The new multiplayer GP thing sounds a lot better than before, I wonder what some reviewers were complaining about.
12 players in battle mode sounds great though if it is true (you haven't tried it yet) so maybe I will actually like this battle mode... in fact even if they just fill it to 4 using coms each time that will be good, in the previous ones it usually ended up being a "whoever shot first wins" thing, so if I took the first balloon from my sister I was pretty much destined to win unless she was particularly lucky with power ups.
To be honest I probably won't notice any drop in frame rate unless I am concentrating on it. (unless it means the karts go slower?)
The only frame rate problems I have ever actually noticed and found annoying were PES08 which I have seen being played on the PS3.... although that was admited by Konami to be a big balls up.
