A Genius Move No-one Else Saw
Nintendo re-package their franchises over and over but it almost never feels dated or overused. On the contrary, what Nintendo are masters of is taking a franchise and spinning it in a completely different direction. Mario Kart is such an odd concept I would love to know how this idea came around, but it's genius. The idea of bringing a racing game to the Mario franchise isn't exactly a fantastic concept on paper, but put in items from the Mario universe and you have one of the freshest ideas I can think of from Nintendo.
Nintendo would use this concept over and over again but when the first Mario Kart came, no-one could compete. It was a Super Nintendo best-seller and with good reason. The amount of multiplayer fun with this game was beyond anything seen on either of the competing systems, the sound is great and the graphics are way ahead of their time. Super Mario Kart is an absolute classic for the Super Nintendo.
