‘Dr. Mario’ combined germs, logic, and light plagiarism. It was also familiar to Henk Rogers, the producer who partnered with Pajitnov to bring Tetris to the world and, most importantly, to Nintendo.

Mario Kart World joins a storied history of Nintendo-developed games available on launch day of a brand new console or handheld, many of which went on to become some of the most cherished and ...