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'''''Mario Kart: Super Circuit''''' is a ''[[Mario Kart (series)|Mario Kart]]'' game for the [[Game Boy Advance]]. It is the third entry in the series and the first one to be released for a handheld console. ''Mario Kart: Super Circuit'' was first released on July 21, 2001 in Japan. The game combines the elements from the previous ''Mario Kart'' games, with the key feature of the ''Mario Kart'' series being the usage of items obtained from [[Item Box]]es in order for the operator to gain an advantage over the opponents being retained; additionally, it contains all the courses from ''[[Super Mario Kart]]''. ''Mario Kart: Super Circuit'' allows up to four players to enjoy the game through the Game Link Cable, including a multiplayer mode where only one game cartridge is needed; however, the single cartridge-based multiplayer has heavy restrictions on the content available.

''Mario Kart: Super Circuit'' was eventually re-released on the [[Nintendo 3DS]]'s [[Virtual Console#Nintendo 3DS|Virtual Console]] exclusively to the [[Virtual Console#Nintendo 3DS Ambassador Program|3DS Ambassadors]] first in Oceania on December 15, 2011. ''Mario Kart: Super Circuit'' was re-released again on the [[Wii U]]'s [[Virtual Console#Wii U|Virtual Console]] in North America first on November 13, 2014, and for [[Game Boy Advance - Nintendo Switch Online]] as one of its launch titles on February 8, 2023. ''Mario Kart: Super Circuit'' is the only ''Mario Kart'' title to be developed by Intelligent Systems, as well as the last ''Mario Kart'' game where the drivers are sprites rather than models. This is one of the last entries in the ''Super Mario'' franchise to use the [[Nintendo 64|N64]]-era art direction (which had been in place since ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' in 1996), as Nintendo started to update the 3D art direction after 2001, starting with ''[[Luigi's Mansion]]''.

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|A Big Cheep Cheep appear in the background of Cheep-Cheep Island, where they swim around and occasionally leap.

|A large, but not gigantic Cheep-Cheep leaps over the winner stands in the game's awards ceremony.

''Mario Kart: Super Circuit'' was developed by [[Intelligent Systems]], the same company behind the ''[[Paper Mario (series)|Paper Mario]]'' series and the ''[[WarioWare (series)|WarioWare]]'' series. Takeshi Ando and Yukio Morimoto directed the game while the executive producer was [[Hiroshi Yamauchi]]. The Donkey Kong 3D model used in the pre-rendered sprites was provided by [[Rare Ltd.]].

*''[[Mario Kart 8]]'' / ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'': [[GBA Mario Circuit|Mario Circuit]] returns as a retro course in this game and now features anti-gravity on the U-shaped section that has been inclined. [[GBA Cheese Land|Cheese Land]] and [[GBA Ribbon Road|Ribbon Road]] return in ''Mario Kart 8'' as retro courses in the second DLC pack, and come standard in ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe''. Sky Garden, Snow Land, Boo Lake, Riverside Park, and Sunset Wilds are also included among the courses in the [[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass|Booster Course Pass]] for ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe''.