Mario Kart

Mario Kart is a racing video game series featuring characters from Nintendo's Mario franchise.

Players race go-karts on colorful tracks, using items like shells and banana peels to sabotage opponents.

The game is known for chaotic multiplayer competition and the blue shell—a homing weapon that targets the lead racer: We were up until 3 a.m. playing Mario Kart.

The name sometimes describes any frantic, item-based competition.

Related

boost · nitro · Luigi · Peach · mushroom · circuit · kart · race · Grand Prix · blue shell · red shell · green shell · lightning · star · finish line · first place · laps · turbo

Categories
Opposites
gaming accessibility and tone

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Brutal fantasy action game

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racing game realism

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Italian touring designation

multiplayer social dynamics

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Strategic board game

StarCraft · speedrunning · time trials · cooperative games

Family

Mario, cart, carts, carted, carting, carter

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G