Each game is seeded based on its performance in the two opening rounds of pools. Every game in the Upper Bracket has defeated multiple other games in 1-on-1 polls to get to this point. These are still the best of the best.
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One of the only match-ups where I'll vote for a Mario Kart game.
Super Mario Kart is at least the first game in the series. It tried to do something new, and it actually did it well! Using Mode 7 graphics, no less! A good multiplayer game with good battle mode and all the elements in place for a classic: trim roster of important heroes, time trial ghosts, good variety of stages including one of the best Rainbow Roads to this day, etc.
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One of the only match-ups where I'll vote for a Mario Kart game.
Super Mario Kart is at least the first game in the series. It tried to do something new, and it actually did it well! Using Mode 7 graphics, no less! A good multiplayer game with good battle mode and all the elements in place for a classic: trim roster of important heroes, time trial ghosts, good variety of stages including one of the best Rainbow Roads to this day, etc.
It's also one of the only Mario Karts where genuine racing prowess is almost never ruined by a sudden, catastrophic event (flying spiky blue shells of death, etc.). Certainly in later games if you can get out far enough in front you can survive the inevitable catch-up mechanics sure to bombard you, but the original MK is about being good at driving. The rare occasion when you manage to save a red shell to nail the overall leader right before the finish line of the last race in the circuit, thus causing the third place finish that allows you to claim the overall gold - well, it feels rewarding in a way that nuking everyone in later games does not. Of course, the tracks are much creative, but that's fine.
