Such a cool gift!!!!!

It's a great game! It's fun to create your own race track! If you love mario kart you should love this. The kart doesn't seem to go fast when you look at it irl, but it feels really fast in the game.

Bought this day one. Started playing within 5 min out of the box in my tight 1000 sq ft apartment. And I love ever second of it. Its so magical seeing this car zip around my living room while battling off video game racers on the big HD screen! It's addictive, and, two-4 player is where this game gets crazy and fun! I have played this over 30 hours and not close to being bored. I create new tracks and I can't WAIT to set this up in a bigger space! Im already seeing people create HUGE mega track with 4 players online. This is one of Nintendo's greatest inventions. Innovative, fun, addicting, the hottest toy on the planet. SOLD OUT EVERYWHERE! LOVE IT!

Nintendo has really been the king of gimmicks in recent years, luckily for us they are really good at it. This time Nintendo is stepping into the world of augmented reality. In other words, you can put your digital Mario Kart into the real world. You set up course barriers around your room and the kart uses a built in camera to turn any room up to 15x15 into a real and virtual racetrack. Obviously you are going to want hard floors for this to make sure the little kart is able to run on it. You also need a lot of free space to play this game right, but it works fantastically! The built in track design tool is top notch, and the camera picks everything up very fast, so your races are as real time as can be, with no lag that I've noticed. And now for the bad. Anyone who's ever played a Kart game knows that single player is fun, but multiplayer is where it's at. Unfortunately, because of the nature of what this game actually is, you will need 2 Switches and 2 copies of the game and kart. So, basically another $400 if you already have a Switch and one copy of the game already. Plus, if you don't have any kind of hard floor in your home, or you have pet hair on your floor you may be in for a rough ride. The Karts aren't made to take any kind of bumps, and like any RC car, animal fur is your enemy because it can and will get wrapped around the axels. Luckily for me, we have 2 Switches in our house. Unlucky for me, the Luigi version is sold out practically everywhere already, though I obviously did score one as shown in the picture. One more slightly obnoxious thing about it is that they give you the world's shortest USB-C cable and no power cube to charge it with. This is an expensive endeavor with the new systems not even a month away. If you're already a Nintendo fan then you're going to love this, and you probably already own it. If you're looking forward to the new consoles, this probably isn't what you want to spend right now. Either way, I'm sure this is going to be right up there with the hot holiday toys this year.

I'm not inclined to write many reviews, but I felt I should for this game. I've been a huge mario kart fan my entire life. I picked this game up to play with family and setup in house. It's real easy to get setup and playing. The game itself you download off nintendo store for free. Syncing the kart is easy, just a simple button press on the kart itself while following on screen instructions. The kart moves faster than I thought, so a big room is best for doing this, or if you have linking hallways and connected rooms. *tip* it doesn't like driving up on rugs from a flat surface gets stuck; use a few plain pieces of notebook paper connecting flat surface to over rug and it'll drive up it just fine.nintendo store for free. Syncing the kart is easy, just a simple button press on the kart itself while following on screen instructions. The kart moves faster than I thought, so a big room is best for doing this, or if you have linking hallways and connected rooms. *tip* it doesn't like driving up on rugs from a flat surface gets stuck; use a few plain pieces of notebook paper connecting flat surface to over rug and it'll drive up it just fine.