
The success of Mario Kart has spawned many cartoon-style racing games published by various gaming companies from the 16-bit generation onwards.


There have been a total of 16 titles in the series: 5 for home consoles, 3 portable games, 4 arcade games co-developed by Bandai Namco Entertainment, 1 slot machine developed by Maygay, 1 arcade game developed by Banpresto and Atlus, a port, and a mobile game. It was inaugurated in 1992 with its debut entry, Super Mario Kart for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, which was critically and commercially successful. Mario Kart (Japanese: マリオカート Mario Kāto) is a series of kart racing games developed and published by Nintendo as a spin-off of its flagship Mario franchise.
