Comment: “The World of Mario Kart” is chaotic, fun and fun

Mario Karting Worldthe only original flagship launch title Nintendo Switch 2its definition is its definition.

What yes Very interesting Mario Kart The game honed for the trademark fun of the franchise, which is a fun, marginal sadism and almost scientific degree. What is it no It is a revolutionary open world epic, the same as the Switch 1’s biggest release champion The Legend of Zelda: Breathing in the Wildeven other open world racers Burnout Paradise and Forza Horizon​​​​​​.

Don’t create non-existent games in your mind; it’s a kick ass Mario Kart The game happens to have an open world in it. Are you enough to make you want to buy a Switch 2 at launch and not mine. although Mario Karting World It doesn’t have to live up to the potential of seemingly infinite open world Mario Kart The game, which fits my expectations as a long-time fan of the series, they really like to play online, which in turn makes it a great showcase for making the Switch 2 Awesome.

You can get Mario Karting World The Walmart costs $79 (at Nintendo $79.99), or you can try to find the Nintendo Switch 2 + Mario Kart World Bundle.

You can also read my comprehensive hands-on deep dive on Switch 2, but in the meantime, let’s get into mine Mario Karting World Review.

Mario Karting World Probably not what you expected

Back in Nintendo First, details Mario Karting World To the massesmany people (myself included) have their eyes wide open when thinking about an open world Mario Kart The game may be. Mario Karting World Not that.

It is clear that after a week of extensive competition, I don’t think it’s a bad thing, but it’s disappointing, especially if you adjust Future marketing This makes it clear that the free roaming feature is a silly little side mode, not the main attraction. It’s an easy way to unlock new costumes of characters and to complete some challenges, but their rewards are almost exclusively in the form of stickers and don’t actually do anything meaningful. In other words, these challenges are only worth doing with the love of the game.

Mario Karting WorldWell, the biggest surprise is that this didn’t really bother me. Once the last game was in the hands, I realized that the open world existed to justify the pattern you chose from the menu. For example, the Grand Prix requires players to play between tracks. The new Knockout Tour mode is the biggest highlight of the game, bringing players into Cannonball run– Style (this is the reference that kids will get) Off-road competition, as time goes by, the people on the back of the backpack are gradually eliminated.

There are several knockout tour extensions.
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It’s tempting to call the open world “solved”, but I don’t think it’s appropriate. The idea that all these orbits are physically connected to each other is integrated into the design of the main mode. Without an open world, knockouts will not exist, so it is reasonable for the existence of an open world to exist. That is, because this is Mario Karting World Review, it is worth noting that most tracks can be turned into a regular three-loop circuit in a multiplayer competition, if you prefer.

However, I don’t want Nintendo to get out of the situation completely. Free roaming should More meaningful than before. Stickers aren’t enough to complete the P-Switch challenge, many of which are really difficult. Having said that, Mario Karting World Whatever fun it is you may or may not want to do so.

But that part Mario Kart Probably better than ever

The competition was great.
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Once you deal with it and overcome it this is not a fact Burnout Paradise With blue shells, Mario Karting World rock. Nintendo’s Wizards found a lot of ways to make the game crazier, messy and fun than ever before.

For beginners, there are now 24 competitors per game, rather than the traditional 12. Only a large number of humans (along with cows, dolphins and goombas, and anything else that has ever been in Mario games) are trying to knock each other down. If you tend to be angry Mario Kart Sometimes you get hit by a shell that you can’t do anything about, ready for twice that.

I don’t want to be angry about it because I think it’s Mario Kart More fun than many other racing games. If I want to play a game where driving alone is enough to win alone, I will play almost any other racing race. I find that sometimes you can be perfect with comfort, and it’s still not good enough due to some nonsense you can’t control. That’s just life, man.

It is crucial that Very Interestingly, it went from first to 20th in about three seconds. Learning to laugh at yourself is the key to enjoyment Mario Kart.

Donkey Rock.
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But with that in mind, the driving mechanism here is perhaps my favorite Mario Kart. It’s still on the surface with Mario Kart 8In order to build augmentation, during that drift, when you don’t dodge items, the main thing you have to worry about is. Apart from that, there is a new charge jump mechanic, which allows players to grind on rails or even ride along walls, two things also If you do it correctly, build enhancements.

If you get good enough in these moves, I haven’t even really caught the surface of the shortcut chance that certainly exists, but only knowing that the depth here is enough than before. If nothing else, it feels great to take off the sick wall.

All of this is co-created with the real greatness of the Knockout Tour mode, creating something I will play casually online for many dozens of hours. It’s exciting to win the knockout round somehow Mario Kart forward. Every time I get the first place in the online knockout round, I feel like I can accept God.

Mario Karting World It is an excellent switch 2 display cabinet

The water is beautiful.
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A very important aspect Mario Karting World Until you see it running on a 4K TV with HDR turned on, it is one of the best looking games in 2025 to date. The Switch 2 outperforms its predecessor, and combined with Nintendo’s excellent artistic direction, this makes it an absolute pleasure to always look at it almost at a glance.

Mario Karting World Vibrant, colorful, full of interesting little details. The karts and racers bend and twist in cartoonish ways, and when they get hit, the explosion now has a comic-style “kaboom!”. Their top and water, oh mine God,water. I think Mario Karting World Probably the best water I’ve seen in video games. Need to believe it.

Apart from worldAs a tech showcase, it is also a great presenter for the neat Switch 2 Online social functions. I was having fun playing online and knockouts against friends as we casually hang out and talk about what happened through GameChat’s life. world If nothing else, this is an incredible party game.

But there are some gaps in online functions

It’s also gorgeous.
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Unfortunately, online features can be more fulfilled in several ways.

First, free roaming in the open world with friends seems to be limited to driving while waiting for the race or knockout journey to begin. When playing this way, the challenge of P-Switch will be eliminated from the open world, turning it into a hall of glory rather than a truly cooperative open world. I hope in general there is more to do in the open world, but I think this view is especially true.

Second, I hope you can play online knockout tour with random strangers while attending with friends. Instead, to have an online knockout tour with friends, you either need to find 23 other people (not likely) or accept that some slots will fill NPC characters. I think this is a great online game in many ways, but it’s not always ideal.

yes Mario Karting World Is it worth it?

Look, everyone has their own ideas about the value of a dollar, or in this case, 80 of them. I think Mario Karting World It’s a great game and I’ll pay $80 for it if I need it, but I can also be ridiculously responsible for the money.

A value proposition beyond all these, world Just a lot of fun. If your mindset is properly adapted to your mindset, then seeing, winning fun, winning fun, and even being fun.