Guinness: Super Mario Kart the game with the most “initial impact and lasting legacy”

By Rhody, posted in General - Feb 26th, '09 11:22pm CST

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This year’s Guinness Book of World Records Gamer’s Edition includes a list of “the top 50 titles ranked on their initial impact and lasting legacy.” Topping the list is the SNES classic Super Mario Kart. The press release is a bit confusing, though:

As the best-selling racing game on the N64 (more than 9 million units sold), Super Mario Kart is also the best-selling racer on the SNES (8 million units), the GameCube (nearly 7 million units) and the DS (10 million units).

They do know that those aren’t all the same game, right? Craig Glenday, Editor-in-Chief of Guinness World Records, had this to say about the selection process for the list:

We knew this would be a complex task so we invited a crack team of industry experts to form a judging panel – and the result is a “top 50? list of games ranked both on their importance and on how fun they are to play.

Other games for Nintendo systems in the top 10 include Tetris (you just know it’s the Game Boy version), Super Mario World, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Street Fighter II, and Goldeneye. Check past the break for the complete list.

  1. Super Mario Kart
  2. Tetris
  3. Grand Theft Auto
  4. Super Mario World
  5. Zelda Ocarina of Time
  6. Halo
  7. Resident Evil IV
  8. Final Fantasy XII
  9. Street Fighter II
  10. GoldenEye
  11. Super Mario 64
  12. Tomb Raider
  13. Metal Gear Solid
  14. Call of Duty 4
  15. Sonic the Hedgehog 2
  16. GTA San Andreas
  17. Super Mario Bros
  18. Zelda: A Link to the Past
  19. Gran Turismo
  20. Final Fantasy VII
  21. Pro Evolution Soccer 4
  22. The Orange Box
  23. Lego Star Wars Complete Saga
  24. Tekken 2
  25. Wii Sports
  26. Pokemon Red/Blue
  27. Guitar Hero
  28. Project Gotham Racing 4
  29. Super Mario Galaxy
  30. Resident Evil
  31. Ico
  32. Chrono Trigger
  33. Gunstar Heroes
  34. Soul Calibur
  35. Advance Wars
  36. Ridge Racer
  37. Super Metroid
  38. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
  39. GTA Vice City
  40. BioShock
  41. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
  42. The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening
  43. God of War
  44. Sega Rally Championship
  45. Starfox 64
  46. Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
  47. WarioWare Inc
  48. Saturn Bomberman
  49. Crash Bandicoot
  50. Outrun 

 

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  • Minifig
    Wait, where is smash bros.?
    Wasn't it one of the best selling and highest rated games ever?
  • Minifig
    Mario bros. is #17?
    How does the Orange box classify as a game?
    I bought Portal separately, so it should get +1 from the box...
  • drktrpr1
    I thought I would hate this list but I actually don't...Except I'd replace Mario Kart with Mario Brothers (which isn't even on the list!) and put Mario Kart in the thirties. That and Super Metroid needs to be in the twenties!
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