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Mario Kart Super Circuit
Universal acclaim
Based on 24 critic reviews
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Game Info
Publisher: Nintendo
Developer: Intelligent Systems
Genre(s): Racing, Driving
Players: 4
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Release Date: August 27, 2001
Summary
Classic Mario Kart action is back once again, this time in a colorful, lightning-fast game that you can take anywhere. Mario, Luigi, Peach, Toad, Wario, Yoshi and Bowser are all tearing up the track, tossing Koopa Shells and laying banana peels along the way. Mario Kart: Super Circuit puts your driving skills to the test on 40 tracks, each littered with wild weapons and obstacles. Feel like making some friends eat your dust? No problem. Four players can compete in Mario Kart: Super Circuit using only one Game Pak! If each player has a copy of the game, bonus features and new modes of play become available. [Nintendo]
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What The Critics Said
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Yahoo! Games
Not in our wildest dreams could we have imagined it to be so damn addictive!
Read Full Review >Cinescape
Offers gamers a quality racing title with weapons, and the ability to keep players’ attention for years.
Read Full Review >GamePro
Overall, Super Circuit handles like a front-runner, but sometimes the windshield needs cleaning.
Read Full Review >Media and Games Online Network
Comes as close to game playing perfection as possible. It's fantastic amalgamation of intense single player action and exciting 4 player entertainment shouldn't be missed by anyone with a GBA.
Read Full Review >Gaming Maxx
Lastability for this game is one of the highest for any portable title.
Read Full Review >Gaming Horizon
The graphics, sound, and gameplay all set benchmarks that other developers will attempt to surpass.
Read Full Review >GameSpy
Plenty of tracks, options, characters, and personality -- there's a lot to like.
Read Full Review >GamerWeb Nintendo
As it is, the sound is very good, but with earphones, it's simply phenomenal.
Read Full Review >Pocket Games
As good as it gets. We sincerely doubt whether another driving game - of any kind - will beat this for some time. Go buy it. [Winter 2001, p.38]
IGN
Shows off everything the system's capable of, from the single and multiple cartridge, four player link, to the digitized audio, to the hardware's pseudo-3D capabilities.
Read Full Review >Games Radar UK (Pre-2006)
The thing that makes Mario Kart such a replayable racer is the gorgeous handling of the vehicles. Forget things like Crash Team Racing and Diddy Kong - Mario Kart Super Circuit drives so well it feels like the GBA is hotwired into your brain. [GamesMaster Magazine]
Read Full Review >TotalGames.net
One of the most ingenious games ever to come from the Nintendo stable.
Read Full Review >Gaming Age
You simply must listen to the game via headphones to truly appreciate the audio. This game in particular makes great use of stereo separation.
Read Full Review >Total Video Games
The perfect amalgamation of it’s cousins, employing the best bits from both and coming up trumps.
Read Full Review >Armchair Empire
Fortunately, although the naming scheme has strayed from tradition, the gameplay is exactly what you expect of Mario Kart.
Read Full Review >GamePen
All in all, Mario Kart Super Circuit takes the crown from "Advance GTA" as the top portable racing title, and has finally topped the SNES version in regards to overall fun factor.
Read Full Review >Electric Playground
If you play this game over and over like I did, then you will find something new and challenging each and every time you plug it in.
Read Full Review >All Game Guide
Amazingly, the game exceeds both its Super NES and Nintendo 64 ancestors, making it a serious contender for the best kart-racer yet released.
Read Full Review >Nintendophiles
The visuals in Mario Kart: Super Circuit are mind numbingly perfect.
Read Full Review >Electronic Gaming Monthly
Combines the best of the first two games. [Oct 2001, p.156]
GameSpot
Not only visually resembles Mario Kart, but also sounds and plays just like one of the most memorable racing games of all time.
Read Full Review >GMR Magazine
A balanced blend of "Super Mario Kart" and "Mario Kart 64." [Feb 2003, p.97]
G4 TV
A sure thing for any GBA owner and makes for an above-average multiplayer racer.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this game is 8.2 (out of 10) based on 24 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Ricardo H gave it a10:
It's a great game nintendo need to fix mario and luigi weakness. It's a fun game plus it got the other tracks from the snes version. No character is perfect not even peach and toad who is get push around like babies and bowser like a dumb onix with weight (he's dumb). I love the game, few flaws but hey a must have! Need to fix the steering.
Nixon Tech gave it a5:
This is why mario has not aged well in my opinion.
Kasey F. gave it a9:
Edge, what is wrong with you?
[Anonymous] gave it a10:
Fun. Buy it.
Corey S. gave it a9:
This is the game that turned me on to the Mario Kart Series. I couldn't even count how many hours I've gotten out of this game. It also is one of the first well-made 3-D games for a portible system.
Mystery Guy gave it a10:
It is absaloutly amazing i can't belive that dumbo gave it a 5! its best its greatest and its funest thing ever on nintendo ds or anything else like psp... I gave it a tenar a tenar! thats how good it is nintendo fans buy this game first!
Edge gave it a5:
I cant believe that this game got such good scores. I got it for an 8 hour road trip and played it never again. It is so repetitive that it got boring the day after I got it. On the way back home, I bought a new game so i wouldnt have to punish myself. This game would be better if you played it drunk!
