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Mario Kart: Super Circuit
North American box art
Developer(s)	Intelligent Systems[1]
Publisher(s)	Nintendo
Composer(s)	Kenichi Nishimaki
Series	Mario Kart
Platform(s)	Game Boy Advance
Release date(s)	JP July 21, 2001 NA August 27, 2001 EU September 14, 2001 AUS 2001
Genre(s)	Racing
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer
Rating(s)	ESRB: E (Everyone) OFLC: G (General)
Media	32-megabit cartridge

Mario Kart: Super Circuit (マリオカートラガ, Mario Kato: Supa Sarkuto ^?), known in Japan as Mario Kart Advance (マリオカートアドバンス, Mario Kāto Adobansu ^?), is a racing game developed and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy Advance in 2001. It was the first Mario Kart released on a handheld game system; in 2005, a sequel titled Mario Kart DS was released. It is the first Mario Kart game not to be developed by Nintendo EAD; instead, it was developed by Nintendo's Intelligent Systems division.^[1]

Super Circuit combines features from earlier Mario Kart games (Super Mario Kart and Mario Kart 64). In particular, it features the gameplay mechanics of the latter title and tracks from the former game. In the game, eight racers take to the tracks and race for first place.

Upon release, the game was well-received by reviewers.

Gameplay

As with its predecessors, Super Circuit is a circuit racing game. In it, the player races against seven opponents, each a character from Nintendo's Mario series, in small go-karts, on tracks set in the Mario universe. Strewn upon the tracks are power-ups to aid the bearer or hinder their opponents, as well as coins which increase the player's top speed.

Tracks

Single Player

Mario GP

The main mode in the game. The player races in a series of "Grand Prix" competitions (Cups), against seven computer-controlled competitors. Each Cup consists of four three-lap races. Each Cup may be approached at a 50 cc, 100 cc or 150 cc speed, which determines the speed of the race.

In the start of the race, Lakitu shows a stoplight. Like previous Mario Kart games, players use items to disable other players. Shells can knock out a player; bananas will cause players to skid. Mushrooms temporarily boost speed (and if the player uses a mushroom just before a jump on any track, except Bowser's Castle, they will fly further and faster). Each racer's finishing position in each race determines the number of points he or she receives, and at the end, the player with the most points wins. If the player finishes in fifth place or lower on any given race, he or she loses a life and must restart. The player may also choose to restart a race at any time, at the cost of a life. Upon losing their allocation of three lives in each Cup, however, the player loses and is ejected from the competition.

Extra

The cups and tracks from Super Mario Kart for the SNES are available in Super Circuit. They have been retitled the Extra Cups. These cups are unlockable by winning a Gold Trophy for the corresponding regular cup and then collecting 100 coins in the same cup.

Each race in an Extra cup consists of five laps. The track arrangement has changed due to the number of cups. In Super Mario Kart, there were four cups with five tracks each; in the Extra cups, there are five cups with four tracks each.

Unlocked tracks (Special and Extra Cups) are only available at the speed they were unlocked with. For example, obtaining a Gold trophy in each of the first four Cups at 50 cc unlocks the Special Cup at 50 cc, but not 100 cc or 150 cc. Time Trial mode for the Extra cups is unlocked when the player unlocks 150 cc.

These tracks are not exact replicas of the original courses. Many hazards have been removed, such as flashing Thwomps from Rainbow Road. The Super Circuit backgrounds are superimposed on the Extra Cup tracks. Some areas and shortcuts on the SNES tracks are now inaccessible or more difficult to reach due to the removal of the feather item from Super Mario Kart.

Time Trial

In Time Trial, the player choose any of the tracks they unlocked on Mario GP 150cc. and race for the best record. The player will start with 3 mushrooms, which can use during the race.

Quick Run

The player may choose any unlocked track, from any cup and any speed, and race against seven opponents as in Mario GP mode. The number of laps may be changed between three or five, and the coins and items can be toggled on or off. This feature can also be used to practice for the Mario GP. It is essentially a VS Mode where settings can be modified, though it is not an official VS Mode.

Multiplayer

Mario Kart: Super Circuit screenshot with (L-R) Bowser, Yoshi, DK and Wario on Peach Circuit

Link it Up! mode

Mario Kart: Super Circuit was one of the few Game Boy Advance titles to use the Link it Up! mode of the Game Boy Advance. Using a Game Boy Advance link cable, up to four Game Boy Advance units can be linked together and the game can be played with multiple players using only one copy of the game. Due to the memory limitations of the Game Boy Advance, only four tracks are selectable and all four players racer's characters are different colored Yoshis.

