The new 'Mario Kart' is the best 'Mario Kart' game ever made

It's been 25 years since the first "Mario Kart" game launched on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System: A quarter century of cheap, last-second red shells; of increasingly-complicated drifting; of yelling and laughing alongside friends; of Luigi death stares.

Given all that time, it's amazing that the latest entry in the "Mario Kart" series is also the greatest entry in the long-running racing franchise. Few games perpetually best their predecessors.

"Mario Kart 8 Deluxe" is a delightful exception to that rule.

Here's why "Mario Kart 8 Deluxe," a brand new Nintendo Switch game that just launched, is so incredibly good.