There are no trees on the meadows of Moo Moo Farm.The screens in Luigi Raceway and Wario Stadium show a still image of player 1 at the starting line.In three-player mode, the fourth screen displays the cup and the course's name upon starting, and then shows the map of the course.The frame-rate slows down to 20 frames per second.No music is played during racing, except when a Super Star is being used.In Kalimari Desert, the trains only have a tender and one passenger car attached to them, as opposed to five passenger cars.The lap count can be swapped with a map of the course. The line between the two screens has each player's icon on them and acts as an overview on the players' positions.When playing with two or more players, some changes have been made to make the game run as smoothly as possible. He however has low stats, explaining his heavyweight. The long time rival of Mario and Luigi appears as a powerful racer in the game. His kart is powered by a powerful-sounding, high-revving triple-cylinder four stroke. He debuted in Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins in 1992. He has low stats, explaining his heavyweight. The rival of Mario hits the roads in this game and replaces Koopa Troopa from Super Mario Kart. The engine sound is said to be similar to those heard on 1990's motorcycles. Much like Toad, his kart is powered by a distinctive engine, but this time it appears to be a V-twin four stroke with deep-sounding exhausts. This gorilla is one of the racers in the game and has replaced Donkey Kong Jr. His debut was in Super Mario World in 1991. He has high acceleration and top speed, explaining his lightweight. The loyal friend of Mario and Luigi has decided to hit the roads with his incredible racing skills as he is one of the best racers. Toad is unique that his kart is powered by a distinctive engine a smooth-sounding, twin-cylinder four stroke that offers fairly powerful horsepower and torque. He has top stats on acceleration and top speed, explaining his lightweight. Toad is one of the racers in this game and is considered one of the best racers along with Yoshi. Despite it's smaller than the Mario Brothers, it has surprisingly high torque and power which make it faster than the two. Her kart is powered by what appear to be high-revving, single-cylinder two stroke. She has high top speed and acceleration, explaining her lightweight. This princess of the Mushroom Kingdom reappeared in another Mario Kart game ever since Super Mario Kart. He shares the same kart engine as his brother. He has average stats on everything, explaining his middleweight. Mario's younger brother has returned in this game as a playable character. His kart is powered by what appears to be a twin-cylinder two stroke.
His first appearance was in Donkey Kong in 1981. The famous hero that everyone loves has returned into another Mario Kart game since Super Mario Kart. The Special Cup is now available as a default cup.Special items were removed from the game, although they would return in Mario Kart: Double Dash!!.Up to four players can now play instead of two.The players have an unlimited number of retries every time they finish the race in 5th-8th place.The races are now three laps instead of five.EXTRA class is added as the first ever Mirror Mode in the Mario Kart series, but is so far the only unlockable in the game.The game now has four cups per difficulty instead of three (although the 100cc cup in SMK had the unlockable Special Cup).Many items were introduced, such as the infamous Blue Shell.The stages are 3-D, though the characters are still 2-D sprites.The addition of voices for some of the characters, although some characters speak to a very minor extent in Super Mario Kart.The replacement of the item panels with item blocks.