Mario GP

Up to two players may progress in this mode. It works identically to the single-player Mario GP, except that there are two human players and six computer-controlled ones.

VS.

Similar to single-player Quick Run mode, with two to four human players, and no computer-controlled ones.

Battle

Two to four players are placed in specially designed battle arenas (taken directly from Super Mario Kart), strewn with power-ups. Each player has three balloons attached to their kart, and each time he or she takes a successful hit (from an offensive item or aggressive ramming), he or she loses one. Upon losing the last, he or she is taken out of the game and in three-four players game, turned into walking bombs that explode when they come in contact with other players. The last player standing wins.

Mario Kart: Super Circuit introduced a new aspect to the multiplayer battle experience which involved having defeated players turn into Bob-Ombs. Thus, as long as there were two players still standing, those who had already lost had the opportunity of driving around and help destroy the remaining players' balloons. This feature is unique to this Mario Kart installment.

Ghost trade

Up to two of the player's "ghost car" saves may be copied to another player, and up to two received in return. These may then be raced against in Time Trial mode or viewed as replays as though they were the player's own. This may be useful in attempting to better a friend's best time at a given track or to show off a player's skill.

Characters

There are eight characters in this game. The cast is made up of the same characters from Mario Kart 64 (Mario, Luigi, Peach, Yoshi, Bowser, Donkey Kong, Wario and Toad). Each has a specific weight and acceleration rate. In multiplayer mode, players who do not own Super Circuit become Yoshi, and are colored to differentiate between several players. According to this game, Peach was classified as lighter than Yoshi and Bowser was classified heavier than Donkey Kong, although most Mario games classify Peach being heavier than Yoshi while Bowser is lighter than Donkey Kong.

Reception

Mario Kart: Super Circuit was well-received by the press and public alike. Those frustrated with Nintendo's policy of remaking older games for the GBA were pleasantly surprised that not only had Nintendo released a brand new Mario Kart game, but that all of the courses from Super Mario Kart had been included instead of being released as a separate port.

In 2007, IGN named Super Circuit as the 19th best game on the Game Boy Advance.^[10]

Mario Kart: Super Circuit has sold over 2.53 million in the United States alone, thus placing it onto Nintendo's Player's Choice list.^[11][12]

References

External links

• Official Site
• Mario Kart: Super Circuit at Nintendo.com (archives of the original at the Internet Archive)
• Mario Kart Super Circuit at GameFAQs
• www.mariokart64.com/mksc

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Mario Kart Super Circuit
Developer(s)	Intelligent Systems
Publisher(s)	Nintendo
Release date(s)	July 21, 2001  August 27, 2001  September 14, 2001
Genre(s)	Racing
System(s)	Game Boy Advance
Mode(s)	Single player, Multiplayer
Rating(s)	ESRB: Everyone OFLC: General
Media	32-Megabit cartridge
Preceded by	Mario Kart 64
Followed by	Mario Kart: Double Dash!!
Series	Mario Kart

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 video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy Advance in 2001. It combines features from earlier Mario Kart games (Super Mario Kart and Mario Kart 64) In particular, it features the gameplay mechanics of the latter title and tracks from the former game (unlockable). Super Circuit is also the first Mario Kart game to be on a handheld.

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Mario Kart Super Circuit
Developer(s)	Intelligent Systems
Publisher(s)	Nintendo
Release date	July 21, 2001 (JP) August 26, 2001 (NA) September 14, 2001 (EU)
Genre	Kart racer
Mode(s)	1-4 players, Versus, Link cable
Age rating(s)	ESRB: E ELSPA: 3+
Platform(s)	Game Boy Advance
Media	cartridge
Credits | Soundtrack | Codes | Walkthrough

Mario Kart Super Circuit is the third game to come out in the Mario Kart series and is known as Mario Kart Advance in Japan. Like the other games, it is a kart racer with emphasis on using weapons familiar to the Mario universe on unique tracks. This title features 8 characters from the Mario universe. A Game Boy Advance Game Link Cable can be used to connect up to four players to play head-to-head.

