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The arrival of Mario Kart on the Nintendo 3DS has both the ring of initiation and frustration to it. On the one hand, having yet another core franchise on the console is a further step towards legitimizing a device often dismissed as a gimmick. On the other, it still suffers from that uniquely Nintendo problem of being hamstrung by past success. From the outset, you should have a pretty good idea of whether you’re going to enjoy this game or not. If the previous, more or less identical, iterations floated your boat then part seven won’t pull anything funny to put you...