Mario Kart 7
| Mario Kart 7 | |
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Packaging artwork released for all territories.
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| Developer(s) |
Nintendo EAD Group No. 1 Retro Studios |
| Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
| Director(s) | Kosuke Yabuki |
| Producer(s) |
Hideki Konno Yasuyuki Oyagi |
| Composer(s) |
Kenta Nagata Satomi Terui |
| Series | Mario Kart |
| Platform(s) | Nintendo 3DS |
| Release date(s) |
Nintendo eShop |
| Genre(s) | Racing |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Aggregator | Score |
| GameRankings | 85.17% |
| Metacritic | 85 |
| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
| CVG | 9.4/10 |
| Destructoid | 5/10 |
| Eurogamer | 8/10 |
| Game Informer | 8.5/10 |
| Giant Bomb | 3/5 |
| IGN | 9/10 |
| Nintendo World Report | 8.5/10 |
Mario Kart 7 (マリオカート7 Mario Kāto Sebun?) is a 2011 racing video game. It is the seventh major installment in the Mario Kart series and the third to be released for handheld consoles. It was developed by Nintendo EAD and Retro Studios and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 3DS. As in previous games in the series, players participate in go-kart racing on various Mario-themed tracks, playing as one of seventeen different Mario characters. While racing, the players make use of power-up items that hinder opposing characters. New additions to the game include hang-gliding attachments for karts, the ability to drive underwater, the ability to drive in first-person, and the ability to fully customize the vehicles' builds.Mario Kart 7 supports both local and online multiplayer for up to eight players. The game was released worldwide in early December 2011.
It is the second 3DS game to sell over 5 million units after Super Mario 3D Land. Nintendo announced that they would re-release the game, along with some of their earlier published games for the Nintendo 3DS, as a downloadable title via Nintendo eShop. The downloadable version was released in the PAL region on October 4, 2012, October 18, 2012 in North America, and November 1, 2012 in Japan. As of December 31, 2016, it has sold 14.82 million copies worldwide, making it the second best-selling 3DS game of all-time, behind Pokémon X and Y. Mario Kart 7 received positive reception, gaining aggregate critical scores of 85% and 84.96% on Metacritic and GameRankings respectively.
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