Super Mario Kart at 25: Dissecting a revolutionary game design

[KVD]

Gamasutra did a really cool article on Super Mario Kart!
https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/304605/Super_Mario_Kart_at_25_Dissecting_a_revolutionary_game_design.php

I was approached via Twitter by the author and I'm really happy with the result I must say! 

[Narnet]

Elle envoie, la bande-annonce du jeu ! 

[KVD]

Hahaha yeah it's so awesome! 

[Fabrice Baro]

KVD thinks most companies don’t fully understand the appeal of Kart, aping the cartoony nature without worrying about the nitty-gritty details of a deep racing game that feels good and plays well. “I get the feeling that most clones fail by trying to cater too much to the casual, friendly, party-style gamer,” he says. “Skill is fun. That’s what makes these games last much longer than the Kart clones out there.”

Yes!

[KVD]

Shocking revelation: Miyamoto invented the French skank tactique sandbagging strats! 
http://youtu.be/naSMyIszbYo?t=191
3m11s in the vid.

Sympa vid otherwise too! 

[Antistar]

Shocking revelation: Miyamoto invented the French skank tactique sandbagging strats! 
http://youtu.be/naSMyIszbYo?t=191
3m11s in the vid.

Master!

[Johan]

Nice article.
However, this part is maybe a little bit exaggerated :

Hundreds like van Duijvenboden compete at the Championnat du Monde, an annual tournament held in France that has tested the best Kart players in the world since 2002.

Even if they had been talking about the total number of participants since 2002 (which was not the case here), "hundreds" would still have been (narrowly) too strong