From Pashford,
"Having had some uncertain experiences with some of Nintendo's long-lived franchises as of late, my one constant was the thrill of a new Mario Kart. I've been with the series for some 15 years now, and that kind of longevity is hard to shake. While I was lucky enough always to have a new console, whichever one I ended up owning, my friend had its rival. In this way during the 16-bit era, I never found the kind of split-screen chaos that resonated with me on the Sega Genesis (though there were a few games that came close) as on my friends Super Nintendo with Super Mario Kart. One after another, Mario Kart's come, and it's added to my repertoire of boomerang game experiences that always make me come right on back no matter how many other video games may distance me. So the time has finally arrived: did Mario Kart survive the ringer to come out clean and recognizable?"
