Critics generally agree that Mario Kart World ticks this box, with the game currently sitting at an 87 average on Metacritic after the first wave of reviews, which have been drip-fed onto the internet after Nintendo made the decision not to offer media early access to the Switch 2 or its launch line-up.

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.

One of the most highly anticipated releases for the new Nintendo Switch 2 is the brand-new " Mario Kart " game, which features a somewhat open-world twist on the familiar format. The off-track sections enable "longer races that are more interconnected across multiple tracks,

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 players have discovered a huge Super Mario 64 secret that involves Free Roam and Mirror Mode.

Mario Kart World has barely been out for a full day, but genius players are already working out some seriously impressive ways to use the Switch 2 racing game's parkour-style wall riding and tricks to pull off some incredible shortcuts that the most competitive racers will no doubt be implementing going forward.

One feature Nintendo did not include in Mario Kart World is local co-op for the game's Free Roam mode, Kotaku discovered. Nintendo never said the game would have this, but it's still a disappointing realization for some people who wanted to enjoy zipping around Mario Kart World's vast map with a friend or family member locally.