Mario Kart
Mario Kart is a series of Nintendo racing video games emphasising play loosely along the lines of the Super Mario Brothers video game.
Mario Kart differs from many of the other driving games of its time period in that it does not attempt to accurately simulate real world cars, real world driving conditions, or real world physics.
This makes Mario Kart easier to learn, especially for young children.
People use the name "Mario Kart" when referring to any of the popular video games released by Nintendo:
The basic idea of all five games is that the characters from the Super Mario Bros. series of video games get together and race go-karts around a variety of tracks. Power-ups are located around the tracks. They can temporarily equip the karts with everything from a Super Mushroom that provides a short burst of speed to koopa shells that are thrown as projectiles. Several of the games have also allowed a multi-player "battle mode", in which the object of the game, rather than completing a set course, is to cause damage to the other player using power-ups and weapons. The courses for these are generally non-linear.
The games are particularly popular as multiplayer games - two, four, and even eight-way challenges are possible.
