The gameplay is not dumbed down unless you want it to be.
The Wheel is nice (especially if you've got family/friends who don't play video games) but the GC controller gives the best experience of any Mario Kart game, even better than MKDS or MK64.
The online is fantastic; best online in a Nintendo game ever. It is lag-free and playing with 12 players who have some skill is great. Battles are so much better with more people.
The GP is not too hard and is partly luck but you can pretty much ignore it once you've unlocked all of the courses - the online is that good.
They've done a great job on the Retro tracks; everything looks a generation better but nothing has been changed that would dam
The stunts are very well integrated even compared to so-called 'serious' racing games; added to the bikes having great top speeds, the mini-turbo, the wheelies and the mushrooms it's like you're constantly boosting.
Pretty much the only problem is that 16 new ones aren't enough.
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