Excellent track design, Competing against the AI or humans is always exciting, Rebalanced items shift the focus to driving, Hang gliding is a great addition.
No mission mode, Questionable online decisions.
Tom Mc Shea soups up his kart and hits the track in this review for Mario Kart 7....
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