Single Player Gameplay

There are 3 Modes to choose from when playing a single player game. These are:

• Mario Kart GP - In this mode you race against computer controlled opponents. There are three dificulty levels in this mode. These are the 50cc, 100cc, and 150cc.
• Time Trial Mode - Any track unlocked at 150cc in Mario GP Mode may be raced upon. The player starts with three Mushroom power-ups. A lap-time and total-time record are set for each, to provide a challenge, and the player's best lap time and total time recorded. Upon racing once on a track, the player races against their "Ghost car", showing their progress on the previous attempt. This may be switched off.
• Quick Run Mode - The player may choose any unlocked track, from any cup, and any speed, and race against seven opponents as in Mario GP mode. Coins can be toggled on or off, and the number of laps (three or five) changed and the Items can be toggled on or off.

Multiplayer Gameplay

• Mario GP - Up to two players may progress in this mode. It works identically to the single-player Mario GP, except that there are two human players and six computer-controlled ones.
• VS Mode - Similar to singleplayer Quick Run mode, with two to four human players, and no computer-controlled ones.
• Ghost Trade - Up to two of the player's "Ghost Car" saves may be copied to another player, and up to two received in return.
• Battle mode - Two to four players can battle on four specially designed tracks. The objective of this mode is to use the items at your disposal to damage the other player. There are three balloons which rotate around both players. When one player is hit or runs into an item such as a turtle shell or banana peel that player loses a balloon. The player which loses all three balloons fails at life.

Characters

Lightweights

Princess Peach

• Aceleration: 5
• Maximum Speed: 1

Yoshi

• Aceleration: 4
• Maximum Speed: 2

Toad

• Aceleration: 5
• Maximum Speed: 1

Middleweights

Mario

• Aceleration: 3
• Maximum Speed: 3

Luigi

• Aceleration: 3
• Maximum Speed: 3

Heavyweights

Wario

• Aceleration: 2
• Maximum Speed: 4

Donkey Kong

• Aceleration: 2
• Maximum Speed: 4

Bowser

• Aceleration: 1
• Maximum Speed: 5

Tracks

There are 44 tracks total (40 Race tracks, 4 Battle tracks).
Earn Gold Trophies in each of the first four Cups and the Special Cup is open for you. Once You've gotten Gold Trophies in all of the Cups in Mario GP Mode you can return to one of the Cups and race it again. If you place in each race and collect at least 100 Coins you will unlock that Cup's "Extra" Cup. The Extra Cups are available only in the engine class that you used to unlock it. Continue earning Gold Trophies in all of the engine classes to unlock the Extra Cups for 50cc, 100cc, and 150cc. To unlock the Extra Cup tracks in Time Trial Mode, you must unlock them in the 150cc engine class. The Extra Cups include all the tracks from the classic SNES game Super Mario Kart.

Items

Drive over Item Boxes on the race track to obtain items. Your position in the race will affect which item you will recieve.

• Banana: Racers will spin out when they drive over this slippery fruit.
• Green Shell: Green Shells can be shot out straight ahead or behind a driver.
• Tripple Green Shells: Three Green Shells will rotate around your kart.
• Red Shell: Red Shells home in on the kart infront of the driver. The driver can also place the Red Shell down on the track and it will home in on the next racer that passes by.
• Triple Red Shells: Three Red Shells will rotate around your kart.
• Spiny Shell: Spiny Shells home in the racer in first place. It will bang into anyone along the way fo.
• Boo: Boo allows you to steal other racers items as well as turning you invisible to many on-course obstales.
• Lightning: The lightning bolt will shrink all opponents. Your character can then smush anyone who gets in the way!
• Super Mushroom: Gives a boost of speed.
• Star: Gives invincibility, increases speed, and spins out anyone your character touches. You can also drive straight through trees and statues while the stars powers are in effect.

Enemies and Hazards

• A pirate ship shoots connonballs at you.
• Crabs
• Block Statues
• Mice
• Teepees: Colide with a teepee and an angry Shy Guy jumps aboard your kart and slows you down.
• Penguins
• Kart-eating plants
• A Volcanic rocks which fall from the sky
• Boos
• Koopas
• Lightning
• Falling Stars

External Links

• The Mushroom Kingdom | Mario Kart Super Circuit
• Mario Kart Central | Mario Kart Super Circuit

Mario Kart series

Console games: Super Mario Kart | Mario Kart 64 | Mario Kart: Double Dash!! | Mario Kart Wii Handheld games: Mario Kart Super Circuit | Mario Kart DS Arcade games: Mario Kart Arcade GP Related games/series: Mario series | Donkey Kong series

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