You could even turn it off and on using that unlabeled button hovering above and between the D-pad and A/B buttons (to save battery life). It wasn't actually backlit, the way most modern devices are rather, a light was built in to the top of the clamshell that illuminated the screen. That "SP" is important (it stood for "special") because it meant that the screen had a light. You'll notice from my pictures that I played this game on a Game Boy Advance SP. These touches gave the game a fresher feel even though it was hamstrung to a dated art style by the less-powerful portable hardware. Nintendo's animation department devoted more frames of animation to each character, and the models appear to have been developed as 3D models turned into flat sprites (a la Donkey Kong Country). Additionally, all eight characters from MK64 made a return, with no additions to the bunch (sorry, Koopa Troopa fans), and they looked significantly better than the sprites in Super Mario Kart. Cube-shaped item boxes replaced the flat item "squares," shells and banana peel items were available in multiples, and the four cup/four race/three lap structure remained intact. While the 3D visuals had to sit this one out, a number of features from the N64 game did make it into Super Circuit, giving the game a more updated feel.
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