Super Mario Kart

SNES 1992

7.3 / 10

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Rating Breakdown

Gameplay 18% weight

9/10

Depth 12% weight

3/10

Challenge 15% weight

8/10

Graphics 8% weight

5/10

Music 8% weight

6/10

Story 11% weight

—/10

Multiplayer 8% weight

—/10

Impact 9% weight

9/10

Nostalgia 11% weight

9/10

            Score history
            
                7.09 ↑ 7.30

2026-05-22 7.30

2026-05-06 7.09 Initial rating

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About

Super Mario Kart is a 1992 kart racing game developed and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES). The first game in the Mario Kart series, it was released in Japan on August 27, 1992, North America on September 1, 1992, and Europe on January 21, 1993. Selling 8.76 million copies worldwide, the game went on to become the fourth best-selling SNES game of all time. Super Mario Kart was re-released on the Wii's Virtual Console in 2009, on the Wii U's Virtual Console in 2013, and on the New Nintendo 3DS's Virtual Console in 2016. Nintendo re-released Super Mario Kart in 2017 as part of the company's Super NES Classic Edition.

Source: Wikipedia

Highlighted Credits

Soyo Oka ↗ Composer
Tadashi Sugiyama ↗ Director
Shigeru Miyamoto ↗ Producer
Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development ↗ developer

Reviewed January 1, 1993 · Last updated May 22, 2026