Mario Kart World picked up the trophy for Best/Sports Racing Game at The Game Awards 2025, but there were two way better kart racers this year.

Nintendo tackled the biggest fan complaint: boring straightaways that made the Switch 2 launch game less fun. The new patch redesigns entire areas ...

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Ah, yes, Mario Kart. The survival game masquerading as a racing title. Don’t believe me? All you need to do is reach first place on any track. Better yet, do it on Mario Kart World. On a six-lap race.

TL;DR: Mario Kart World is a major success on Switch 2, selling 5.83 million copies with a 96% attach rate in under a month. The Switch 2 broke records as the fastest-selling console, reaching 6 ...

As Mario Kart World races descend into utter chaos with twenty-four competing drivers simultaneously filling the track, players constantly face relentless barrages of shells and other disruptive items ...

Long before Mario Kart World was announced, I theorized what Nintendo’s next spin on the franchise would be. Mario Kart 8 introduced anti-gravity, and Mario Kart 7 brought us hang gliders, so I was ...

Mario Kart has been a consistent part of the Nintendo library for years, with the original title for the Super Nintendo quickly becoming a fixture for gamers. There have been several iterations of the ...

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Geoff (He/Him) is a Contributor from Canada. He has been playing games since he walked into a random apartment with a super nintendo as a child with Super Mario World already inserted. Geoff has ...