
Mario Kart is fun for skilful players and newcomers alike: forgiving car handling and zany items mean anyone can have fun hauling Mario, Bowser et al around its brilliant, gimmick-filled tracks, but mastering the nuances of power-sliding and finding shortcuts separates the champions from the rest.

Some of the best fun you can have with two or more people in the same room. Best played with friends in the same room, where it becomes a catalyst for rivalry and laughter.

Super Smash Bros UltimateĪ fighting game so madcap and maximalist, so crammed with recognisable and obscure characters, references, stages, music and items, that it could be better described as an exhaustive tribute to video game history in its full chaotic, colourful glory. A game that worms its way into your subconscious – the excellent sound design and animation are noteworthy, too. As you roam the halls of deserted palaces or burrow beneath the earth to where the real horrors live, discovering new abilities to help defeat weird enemies or reach new strange places, your curiosity about what happened here grows and grows. Photograph: Team Cherry Hollow Knightĭelve into the bowels of a lost kingdom populated by cute undead insects.
