Mario Kart

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Mario Kart
Mario Kart logo.png
Logo since 2014
Genre(s) Kart racing
Developer(s)
Publisher(s) Nintendo
Creator(s)
Platform(s)
First release Super Mario Kart
August 27, 1992 (1992-08-27)
Latest release Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit
October 16, 2020 (2020-10-16)
Spin-offs

Mario Kart [lower-alpha 1] is a series of kart racing games and a spin-off Mario franchise developed and published by Nintendo. Players compete in go-kart races while using various power-up items. It features characters and courses mostly from the Mario series as well as other gaming franchises such as The Legend of Zelda , Animal Crossing , F-Zero , Excitebike , and Splatoon .

Contents

The series was launched in 1992 with Super Mario Kart on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES), to critical and commercial success. [1] The Mario Kart series totals fourteen games, with six on home consoles, three on handheld consoles, four arcade games co-developed with Namco, and one for mobile phones. The latest game in the series, Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit , was released on the Nintendo Switch in October 2020. Over 178.19 million copies in the series have been sold worldwide.

Gameplay

In the Mario Kart series, players compete in go-kart races, controlling one of a selection of characters, mainly from the Mario franchise. Up to twelve characters can compete in each race (varying per game). Players can perform driving techniques during the race such as rocket starts, slipstreaming, drifting, and mini-turbos.

Gameplay is enhanced by power-up items obtained by driving into item boxes laid out on the course. These power-ups vary across games in the series, but generally include Mushrooms to give players a speed boost, Red and Green Shells to be thrown at opponents, Banana Peels, and hazards such as Fake Item Boxes. The game selects an item based on the player's current position in the race, utilising a mechanism known as rubber banding. For example, players lagging far behind may receive more powerful items such as Bullet Bills, which give the player invincibility while auto-piloting them forward at great speed, while the leader of a race may only receive small defensive items, such as Shells or Bananas. This gameplay mechanism allows other racers a realistic chance to catch up to the leading racer.

In the original game, Super Mario Kart, the player takes control of one of eight Mario series characters, each with differing capabilities. In single player mode players can race against computer-controlled characters in 4 multi-race cups consisting of 20 tracks (5 in each cup) over three difficulty levels (50cc, 100cc and 150cc). Alternatively players can race against the clock in a Time Trial mode. In multiplayer mode two players can simultaneously take part in the cups or can race against each other one-on-one in Match Race mode. In a third multiplayer mode – Battle Mode – the aim is to defeat the other players by attacking them with power-ups, destroying balloons which surround each kart.

Each new game has introduced new gameplay elements, such as new circuits, items, modes, and playable characters.

Modes

Each game has a variety of modes. The following five modes recur most often in the series:

Development

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The series logo until Mario Kart Arcade GP 2

The debut game in the Mario Kart series was Super Mario Kart released for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) in 1992. Its development was overseen by Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto, the Japanese designer of many successful Nintendo games including Super Mario Bros. Darran Jones of NowGamer suggests that the success of Super Mario Kart resulted from the Super Mario characters, and being a new type of racing game. [5]

Games

Release timeline
Main entries in bold
1992 Super Mario Kart
1993
1994
1995
1996 Mario Kart 64
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001 Mario Kart: Super Circuit
2002
2003 Mario Kart: Double Dash!!
2004
2005 Mario Kart Arcade GP
Mario Kart DS
2006
2007 Mario Kart Arcade GP 2
2008 Mario Kart Wii
2009
2010
2011 Mario Kart 7
2012
2013 Mario Kart Arcade GP DX
2014 Mario Kart 8
2015
2016
2017 Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Mario Kart Arcade GP VR
2018
2019 Mario Kart Tour
2020 Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit

Console

YearGamePlatform Virtual Console/
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  1. 1 2 Mario Kart: Super Circuit can be played on Nintendo 3DS systems with the Nintendo 3DS Ambassadors program.

Arcade

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Seats for Mario Kart games (left) in a Japanese arcade

Mobile

Upcoming games

In January 2022, Serkan Toto, an industry analyst for GamesIndustry.biz indicated that a new entry in the Mario Kart series (referred to by some as Mario Kart 9) was "in active development" at Nintendo. [9] The game would feature "a new twist". [10] [11]

Canceled games

Reception

Sales and aggregate review scores
As of June 30, 2023.
GameYearUnits sold
(in millions)		 GameRankings Metacritic
Super Mario Kart 19928.76 [17] 94%94/100
Mario Kart 64 19969.87 [17] 87%83/100
Mario Kart: Super Circuit 20015.90 [17] 92%93/100
Mario Kart: Double Dash 20036.96 [17] 87%87/100
Mario Kart DS 200523.60 [18] 91%91/100
Mario Kart Wii 200837.38 [19] 82%82/100
Mario Kart 7 201118.98 [20] 85%85/100
Mario Kart 8 20148.46 [21] 88%88/100
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe 201760.58 [22] 92%92/100
Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit 20201.27 [23] 75/100

The Mario Kart series is critically acclaimed. Nintendo Power named it one of the greatest multiplayer experiences, citing the diversity in game modes and the entertainment value. [24]

Guinness World Records listed six records set by the Mario Kart series, including "First Console Kart Racing Game", "Best Selling Racing Game", and "Longest Running Kart Racing Franchise". Guinness World Records ranked Super Mario Kart number 1 of the top 50 console games of all time based on initial impact and lasting legacy. [25] Super Mario Kart was inducted into the World Video Game Hall of Fame in 2019. [26]

