The series has had its ups and downs. Following the quantum leap in fidelity from 1992’s Super Mario Kart to the N64 version, and again to the GameCube’s Double Dash (2003), the series spun its wheels ...

Now a staple mechanic of the Mario Kart series, Tricks were first introduced in Mario Kart Wii as something players could do after launching off a ramp or small height. In Mario Kart World, the method ...

A lot of gamers now only associate the Mario Kart franchise with its highest-selling installment, Mario Kart 8: Deluxe. While ...

Nintendo initially had an exceptionally ambitious vision for Mario Kart World, serving as a follow-up to the best-selling entries on both the Switch and Wii U platforms. Consequently, two ...

Mario Kart World is making changes to the traditional Mario Kart formula with a full open world to explore in Free Roam and interconnected tracks in Grand Prix. All of these new changes solidify Mario ...

When Yabuki elaborated on the team’s vision, he noted that earlier Mario Kart titles followed a linear structure, with players progressing from one isolated course to the next. However, with modern ...

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A freelance writer with over 10 years of experience. His favourite games are Kingdom Hearts, Beyond Good & Evil, and Celeste. The Mario Kart series is a beloved Nintendo franchise that first began on ...

The big hook of Mario Kart World is that, for the first time in the series, players aren’t just visiting separate and disconnected courses. Everything links together to form one big world, and there’s ...

We’ve been driving the open roads of Mario Kart World for several weeks now, and we’re starting to see how its new lineup of 30 tracks stacks up against the rest of the Mario Kart series. So, now’s ...

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Mario Kart World started development back in 2017 as a game for the original Switch, but ended up becoming a Switch 2 one because it devs felt the tech boost was necessary to deliver the world bit of ...