Very great recreation, however, I personally would like to see more options. I very much dislike that core elements of the gameplay have been changed with no option to go back to how it was originally. Bring back coins, bring back the AI characters having unique items and sometimes cheating, let me toggle the blue shell and choose if want to be able to hold shells and bananas behind me. The physics also feel pretty close to the original but lack weight and feel floaty.
I enjoy everything else about this, and things like new tracks are a fun bonus, but if I cant get the original gameplay, I just have to pass unfortunately.