Overview
- Also Known As
- Mario Kart 9
- Number of Players
- 4 (24 Player Online)
- Genre
- Physical Release
- Standard Game Card
- Release Date
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Nintendo Switch 2
5th Jun 2025 — $79.99
5th Jun 2025 — £74.99
Nintendo eShop
- 5th Jun 2025 — £66.99
- Series
- Tags
- Official Site
- nintendo.com
Reviews
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Review Mario Kart World (Switch 2) - The Perfect Introduction To A New Console Generation
Highway to Shell
Editor's note: With the whole team now having spent a week with the game, we've updated the text below with our verdict on Switch 2's premier launch game... True story: Not long before Switch 2 launched, I ed my driving test in America. A new Mario Kart game perhaps isn't the best game to start after getting a licence in a...
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Mario Kart World Guides
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Guide Mario Kart World Guide - All Courses, Cups, Missions, Collectibles, Tips & Tricks
Your ultimate Mario Kart World resource
It's finally time — Mario Kart World is here, along with the Nintendo Switch 2, so that means you'll need some fuel to keep the engines running. That's why we're here with Nintendo Life's ultimate Mario Kart World Guide. In this guide, we'll be covering all of the tips and tricks you need to get yourself...
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Guide Nintendo Switch 2 Direct: Time, Where To Watch, What To Expect
It's time for Switch 2
Update: We're almost there! The April 2025 Nintendo Direct is today - can you tell we're excited? Our second Nintendo Direct of 2025 is coming, and it's a big one. On the day of the Nintendo Switch 2's reveal, Nintendo also confirmed that there will be a Nintendo Direct focused entirely on the brand new console in April...
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Guide Mario Kart World: All Costume Unlocks & Complete Outfit List
It's a fashion race
Who doesn't love to dress up? The roster of Mario Kart World certainly does, with tons of unlockable costumes for many of the Mario series' favourite characters up for grabs. We wish changing clothes were as simple as it is for the racers in Mario Kart World, but alas. Below, we've listed all of the costumes you can get in Mario...
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Guide Mario Kart World: How To Unlock All Characters
Every character in Switch 2 Mario Kart
Mario Kart World is a massive refresh for the ludicrously popular kart racing franchise, bringing the total number of participants per race up to 24, while moving the action into a fully open world environment in which you drive from one race course to the next. Quite a few returning favourites from Mario Kart...
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Guide Mario Kart World: Complete Course List - Every Track
Grander Prix
After almost a decade of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, there's every chance that you know all of its circuits like the back of your hand. But Mario Kart World arrives with a new roster to learn. If you want to see every track in the game, you've come to the right place. In this guide, we'll run through all the courses grouped by their Grand...
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Guide Mario Kart World: All Vehicles - What's The Best Kart?
Kartbeat
After the best part of a decade with Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, you probably developed a pretty good idea of what kart best suits your driving style. Well, there's a new racer in town and, without the option to customise your body, wheels and glider, vehicle choice is all the more important. If you're desperate to know how to get the edge over...
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Guide Mario Kart World: How To Avoid Blue Shells
Feeling blue
Oh goodness. It's back. Mario Kart World was never going to let the Blue Shell go, and that means many tears and lost victories by a hair. But, as with previous Mario Kart games, there are a few ways you can avoid being hit by what is the game's deadliest item. So, we'll be going over all the ways you can avoid being hit by a Blue...
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Nintendo Direct Mario Kart World: Time, Date, Where To Watch, What To Expect
Our predictions for Switch 2's biggest launch game
Nintendo announced during the Switch 2 Direct that there's another one coming: a Mario Kart World Direct is scheduled for 17th April. Promising details of the freshly unveiled open-world Mario Kart, it's the first game-specific Direct for a Switch 2 game and we're excited to get a closer look at...
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Guide Mario Kart World: How To Unlock Mirror Mode
How do you unlock Mario Kart World's hardest mode?
Mario Kart World is absolutely massive, stuffed with secrets in the form of collectibles and missions. But there's one big, returning secret that's had us scrambling for days now. Mirror Mode, a staple in Mario Kart since Double Dash, is back, and it takes a little bit of work to unlock. We've...
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Nintendo Direct Mario Kart World: Every Announcement - How Would You Rate It?
Mario Kart whirled
The first Nintendo Direct dedicated to a single Switch 2 game has come and gone, giving us a 15-minute deep drive (c'mon, that's a keeper!) into everything we can expect from Mario Kart World when it launches alongside the system on 5th June. If you've been keeping up with hands-on impressions following the Switch 2 Direct and...
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Guide Mario Kart World: Kamek Item Explained - What Does It Do & How To Get It
How to transform into other characters
Mario Kart World keeps its line-up of items relatively familiar. You'll be intimately familiar with the Super Star, Golden Mushroom, and the Blue Shell. But there are a couple of newcomers, including one former racer. Yep, Kamek — who was a playable racer in the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Booster Course Wave 5...
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Guide Mario Kart World: All Control Options And Assists Explained
Smooth steering
Mario Kart World ushers in a bigger era of Mario Kart for a new console generation, with many different ways to play on both the big and small screen. Everyone will want to in, and there are many ways to grab a controller or just help out. With all your shiny new accessories and a handful of options, we'll be running down the...
Mario Kart World News
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Japanese Charts Switch 2 Crushes PS2 To Become Fastest-Selling Console Ever
Nearly 1 million consoles sold!
The latest Japanese boxed charts are here, courtesy of Famitsu, and golly gosh, would you believe it, Mario Kart World has stormed to the top with a total of 782,566 copies sold. That's simply incredible. The next in line is the Switch 1 version of Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma with 45,703 copies sold. Truth be...
