It was released first in Japan on December 14, 1996, and in North America and Europe in 1997. It was the successor to Super Mario Kart for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, and is the second game in the Mario Kart series. Mario Kart 64 ( マリオカート64 Mario Kāto Rokujūyon) is a kart racing video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64 video game console.
