(Written February 2007) Quite frankly, this game is spectacular. The gameplay is smooth. The two racer per kart style works phenomenally. It allows for you to hold one item per character, and have two distinct specials. There's a healthy choice of karts and racers, with more to unlock, so there's a huge number of combinations. The Grand Prix mode is very nicely done with a total of five cups and four difficulty levels, so players will have fun collecting all twenty trophies. Starting off at 50cc, it's pretty easy and you can learn the controls fairly quickly, but the difficulty increases appropriately as you move up through the difficulty levels, making the game satisfying to beat, but without starting you off too hard, or making the final trophies too easy. The multiplayer is a joy. With the option of racing against your friends or co-operating with two people in a kart, there's lots of fun to be had for anybody with more than one controller and a friend or two. I recommend this game for anybody who's played a Mario Kart game and enjoyed it. And it you haven't played Mario Kart, this game will give you a good idea what you're missing.