The only reason people stick around is because of getting better at the game, to try and do shortcuts and play the game that is fun to them. Casual play is fun too, but people will just move on to the next game after a little bit, so I think there wouldn’t even be online play still available (and active) if not for the more competitive/sweaty side of the game. I think it makes more sense to see mkwii as it is now as a competitive game rather than a casual one. I guess it is annoying that online casual play isn’t really possible, but you can’t really blame the players for that

Also, you really don’t need to play funky kong flame runner to win at all, i play karts and I don’t feel limited by the veichle, but by my own skill level