[quote name='Yertle']You wouldn't believe how fun the items can be when everyone involved has some skill at snaking. It just makes the race crazy because you can go from first to eighth in mere seconds with the right item so people are even more aggressive. Playing eight-person local Mario Kart was honestly the best part about Otakon last year, the organizers even decided to throw an ad hoc tournament for Mario Kart at the last minute after picking up on the massive presense Mario Kart groups were on the game room floor.
Yukine kindly point out another comparable racing game on the DS, you'll find very few. I think it would help thin out the herd if there were more racing options[/quote]
I know I'm in the minority (my opinions usually are), snakers have already won. It's why I don't play it online anymore, it's now used solely for LAN races against friends who don't care for snaking as well. Like I said, I just wish there was an option to set snaking to enabled or disabled when creating a game.
There really aren't any (Diddy Kong Racing?), but you're missing my point. I play Mario Kart for the absurd items, and the sheer silliness of it. If the items are ineffective, there's little to no reason for me to play it (I don't online.) I'd much rather just play any other racing game, or any of the other Mario Kart games that I own.