However, looking at Super Mario Kart on the SNES is just too big of a “franchise” starter and the first time we got a look at a game that created the ‘go-kart’ racing genre. There is a good reason why Ghost Valley 2 from Super Mario Kart was remade in Halo 3 over at Halotracks. Because it’s iconic. Even though there were only 4 MP versus maps, every time you played them it was something different. Mario Kart is a driving game for gamers who don’t like driving games. Because driving isn’t what makes Super Mario Kart good. It’s shooting the hell out of your friends with Red Shells. It’s using a mushroom at the right second so you slam into your buddy and send them flying off the level. It’s driving nervously as you can here the guy 6inches behind you who has a Star/Invincibility bearing down on you.

The Mario Kart franchise is huge to this day. I play Mario Kart Wii with my soon to be father-in-law and he’s better at the game than I am! He’s 56 years old and can whip my ass in Mario Kart. The only time I have half a chance is when I make him use the Mario Kart Wheel controller.

It’s a tough choice between the two, but in the end I gave my vote to Super Mario Kart.

~B.B.

~B.B.