"New" Super Mario Kart [WILL BE UPDATING AFTER IM DONE WITH OTHER STUFF]

[Iceman404]

Also, are the shrinking sprited really necessary? Or does the game engine not resize them on its own...?

Super Mario Kart does not use it's own Super FX chip, so no. It'd also just look really scratchy if it did considering how small the game's sprites are.
Anyways, there's nothing you can do about it, but the project became extremely serious once Star showed the outstanding quality of the sprite revamps he had in mind; that alone is enough to attract people like flies.

Edit: fffffff, I meant "yes"...