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PSA Yes, Switch's Mario Kart Racing Wheels Are Compatible With World
And they're apparently "perfect" for cruising
In case you somehow missed it, during the Switch generation, Japanese accessory maker Hori actually released two officially licensed racing wheels designed for use with Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. At the time, many fans of the series weighed up if they would be worth the investment in the long run. Well, if...
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Round Up The Reviews Are In For Mario Kart World
Here's what the critics think
Video game media has now been tearing up the track in Mario Kart World for the past week – so what's the final verdict? This new entry, including a whole world to explore and the new Knockout Tour, is currently sitting on a critic rating of 87/100 on Metacritic, with "generally favorable reviews". And on OpenCritic,...
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"Mario Kart World is beautiful"
Mario Kart World is proving to be a big hit with fans, thanks to its range of tracks, the open-world mode and its online features. It still has the accursed Blue Shell, of course, which you can thankfully dodge if you know what you're doing. This weapon has been ruining friendships for years and is one of the many...
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News Mario Kart World Players Have Found A Really Easy Way To Farm Coins
Tedious, but easy
Mario Kart World lets you unlock a bevy of interesting new karts by collecting in-game coins. Specifically, you get one new kart for every 100 coins you collect; which is pretty much how it was on Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. You'll need to grab a total of 3,000 coins to nab every in-game vehicle, which in standard play might take quite a...
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Poll So, What's Your Favourite Course In Mario Kart World?
Track mania
We're willing to bet there are a fair few of you out there who spent the weekend up to your elbows in axle grease with Mario Kart World - would that be a fair assessment? It's a big old game and we're still working on finalising our review of the Switch 2 launch game after getting our hands on it last Thursday, and while you can read...
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UK Charts Nintendo Switch 2 Annihilates The Competition In Its Debut Week
Mario Kart World grabs the gold
Here we are folks, the first breakdown of the UK charts since the Nintendo Switch 2 launched. As expected, the launch line-up has performed exceedingly well, with Mario Kart World comfortably nabbing the top prize. Hogwarts Legacy takes second place, though oddly enough, Switch 2 sales actually lag behind Switch 1...
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News Mario Kart World Invitational Announced For 'Nintendo Live 2025 Tokyo'
Get ready to race this October
Mario Kart World is now officially in the hands of Switch 2 owners around the globe, and with this in mind, Nintendo has today announced its new 'Invitational 2025 tournament'. This event will be taking place at Nintendo Live 2025 Tokyo later this year between 4th and 5th October. Nintendo hasn't shared any other...
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News Fans Have Noticed Someone's Name Is Missing From Mario Kart World's Credits
Miyamoto doesn't even get a "special thanks"
Shigeru Miyamoto is one of the most famous video game designers the world has ever seen and is responsible for giving us classic franchises such as Super Mario, Zelda, Pikmin and Star Fox. One of his most critically and commercially successful creations is Mario Kart, a series that has sold in excess of...
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News Princess Peach's Voice Actor Has Been Replaced After 18 Years
She was also the voice of Toad
The release of Super Mario Bros. Wonder in 2023 marked a new era for the character, with the legendary voice actor Charles Martinet officially replaced by Kevin Afghani as Mario. It led to questions at the time about what other voices might be swapped out in the future. While Peach's voice actor Samatha Kelly returned...
Previews
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Preview Mario Kart World's True Genius Is Its Movement, Not Its World
Moo-ve it on out, girl
It’s not much of a claim to fame to say you’ve played Mario Kart World at this point. After countless public preview events, the number of people lucky enough to have had a pop must at least be in the tens of thousands. But I’m special. I’m special because I got to play it for about four or five hours solid. I had a...
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Hands On Mario Kart World Brings The Utter Chaos In Knockout Mode
The World Wide Road
I beat Nintendo of America at Mario Kart World's new Knockout Tour. Okay, that's a tiny bit of a humblebrag, but Knockout Tour is the mode that has finally convinced me that the "99" formula is fun. I know, I'm sorry, you were all right. Next to Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, Mario Kart World was the game everyone wanted to play. Of...
About The Game
Put the pedal to the metal in Mario Kart World, a brand-new experience set in a vast interconnected environment.
Race seamlessly across connected courses that deliver Mario Kart racing like never before. Twenty-four drivers can compete in a race. Participate in the new Knockout Tour mode, where you’ll barrel through back-to-back courses and checkpoints, with no pit stops along the way.
If a player doesn’t make it to each checkpoint at a high-enough placement, they will be eliminated. And in Free Roam, it’s possible to go off the racetrack and drive in any direction you wish, explore areas that pique your interest and take some photos at scenic spots with a group of friends.
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I am so glad that King Boo was shown playable in the first trailer for this. He is, and always has been, my favorite character.
Thank God this isn't called "Mario Kart 9". I personally never liked that name.
This looks fun. I'll probably miss the 8/8DX kart customization, unless it is in there. So far, doesn't look like a deal-breaker to me. I wonder if Nintendo will eventually bring the courses from 8DX+B as some kind of "Classic" dlc, separate from the open-world concept?
@Obi-WonTheHighGround Or make them DLC where you go to a different "island" where those courses are connected?
@CaleBoi25 Possibly, yeah.
@nintendolife Just thought I'd let you know, ROB has been spotted.... Sort of. He won't be a racer, but there is a Bike based on him.
So disappointed so far. The open world gimmick is wrecking this game. 2/3 of most courses is now driving in a straight line to the course. Only one lap around Toad’s Factory, Shy Guy Bazaar,
Wario Stadium, Airship Fortress, etc. I loved these courses but this game is not giving them ANY justice. Hope they make an update where I can just do 3 laps around the 4 courses in grand priz mode. Don’t know what they were thinking, but very boring so far. I’ll be going back to Mari Kart 8 deluxe…
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