Super Mario Kart

Synopsis[]

It's the greatest racing adventure of all time! Players have dropped the checkered flag and Super Mario Kart has crossed the finish line as one of the best Super NES games of all time! Better yet, the Super Mario GoKart Park is still open for tons of racing fun! Hit the track with Mario, Luigi, Yoshi and the Princess. Get tough and lock fenders with Donkey Kong, Jr. and Bowser. Even Toad and Koopa Troopa will mix it up in an all-out quest for the Gold Cup! Race head-to-head with a friend or challenge the computer in great, split-screen Mode 7 graphics.

In Other Languages[]

Language	Title
Japanese	スーパーマリオカート
Korean	슈퍼 마리오 카트

Release timeline[]

Console	Country of origin	Date
Super NES	Japan	August 27, 1992^[1]
Super NES	USA	September 1992^[2]
Super NES	UK	January 21, 1993
Super NES	South Korea	1993
Super NES (re-release)	USA	November 4, 1998
Wii	Japan	June 9, 2009
Wii	USA	November 23, 2009
Wii	UK	April 2, 2010
Wii U	Japan	June 19, 2013
Wii U	UK	March 27, 2014
Wii U	USA	August 6, 2014

Music[]

	Sequence Title	Original MIDI Release Date
1	Title Screen	January 1, 1998 or earlier
2	Character Select	March 4, 2004
3	Mario Circuit	August 26, 2001
4	Koopa Beach	January 1, 1998 or earlier
5	Choco Island	August 16, 2001
6	Donut Plains	April 18, 1999
7	Vanilla Lake	August 16, 2001
8	Bowser Castle	January 1, 1998 or earlier
9	Ghost Valley	December 25, 2001
10	Rainbow Road	June 27, 1999
11	Congratulations	January 7, 2004
12	4th Place	June 19, 2003
13	Battle Mode	April 18, 1999
14	Credits	August 28, 2001
15	Mario's Victory	August 27, 2001
16	Luigi's Victory	August 27, 2001
17	Princess's Victory	August 27, 2001
18	Yoshi's Victory	August 27, 2001
19	Toad's Victory	August 27, 2001
20	Koopa Troopa's Victory	August 27, 2001
21	Donkey Kong Jr.'s Victory	August 27, 2001
22	Bowser's Victory	December 18, 1999

Gallery[]

Screenshots[]

These screenshots were uploaded to TMK on August 25, 1999.

Videos[]

Nintendo_eShop_-_Super_Mario_Kart_on_the_Wii_U_Virtual_Console — Nintendo eShop - Super Mario Kart on the Wii U Virtual Console

See also[]

Super Mario series
Video Games	NES	Super Mario Bros. (1985) • Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels (1986) • Super Mario Bros. 2 (1988) • Super Mario Bros. 3 (1990)
	Game Boy/Color	Super Mario Land (1989) • Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins (1992) • Super Mario Bros. Deluxe (1999)
	Super NES	Super Mario World (1991) • Super Mario Kart (1992) • Super Mario All-Stars (1993) • Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (1995) • Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (1996)
	Nintendo 64	Super Mario 64 (1996) • Mario Kart 64 (1996/1997) • Yoshi's Story (1997/1998) • Mario Party (1998/1999) • Mario Party 2 (1999/2000) • Paper Mario (2000/2001) • Mario Party 3 (2001)
	Game Boy Advance	Super Mario Advance (2001) • Mario Kart: Super Circuit (2001) • Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 (2001/2002) • Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 (2002) • Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 (2003) • Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga (2003) • Mario Party Advance (2005)
	GameCube	Luigi's Mansion (2001) • Super Mario Sunshine (2002) • Mario Party 4 (2002) • Mario Party 5 (2003) • Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (2003) • Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2004) • Mario Party 6 (2004) • Mario Party 7 (2005)
	Nintendo DS	Super Mario 64 DS (2004) • Mario Kart DS (2005) • Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time (2005) • Super Princess Peach (2005/2006) • New Super Mario Bros. (2006) • Mario Party DS (2007) • Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story (2009)
	Wii	Super Paper Mario (2007) • Mario Party 8 (2007) • Super Mario Galaxy (2007) • Mario Kart Wii (2008) • New Super Mario Bros. Wii (2009) • Super Mario Galaxy 2 (2010) • Mario Party 9 (2012)
	Nintendo 3DS	Super Mario 3D Land (2011) • Mario Kart 7 (2011) • New Super Mario Bros. 2 (2012) • Paper Mario: Sticker Star (2012) • Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon (2013) • Mario & Luigi: Dream Team (2013) • Mario Party: Island Tour (2013) • Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam (2016) • Super Mario Maker (2016)
	Wii U	New Super Mario Bros. U (2012) • New Super Luigi U (2013) • Super Mario 3D World (2013) • Mario Kart 8 (2014) • Mario Party 10 (2015) • Super Mario Maker (2015) • Paper Mario: Color Splash (2016)
	Nintendo Switch	Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (2017) • Super Mario Odyssey (2017) • Super Mario Party (2018) • New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe (2019) • Super Mario Maker 2 (2019)
TV Shows		Super Mario Bros. Super Show (1989) • Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 (1990) • Super Mario World (1991)

