page_title: Mario Kart
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Mario Kart / History
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Logo de Mario Kart. English: Mario Kart logo, used until Mario Kart Arcade GP 2 . Italiano: Logo di Mario Kart. Svenska: Logo från Mario Kart. Español: Logotipo de Mario Kart. Português: Logo da série Mario Kart. Deutsch: Logo von Mario Kart.
context_page_description: Mario Kart is a series of go-kart-style racing video games developed and published by Nintendo as spin-offs from its trademark Super Mario series. The games feature characters from the Mario franchise and other game series competing in races while using various power-ups to gain advantage.
  The first in the series, Super Mario Kart, was launched in 1992 on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System to critical and commercial success.
  With six Mario Kart games released on home consoles, three on portable handheld consoles, four arcade games co-developed with Namco and one for mobile phones, the Mario Kart series includes a total of fourteen entries. The latest game in the main series, Mario Kart Tour, was released on iOS and Android in September 2019. The series has sold over 150 million copies worldwide to date.
context_section_description: The first title in the Mario Kart series, Super Mario Kart, was released for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1992. The development of the first game was overseen by Shigeru Miyamoto, the Japanese video game designer who created the original Super Mario Bros. as well as many other successful games for Nintendo. Darran Jones of NowGamer suggests that the original success of Super Mario Kart was the result of including characters previously seen in Mario Bros. games, while also being a new type of racing game.
caption: The original logo, used up until Mario Kart Arcade GP 2
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