Mario Kart Super Circuit by Nintendo of America

The classic high-speed hijinks of Mario and friends roar onto the Game Boy Advance!

Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, Wario, Yoshi, Donkey Kong, Toad and Bowser put the pedal to the go-kart metal in 20 all-new tracks, plus additional hidden tracks and classic multiplayer Battle Mode. Grab coins to max out your speed and blast your rivals with the ever-popular arsenal of red, green and spiked Koopa shells. Bwa ha ha!

Players can hop into the role of any racer, provided that no two players use the same racer in a multiplayer game. Racers range from Toad, Yoshi and Princess Peach, who accelerate quickly but are easily knocked off-course by Bowser, Donkey Kong and Wario. While the three lumbering bruisers accelerate slowly and lack the pinpoint control of their smaller rivals, each boasts a terrific top speed. Between the extremes of light and heavy karts are the well-balanced brothers Mario and Luigi.

The one-player Mario Grand Prix whisks you away on a whirlwind of the Mushroom Kingdom, ranging from the flat-out fun of Mario Circuit to the lava lakes of Bowser Castle. Each track has its unique challenges, ranging from the crabs skittering across Shy Guy Beach to the Piranha Plants lurking in the quicksand of Yoshi Desert. You'll earn points with every high-place finish and you'll win trophies with the completion of every four-race cup.

Things start off fairly sedately on the low-powered 50cc karts, but quickly because fast and furious in the 100cc mode and flat-out frenetic when you move up to the 150cc behemoths. If you do very well, you'll earn a high rating and unlock more tracks.

The courses are packed with traps, tricks, shortcuts and speed-effecting elements. You'll slide in loose gravel and snow, slow down in shallow water and fall through wide gaps, then watch the competition zip by as you wait for a cloud-riding Lakitu to fish you out. Jumps, ice, rough weather and many more track features yield infinite surprises and fun. By collecting coins, you can add to your overall speed and the durability of your racer. By hitting boost pads, you can blast off at rocket speed.

Mario Kart Super Circuit bristles with great multiplayer modes for lap after lap of high-octane fun! Up to four players can race at once. You'll need as many GBAs as there are players and enough GBA Game Link Cables to hook all the systems together. With a single Game Pak, you can upload any of four new tracks to the other systems and go head-to-head with a Yoshi behind the wheel of every competitor's kart. If you have a Game Pak for every player, you can select any track that has been unlocked on one of the Game Paks for a single race, or participate in the Mario Grand Prix with multiple entries.

As many as four players can take high-speed whacks at each other with Battle Mode, a favorite from Mario Kart Super NES and Mario Kart 64. Sporting three colorful balloons, each racer enters a special open arena. Each time you bonk a rival with a Koopa shell, you'll shake loose one of their balloons. Half the challenge and fun of Battle Mode is dodging your opponents' relentless attacks. The last player with a balloon is the winner!

Thanks to the Game Boy Advance's wide screen, you'll always enjoy panoramic racing action, even when competing against as many as four friends. The L and R buttons give you great control over power slides. And the GBA's 32-bit processing horsepower guarantees intricately detailed backgrounds with multiple scrolling planes that move in perspective as you zip through high-speed turns. Gorgeous-looking and great-playing: That's Mario Kart Super Circuit!

* 20 all-new tracks.

* Fast-paced driving action.

* Pick from many characters out of the Nintendo World.

* Up to 4 players can race with the Link Cable.