Mario Kart: Super Circuit

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Mario Kart: Super Circuit
Developer Intelligent Systems
Publisher Nintendo
System Game Boy Advance, 3DS Virtual Console, Wii U Virtual Console
Release Date Game Boy Advance
JP July 21, 2001
US August 11, 2001
EU September 14, 2001
3DS Virtual Console
December 16, 2011 (Ambassador)
Wii U Virtual Console
JP November 13, 2014
PAL April 23, 2015
US July 22, 2015
Genre Racing
Gallery GH Gallery
Rating ESRB: E

Mario Kart: Super Circuit (known as Mario Kart Advance in Japan) is the Game Boy Advance continuation of the Mario Kart subseries. It is the third Mario Kart game and the first handheld one.

Gameplay

The game plays similarly to the original Super Mario Kart, but with the the roster of characters from Mario Kart 64. It also features the multiplayer racing and battle mode games that were popularized by the Nintendo 64 game. Up to four players could play together over the Game Link Cable with only one game pak required. Additionally, there were unlockable Extra Courses which contained all of the racetracks from Super Mario Kart.


Tracks

Mushroom Cup Flower Cup Lightning Cup Star Cup Special Cup
Peach Circuit Mario Circuit Luigi Circuit Snow Land Lakeside Park
Shy Guy Beach Boo Lake Sky Garden Ribbon Road Broken Pier
Riverside Park Cheese Land Cheep Cheep Island Yoshi Desert Bowser Castle 4
Bowser Castle 1 Bowser Castle 2 Sunset Wilds Bowser Castle 3 Rainbow Road

Legacy

Sequels

The next Mario Kart game was Mario Kart: Double Dash!!. The next handheld one was Mario Kart DS.

Ports/Remakes

  • While not a full port, four of the game's tracks appeared in the Retro Cup of Mario Kart DS, while two were used in Mario Kart Wii.
  • In 2011, it was included in the set of Game Boy Advance games that were released for free download on the 3DS to those participating in the Ambassador Program. While it never received a normal release for the 3DS Virtual Console, it was later released for download on the Wii U as part of the Wii U Virtual Console, in 2014/2015.