* Mario Kart 64, a video game for the Nintendo 64 features a racetrack called Kalimari Desert

* Super Mario Kart ( 1992, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Virtual Console )

* Mario Kart 64 ( 1996, Nintendo 64, Virtual Console )

* Mario Kart: Super Circuit ( 2001, Game Boy Advance, 3DS Virtual Console )

* Mario Kart: Double Dash ‼ ( 2003, Nintendo GameCube )

* Mario Kart DS ( 2005, Nintendo DS )

* Mario Kart Wii ( 2008, Wii )

* Mario Kart 7 ( 2011, Nintendo 3DS )

* Mario Kart Arcade GP ( 2005, Arcade ) ( Co-developed by Namco )

* Mario Kart Arcade GP2 ( 2007, Arcade ) ( Co-developed by Namco )

Hideki Konno, the series producer, has stated that he hopes to release a Mario Kart game for Nintendo's upcoming games console ; the Wii U. Konno said that he wanted to create " a new and enjoyable game that uses the unique function of Wii U ", He also added that he'd never considered adding other franchise characters into the series.

Several Mario Kart-related items appear in the Super Smash Bros. series, with Super Smash Bros. Brawl in particular featuring a stage based on one of Mario Kart DS < nowiki >' s </ nowiki > courses.

* Peach Circuit, a racing course in the Mario Kart video game series

The first game of the Mario Kart series, it was launched in Japan on August 27, 1992, in North America on September 1, 1992, and in Europe on January 21, 1993.

Super Mario Kart was re-released on the Wii's Virtual Console in Japan on June 9, 2009, North America on November 23, 2009, and in Europe on April 2, 2010.

In Super Mario Kart the player takes control of one of eight Mario series characters, each with differing capabilities.

Super Mario Kart received positive reviews and has been praised for its presentation, innovation and use of Mode 7 graphics.

Several sequels to Super Mario Kart have been released, for consoles, handhelds and in arcades, each enjoying critical and commercial success.

While some elements have developed throughout the series, the core experience from Super Mario Kart has remained intact.

Super Mario Kart is a kart-racing game featuring several single and multiplayer modes.

In order to start a race in Super Mario Kart, Lakitu will come in with the traffic light hanging on the fishing pole, which starts the countdown to the race.

Single player Mario Kart GP mode.

Super Mario Kart has two single player modes, Mario Kart GP and Time trial.

Certain courses from the series have also appeared in F-Zero X, Itadaki Street DS, Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games, and Fortune Street.

Remakes of Mario Circuit 1, Donut Plains 1, Koopa Beach 2 and Choco Island 2 appear as part of the Retro Grand Prix series in Mario Kart DS, remakes of Ghost Valley 2, Mario Circuit 3, and Battle Course 4 appear as part of the Retro Grand Prix and battles in Mario Kart Wii and remakes of Mario Circuit 2 and Rainbow Road appear as part of the Retro Grand Prix in Mario Kart 7.

Mario Kart DS, released for the Nintendo DS in 2005, was the first Mario Kart game to include on-line play via the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection.

Like Mario Kart DS, it includes on-line play ; it also allows racers to play as user-created Miis ( after unlocking the Mii character ) as well as Mario series characters and comes packaged with the Wii Wheel peripheral, which can act as the game's primary control mechanism when coupled with a Wii Remote.

* Super Mario 64 DS, a 2004 remake of Super Mario 64 for the Nintendo DS

A simplified version of Dr. Mario also appears in the Nintendo DS game Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day!

* Mario Party series for the Nintendo 64, Game Boy Advance, Gamecube, Wii and DS

There are even some that are a mixture of the two, where there is a good mix of old and new content, such as the Final Fantasy remakes for the Nintendo DS and Super Mario 64 DS.

The near 3-hour-long epic, which chronicled the saga of the Corleone family, received overwhelmingly positive reviews from critics, and fetched Coppola the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, which he shared with Mario Puzo, and two Golden Globe Awards-for Best Director and Best Screenplay.

Super Mario Kart proved to be a critical and commercial success ; it received a Player's Choice release after selling one million copies and eventually went on to sell eight million copies to become the third best selling game ever for the SNES.

Mario Kart: Super Circuit was well received by the press and public alike once it was released.

Salerno received the first " Tricolore " in an official ceremony on 7 gennaio 2012 from the premier Mario Monti, to celebrate the glorious story of Italy with her old capitals.

Dr. Mario received positive reception, appearing on several " Best Nintendo Games of All Time " lists.

While parents were critical of the premise due to its inclusion of medicine in a children's game, Dr. Mario and its re-releases received generally favorable reviews.

In 2004, France Télécom is likely to have to pay back € 1 billion in alleged unlawful subsidies ( in breach of state aid rules ) it received from the French government, following an 18-month investigation by Mario Monti, the EC Competition Commissioner.

The original versions of Mario Bros., the arcade version and the Nintendo Famicom / Nintendo Entertainment System ( NES ) version, were received positively.

The Nintendo e-Reader version of Mario Bros. was slightly more well received by IGN, who praised the gameplay, but criticized it for lack of multiplayer and for not being worth the purchase because of the Super Mario Advance versions.

Super Mario Bros. 3 was well received by critics and has been included in numerous lists of top 100 video games.

Upon debuting on the Nintendo 64, Luigi received a voice, provided by Charles Martinet, who also voices Mario, Wario, Waluigi, and Toadsworth.

Paper Mario received a positive reaction from the media.

NintendoLife claimed one of the reasons that Super Mario Bros. 2 is underappreciated is the fact that even Wario and Waluigi have " received more Nintendo love " that Wart.

Mario Tennis has received very favourable reviews overall, with critics citing the accessibility and depth of the controls as being very impressive.

Since his appearance in Mario Tennis, Waluigi has received mostly negative reception.

Since his appearance in Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3, Wario has become a well-established mascot for Nintendo, and also received a largely positive critical reception.

In 2001, Super Mario Bros. 2 received another release ( this time based on the All-Stars remake ) as part of Super Mario Advance ( which also contained a remake of Mario Bros .).

When it was re-released in 2001 as Super Mario Advance it received generally positive reviews, garnering an aggregate score of 84 % on Metacritic.

Princess Peach herself has gone on to star in other Mario games such as Super Princess Peach while Toad has received supporting roles in later Mario games and has starred in games like Wario's Woods and New Super Mario Bros. Wii.