Very fun game! A must have for any mario kart fans. I managed to get the $40 sale from Best Buy (totally worth it – brand new Mario Kart games almost never go on sale for less than 5 bucks, even if the release date is more than 2 years ago) . It’s a great game to pull out and bring over to your friend’s houses. So many of the tracks are beautiful, creative, amazing, and gorgeous to race on. Some of the cool tracks are actually one giant track with the laps acting as checkpoints. Really cool to see more of those in this game; this wasn’t a thing on DS or Double Dash. If you’re hesitant to buy because it was released a while back, don’t worry – this has everything you’d expect in a mario kart game. There is an expansion pack for $25 that I haven’t gotten yet, but it adds almost twice the amount of tracks in the base game. I am planning on buying it when I have finished all cups with 3 stars. I have two mirror cups left to do atm. The skill floor is very low with assisted steering and 50cc options, meaning it’s great for anyone that doesn’t really play video games or unfamiliar with mario kart, yet the skill ceiling can still be very high! In 200cc, you’ll find yourself needing to brake while drifting, especially on the harder tracks. On those, my girlfriend and I practice on the Time Trial runs to learn the tracks and practice drifts. I’ve still yet to beat the 200cc Rainbow Road Crown Cup Race without falling off while drifting, lol! But I’ll get it one day! I started on Mario Kart DS and am still really happy karting whenever I get that itch to race. If you’re ultra competitive with your friends, however, you have the options to play a VS. race, turn off all items, and race with on any track you want with your friends. You can set teams too if you’re into that. Also coming from playing Mario Kart Double Dash, it’s especially awesome on the Switch. In millennial terms, you are getting a TV console quality level of video game on a portable hand-held device that you can take anywhere… yet you can STILL hook it up to your TV and play there! I cannot understate how thrilling this is to have. But maybe I’m just getting old, lol. Lots of replay value if you’re into mastering the tracks and you play other racing games such as Forza Horizon or maybe the older NFS games like Underground 1-2, Most Wanted, Carbon, etc. if you can find someone else to kart with, I would totally give it a shot if you’ve got that same kind of drive for racing, drifting, and mastering the track. There is so many ways you can enjoy the game and it appeals to a wide range of people of all skill levels, especially because of the RNG factors. I know that some people are of the opinion that Mario Kart is an anti-competitive or anti-skill game because of the random items that have a huge impact on whether you get first place or not regardless of your skill level, but to me that’s the beauty of this game. Because you could do everything right or nothing wrong in real life, and things will still not go your way no matter how well you did something. It encourages and reminds me to keep challenging myself to have a mindset of healthy self-control, such as fully accepting stressful outcomes and freeing my mind from the frustrations of things i cannot control (like 3 blue shells in a row) and instead shifting my mental energy towards my strive for mastery, such as practicing chain drifting more comfortably in Cheese Land on 200cc, because there are turns that I only do well without going off the track 70% of the time. Because that’s life sometimes, and you gotta give yourself the love you need and not let your overwhelming challenges get the best of you. Being able to play this game and be reminded of my 12-year-old-self’s relentless mentality and drive to be the best driver I could be is therapeutic for me nowadays. Mario Kart is its own thing and I have always appreciated it and wanted to play it for what it is, and I am sure a lot of others feel the same way. I bought this game with the intention of keeping it for more than a decade if possible:) It’s been a great investment for me and I’m glad I bought it <3

Best Buy’s I’m really satisfied with the price of the product and the kindness of the staff. I’m a person who buys products in person rather than online purchases. Because I can check the condition of the item and what I’m curious about right away. I think price and quality are the most important when buying things. I think Best Buy’s items can be bought with confidence in the above points. Mario Kart 8 was cheaper than other places when I bought it. Also, I was satisfied with the clean storage of the product and the kindness of the staff.stuff is reliable!