In single player mode players can race against computer-controlled characters in multi-race cups over three difficulty levels. In Super Mario Kart, the player takes control of one of eight Mario series characters, each with differing capabilities. Nintendo re-released Super Mario Kart in 2017 as part of the company's Super NES Classic Edition. Super Mario Kart was re-released on the Wii's Virtual Console in 2009, on the Wii U's Virtual Console in 2013, and on the New Nintendo 3DS's Virtual Console in 2016. Selling 8.76 million copies worldwide, the game went on to become the fourth best-selling SNES game of all time. The first game of the Mario Kart series, it was released in Japan and North America in 1992, and in Europe the following year in 1993. Super Mario Kart is a 1992 kart racing video game developed published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System video game console.
