"The jump to HD may have taken longer than anyone, Nintendo included, had expected or hoped, but the result is one of the best games in the entire series."
Nah. Awful Battle mode, coins as items, and a character roster that's a bit unimaginative, as well as a lack of a proper invite system for friends for online play.
Those are a few fair flaws that merit giving Mario Kart 8 "only" 8 or 9 out of ten. :P
Still a bloody fantastic game, though, all things considered. I've already invested around 27 hours into it, it's a lot of fun.
I don't understand why MK8 is getting so many 9s. Why not 10, eh? Is it the blue shells? It is the blue shells.