<Tr> <Th> Latest release </Th> <Td> Mario Kart 8 Deluxe April 28, 2017 (2017 - 04 - 28) </Td> </Tr> <P> Mario Kart (マリオ カート, Mario Kāto) is a series of go - kart - style racing video games developed and published by Nintendo as spin - offs from its trademark Super Mario series . The first in the series, Super Mario Kart, was launched in 1992 on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System to critical and commercial success . </P> <P> There have been six Mario Kart games released for home consoles, three portable games, and four Namco co-developed arcade games, for a total of thirteen . The latest title in the main series, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, was released on Nintendo Switch in April 2017 . The series has sold over 100 million copies worldwide to date . </P> <P> The first title in the Mario Kart series is Super Mario Kart which was released for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1992 . The development of the first game was overseen by Shigeru Miyamoto, the Japanese video game designer who created the original Super Mario Bros., as well as many other successful games for Nintendo . Darran Jones of NowGamer suggests that the original success of Super Mario Kart was the result of including characters previously seen in Mario Bros. games, while also being a new type of racing game . </P>

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