That's my complaint, vudu! Someone actually pointed out the potential problem when we were drafting nominees, but no one (including me) seemed to care that much at the time.
Jonny has disregarded Mario Kart for as long as I've known him, since he considers each version too similar to get excited over. I see where he is coming from, but Mario Kart DS delivers where both Super Circuit and Double Dash dropped the ball: ultra-precise controls and (in Super Circuit's case) GENUINE recreations of the SNES tracks. I don't see the game as just the DS version, but as what is shaping up to be the best Mario Kart game yet. Online play is the big new feature though, and Jonny is correct in that it doesn't shine through well on a showroom floor.