For more than 30 years, Mario Kart has been going strong, with the series spanning 14 games. The fundamentals of Nintendo’s wacky racer are largely unchanged from the days of the Super Nintendo: You ...

Devin Friend is a graduate of McNeese State University with a bachelor's degree in creative writing. Starting from the day that he played Super Mario Kart on a Super Nintendo that he received as a ...

Tyler Shipley is an editor for Game Rant who has been writing for the team since 2021. Tyler has a degree in English from the University of Toledo. Some of his favorite games are platformers, but he ...

Double Dash is gimmicky, but the gimmick is clever, and it’s a bit surprising that Nintendo has since abandoned it. Instead of one driver, you pick two, and can switch between them with a button press ...

Nintendo is all about reinventing the wheel where it can - and that attitude follows through even to more simple, straightforward genres - like racing games. This has worked for good and for ill - ...

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - Booster Course Pass Wave 6, which will serve as the "final wave of DLC" for the beloved racing game, will be released this holiday and will add Diddy Kong, Funky Kong, Pauline, ...

Mario Kart: Double Dash almost did not have the two-driver mechanic due to challenges in development. Developers considered sidecars but faced issues with width, leading to the final design. The ...