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I think Mario Kart 7 is a great game. It has great and creative tracks, some of which I think are the most underrated in Mario Kart History (Wario Shipyard is a really good example). Wiggler is really cool, and a lot of the new karts are really cool too.
But...I don't think it's the best game in the series, despite what some of you might say.

First, the new characters. While Wiggler's amazing, and Lakitu is pretty cool, Honey Queen and Metal Mario are honestly pretty lame. I know I'm going to anger a lot of people with this, but I really don't like Metal Mario. He had a cool theme in Super Mario 64, but he's a clone. He's Mario with a silver texture and a different voice. I just really don't get why people like him more than Wiggler. And Honey Queen? She shouldn't be here. Who thought it was a good idea to put a character who appeared in a total of 2 games before hand over Waluigi, a fan favorite character? Because whoever came up with that idea needs to be fired. To make things even worse, they have Waluigi Pinball in the game, but no Waluigi! How does that make any sense!?

Second, this is a bit nitpicky, but the tricks in the game are kinda boring. Almost all of them are practically the same thing: the first trick is them putting their hand in the air, then the second is them doing a similar thing to the camera. MKWii and MK8 both had much more exciting and distinct tricks for every character.

Lastly, the battle mode...kinda sucks. Coin Battle is somehow worse than in MKWii, you can't customize a lot of things about the battles themselves, and the arena selection...could be better. Big Donut is far better than the N64 version, Wuhu Town is pretty cool, GBA BC1 is pretty fun, and I think Honeybee Hive and Palm Shore are just...okay. But, from my experience, Sherbet Rink isn't very fun, especially compared to all the others.

And if you say "it's a portable game, of course there's less stuff than console games" or something along those lines, I'll point to MKDS. It's also a portable, but it has a more content than MK7, despite being on inferior hardware. It has a mission mode, a VS mode, a customizable emblem, and I personally think it has better tracks than MK7. I'm not saying every track in DS is better, but DS's best tracks (Waluigi Pinball, Airship Fortress, Luigi's Mansion) are better than Mk7's best.

In summary, I like MK7, but I wouldn't call it the best in the series. It has its flaws, and it's honestly kinda underwhelming, especially compared to MKDS, the last portable Mario Kart.

What are your thoughts on Mario Kart 7?
(Man, I struggle with making essays in school, but out of school I can make stuff like this.)