Video Games
Arcade		Donkey Kong (1981) • Donkey Kong Jr. (1982) • Mario Bros. (1983) • Donkey Kong 3 (1984)
NES	Mario	Super Mario Bros. (1985) • Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels (1986) • Super Mario Bros. 2 (1988) • Super Mario Bros. 3 (1990)
NES	Kirby	Kirby's Adventure (1993)
Game Boy/Color	Mario	Super Mario Land (1989) • Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins (1992) • Super Mario Bros. Deluxe (1999)
	Kirby	Kirby's Dream Land (1992) • Kirby's Pinball Land (1993) • Kirby's Dream Land 2 (1995) • Kirby's Block Ball (1996) • Kirby's Star Stacker (1997) • Kirby Tilt 'n' Tumble (2001)
	Wario	Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 (1994) • Wario Land II (1998) • Wario Land 3 (2000)
	Pokémon	Red, Green and Blue (1996) • Yellow (1998) • Gold and Silver (1999) • Crystal (2000)
Sega Master System/Genesis		Sonic the Hedgehog (1991) • Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (1992) • Sonic the Hedgehog CD (1993) • Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (1994) • Sonic & Knuckles (1994)
Sega Game Gear		Sonic the Hedgehog (1991) • Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (1992) • Sonic Chaos (1993) • Sonic the Hedgehog: Triple Trouble (1994) • Sonic Drift 2 (1995) • Sonic Blast (1996)
Super NES	Mario	Super Mario World (1991) • Super Mario Kart (1992) • Super Mario All-Stars (1993) • Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (1995) • Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (1996)
	Kirby	Kirby's Dream Course (1994) • Kirby Super Star (1996) • Kirby's Dream Land 3 (1997)
	Donkey Kong	Donkey Kong Country (1994) • Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (1995) • Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble (1996)
Nintendo 64	Mario/Yoshi	Super Mario 64 (1996) • Mario Kart 64 (1996/1997) • Yoshi's Story (1997/1998) • Mario Party (1998/1999) • Mario Party 2 (1999/2000) • Paper Mario (2000/2001) • Mario Party 3 (2001)
	Donkey Kong	Diddy Kong Racing (1997) • Donkey Kong 64 (1999)
	Kirby	Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards (2000)
	Other	Super Smash Bros. (1999)
Sega Saturn		Sonic Jam (1997) • Sonic R (1997)
Dreamcast		Sonic Adventure (1998/1999) • Sonic Shuffle (2000) • Sonic Adventure 2 (2001)
Game Boy Advance	Mario	Super Mario Advance (2001) • Mario Kart: Super Circuit (2001) • Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 (2001/2002) • Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 (2002) • Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 (2003) • Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga (2003) • Mario Party Advance (2005)
	Wario	Wario Land 4 (2001)
	Sonic	Sonic Advance (2001/2002) • Sonic Advance 2 (2002/2003) • Sonic Battle (2003) • Sonic Advance 3 (2004)
	Kirby	Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land (2002) • Kirby & the Amazing Mirror (2004)
GameCube	Mario	Luigi's Mansion (2001) • Super Mario Sunshine (2002) • Mario Party 4 (2002) • Mario Party 5 (2003) • Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (2003) • Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2004) • Mario Party 6 (2004) • Mario Party 7 (2005)
	Sonic	Sonic Mega Collection (2002) • Sonic Heroes (2003/2004) • Shadow the Hedgehog (2005) • Sonic Riders (2006)
	Kirby	Kirby Air Ride (2003)
	Other	Super Smash Bros. Melee (2001)
Nintendo DS	Mario/Yoshi	Super Mario 64 DS (2004) • Mario Kart DS (2005) • Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time (2005) • Super Princess Peach (2005/2006) • New Super Mario Bros. (2006) • Yoshi's Island DS (2006) • Mario Party DS (2007) • Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story (2009)
	Kirby	Kirby Canvas Curse (2005) • Kirby Squeak Squad (2006/2007) • Kirby Super Star Ultra (2008) • Kirby Mass Attack (2011)
	Sonic	Sonic Rush (2005) • Sonic Rush Adventure (2007) • Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood (2008)
Wii	Mario	Super Paper Mario (2007) • Mario Party 8 (2007) • Super Mario Galaxy (2007) • Mario Kart Wii (2008) • New Super Mario Bros. Wii (2009) • Super Mario Galaxy 2 (2010) • Mario Party 9 (2012)
	Sonic	Sonic and the Secret Rings (2007) • Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity (2008) • Sonic Unleashed (2008) • Sonic and the Black Knight (2009) • Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing (2010)
	Kirby	Kirby's Epic Yarn (2010) • Kirby's Return to Dream Land (2011) • Kirby's Dream Collection: Special Edition (2012)
Nintendo 3DS		Super Mario 3D Land (2011) • Mario Kart 7 (2011) • New Super Mario Bros. 2 (2012) • Paper Mario: Sticker Star (2012) • Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon (2013) • Mario & Luigi: Dream Team (2013) • Mario Party: Island Tour (2013) • Yoshi's New Island (2014) • Super Mario Maker (2016) • Mario Party: Star Rush (2016)
Wii U	Mario	New Super Mario Bros. U (2012) • New Super Luigi U (2013) • Super Mario 3D World (2013) • Mario Kart 8 (2014) • Mario Party 10 (2015) • Yoshi's Woolly World (2015) • Super Mario Maker (2015) • Paper Mario: Color Splash (2016)
Wii U	Sonic	Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed (2012) • Sonic Lost World (2013)
Nintendo Switch		Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (2017) • Super Mario Odyssey (2017) • Super Mario Party (2018) • New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe (2019) • Yoshi's Crafted World (2019) • Super Mario Maker 2 (2019) • Luigi's Mansion 3 (2019) • Paper Mario: The Origami King (2020) • Super Mario 3D All-Stars (2020)
Other consoles		Xbox 360: Sonic Free Riders (2010) • Sonic Generations (2011)

[1] Super Mario Kart (Japanese)

[2] Super Mario Kart (USA)

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