Mario Kart 7
The seventh installment of the fan-favorite Mario Kart franchise brings Mushroom Kingdom racing fun into glorious 3D. For the first time, drivers explore new competitive kart possibilities, such as soaring…
Mario Kart 7 is an arcade developed by Nintendo, released 2 December 2011 on Nintendo 3DS. The main story takes about 4 hrs to finish.
What Mario Kart 7 is
Mario Kart 7 is an arcade game developed by Nintendo and released in 2011. It was published by iQue. It is available on Nintendo 3DS only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Mario Kart 7 is a 2011 kart racing game developed by Nintendo EAD in cooperation with Retro Studios and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 3DS. In Mario Kart 7, the player takes control of one of seventeen Mario series characters, who participate in races on various Mario-themed race tracks using specialized items to hinder opponents or gain advantages. In single player mode, players can race against computer-controlled characters in 8 multi-race cups consisting of 32 tracks over three difficulty levels. Alternatively, players can race against the clock in a Time Trial mode.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are party. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Battle Royale, Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen.
Where it sits in the Mario Bros. series
Mario Kart 7 is the 58th of 66 entries we hold in the Mario Bros. series. The next entry was Mario Party 9 in 2012. Its critic score of 84 is 10 points above the series average of 74. The highest-rated entry is Super Mario World at 100.
How it was received
Mario Kart 7 holds a critic score of 84 out of 100. That places it above 87% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2011 averaged 68, so it scored 16 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 82, across 283 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 4 hrs.
What it launched against
Mario Kart 7 launched on 2 December 2011, within three weeks of Minecraft: Java Edition, Assassin's Creed Revelations, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword and Assassin's Creed Revelations. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4.
Released around the same time: Minecraft: Java Edition, Assassin's Creed Revelations, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, Assassin's Creed Revelations.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Mario Kart 7 yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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