Mario Kart is a popular game that has recently come back into the news with Nintendo’s release of mobile version of the game. The game was made by Nintendo as a spin off from it’s trademark Super Mario series as a go karting styled racing game. The first release of this game came out in 1992 on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) and was made for one to two players.
The game only had eight different drivers including Mario, Luigi, Peach, Yoshi, Bowser, Donkey Kong Jr., Koopa, Troopa, and Toad. The characters could also throw items at each other as a way to sabotage the other drivers. These items included the oil can ( used to spread on the course and make other karts slide ), bananas ( used to throw on the course to then make other drivers slide. This feature was only used by Donkey Kong Jr. since he was the only player that was a gorilla.), green and red shells ( used to throw at other opponents to make the driver spin out of control. The only difference between the two shells is that green shells went where you threw them and red shells homed in on other players ) and lightning. ( used to shake everyone on the course out of control. ) The lightning was added to the game as a way for a potential upset for the players and as a way for players in last to try and make a come back.
While the developers were making the first game, they had in mind that the game would be based off of serious racing karts and so they went to check out go karts. They did this to have a feel for how go karts worked and how it moved. Today there are many different versions of the game. Excluding the many different arcade versions and including the new mobile version of the game, there is only 9 different versions of the game released. These games span over many different consoles and are all unique in their own ways. As a result, many people over the 26 years of go karting with Mario and his friends have grown very fond of the game.
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