Replayed it today for the first time in yeeears - I had forgotten what an absolute joy DD is to play. So much more responsive and refined than MKWii (which I enjoyed!). In particular the collision detection seems way more precise than in MKWii. I remember in DD we used to shoot the Bobomb cars backwards with a green shell... in MKWii it would hardly ever work.
I'm still mad at reviewers like IGN, who (back then) dismissed DD as barely different from MK64. Such ignorance. DD feels fast, the physics are immensely satisfying, duels can be super intense... still the ultimate MK in my opinion, and I've been karting since the original.
It's a typical problem with Nintendo's A franchises: People start taking it for granted. Top of the industry, but people don't see the level of quality anymore.
