Mario Kart

31 - Mario Kart (series)

Year: 1992, 1996, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2008
Platform(s): Super Nintendo / Nintendo 64 / Game Boy Advance / Game Cube / Nintendo DS / Wii
Designer(s): Tadashi Sugiyama [1992], Hideki Konno [1992-1996], Takeshi Ando [2001], Yukio Morimoto [2001], Kiyoshi Mizuki [2003], Makoto Wada [2005], Yasuyuki Oyagi [2005-2008]
Developer: Nintendo
Publisher: Nintendo

"You’d think it outdated.‭ ‬Every iteration of Mario Kart sticks rigidly to‭ ‬17-year-old mechanics,‭ ‬imposing predetermined finishing positions with unabashed elastic-banding‭ (‬and,‭ ‬in later games,‭ ‬unleashing the dreaded blue shell‭)‬.‭ But as much as Mario Kart tries to regulate and even punish player skill,‭ ‬everyone keeps coming back to it.‭ ‬Experienced players can learn shortcuts and exploit its attempts to level the playing field,‭ ‬while casual ones can appreciate its assistance.‭ ‬The first to feature online and sporting a series-best course selection,‭ ‬the DS version still serves unsurpassed social and solo kart racing,‭ ‬all in a handy handheld format." - Edge

Recommended Titles:
Super Mario Kart (1992) [Super Nintendo]
Mario Kart 64 (1996) [Nintendo 64]
Mario Kart: Super Circuit (2001) [Game Boy Advance]
Mario Kart: Double Dash‼ (2003) [GameCube]
Mario Kart DS (2005) [Nintendo DS]
Mario Kart Wii (2008) [Wii]

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