The Mario Kart franchise began in 1992 with Super Mario Kart for the SNES, and is currently the most successful and longest-running kart racing franchise, having sold over 50 million copies worldwide. The series has nine games in all so far and each installment is named after a video game console except for Mario Kart: Super Circuit, Mario Kart: Double Dash!! and Mario Kart 7.
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