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Mario Kart 8 and its Deluxe update have been around so long it's easy to forget that the game actually predates the Switch and can trace its origins way back to the Wii U. But every good run must come...
From Engadget
Mario Kart World redefines the series with a Forza Horizon-like open environment and frenetic elimination mode that'll leave your heart pumping as you blaze toward the finish line.
From PC Magazine
Nintendo has confirmed the successor to its wildly popular Switch console will be released on June 5, when it will cost £395.99 to buy in the UK.
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On Wednesday, Nintendo held a big Direct dedicated to the upcoming Switch 2. The new console is set to launch on June 5 and will cost $450. And one of the launch games for the console is Mario Kart World, a big, sprawling kart racer that looks like a lot of fun. But uh, what the heck is Mario drinking in that can?
It’s great fun and really leans into the frantic nature of Mario Kart, hurling items to get any kind of purchase on the pecking order. I did find Knockout Tour to be particularly frantic, often bouncing back and forth constantly between the front and back of the pack. But that’s Mario Kart - that’s exactly what you’re signing up for.
After the Grand Prix, Nintendo showed the Free Roam mode. Players can effectively drive across the entire world however they please, which, more than anything, shows the genius of Nintendo's level design that not only do the courses work individually, but they blend together into a continuous world too.