Super Mario Kart
The first game in the "Mario Kart" series is "Super Mario Kart" for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1992. Its development was overseen by Shigeru Miyamoto, the Japanese designer of many successful Nintendo games including "Super Mario Bros." Darran Jones of NowGamer suggests that the success of "Super Mario Kart" resulted from the "Super Mario" characters, and being a new type of racing game.