Today, we add Mario Kart 64 to that list – first released in Japan on Dec. If you grew up gaming in the late 90s, nothing will make you feel older than the fact that many of your favorite video games from the era are now over twenty years old. With the success of Super Mario Kart, which is the third bestselling title on the SNES, it’s no surprise that Nintendo greenlit a sequel for its next console, the Nintendo 64 – the platform that introduced 3D to the world of Mario. The mode was a welcome break from the traditional racing experience. Not bad for a day’s work.īeyond its fun Mario Kart GP mode, the game’s most notable feature was its multiplayer Battle Mode, which pits two players against each other, as they tried to pop balloons attached to their go-karts by shooting shells at each other.
In fact, famed Nintendo developer Shigeru Miyamoto and his team spent some time at go-kart raceways studying how the karts zipped through the tracks in order to get the game’s unique feel right. For Mario and friends, go-kart racing was a perfect fit. Kart wasn’t designed to be a fast-paced racer, but instead a racing game that fit Nintendo’s decidedly wacky cast of characters. Super Mario Kart debuted in 1992 as a lighter alternative to Nintendo’s classic futuristic racing game F-Zero, with an emphasis on casual multiplayer gameplay to set it apart from the latter’s more fast-paced single-player experience. And then there’s Mario Kart, the most iconic and bestselling Mariospinoff of them all. Mario and his friends have played tennis, golf, soccer, baseball, competed in mini-game challenges in Mario Party, and punched each other in the face in the Super Smash Bros.
It’s no secret that part of Nintendo’s success in the last three decades is due to the myriad ways the company has used its iconic cast of characters to explore genres beyond side-scrolling platformers.
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