Facts about Mario Kart Series

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   In the Mario Kart series, Grand Prix mode tasks players with competing across four races, with final standings determined by accumulated points.

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   Blue Shell items, introduced in Mario Kart 64, target the race leader and became one of the series' most iconic and divisive mechanics.

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   Rainbow Road appears as a track in every mainline Mario Kart game, making it the most consistently recurring course in the series.

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   Each race in the Mario Kart series features item boxes that grant randomized power-ups, a mechanic present since the original Super Nintendo game in 1992.

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   Mario Kart 64, released in 1996, introduced four-player split-screen multiplayer to the series for the first time.

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   The Mario Kart series is one of Nintendo's best-selling franchises, with Mario Kart 8 Deluxe becoming the best-selling Nintendo Switch game.

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