
Mario Kart 64
Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development
Taste attributes: actionfamilyanimalsmusic/dancerobots/ai/spacesportsfastwholesomelightimaginarysimplelinearglossybig & variedall consuming questfighting evilgame/competitionself destruction/implosionsolving the riddle/not as it seems
Boxlist takeHeightened and very fast: an uncomplicated racing game, light rather than heavy. Best if you like pace over patience.
Pace: very fast · Originality: balanced · Tone: wholesome · Weight: light · Realism: imaginary world · Story: very simple · Structure: very linear · Look: glossy · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
IGDB rating
82 / 100
611 ratings
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About This Game
Mario Kart 64 is the second main installment of the Mario Kart series. It is the first game in the series to use three-dimensional graphics, however, the characters and items in this game are still two-dimensional, pre-rendered sprites. The game offers two camera angles and three engine sizes: 50cc, 100cc and 150cc. Each kart has distinctive handling, acceleration and top speed capabilities. Shells that you fire at rival racers, Bananas that make them skid out and Lightning Bolts that make them small and very slow are just a few of the game's unique power-ups.
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- Developer
- Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development
- Publishers
- Nintendo, iQue
- Released
- 14 December 1996
- Series
- Mario Bros.
- Platforms
- Wii, Nintendo 64, Wii U
- Modes
- Single player, Multiplayer, Split screen
- Perspective
- Third person
- Time to beat
- 5h complete
- Age rating
- PEGI 3
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- IGDB
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