Editing Super Mario Kart (section)

===Tracks===
The tracks in ''Super Mario Kart'' are based on locations in ''[[Super Mario World]]'' such as Donut Plains.<ref name="GS ggoat" /> Each of the four cups contains five different tracks for a total of twenty unique tracks, additionally there are four unique Battle Mode courses.<ref name="npower" /><ref name="SMK">{{cite video game| title = Super Mario Kart| developer = [[Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development|Nintendo EAD]]| publisher = [[Nintendo]]| date = 1992-08-27| platform = [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|Super NES]]}}</ref> The course outlines are marked out by impassable barriers and feature a variety of bends ranging from sharp hairpins to wide curves which players can power slide around.<ref name="gengap" /> Numerous obstacles themed from the ''Mario'' series appear, such as Thwomps in the [[Bowser's Castle]] tracks, the Cheep-Cheeps from ''Super Mario World'' in Koopa Beach and pipe barriers which are found in the Mario Circuit tracks.<ref name="npower" /> Other features include off-road sections which slow down the karts such as the mud bogs in the Choco Island tracks.<ref name="npower" /> Each cup track is littered with coins and power-up tiles, as well as turbo tiles which give the karts a boost of speed and jumps which launch the karts into the air.<ref name="npower" />

The tracks have received positive commentary, with [[GameSpy]] describing them as wonderfully designed and ''IGN'' calling them perfect.<ref name="gspy" /><ref name="IGN retro" /> When naming its top five ''Mario Kart'' tracks of all time in 2008, ''[[1UP.com]]'' named Battle Mode Course 4 at number three and [[Rainbow Road (Mario Kart)|Rainbow Road]] – along with its subsequent versions in the series – at number one.<ref name="5tracks">{{cite web|title=Top 5 Mario Kart Tracks|website=[[1UP.com]]|url=http://www.1up.com/features/top-5-mario-kart-tracks|access-date=2008-12-28|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151101094643/http://www.1up.com/features/top-5-mario-kart-tracks|archive-date=2015-11-01}}</ref> The track themes in ''Super Mario Kart'' influenced later games in the series; recurring themes that first appeared in ''Super Mario Kart'' include haunted tracks, Bowser's Castle and Rainbow Road.<ref name="GS then & now" /> Some of the tracks from ''Super Mario Kart'' have been duplicated in later games. All twenty of the original tracks are unlockable as an extra feature in the [[Game Boy Advance]] title ''[[Mario Kart: Super Circuit]]''.<ref name="GS sc">{{cite web|last=Ajami|first=Amer|title=Mario Kart Super Circuit Review|website=[[GameSpot]]|date=2008-04-17|url=http://www.gamespot.com/gba/driving/mariokartsupercircuit/review.html|access-date=2008-12-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091218051316/http://www.gamespot.com/gba/driving/mariokartsupercircuit/review.html?om_act=convert&om_clk=gssummary&tag=summary;read-review|archive-date=2009-12-18|url-status=live}}</ref> Remakes of Mario Circuit 1, Donut Plains 1, Koopa Beach 2 and Choco Island 2 appear as part of the Retro Grand Prix series in ''[[Mario Kart DS]]'', remakes of Ghost Valley 2, Mario Circuit 3, and Battle Course 4 appear as part of the Retro Grand Prix and battles in ''[[Mario Kart Wii]]'', remakes of Mario Circuit 2 and Rainbow Road appear as part of the Retro Grand Prix in ''[[Mario Kart 7]]'', a remake of Donut Plains 3 appears as part of the Retro Grand Prix and battles in ''[[Mario Kart 8]]'', a second remake of Rainbow Road appears in ''Mario Kart 8''{{'}}s first downloadable content pack, a remake of Battle Course 1 appears as a Retro Battle Course in ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'', and remakes of Mario Circuit 3 and Bowser Castle 3 appear in the second and sixth waves respectively of ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe''{{'}}s [[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass|Booster Course Pass]].<ref name="MK DS">{{cite video game|title=[[Mario Kart DS]]|developer=[[Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development]]|publisher=[[Nintendo]]|date=2005-11-14|platform= [[Nintendo DS]]}}</ref><ref name="MK Wii">{{cite video game|title=[[Mario Kart Wii]]|developer=[[Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development]]|publisher=[[Nintendo]]|date=2008-04-10|platform=[[Wii]]}}</ref><ref name="MK 7">{{cite video game|title=[[Mario Kart 7]]|developer=[[Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development]], [[Retro Studios]]|publisher=[[Nintendo]]|date=2011-12-04|platform=[[Nintendo 3DS]]}}</ref><ref name="MK 8">{{cite video game|title=[[Mario Kart 8]]|developer=[[Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development]]|publisher=[[Nintendo]]|date=2014-05-30|platform=[[Wii U]]}}</ref>