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Originally Posted by gaga64  All the Mario Karts are worth getting, but yes, I was one of those guys who loved the SNES one to bits, played it to death with anyone willing to step near the console, and was strangely horrified by the 64 version.
The tracks are long and empty (apart from Moo Moo Farm and the Special Cup tracks, none are all that memorable), the karts are slower, I finished the single player in 3 days (without mastering any of the shortcuts), 4-player mode was strangely lifeless without music and the Blue Shell is just cheap.
Sorry to say, but I always thought Diddy Kong Racing was better than MK64, even though the multiplayer arenas aren't up to much.
However, I still downloaded MK64 and enjoyed playing through again, even though it did reinforce all my old beliefs. It's fun, but the weakest of the Mario Karts. However, ask me again once Super Mario Kart is downloadable - my memory may be ever so slightly rose-tinted. |
are you sure you weren't just playing in 50cc mode? 150cc or extra was def faster than MK iirc. Maybe you just had such an undying love for the original that anything else couldn't even hold up in comparison. I was like 10 years old when MK64 came out and along with goldeneye, thats all my friends and I played. If I pick up MK DS or MK DD it just isn't the same nowadays. Even now in 1st year university everyone on my floor loves MK64 just because we're all the same age and most of us have memories of it from our childhood.
For me, I can't stand SMK. It looks wayyy too zoomed in and claustrophobic. Also theres no drifting. This is because I played SMK waaay after playing the newer ones.