Super Mario Kart (Wii)

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Description

A collection of Super Mario characters, including Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, Peach, Bowser and Donkey Kong Jr., are out to win the Super Mario Kart championship. Using Mode 7 scaling, the first true kart game on the SNES has you collecting coins to boost your speed while using shells and bananas to stop others on the track.

There are 4 cups in all to race for, Mushroom Cup, Flower Cup, Star Cup and Special Cup, each with a selection of tracks to race on (based in Bowser's Castle, Super Mario World and more). Plus, a 2 player battle mode is on offer, where the first to pop the three balloons wins.

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Alternate Titles

• "スーパーマリオカート" -- Japanese spelling

Part of the Following Groups

• Game Center CX challenge games
• Genre: Kart racing
• Mario games
• Mario Kart series

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The Press Says

IGN	Nov 23, 2009	9 out of 10	90
Nintendo Life	Nov 24, 2009		90
Jeuxvideo.com	Jan 02, 2010	18 out of 20	90

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Trivia

1001 Video Games

The SNES version of Super Mario Kart appears in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die by General Editor Tony Mott.

Innovation

Super Mario Kart is often credited with inventing the kart racing genre.

Japanese version

In the original Japanese version, Bowser and the Princess drink champagne during the award ceremony after they won the race. In the Western versions they only wave with the bottle.

Awards

• EGM
  • Issue #200 - #19 out of 200 "Greatest Games of Their Time"
• Game Informer
  • August 2001 (Issue #100) - #35 in the "Top 100 Games of All Time" poll
• Power Play
  • Issue 02/1993 – Best SNES Game in 1992
• Retro Gamer
  • October 2004 (Issue #9) – #13 Best Game Of All Time (Readers' Vote)

Related Web Sites

• Super Mario Kart (Official site (SNES, Japanese))