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Mario Kart is a series of kart racing games developed and published by Nintendo as a spin-off of its flagship Super Mario franchise. The series was inaugurated in 1992 with its debut entry, Super Mario Kart for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, which was critically and commercially successful. There has been a total of 16 titles in the series: six original home console games, a home console port, three portable games, a mobile game, four arcade games co-developed by Bandai Namco Entertainment, and an RC-based game, with one game each appearing on each succeeding Nintendo game console since the SNES. The success of Mario Kart has spawned many cartoon-style racing games published by various gaming companies from the 16-bit generation onwards. It has also been referenced in the Paper Mario role-playing series and inspired several stages in the Super Smash Bros. fighting games. The games in the series have sold a combined total of over 150 million copies worldwide.