Super Mario Kart (SNES)

Could this be the "definitive" Nintendo game...

Game of the Day

Name: Super Mario Kart

Released: 1992

Developer: Nintendo

Platform: Super Nintendo Entertainment System

The original Mario Kart game. A game that arguably started the karting video game genre and would spawn numerous sequels spanning over three decades. So what is it about this game that makes it so good? Well to put it simply it incorporated everything that makes up any good karting game - catchy (and now iconic) music, simple and fluid controls, pretty good graphics, it has some amazing and unique tracks set in the Mushroom Kingdom and more importantly, the CPUs have the right amount of difficulty to them. Other games would try and improve on this formula and some have succeeded but this game is still a masterpiece in its own right and as such has the potential of being the definitive Nintendo game.