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IGDB / 338067

Mario Kart World

2025 85 / 100 Adventure Racing
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 Show full summary

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.

World design Open World GameplayExploration GameplayCombat-focused Game modeMultiplayer

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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.

GameplayExploration GameplayCombat-focused Game modeMultiplayer GenreAdventure GenreRacing ThemeFantasy ThemeOpen world ThemeParty Trait3d Traitalternate costumes Traitape Traitbat Traitbees Traitboat Traitboat racing Traitboomerang Traitbowser koopa Traitcheckpoints Traitcoins Traitcollectibles Traitcombat racing Traitcow Traitcrab Traitcrossover Traitdesert Traitdinosaurs Traitdolphin Traitdonkey kong Traitdrifting Traitelimination mode Traitexplorable world Traitexploration Traitfree roam Traitghost Traitgiraffe Traitgliding Traitgo-kart Traitgrand prix Traitinterconnected-world Traitkart racing Traitking boo Traitlava Traitluigi Traitmario Traitmario kart Traitmole Traitmotion controls Traitmotorcycle Traitmultiple playable characters Traitmushroom Traitpenguin Traitphoto mode Traitplayable enemy Traitprincess Traitprincess daisy Traitprincess peach Traitrails Traitrosalina Traitsnow Traitsnowman Traitstickers Traittoad Traittrains Traitvehicular combat Traitwall jump Traitwaluigi Traitwario Traitwiggler Traityoshi Traitzebra

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Developer
Nintendo EPD Production Group No. 9
Publisher
Nintendo
Franchise
Mario Kart, Mario
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Spielprofil

Modi
Multiplayer, Single player, Split screen
Perspective
Third person
Themes
Fantasy, Open world, Party
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  • Nintendo Switch 2 Jun 05, 2025

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