It is indeed. Only things I'd change is, make the base difficulty a bit higher. You have all these skills at your disposal, but don't really need them.

And, the Hundred Acre woods minigames could be more varied.

Aside from that, just pure fun throughout.

Omg, my boyfriend, a couple of friends and I watched it today. It was simply amazing. Hope you enjoy it as much as we did! 🤩

Overall, it felt like a very different experience to MK8. But most of all it is still very much a Mario Kart game, and it is a lot of fun, and that is my biggest take away from what little time I've had to play. More Mario Kart tomorrow! 😀

The challenge level seems slightly higher from MK8, even on 50CC. Perhaps as a result of there being 24 racers on the track at the same time, introducing even more chaos.

Free roam feels like a good place to learn wall riding and rails grinding, as well as the trick system.

That reminds me, I haven't played the dlc for any of the Xenoblade games. Should probably do that as well. I guess I'll have to set aside 600 hours to get through it all again. 😅

Did you play XC1?

Xenoblade is a fantastic series, and I have some really fond memories from XC2. 3 is amazing as well, and I can tell you, you have a lot to look forward to.

Really want to play through the whole series again some day.