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Mario Kart is a series of Nintendo racing games that feature characters from the Mario Bros.
video game franchise. Mario Kart differs from many other racing games in that it does not seek to accurately simulate real world cars, driving conditions, or physics, making Mario Kart easy to learn, even for young children.

The games are particularly popular as multiplayer games. Two-, four-, eight-, and even sixteen-way challenges are possible. The success of the game series led other companies to try (often unsuccessfully) to imitate the game with characters from their own franchises, as well as licensed characters from film and television.

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"Mario Kart" is used to refer to any of the following popular video games released by Nintendo:

Super Mario Kart is the original Mario Kart game. It was released in 1992 for Super Famicom
and Super Nintendo Entertainment System
.

Mario Kart 64 is the sequel to Super Mario Kart. It was released in 1996 for Nintendo 64
. It was the first 3D Mario Kart game, allowing four players to race and battle on the same screen.

Mario Kart Super Circuit was released in 2001 for Game Boy Advance
. It was the first portable version of Mario Kart and was a slight remake as it contained the tracks from the original Super Mario Kart (with some obstacles oddly missing, such as the Mario Circuit pipes). Because the original tracks had to be unlockable, and also because it is vastly different in that the mechanics of Mario Kart 64 were borrowed instead of Super Mario Kart, it is not normally considered to be part of the Super Mario remake series
, although the dates on the title screen officially recognize it as at least part-remake. It's mostly new material. There was also a multiplayer mode for up to four players, playable with the Game Boy Advance link cable.

Mario Kart: Double Dash!! was released in November 2003 for GameCube. This game strayed away from the classic Mario Kart formula by omitting the jump action and changing the traditional karts into themed vehicles, seating two characters. The two characters could be individually controlled in multiplayer, one player controlling the vehicle and the other controlling the obtained Items. This game is LAN-enabled, such that sixteen players can play with each other over four GameCubes in the same LAN environment.

Mario Kart DS was released in November 2005 for Nintendo DS
. Being the most advanced Mario Kart game to date by adding numerous stats to each vehicle, it was also the first Mario Kart game to expand the single player experience by adding the Mission Run mode, and allowing players to play VS and Battle mode against bots
rather than real-life opponents. Mario Kart DS is also the first game to use Nintendo's online gaming service, Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection
.

Mario Kart Arcade GP was released in autumn of 2005 in Japan and North America. It is the first Mario Kart arcade game. It was developed by Namco
and features Pac-Man, Ms. Pac-Man, and Blinky as some of the playable characters. A European release date is unknown.

Gameplay

In Mario Kart, the characters from the Mario
series of video games get together and race go-karts (or character-inspired variations of them) around a variety of tracks. Players can obtain random items by driving through (or over in Super Mario Kart) question mark blocks, which can be used for either defence, offence or by powering up the engine for a short amount of time (boost). Each Mario Kart game hosts several gameplay modes, which can be played in both singleplayer and multiplayer.

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Games - Mario Kart

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