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Super Mario Kart not as good as Mario Kart 64

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: April 26, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I had a Nintendo 64, but missed the games on Super Nintendo; super mario world, sim city, pilot wings... I had Mario Kart for the N64 and really liked it, so when I bought a SNES I thought I'd get Mario Kart for that, however it's not nearly as good as it is on the N64. I was very much disappointed. However, in general, the games on SNES are much better then N64.

Super Mario Kart for Super Nintendo

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 8
Date: May 11, 2008
Author: Amazon User

The graffics are horrible!! When I play the game I feel like I could throw up. Terrible game. I will never play it again.

I am going to start off by saying, "I looooove Mario!"

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 5 / 9
Date: April 16, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I mean, what Nintendo gamefreak doesn't?!?!? I've grown up with his games and continue to support Nintendo, however, I will start to write this review.

Beware, I will be brutally HONEST about this game. Super Mario Kart, as you should know, is Mario's debut in a racing game. He along with Peach, Luigi, Yoshi, DK Jr., Bowser, Koopa and Toad, will race to the finish line.

This game is very fun if you are playing with another player say for instance, in battle. I honestly found that to be the most fun part of the game. However, being me, (note I don't have the game, I've played it several times though) I usually am stuck playing a game by myself because my little bro doesn't play with me and my older bro usually doesn't have any taste whatsoever in gaming like I do! It [is too bad] but that's life. Sorry about giving you a little TOO much backround but, I indeed had a point. That point is playing alone is fun too, but the CPU AI is quite unbelievable and may leave you trying over and over to beat the Star Cup (if you can even get there), or wanting to break the damn game.

Overall, it's an approachable game, BUT i warn you now, if you are looking for a easier racing game, don't bother with this one!

fun as a 2-player game

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 8
Date: January 27, 2004
Author: Amazon User

BOY was Super Mario Kart a popular game back in the day. "Mario is now racing! Along with all his friends!" was the thing people were saying to each other in my middle school. Of course the Sega fans weren't saying that- they could care less about the game or anything to do with Nintendo and all of Nintendo's fans!

Let's move forward to the year 2004. Is it still a good game? Yes, but in my opinion, ONLY on 2-player mode. I think the 2-player battle mode (where you defeat your opponent by hitting them with turtle shells) is quite fun and the main reason to own the game.

The thing is, I don't see ANY of my high school friends anymore. I'm all alone now, so none of those friends come over anymore to play the battle mode with me. I'm forced to play the game by myself, and as a 1-player game, Super Mario Kart just isn't very good. Too many awesome racing games have come along since Super Mario Kart, including the newer Super Mario Kart on the Gamecube (which I haven't played, but I can only assume is MUCH better on 1-player mode). What I'm trying to say is that the 1-player options don't really have anything interesting about them.

However, Super Mario Kart was pretty fun when I was younger. And, you know, it probably remains a total blast to play on 2-player. But if you have no one to play the game with... you better not get it.

Bad Graphics, good races

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 5
Date: August 03, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game is not using Super NES colors to the fullest. The character graphics could be the same on NES. The backgrounds are almost as updated as GBA. The races are very good, although short (due to 5 laps). I would recommend this game for people born in 1984 and earlier (seven years before I was). This game is 10 years old, but the races are great for its time.

A classic

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 12 / 13
Date: November 30, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Super Mario Kart (Super Nintendo, 1992.) The first game in the Mario Kart series.

Ever since 1980, Mario had been the big star of the video game world. From his origin in Donkey Kong to his own wildly successful platformer series spanning three consoles, the artist formerly known as Jumpman has become a living legend in a mere decade. But come 1992, and Nintendo would put Mario in a place he had never been before - a racing game. Was this a good idea on Nintendo's part? Read on for my review of Super Mario Kart.

THE GOOD:
-You can choose from eight different characters - Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, Koopa Troopa, Bowser, Toad, Donkey Kong Jr., and Yoshi.
-This was the first Mario game EVER to let you control Bowser!
-Every character is unique in his or her own driving style. For example, Donkey Kong Jr. doesn't turn well and accelerates slowly, but his top speed is astonishingly high. On the other hand, Koopa Troopa has a slow top speed but good turning and acceleration. They say variety is the spice of life - and this game proves it!
-There are two one-player modes - the Grand Prix and the Time Trials, where you can set personal records.
-There are three two-player modes- the Grand Prix, a Match Race (a race between just the two players), and the Battle Mode, where you must pop your enemies balloons with weapons and items before he or she does the same to you.
-There are three difficulty racing classes in the Grand Prix (you must unlock the third one), meaning gamers of all skill levels can play.
-In single-player modes, you can toggle between a course map and a rear view mirror. If an enemy fires a weapon at you, you'll switch to the rear view automatically. This is a huge convenience.

