Editing Super Mario Kart

{{Game
| name=Super Mario Kart
| image=[[Image:Supermariokart.jpg|250px]]
| bgcolor=silver
| fgcolor=black
| developer=[[Nintendo EAD]]
| publisher=[[Nintendo]]
| system=[[Super NES]], [[Virtual Console]] ([[Wii]], [[Wii U Virtual Console|Wii U]], [[3DS Virtual Console|New 3DS]])
| release='''Super NES'''<br />JP August 27, 1992<br /> US September 1992<br />EU January 21, 1993<br />'''Wii Virtual Console'''<br />JP June 9, 2009<br />US November 23, 2009<br />EU/AU April 2, 2010<br />'''Wii U Virtual Console'''<br />JP June 19, 2013<br />EU/AU March 27, 2014<br />US August 6, 2014<br />'''3DS Virtual Console'''<br />PAL March 17, 2016<br />US March 24, 2016<br />JP May 9, 2016
| gallery=[http://www.gamehiker.com/gallery/index.php?cat=53 GH Gallery]
| genre= [[Racing]]
| rating=
|}}

'''Super Mario Kart''' is the first in the series of kart-racing video games starring [[Mario]] and supporting characters from the main ''[[Portal: Mario Brothers|Super Mario]]'' series. The game was made by [[Nintendo EAD]] following the success of their previous racing game, ''[[F-Zero]]'', and utilizes the same Mode 7 technology. Instead of the high-speed F-Zero experience, Super Mario Kart took on a more fun and cartoonier style.

=Gameplay=

The player controlled one of eight racers. Each racer rode a go-kart. In a twist that was unique at the time, the racers could collect items which they could use to sabotage other players (or to enhance their own speed). The game contained twenty racetracks, which were divided into four different "cups" (the last one, the Special Cup, had to be unlocked via a code). The game also had a popular two-player mode. Not only could the two players race each other, there was a Battle Mode in which the goal was to collect items and use them to bust all three balloons of the opponent.

=Playable Characters=
*[[Mario]]
*[[Luigi]]
*[[Princess Peach]]
*[[Toad]]
*[[Yoshi]]
*[[Donkey Kong Jr.]]
*[[Koopa Troopa]]
*[[Bowser]]

==Tracks==
{| style="text-align: left; width: 80%; margin: 0 auto; border-collapse: collapse;" border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1"
!bgcolor= "#ABCDEF" align= "center" |Mushroom Cup
!bgcolor= "#ABCDEF" align= "center" |Flower Cup
!bgcolor= "#ABCDEF" align= "center" |Star Cup
!bgcolor= "#ABCDEF" align= "center" |Special Cup
|-
|Mario Circuit 1
|Choco Island 1
|Koopa Beach 1
|Donut Plains 3
|-
|Donut Plains 1
|Ghost Valley 2
|Choco Island 2
|Koopa Beach 2
|-
|Ghost Valley 1
|Donut Plains 2
|Vanilla Lake 1
|Ghost Valley 3
|-
|Bowser Castle 1
|Bowser Castle 2
|Bowser Castle 3
|Vanilla Lake 2
|-
|Mario Circuit 2
|Mario Circuit 3
|Mario Circuit 4
|Rainbow Road
|}

=Legacy=

This game left an impact upon the gaming world and inspired many other series to follow similar premises of having games where characters race around in go-karts. Within the Mario universe, ''Super Mario Kart'' was also notable as the first "sports" spin-off game to be based heavily on the ''Mario'' games and to feature a cast of ''Mario''-related characters. It was preceded only by ''[[NES Open Tournament Golf]]'', which had a much smaller cast and followed a real world setting rather than being set in the world of the ''Mario'' games. ''Super Mario Kart'' paved the way for a variety of ''Mario'' sports games that mostly emerged during the [[Nintendo 64]] era.

The ''Mario Kart'' series itself would go on to become one of the most popular ''Mario'' subseries and would feature an installment on every Nintendo system going forward (with the exception of the [[Game Boy Color]]). Various courses from the game have also reappeared as Retro courses in later ''Mario Kart'' games, starting in ''[[Mario Kart DS]]''.

==Ports/Remakes==

*All of the game's tracks appear as unlockables in ''[[Mario Kart: Super Circuit]]'' for the [[Game Boy Advance]].
*In the game's first full port, ''Super Mario Kart'' was released for download over the [[Wii]]'s [[Virtual Console]] in 2009. It received another release for the [[Wii U Virtual Console]] in 2014 and the [[3DS Virtual Console]] (for [[New 3DS]] only) in 2016.
*In 2017, it was included in the [[Super NES Classic Edition]].

==Sequels==

The next game to be released was ''[[Mario Kart 64]]'' for the [[Nintendo 64]] in 1996.

=See Also=

*[[Mario Kart Tracks]]

{{Mario Kart Series}}

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