games, noting its continued influence on video game design. The game is included in Yahoo! Games UK's list of the hundred greatest games of all time which praises the appealing characters and power ups and 1UP.com's "Essential 50", a list of the fifty most important games ever made. The game placed 13th in Official Nintendo Magazines 100 greatest Nintendo games of all time. Guinness World Records ranked it at number 1 on a list of the top 50 console games of all time based on initial impact and lasting legacy. Game Informer ranked the game at 35 on their top 100 games of all time in 2001 praising how the game's Mode 7 revolutionized racing games. In 2018, Complex listed Super Mario Kart seventh on its "The Best Super Nintendo Games of All Time". In 2019, The Strong National Museum of Play inducted Super Mario Kart to its World Video Game Hall of Fame. Legacy "I am truly moved to think that I have inspired children and young people more than I had ever imagined. At these times, I again come to understand how much of an amazing hit the game was and how many people played it." -Soyo Oka (translated) Soyo Oka, the composer of the game left Nintendo in 1995 to become a freelancer and television personality, making Super Mario Kart one of her final composition projects with Nintendo. Since departing and due to the popularity of the game. Mario Kart fans and people occasionally approach her and talk about their love and experiences of the game. Super Mario Kart has been credited with inventing the "kart racing" subgenre of video gaming; after its release several other developers attempted to duplicate its success. In 1994, less than two years after the release of Super Mario Kart, Sega released Sonic Drift; a kart racing game featuring characters from the Sonic the Hedgehog series. Also in 1994 Ubisoft released Street Racer, a kart racing game for the SNES and Mega Drive/Genesis which included a four player mode not present in Super Mario Kart. Apogee Software released Wacky Wheels for PC and Atari Corporation released Atari Karts for the Atari Jaguar in 1995. Future games that followed in the mould of Super Mario Kart include South Park Rally, Konami Krazy Racers, Diddy Kong Racing, Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing and several racing games in the Crash Bandicoot series. Response to the