I know we were all expecting this, but I'm still laughing at how they announced this so damn casually.
Yeah, backwards compatibility was to be expected. We all knew there was no way they wouldn't include it, but actually hearing it be confirmed is a relief.
In regards to that new Mario Kart, we obviously don't know much at this stage. But, there seems to be at least 24 spots on the starting grid, so that's quite interesting.