Sunski said:
If Nintendo had released this Mario Kart for Gamecube for every "I love it!" comments we'd have had 10 "Same old crap! That's it Nintendo MILK MILK MILK" comments.
Instead Nintendo tried to do something different...a co-op racer and for every "I love it!" they get 10 "Gimmicky crap! Where's my REAL mario kart?"
The difference is that GP is developed by NAMCO.
Also, the player sucks because, if you watch the video preview he points out a couple things:
-Playing Mario Kary with a WHEEL is very different from using the D-Pad, which has been the de-facto standard in the past.
-The drifting mechanism is different. You tap the break to do the hop and he mentions that there is a bit more strategy in determining when to start drifting around a corner.
Considering those two things and the fact that this might be his first time playing GP, I'd give him a pass on sucking.