What is your favorite MarioKart? (before Mario Kart 8)

[firebush03]

I’m curious to see how everyone would rank the Mario Kart prior to 8 & World. IMO MKWii is a clear winner…though that’s almost entirely because (a.) I grew up on MKWii and never clicked with older Mario Kart games, and (b.) it was the only game I played and watched videos on for an entire year (March 2019 through March 2020).