Mario Kart
| Mario Kart | |
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Logo used since Mario Kart World | |
| Genre(s) | Kart racing |
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| Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
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| First release | Super Mario Kart August 27, 1992 |
| Latest release | Mario Kart World June 5, 2025 |
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Mario Kart is a series of kart racing games based on the Mario franchise developed and published by Nintendo. Players compete in go-kart races while using various power-up items. It features characters from the Mario series racing along tracks from the Mario universe. Some releases have also included characters from other popular franchises like Pac-Man, The Legend of Zelda, Animal Crossing, and Splatoon.
The series was launched in 1992 with Super Mario Kart on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES), to critical and commercial success. The Mario Kart series totals seventeen games, with eight on home consoles, three on handheld-only consoles, five arcade games co-developed with Namco, and one for mobile phones. Over 189 million copies of the series have been sold worldwide.
Mario Kart 8, released on the Wii U in 2014 and ported to the Nintendo Switch in 2017, is one of the best-selling video games, at 76.66 million sold for both versions. Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit, a mixed reality game, was released on the Switch in October 2020. The newest installment, Mario Kart World, was released as a launch title on the Nintendo Switch 2 on June 5, 2025.