
Release
Thursday, June 5, 2025
Critic score
92/100
Platform families
1
Editorial overview
What it is
Mario Kart World is a kart racing game for the Nintendo Switch 2, featuring characters from the Mario franchise. It introduces an open-world design to the series, allowing players to drive freely between courses rather than selecting them from a menu. Races support up to 24 players and include new mechanics such as off-roading, boat racing, rail grinding, and wall riding. The game features a Knockout Tour elimination mode where racers compete across connected courses with periodic eliminations at checkpoints, as well as a Free Roam mode for open exploration and collectible-finding.
Play styles
Single player · Multiplayer · Split screen
Perspective
Third person
More like this
Nintendo EPD Production Group No. 9 · Nintendo
Connected releases
Core game only
Game data from IGDB
Themes
Fantasy · Open world · Party
Languages
16 supported
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Nintendo Switch 2
Gen 9