It’s a testament to Mario Kart World’s quality that I’ve spent over 35 hours with it since launch less than a week ago, yet I still can’t wait to play more. The first brand-new Mario Kart in over a decade is a breath of fresh air,

Mario Kart World is a Nintendo Switch 2 exclusive, which means it is not available on Switch 1 or any other Switch consoles. Nintendo has said that Mario Kart World essentially wouldn't have been possible on the original Switch - it needs the features and specs of the Nintendo Switch 2 to run how the developers intended.

The new version of Nintendo's classic, available exclusively on the Nintendo Switch 2, introduces massive multiplayer races and new chat features.

There’s an exciting new endurance race that combines several tracks and eliminates drivers after each checkpoint. But it’s a racing world without any oil drips or skid marks.

That’s the Mario Kart experience, really. One moment you’re flying high and smoking everyone. The next moment, an army of dung-covered cannibal cows decide to delete you from existence. All you can do is laugh and boot up the next race.

Double Dash—the third entry in the series—made for the greatest sequel a kid could ask for. Races were smooth, slipping on a banana peel actually felt dangerous, and passing someone in first place after hitting them with a blue shell was the most satisfying move you could pull off in a video game.

Mario Kart World fans have discovered a way to zoom around the game's open world in Mirror Mode — and the way to access it is a cool throwback to a classic Nintendo platformer.

Mario Kart World ditched a good few things from Mario Kart 8, notably the anti-gravity, which has been replaced with some truly wild wallriding and jumping tech. However, one thing the Nintendo Switch 2 racer did keep from its predecessor was how new karts were unlocked,