Mario Kart 8 2014

Is it still worth playing?

Nintendo's 2014 kart racer for the Wii U, followed on the Switch in 2017 by Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, which no other Switch game has outsold. Its tracks mix plain racing with anti gravity sections, where karts drive on walls and ceilings and collisions give boosts. The Deluxe version adds all the Wii U downloadable courses, for 48 tracks in 12 cups unlocked from the start. It also revamps battle mode, with five modes and eight arenas, and runs speed classes from 50cc to 200cc plus Mirror. It is built to be shared, too: auto steer and auto accelerate are optional assists, and up to eight can play locally. Varied track design, with assists so that players of every level can share a race, still makes it work today.