Mario Kart: Super Circuit

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Mario Kart: Super Circuit (abbreviated to MKSC) was the third Mario Kart game, released for the Game Boy Advance in 2001. It has 40 tracks, 20 of which come from Super Mario Kart, making it have the most tracks of any Mario Kart game.

Mario Kart: Super Circuit was the first Mario Kart game not developed by Nintendo EAD, Nintendo's largest in-house development team known for their work on the many Mario platformers and the entire Legend of Zelda series. Instead, it was developed by another Nintendo first-party developer, Intelligent Systems, who are known for their tactical RPG series such as Paper Mario, Fire Emblem and Advance Wars. Some elements from its predecessor, Mario Kart 64 were included, however. Along with that, Mario Kart: Super Circuit was the first to have 5 cups instead of the usual 4. It is the only known Mario Kart to own that feature.

Mario Kart: Super Circuit can also be played on the Nintendo DS, the handheld console for Mario Kart DS. It can be inserted in the Game Boy Advance slot in the bottom, just in case you get tired of Mario Kart DS.

Racers

Contrary to what the character selection screen suggests, lightweight characters do not have the best speeds. The instruction booklet makes these corrections, stating that the "Speed" rating listed on-screen actually refers to acceleration.

Lightweight

"Excellent acceleration, but low top speeds.
Not slowed much by dirt.
Easily knocked aside by heavier karts."' (Super Circuit instruction booklet)

Character	Acceleration	Weight	Description
			"Check out true lightweight racing!"
			"No one has faster acceleration!"
			"Dirt is no obstacle!"

Middleweight

"Balanced alternative to the Lightweight and Heavyweight karts." (Super Circuit instruction booklet)

Character	Acceleration	Weight	Description
			"Perfectly balanced!"
			"Great steering!"

Heavyweight

"Very high top speed, but acceleration and steering require careful attention.
Bumps lightweight karts out of the way.
Suffers from tremendous slowdowns off-track." (Super Circuit instruction booklet)

Character	Acceleration	Weight	Description
			"There's nobody faster!"
			"True Heavyweight power!"
			"Better steering than Wario!"

Courses

Mushroom Cup	Flower Cup	Lightning Cup	Star Cup	Special Cup
Peach Circuit	Mario Circuit	Luigi Circuit	Snow Land	Lakeside Park
Shy Guy Beach	Boo Lake	Sky Garden	Ribbon Road	Broken Pier
Riverside Park	Cheese Land	Cheep Cheep Island	Yoshi Desert	Bowser Castle 4
Bowser Castle 1	Bowser Castle 2	Sunset Wilds	Bowser Castle 3	Rainbow Road

Classic Courses

This Game was the first Mario Kart to feature 'return courses' from the SNES version of Mario Kart. (The idea was abandoned in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! but this feature returned in Mario Kart DS.

Extra Mushroom Cup	Extra Flower Cup	Extra Lightning Cup	Extra Star Cup	Extra Special Cup
Mario Circuit 1	Mario Circuit 2	Bowser Castle 2	Vanilla Lake 1	Koopa Beach 2
Donut Plains 1	Choco Island 1	Mario Circuit 3	Bowser Castle 3	Ghost Valley 3
Ghost Valley 1	Ghost Valley 2	Koopa Beach 1	Mario Circuit 4	Vanilla Lake 2
Bowser Castle 1	Donut Plains 2	Choco Island 2	Donut Plains 3	Rainbow Road

Battle Stages

Items

Galleries

Item Gallery

Screenshots

Trivia

This is the first game in the Mario Kart series to have retro courses.
This is also the first Mario Kart game made for a handheld system.
This game lacked a few items including Fake Item Boxes, Triple Bananas and Golden Mushrooms.
The Lightning Cup was first introduced to this game. It was brought back in Mario Kart DS as a retro cup which ironically had Sky Garden in it which is in the Lightning Cup in this game. The Lightning Cup is also in Mario Kart Wii, 7, and 8.
This is the last game in the Mario Kart series until Mario Kart 7 to feature the classic go-karts and this is the last one to not have any unlockable characters.
This is also the last game in the Mario Kart series to have Princess Peach wearing her hair down, while the rest have her hair in a ponytail.
No game after this one would equip coins as items that increase your kart speed, until Mario Kart 7, which came out ten years later (though some missions in Mario Kart DS used them as required player to collect them)

External Links

The Official Super Circuit Website

Mario Kart games
Main Titles	Super Mario Kart (1992, SNES) • Mario Kart 64 (1996, N64) • Mario Kart: Super Circuit (2001, GBA) • Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (2003, GameCube) • Mario Kart DS (2005, DS) • Mario Kart Wii (2008, Wii) • Mario Kart 7 (2011, 3DS) • Mario Kart 8 (2014, Wii U) • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (2017, Switch)
Arcade Titles	Mario Kart Arcade GP (2005) • Mario Kart Arcade GP 2 (2007) • Mario Kart Arcade GP DX (2013) • Mario Kart Arcade GP VR (2017)
Spin-off Titles	Mario Kart Tour (2019, Mobile) • Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit (2020, Switch)