Mario Kart

Mario Kart
Mario Kart
	Logo since 2005
Genre(s)	Kart racing
Developer(s)	Nintendo EAD (1992–2014); Nintendo EPD (2017–present); Intelligent Systems (Mario Kart: Super Circuit); Retro Studios (Mario Kart 7); Namco/Bandai Namco Entertainment (Mario Kart Arcade GP); Velan Studios (Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit);
Publisher(s)	Nintendo
Creator(s)	Shigeru Miyamoto; Tadashi Sugiyama; Hideki Konno;
Platform(s)	Super Nintendo Entertainment System; Nintendo 64; iQue Player; Game Boy Advance; GameCube; Nintendo DS; Arcade; Wii; Nintendo 3DS; Wii U; Nintendo Switch; iOS; Android;
First release	Super Mario Kart; August 27, 1992
Latest release	Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit; October 16, 2020
Spin-offs	Mario Kart Arcade GP; Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit;

Mario Kart^[a] 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.

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.

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^ Crecente, Brian (February 26, 2009). "Super Mario Kart: Most Influential Video Game in History". Kotaku. Archived from the original on February 28, 2009. Retrieved January 27, 2012.

[2] Crecente, Brian (February 26, 2009). "Super Mario Kart: Most Influential Video Game in History". Kotaku. Archived from the original on February 28, 2009. Retrieved January 27, 2012.

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