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My brothers and I first picked it up when it first came out in the UK. We've played it ever since. It's true that the only downside is we can't play more than 2 players at a time, but it doesn't stop us from still cracking it out and playing all night on a 'winner stays on' policy.

I played the M64 once - was very lame in comparison. I've just got a Wii, and it's just not the same gameplay on mario kart wii- too many variables, all the weapons are too easy and there's too many of them. To me the Nintendo systems have excelled in their gameplay rather than graphics. Isn't that why they've gone down the wii road, rather than the graphicy options the other consoles went for?

The current world of gaming is lacking the beauty that comes from restriction of options. To get skilled within a small set of variables, but with just enough that it's not boring. That was SMK.

Great moments: Do you remember the time you realised there was a special cup - when it got revealed? And then how about when they revealed the 150cc...? When you learned to powerslide? When you first realised you could jump a red shell if taking it straight on? When you first did a sub-1min lap in time trial on mario circuit 1? Or how about when you were trailing the other player by 8 points and had to oust them on rainbow road as well as come 1st? I just can't see myself loving the newer versions of mariokart like that, coz there's just too much there and you lose the essence of the game...

I've still got it on the SNES but wouldn't hesitate to get it on the WiiVC when they finally release it!

I just hope it's true to the original