Super Mario Kart is a racing game that can be played with one or two players (the latter being split-screen), contrary to the other games in the series where at least four people can play (in Mario Kart DS and Mario Kart Wii, 8 and 12 players can play at once, respectively). The game was made available for the Virtual Console if you reached gold status in Club Nintendo in 2012.Īn example of the single-player split-screen Even the designers of futuristic anti-gravity racer Wipeout acknowledged Super Mario Kart, with its speed boost pads and weapons, as an influence. It's concept of a colorful cast of characters racing in miniature vehicles, and using weapons against their competitors, has served as the blueprint for countless racing games since, in the form of not only its many sequels, but also a huge number of imitators. It was notable at the time of its release for its use of the SNES's Mode 7 technology which gave the illusion of racing in a three-dimensional space. Super Mario Kart is arguably one of the most influential video games of all time. There are plenty of items to use and courses to play, with a total of eight playable characters: Mario, Luigi, Princess Toadstool, Yoshi, Koopa Troopa, Toad, Bowser, and Donkey Kong Jr. It features a 1-player Grand Prix mode, a 2-player mode, a Time Trial mode, and even a Battle mode. It was also released in Japan on Jin United States on Novemand on Apin Europe and Australia as a Virtual Console title. The game was released on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1992 and rereleased in 1996 as the Player's Choice.

Romaji: Sūpā Mario Kāto) (also called SMK) is the first game in the Mario Kart series. Scripts Super Mario Kart ( JP Japanese: スーパーマリオカート.

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