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.
Alternate Titles
- "スーパーマリオカート" -- Japanese spelling
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Trivia
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