanced techniques necessary to be competitive online. There is one technique. That is no better than just having items determine the outcome for me. The game online is extremely shallow currently. It comes down to how well you can snake, and nothing more.
