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Mario Kart Super Circuit (GameBoy Advance)

Classic Mario Kart action is back once again, this time in a colorful, lightning-fast game that you can take anywhere. Mario, Luigi, Peach, Toad, Wario, Yoshi and Bowser are all tearing up the track, tossing Koopa Shells and laying banana peels along the way. Mario Kart: Super Circuit puts your driving skills to the test on 40 tracks, each littered with wild weapons and obstacles. Feel like making some friends eat your dust? No problem. Four players can compete in Mario Kart: Super Circuit using only one Game Pak! If each player has a copy of the game, bonus features and new modes of play become available. [Nintendo]

Nintendo
Racing, Driving
Players: 4
E (Everyone)
Developer: Intelligent Systems
Released August 27, 2001

Overall Metascore

This is a weighted, normalized average of all individual scores given by critics, on a scale of 0 (worst) to 100 (best).

93 / 100

Critic Reviews

100 Yahoo! Games
Not in our wildest dreams could we have imagined it to be so damn addictive!
100 Hot Games
It’s all the fun of the original in the palm of your hand.
100 Cinescape
Offers gamers a quality racing title with weapons, and the ability to keep players’ attention for years.
100 GamePro
Overall, Super Circuit handles like a front-runner, but sometimes the windshield needs cleaning.
100 Media and Games Online Network
Comes as close to game playing perfection as possible. It's fantastic amalgamation of intense single player action and exciting 4 player entertainment shouldn't be missed by anyone with a GBA.
99 Gaming Maxx
Lastability for this game is one of the highest for any portable title.
97 Gaming Horizon
The graphics, sound, and gameplay all set benchmarks that other developers will attempt to surpass.
96 GameSpy
Plenty of tracks, options, characters, and personality -- there's a lot to like.
95 GamerWeb Nintendo
As it is, the sound is very good, but with earphones, it's simply phenomenal.
95 Pocket Games
As good as it gets. We sincerely doubt whether another driving game - of any kind - will beat this for some time. Go buy it. [Winter 2001, p.38]
95 IGN
Shows off everything the system's capable of, from the single and multiple cartridge, four player link, to the digitized audio, to the hardware's pseudo-3D capabilities.
95 Games Radar UK (Pre-2006)
The thing that makes Mario Kart such a replayable racer is the gorgeous handling of the vehicles. Forget things like Crash Team Racing and Diddy Kong - Mario Kart Super Circuit drives so well it feels like the GBA is hotwired into your brain. [GamesMaster Magazine]
94 TotalGames.net
One of the most ingenious games ever to come from the Nintendo stable.
91 Gaming Age
You simply must listen to the game via headphones to truly appreciate the audio. This game in particular makes great use of stereo separation.
90 Total Video Games
The perfect amalgamation of it’s cousins, employing the best bits from both and coming up trumps.
90 Armchair Empire
Fortunately, although the naming scheme has strayed from tradition, the gameplay is exactly what you expect of Mario Kart.
90 GamePen
All in all, Mario Kart Super Circuit takes the crown from "Advance GTA" as the top portable racing title, and has finally topped the SNES version in regards to overall fun factor.
90 Electric Playground
If you play this game over and over like I did, then you will find something new and challenging each and every time you plug it in.
90 All Game Guide
Amazingly, the game exceeds both its Super NES and Nintendo 64 ancestors, making it a serious contender for the best kart-racer yet released.
90 Nintendophiles
The visuals in Mario Kart: Super Circuit are mind numbingly perfect.
85 Electronic Gaming Monthly
Combines the best of the first two games. [Oct 2001, p.156]
82 GameSpot
Not only visually resembles Mario Kart, but also sounds and plays just like one of the most memorable racing games of all time.
80 GMR Magazine
A balanced blend of "Super Mario Kart" and "Mario Kart 64." [Feb 2003, p.97]
80 G4 TV
A sure thing for any GBA owner and makes for an above-average multiplayer racer.

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