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What Do Metroid Donkey Kong And Mario Kart Have In Common?

What Do Metroid Donkey Kong And Mario Kart Have In Common?

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First brought to gamers’ attention with the stunning and atmospheric Metroid Prime, Retro Studios has made a name for itself as one of Nintendo’s most skilled and reliable partners in the United States, the Texas-based studio tasked first with the Metroid series’ reinvention on the Gamecube and, more recently, the development of a sequel to SNES classic Donkey Kong Country. Now, the developer is hard at work on the newest entry in Nintendo’s fabled Mario Kart series on the 3DS.


Revealed by Miyamoto to be working alongside Nintendo EAD on the title’s development, Retro Studios has been tasked with designing some of the game’s tracks. In Mario Kart, the tracks define the gameplay experience, both the most challenging and memorable aspect of each individual game in the series. It will be interesting to see what Retro comes up with in this latest title.

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