As a child, instead of Mario Kart Wii, I had this game. I just recently went through my old Wii games and found this. I remembered all of my fond memories and replayed the game. It suffices to say that this game is every bit as good as I remember. As a matter of fact, I believe it's better than I remember. This game has an absolutely amazing soundtrack, adorable and funny characters, and it controls so smoothly. Over all 5/5, will play again.