For the first game in the series, see Super Mario Kart.
Video game series
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 (1992-08-27)
Latest release
Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit October 16, 2020 (2020-10-16)
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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