THE BAD:
-The control isn't quite up to the standards of later Mario Kart games.
-Computerized opponents pull off questionable feats rather often. Sometimes opponents even JUMP YOUR WEAPONS! So you can hop a few inches off the ground, but your enemies can leap into the air? I don't think so, Also, computerized opponents have weapons you don't.
-The "coins" system (you have to get coins to go faster) just doesn't work very well (I'm GLAD they ditched it after this game.)
-The game will probably disappoint you if you've played any other Mario Kart game.
-All of the tracks from this game can be found in the Game Boy Advance game Mario Kart: Super Circuit. Since the tracks are all there, why bother with this one?

OVERALL:
If you've got a Super Nintendo that's just gathering dust, and you want one of the best possible games available for it, I strongly recommend picking up Super Mario Kart. Though I had initial doubts about this game, it shattered all of them (this was my favorite game for MANY years!) The Mario name means quality - enough said.

one of the most addictive wrestling games ive ever played

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: February 04, 2005
Author: Amazon User

you are just the mario characters in a wild world of the most awesome go-kart tracks in the universe!you can get all sorts of power ups that can be used as weopons or traps on the other players.it NEVER gets old,so play on and on and on and .....

good game but not great

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 6
Date: January 28, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game is a fun game to play if you have some friends over but thats about it. They have only about 10 or so levels and eight characters. Over all a great game for its time but not a clasic

Very Fun.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: October 17, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game is a really fun Mario racing game. It's a really entertaining game that you can play on your own, or with a couple of friends.

I have really enjoyed this game, I think it's one of the classics for SNES, and I would recommend this for everyone.

This one is definitely on my Top 10 list of all time!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 12 / 13
Date: December 22, 2001
Author: Amazon User

It's hard to think of where to begin in a review of a game as great as Super Mario Kart. Super Mario Kart was the first racing game of its type, and now there are a lot of games that have copies its formula, such as Looney Tunes Racing.

In Super Mario Kart, you can choose from many of the famous Nintendo mascots. They are: Mario, Luigi, Princess, Bowser, Donkey Kong Jr., Toad, Yoshi, and Koopa. Each of the racers are equipped with a go-cart, and they all have their own sets of strengths and weaknesses. For example, Toad has fast starts, but is weak and will get bumped around a lot. Bowser is big, so he has slow starts, but doesn't get bumped around that easily. And Mario doesn't have any major ups or downs, he's average in all aspects.

The trend that Super Mario Kart began in racing games is being able to use unlikely weapons such as turtle shells, bolts of lightning, banana peels, and more, against the other racers on the tracks. Each of these weapons have different effects. When a racer runs over a banana peel, or when a turtle shell hits them, they will spin out and come to a complete stop for a few seconds. Lightning causes all the players to shrink, which slows them down and makes them more vulnerable to being run over and flattened flatter than a pancake. Stars give the racer temporary invincibility, mushrooms allow for a short burst of speed, ghosts allow you to steal somebody else's weapon, and feathers will make you jump so high that Michael Jordan would even be jealous.

There are at least 20 tracks that are available to race on in Super Mario Kart. The tracks all have great variety. There are beach tracks, chilling ice tracks, normal dirt tracks, a road made of rainbow, haunted ghost tracks, and many more.

There are a few modes that are available in Super Mario Kart. First is the Mario Kart GP mode. This is the mode that you can race in a one-player game or a two-player game, in which you go up against several computer-controlled players. Once you complete a few laps and finish the race, the standings will come up. If you come in a good enough place overall, you have the chance of winning a bronze, silver, or gold trophy, and possibly opening up new tracks. That brings me to my next point.

In GP (Grand Prix) mode, there is a 50cc, 100cc, and a 150cc mode. 50cc is the easiest, with 100cc and 150cc getting progressively harder since the computers will get much faster. While racing in the GP mode, you can use the various weapons and powerups I described earlier, and you just need to come in first place if you can.

Next is the Time Trial option. In Time Trial, it's just you against the clock. When you complete a race, your overall time will be saved on a list of the best times if you were fast enough.

In the VS. mode, you and a friend can race against each other on any of the tracks in a two-player game. This is a good way to bring up a lot of trash talking.

Finally and best of all, is the Battle Mode. In Battle, you and somebody else (it's two-player, you can't go up against the computer in Battle Mode), go to one of four specially designed tracks and duke it out against each other using the turtle shells, bananas, stars, and more. Both you and your opponent have three balloons circling your go-cart. Every time you get hit, you will lose a balloon. The first player to lose all three of their balloons, is the loser.

Everything about Super Mario Kart is simply classic. The graphics are colorful and well-rendered. This was the first game to use the Mode 7 graphics chip, and it was definitely a plus. All the characters are well designed, and the tracks themselves look detailed for a 16-bit game. The sounds sound just like a Mario game should, which is different, but great nonetheless. The music is very catchy and classic. As for control, it's a cinch to make your racer/battler do anything that you need them to do, without any frustration included.

Super Mario Kart is simply one of the best video games ever made! It's one of those games that NEVER gets old no matter how much you play it and it's so fun that fun isn't a good enough word for it. Whether you like racing games or not, you will love Super Mario Kart! I'm not a huge fan of racing games and it's one of my 10, if not 5, favorite video games of all time!!

If you have a Super Nintendo and don't have Super Mario Kart yet, get this game now!! Your SNES collection isn't complete without it!

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