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Okay one more hot take before bed

69. Baby Park

Baby Park is less of a course and more of a fundamental element of Mario Kart. It's a deconstruction of the idea of a normal Mario Kart racetrack and it's kind of inherently perfect, in that regard; this is the only track like this in the game, and for that reason, it's good. The positives to this particular version: making it anti-grav is funny because it means bumping into people just makes you go even faster, and being able to have 12 people in a single race is great. The downsides; first of all, they fucked up the music. They make it go too fast and transition abruptly on laps; you could argue that this is hilarious and makes Baby Park feel even more manic but I think is just sounds awkward. The other problem I have is that, without the pure item chaos of Double Dash, Baby Park just doesn't function as well. Baby Park is perfect in DD because you've got giant bananas and Bowser shells and Yoshi eggs flying all over the place just absolutely dicking everyone over with no survivors; it's just not quite the same without all of those chaos items. Sure you have Bob-ombs and Bullet Bills here and that helps a bit, but it's just not quite the same. It's never quite the same as it was in DD. So like, I think this track is important, I think it serves an important role in the game, but I find that most races on it are actually surprisingly placid. There are more chaotic tracks in the game, frankly. Baby Park is just a bit overrated.