Mario Kart question

[Sora de Eclaune]

Was there ever a Mario Kart on the Game Boy or Game Boy Color? I can't find any evidence either or, so...

 

[ShadowSoldier]

Nope.

Mario Kart 7 is the latest installment, so that means there's 7 titles (actually 9) and they are

Super Mario Kart - SNES
Mario Kart 64 - N64
Mario Kart Super Circuit - GBA
Mario Kart Double Dash - GameCube
Mario Kart DS - DS
Mario Kart Wii - Wii
Mario Kart 7 - 3DS

But, there are two arcade games in Japan (and other places around the world) of Mario Kart GP (Grand Prix).

 

[Sora de Eclaune]

Well that's strange. It's like the people working on the series were handheld-prejudiced until the GBA era.

 

[Hells Malice]

I'd assume it's because of the severe lack of buttons on the gameboy, till the advanced. I can't see the game working very well at all with only two buttons.

 

[Sora de Eclaune]

I could see it working if they removed the ability to brake.

 

[Veho]

Two buttons is enough. You could have braking on the down button on the D-pad, items on the up, A for acceleration and B for drifting. And I don't think the Gameboy could handle drifting anyway.


I think the main reason they didn't make a Mario Kart game for the GB is that racing games on the GB looked like this:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-y7fk8mvH4[/youtube]

 

[Hanafuda]

I don't think the GB/GBC was capable of Mode7.

 

[DinohScene]

There are also 2 Arcade versions of Mariokart featuring Pacman iirc.

 

[Zaraf]

Yeah, that was mentioned above. I wonder how good those arcade version are.

 

[ShadowSoldier]

Yeah, that was mentioned above. I wonder how good those arcade version are.

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Well that's strange. It's like the people working on the series were handheld-prejudiced until the GBA era.

That, or the GBC couldn't really handle something like Mario Kart. Even on the SNES, it was a bit of a powerhouse with everything going on on screen.

I could see it working if they removed the ability to brake.

Ya, remove an important function in a kart racing game.

 

[Sora de Eclaune]

I could see it working if they removed the ability to brake.

Ya, remove an important function in a kart racing game.

If it's that important then the SNES, GBA, DS, and N64 games never made me find a use for it.

 

[ShadowSoldier]

I could see it working if they removed the ability to brake.

Ya, remove an important function in a kart racing game.

If it's that important then the SNES, GBA, DS, and N64 games never made me find a use for it.

That doesn't mean other people don't use it lol. I use it all the time. It's how you don't get hit by blue shells.