Sales

Like the Super Mario series, the Mario Kart series is a commercial success with 178.19 million copies sold in total. [27] It is currently the most successful racing game franchise of all time. Super Mario Kart is the fourth-best-selling Super Nintendo Entertainment System game with 8.76 million copies sold. [17] Mario Kart 64 is the second-best-selling game for the Nintendo 64 (behind Super Mario 64 ), at 9.87 million copies. [17] Mario Kart: Double Dash is the second-best-selling GameCube game (next to Super Smash Bros. Melee ) with 6.96 million copies sold. [17] Mario Kart Wii is the second-best-selling in the series and is the second-best-selling Wii game (next to Wii Sports ) at 37.38 million copies. [19] Mario Kart 8 is the best-selling Wii U game at 8.46 million total copies sold. [21] It was the fastest-selling Wii U game with 1.2 million copies shipped in North America and Europe combined on its first few days since launch, until Super Smash Bros. for Wii U . [28] [29] The enhanced port for the Nintendo Switch, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, is the fastest-selling game in the series with 459,000 units sold in the United States in one day of its launch. [30] It is the highest-selling Nintendo Switch game [31] with a total of 57.01 million copies worldwide, outperforming the Wii U version. Both versions have a combined total of 65.47 million copies sold, making it the best-selling game in the series, and also the best selling Mario game as a whole.

The handheld games are commercial successes. Mario Kart: Super Circuit is the fourth-best-selling Game Boy Advance game at 5.9 million copies. [17] The second portable game, Mario Kart DS , is the third-best-selling Nintendo DS game and the best-selling portable game in the series with a total of 23.6 million copies. [18] Mario Kart 7 is the best-selling Nintendo 3DS game as of March 2023 at 18.98 million copies. [20]

Legacy

Merchandise

The Mario Kart series has had a range of merchandise. This includes a slot car racer series based on Mario Kart DS, which comes with Mario and Donkey Kong figures and Wario and Luigi are separate. A line of radio-controlled karts are controlled by Game Boy Advance-shaped controllers, and feature Mario, Donkey Kong, and Yoshi. There are additional, larger karts which are radio-controlled by a GameCube-shape controller. Many racer figurines have been made. Sound Drops were inspired by Mario Kart Wii with eight sounds including the Spiny Shell and the race start countdown. A land-line telephone features Mario holding a lightning bolt while seated in his kart. K'Nex released Mario Kart Wii, Mario Kart 7, and Mario Kart 8 sets. LINE has released an animated sticker set with 24 stickers based on Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. Nintendo's own customer rewards program Club Nintendo released a Mario Kart 8 soundtrack, a Mario Kart Wii-themed stopwatch, and three gold trophies modeled after those in Mario Kart 7. Before Club Nintendo, a Mario Kart 64 soundtrack was offered by mail. In 2014, McDonald's released Mario Kart 8 toys with Happy Meals. In 2018, Monopoly Gamer features a Mario Kart themed board game with courses from Mario Kart 8 serving as properties, ten playable characters as tokens (pingas) and a special die with power-ups. In 2019, Hot Wheels released Mario Kart sets of cars and tracks. In commemoration of Mario Day celebrations for March 10, 2021, Hot Wheels also released a Mario Kart track set based on Rainbow Road on June 24, 2021. [32] In 2020, for the Super Mario Bros. 35th Anniversary, Cold Stone Creamery released Mario themed desserts including a Rainbow Road themed ice cream cake, from September 30 to December 15. [33]

Rental go-kart dispute

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Go-karters dressed as Nintendo characters in Harajuku, Tokyo

In September 2016, Nintendo filed an objection against the Japanese company MariCar, which rents go-karts modified for use on public roads in Tokyo along with costumes resembling Nintendo characters. [34] MariCar's English website warned customers not to throw "banana peels" or "red turtle shells". [35] The service is popular with tourists. [34]

Nintendo argued that the MariCar name was "intended to be mistaken for or confused with" Mario Kart, citing games commonly known by abbreviations in Japan, such as Pokémon (for Pocket Monsters) and Sumabura ( Super Smash Bros. ). In January 2017, the Japan Patent Office dismissed the objection, ruling that MariCar was not widely recognized as an abbreviation of Mario Kart. [34]

In February 2017, Nintendo sued MariCar over copyright infringement for renting unauthorized costumes of Nintendo characters and using their images to promote its business. [34] In September 2018, MariCar was ordered to stop using the characters and pay Nintendo ¥10 million in damages. [35]

Theme park attraction

Universal Destinations & Experiences' immersive Super Nintendo World areas in Universal Studios Japan and Universal Studios Hollywood feature the Mario Kart: Bowser's Challenge ride as their primary "anchor" attraction. Utilizing innovative augmented reality technology and dark ride set design, guests travel through several environments from Mario Kart 8, including Rainbow Road. The Japan version of the attraction includes a Mario Kart themed shop called "Mario Motors", and a nearby "Pit Stop Popcorn" food stand. [36] The Bowser's Challenge ride is also expected to be built in Epic Universe's version of Super Nintendo World. [37]

Formula E attack mode

Starting with its 2018–19 season, electric open wheel racing series Formula E added a so-called "attack mode", which allows a driver to gain a temporary speed boost if they take an alternate lane (highlighted on television via augmented reality computer graphics). The concept has been described by members of the press and by series CEO Alejandro Agag as inspired by Mario Kart. [38] [39]

Notes

    1. ↑ Japanese: マリオカート, Hepburn: Mario Kāto
    2. 1 2 Released April 23rd, 2015

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