Ranking Every Mario Kart From Worst To Best

There's not too much to be said about this version that hasn't been said already: a graphically beautiful game that has all the colours of the rainbow splashing into your face, a stunning 60fps, 1080p display. It includes all of the downloadable content from the Wii U edition plus introduces Splatoon characters Inkling Boy and Girl and hails the return of King Boo.

But this goes one better than all other Mario Kart games in a few big ways.

First off, you've got a home console edition of Mario Kart with the ability to play both on the big screen and on-the-go. Then there's the chance to play four player split-screen multiplayer literally anywhere you care to carry your Nintendo Switch.

You can daisy-chain two Switch machines together for up to eight players. It's got online multiplayer for 12 racers. Heck, even the battle mode now makes sense as they've returned to the classic arenas rather than playing cat-and-mouse on tracks. That was a much needed change, and happily shows Nintendo's willingness to listen and take criticism on board.

In many ways this is the most comprehensive version of Mario Kart available because of its huge number of characters (42) and tracks (48). This hits number two because, well... there can only be one winner, right?