His kart is powered by what appears to be a twin-cylinder two stroke. His first appearance was in Donkey Kong in 1981. He has average stats on everything, explaining his middleweight. The famous hero that everyone loves has returned into another Mario Kart game since Super Mario Kart. The Special Cup is now available as a default cup.Special items were removed from the game, although they would return in Mario Kart: Double Dash!!.Up to four players can now play instead of two.The players have an unlimited number of retries every time they finish the race in 5th-8th place.

The races are now three laps instead of five.

EXTRA class is added as the first ever Mirror Mode in the Mario Kart series, but is so far the only unlockable in the game.

The game now has four cups per difficulty instead of three (although the 100cc cup in SMK had the unlockable Special Cup).

Many items were introduced, such as the infamous Blue Shell.The stages are 3-D, though the characters are still 2-D sprites.The addition of voices for some of the characters, although some characters speak to a very minor extent in Super Mario Kart.The replacement of the item panels with item blocks.

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