When I was a student in the distant past I shared a flat with four other guys. We had a 14in old TV and an N64, the only game we ever played was Mario Kart. I through the SNES version was good but this one is better, a lot better. Not only do you get more tracks / power ups / etc you get the best new feature off all. Four player split screen multi player. Its super there is nothing better than racing 3 off your friends in a heated dash to the finish line. Many many hours were lost in this game, there is nothing worse than when you are about to win a race than to get hit with a shell from behind and end up coming in last. The single player is great also, the computer players put up a great fight right to the finish line.