Mario Kart: Super Circuit

Mario Kart: Super Circuit

North American box art
Developer(s) Intelligent Systems
Publisher(s) Nintendo
Director(s) Takeshi Ando
Yukio Morimoto
Producer(s) Shigeru Miyamoto
Kenji Miki
Composer(s) Kenichi Nishimaki
Masanobu Matsunaga
Minako Hamano
Series Mario Kart
Platform(s) Game Boy Advance
Release date(s)

Game Boy Advance

  • JP July 21, 2001
  • NA August 27, 2001
  • EU September 14, 2001
  • AUS September 13, 2001

Virtual Console
3DS Ambassador Program

  • AUS December 15, 2011
  • WW December 16, 2011

Wii U

  • NA November 13, 2014
  • EU April 23, 2015
  • AUS April 24, 2015
  • JP July 22, 2015
Genre(s) Racing
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

Mario Kart: Super Circuit, known in Japan as Mario Kart Advance (マリオカートアドバンス Mario Kāto Adobansu), is a kart racing game developed by Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy Advance in 2001. The game is the third installment in the Mario Kart series and the first for handheld consoles, following Mario Kart 64 (1996). It was succeeded by the console game Mario Kart: Double Dash‼, which was released for the GameCube in 2003. The game retains traditional game elements of Mario Kart set by its predecessors, and upon release, was well received by reviewers.[1]

Gameplay

Bowser, Yoshi, DK and Wario are racing on Peach Circuit, the first track of the Mushroom Cup.

Super Circuit is a kart racing video game in which the player races in a kart against other teams in different courses. The game screen indicates the current standings in a race, the number of laps needed to finish and incoming weapons. Like in the previous installments, players can pick up item boxes to receive a randomly selected item and use it to impede the opposition and gain the advantage. Some items, such as shells and bananas, allow the player to hit others to slow them down, while other items, such as the star power-up, render them temporarily invincible to attacks. This is the second Mario Kart game to include coins, which increases the top speed of the karts.

Game modes

There are five game modes in Mario Kart: Super Circuit: Mario GP, Time Trial, Quick Run, VS and Battle. Most of the modes can be played by themselves in single-player races, while some can be played in multiplayer.

Characters

Super Circuit features the same cast of playable drivers as in the previous installment, each placed in one of three weight classes. Peach, Yoshi and Toad are lightweights, Mario and Luigi are middleweights and Bowser, Donkey Kong and Wario are heavyweights. In addition to the playable drivers, other characters have supporting roles in this game as well. Lakitu reprises his role as the referee, helping racers in various situations such as announcing laps, giving the signal to drive with its traffic lights hanging on a fishing pole, and taking characters back on track in case they fall off course. Other supporting characters appearing in Mario Kart: Super Circuit include Shy Guys, Piranha Plants, Boos and more.

Development

Mario Kart: Super Circuit was developed by Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo.[2] Super Circuit was first announced in a press release by Nintendo on August 9, 2000 under the title Mario Kart Advance.[3]

Reception

Reception
Aggregate scores
AggregatorScore
GameRankings91.54%[4]
Metacritic93 of 100[5]
Review scores
PublicationScore
EGM8.5 of 10[4]
Eurogamer9 of 10[6]
Famitsu34 of 40[7]
Game Informer9.5 of 10[4]
GamePro5 of 5[4]
GameSpot8.2 of 10[8]
GameSpy96 of 100[9]
IGN9.5 of 10[10]
Nintendo Power4.5 of 5[4]
Award
PublicationAward
IGN Editors' Choice Award[11]

Mario Kart: Super Circuit has received critical acclaim. In 2007, IGN named Super Circuit as the 19th best game on the Game Boy Advance.[12]

Mario Kart: Super Circuit has sold over 2.53 million in the United States alone, placing it onto Nintendo's Player's Choice list.[13][14] The game has sold 5.91 million copies worldwide, making it the fourth best-selling game on Game Boy Advance and the best selling non-Pokémon game for the Game Boy Advance.[15]

Re-release

On July 28, 2011, Nintendo announced that Mario Kart: Super Circuit, as well as nine other Game Boy Advance games, will be available to limited Nintendo 3DS owners, via Virtual Console, to whom will participate in the Ambassador Program after Nintendo officially issued a price-cut to the Nintendo 3DS starting August 12, 2011. This offer was available in all territories, and only to those who became eligible in the Ambassador program (by accessing the Nintendo eShop before the date of the price-cut).[16]

It was later available for purchase for the Wii U Virtual Console in North America on November 13, 2014, April 23, 2015 in Europe, and on July 22, 2015 in Japan.

References

  1. http://au.ign.com/articles/2001/08/29/mario-kart-super-circuit
  2. Intelligent Systems Co., Ltd. (11 August 2001). Mario Kart: Super Circuit. Nintendo of America, Inc. Scene: staff credits.
  3. IGN Staff (August 9, 2000). "Four GBA Games Exposed". IGN. Retrieved July 6, 2014.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "Mario Kart Super Circuit Reviews". Game Rankings. Retrieved 2008-04-28.
  5. "Mario Kart Super Circuit (gba: 2001): Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 2008-04-28.
  6. Bramwell, Tom (2001-09-27). "Mario Kart: Super Circuit Review // GBA /// Eurogamer". Eurogamer. Retrieved 2008-04-28.
  7. ゲームボーイアドバンス - マリオカート アドバンス. Weekly Famitsu. No.915 Pt.2. Pg.114. 30 June 2006.
  8. Ajami, Amer (2001-08-27). "Mario Kart Super Circuit for Game Boy Advance Review - Game Boy Advance Mario Kart Super Circuit Review". GameSpot. Retrieved 2008-04-28.
  9. Bub, Andrew. "GameSpy.com — Reviews: Mario Kart: Super Circuit (GBA)". Gamespy. pp. 1–2. Retrieved 2008-04-28.
  10. Harris, Craig (2001-08-29). "IGN: Mario Kart Super Circuit Review". IGN.com. Retrieved 2008-04-28.
  11. "IGN Editors' Choice Games". IGN.com. Retrieved 2008-04-23.
  12. Harris, Craig. "Top 25 Game Boy Advance Games of All Time". IGN. March 25, 2007. Accessed April 11, 2008.
  13. "The Magic Box — US Platinum Chart Games.". The Magic Box. 2007-12-27. Retrieved 2008-04-28.
  14. Harris, Craig (2006-07-27). "IGN: Player's Choice, Round Two". IGN.com. Retrieved 2008-04-28.
  15. Futter, Mike (2 June 2014). "Mario Kart 8 Speeds To Over 1.2 Million Sales In Opening Weekend". Game Informer. GameStop. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  16. http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2011/07/faq_nintendo_ambassador_program_and_free_eshop_games
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