You'll enjoy Yahtzee's review of the game. I did, that's for sure.
For reference.
Also, people bitch to shit about Mario Kart 7. I didn't see to many hot reviews compared to the DS or Wii versions.
And I never saw why people gave a shit about Kid Icarus Uprising. It's not like Kid Icarus was a fantastic series that mysteriously fell into an alternate dimension for almost 20 years to the joy of all five fans of the original.
I'll just throw in my two cents, since this is EOF and all I actually don't care about what kind of flaming I'm going to get by saying this.
Mario Kart 7 is without a doubt the best MK game released since Double Dash for the gamecube, not only thanks to the very good online system but also thanks to it's new driving mechanics.
I absolutely hated MK for the DS and Wii, so I don't see how those in any way could be better at all. More characters doesn't equal a better game.
Unlike Mario Kart Wii this title is very competitive and balanced, when it comes to item selection they got rid with stupid items like the POW block or the mega mushroom and replaced them with items that actually made more sense, the raccoon tail with it's ranged melee attacks, the fire flower that allows you to throw a big amount of fireballs though balancing it by dealing little damage to other racers.
Now power sliding, that's were the major advancements have been made IMO, unlike the glitchy DS snaking or the timed Wii slide, this time around it increases in power depending on the how narrow you're making your turn, meaning that the more you turn the more you build up your boost. This results in you getting full control over your kart when turning.
The courses are varied and better designed than the huge ass Wii tracks.
You receive notifications when someones playing online and you can instantly join them, you can keep track off how many times you've beaten/lost to a friend during online matches, you can play in communities and the list goes on.
Also I don't know if it's just me but shells are easier than ever to dodge, either by taking a "drive of the cliff suicide", using a starman or more commonly using a mushroom. But if you don't like that there's another feature that allows you to switch up the item selection to shells only etc.
You shouldn't rely on reviews guild, many reviewers don't play the games for more than a couple of hours before they start writing.
The same reason why KI got flamed for it's unusual control scheme, it takes time to get used to, it's not necessary to use the stand.
If you actually would hold your system with straighten relaxed fingers you shouldn't end up with cramp hands or whatever. If you still can't play it because your so slow at adapting to something you can always get one of those thumb styluses for your right hand thumb, it even says so in the loading screens!
Ho cares if no one knew about Pit?
The game is still a blast to play, it's very polished, full of content, I mean the soundtrack is dynamically orchestrated and over 3hrs long, something that really shows how much work went in to this.
If someone doesn't like the game it's due to personal preference, not because of the title falling short.
I didn't play the originals in my youth despite owning the NES and I honestly disliked Brawl, I along with the majority of KI owners would have gotten the game regardless if it had "Captain Ass" or Pit as the main character.
Or others 
