Mario Kart
Video game series by Nintendo / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
Mario Kart | |
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Genre(s) | Kart racing |
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Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
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First release | Super Mario Kart August 27, 1992 (1992-08-27) |
Latest release | Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit October 16, 2020 (2020-10-16) |
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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.