well I re purchased Mario kart a few days back and although I love Mario kart wii it can be so frustrating mainly online, I think the game itself is unbalanced, I was in a race last night and three blue shells was fired on the last lap, also I think bikes should be done away with they help again to unbalance a race when the bikes are generally faster plus can pull wheelies to go even faster, what can be done in the next Mario kart for a more balanced game, maybe less weapons per lap to make things less hectic? Can't put everything I wanna say cos I'm at work but will post back later

They could make it more similar to Mario Kart 7.

Creating a blue shell safe zone like the last 25% of the last lap could be a neat option

Bikes were done away with in the next Mario Kart, MK7 :P I think they were just the game's gimmick feature like two characters per kart was for Double Dash. Mario Kart Wii U should stay close to the example MK7 has set for it. Though a bit of an expanded character roster would be nice (Keep the babies away, please, but WHY U NO DIDDY/BOO/PETEY/GOOMBA/WALUIGI).

Bolded: That's actually pretty interesting. Diddy Kong Racing, anyone? (I know, not very likely)

Italics: Shitty characters in my opinion (simply because they lack character)

Underlined: WHY???

The mighty Waluigi should obviously be brought back, no question.

Boo is awesome, Petey, not so much, just with the inclusion of the freaking Honey Queen, would have been nice to have a Pirahna Plant there (Though how they drive I have no idea..). Goomba is awesome too, I really want to play any game as Goomba, which has just been limited to Mario Football/Baseball, neither of which interest me, (Again, how he plays baseball/would drive is beyond me :P) Agreed though, Waluigi is a boss and should be brought back to rectify the disgusting lack of Purple in MK7.

Goombas are telekentic

I think Mario Kart is maybe the only game I'd rather see so unbalanced. It's the one game where it's easy to get any 4 friends to play, but it's more fun when the less experienced players have just as good of a chance to win as the more talented players. I love seeing casual players jumping for joy after beating a great player in a match!

I tend to agree.  I would just like the option to make it less unbalanced for when you want to play with your friends who are gamers.  It is nice (and frustrating) to see someone relatively inexperienced catch a lucky blue shell and pass you right at the end to win their first race

Then you might as well play dice.

I don't mind certain portions of luck being involved (otherwise you might as well play Guitar Hero...), but in the latest Mario Kart it was just too much and messed up the whole experience.

I wouldn't say the same about Mario Kart Wii though, which is why I disagree with the OP.