Mario Kart Super Circuit

Mario Kart: Super Circuit is a kart racing video game developed by Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy Advance in 2001. The game is the third main entry in the Mario Kart series and the first for handhelds, following Super Mario Kart and Mario Kart 64 . This is the second Mario Kart game to include coins, which increases the engine power of the karts. There are five game modes in Super Circuit: Mario GP, Time Trial, Quick Run, VS., and Battle. Most of the modes can be played by themselves in single-player races, while some can be played in multiplayer. Super Circuit features the same cast of playable drivers as in the previous installment, each placed in one of three weight classes. In 2007, IGN named Super Circuit as the 19th best game on the Game Boy Advance. In the United States, Super Circuit sold 2.1 million copies and earned $63 million by August 2006. During the period between January 2000 and August 2006, it was the fourth highest-selling game launched for the Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, or PlayStation Portable in that country.Mario Kart: Super Circuit has sold over 2.53 million in the United States alone, placing it onto Nintendo's Player's Choice list. The game has sold 5.91 million copies worldwide, making it the fourth best-selling game on Game Boy Advance and the best selling non-Pokémon game for the Game Boy Advance. On July 28, 2011, Nintendo announced that Mario Kart: Super Circuit, as well as nine other Game Boy Advance games, will be available to limited Nintendo 3DS owners, via Virtual Console, to whom will participate in the Ambassador Program after Nintendo officially issued a price-cut to the Nintendo 3DS starting August 12, 2011. This offer was available in all territories, and only to those who became eligible in the Ambassador program . It was later available for purchase for the Wii U Virtual Console in North America on November 13, 2014, April 23, 2015 in Europe, April 24, 2015 in Australia, and July 22, 2015, in Japan.