{"id":18373,"date":"2025-04-04T11:37:18","date_gmt":"2025-04-04T09:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/04\/mario-kart-world-hands-on-with-nintendos-crucial-switch-2-launch-game\/"},"modified":"2025-04-04T11:37:18","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T09:37:18","slug":"mario-kart-world-hands-on-with-nintendos-crucial-switch-2-launch-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/04\/mario-kart-world-hands-on-with-nintendos-crucial-switch-2-launch-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Mario Kart World: hands-on with Nintendo\u2019s crucial Switch 2 launch game"},"content":{"rendered":"

It may not reinvent the wheel but the forthcoming racer looks awesome, plays flawlessly, offers more exhilarating carnage than ever before \u2013 and even allows some open-world exploration<\/p>\n

\u2022 I got to play Nintendo Switch 2: a first look at 2025\u2019s gaming must-have<\/a><\/p>\n

How do you follow a game as complete and extensive as Mario Kart 8 Deluxe<\/a>? Nintendo is banking on the answer being: go bigger. Double the number of racers to 24. Increase the number of characters (60 in total). More weapons. And, most eye-catchingly, more exploration.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s not a term you\u2019d associate with the closed circuit, three-lap formula that the series has perfected over the last three decades, but in Mario Kart World, the flagship launch title for the forthcoming Switch 2, Nintendo is tearing down the tyre barriers and offering players a Forza Horizon style open world. It\u2019s not exactly a total reinvention of the wheel, but it\u2019s as big a change to the format as any since the series began. Given physical copies of Mario Kart World will retail at \u00a375 though, is it enough?<\/p>\n

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\nIt may not reinvent the wheel but the forthcoming racer looks awesome, plays flawlessly, offers more exhilarating carnage than ever before \u2013 and even allows some open-world exploration\u2022 I got to play Nintendo Switch 2: a first look at 2025\u2019s gaming must-have
\nHow do you follow a game as complete and extensive as Mario Kart 8 Deluxe? Nintendo is banking on the answer being: go bigger. Double the number of racers to 24. Increase the number of characters (60 in total). More weapons. And, most eye-catchingly, more exploration.
\nThat\u2019s not a term you\u2019d associate with the closed circuit, three-lap formula that the series has perfected over the last three decades, but in Mario Kart World, the flagship launch title for the forthcoming Switch 2, Nintendo is tearing down the tyre barriers and offering players a Forza Horizon style open world. It\u2019s not exactly a total reinvention of the wheel, but it\u2019s as big a change to the format as any since the series began. Given physical copies of Mario Kart World will retail at \u00a375 though, is it enough? Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It may not reinvent the wheel but the forthcoming racer looks awesome, plays flawlessly, offers more exhilarating carnage than ever before \u2013 and even allows some open-world exploration \u2022 I got to play Nintendo Switch 2: a first look at 2025\u2019s gaming must-have How do you follow a game as complete and extensive as Mario …<\/p>\n

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