Mario Kart 7’s Identity Lesson (Wired UK)

Andy Robertson writes: "Mario Kart 7 feels like it has finally got its head around its identity. It's a game that knows what it is, and perhaps more importantly who its players are. I wonder if my son will be one of them."

"It manages to make sense of the series as a whole — matching Double Dash antics with its crazy flying, the accessible tilt controls of Mario Kart Wii, the portability of Mario Kart DS and even rediscovering the racing focus of the early N64 and SNES games."