Ever since Super Mario Kart hit the market 20 years ago, the
racing genre has had a smaller sub-genre; the mascot-driven kart racer. Taking
the arcade style racing game, throw in some crazy locations and power-ups and of
course, some sort of licensed character seemed like instant cash for
developers. It seems like every property out there has been involved in a Kart
racing game at least one time or another, from Sonic to Pac-Man to South Park,
the Smurfs and even Homies.
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However, it doesn’t always work out. Very few Kart racing
games ever even come close to capturing half the magic of Mario Kart and even
more of them are just flat out bad. Now, I love Kart racing games, especially
Mario Kart, so I’ve played a lot over the years and I’d be lying if I didn’t
say there have been quite a few that have stood out as more than just rip-offs.
So, I’m counting down the top ten best Kart racing games, that are not Mario
Kart.
