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Mario Kart World

Nintendo EPD Production Group No. 9

2025•Racing•PEGI 3•About 6 hours

Taste attributes: adventurefamilyfantasyanimalsmonster/alien/supernaturalvehiclesfastfresh & originalwholesomelightimaginarysimplelinearglossybig & variedemotionally undemandingall consuming questfighting evil

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Boxlist takeOtherworldly and sweeping: a light racing game, glossy rather than gritty. Best if you like spectacle over intimacy.

Pace: fast · Originality: fresh · Tone: very wholesome · Weight: very light · Realism: imaginary world · Story: simple · Structure: very linear · Look: very glossy · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: undemandingHow we score

IGDB rating

85 / 100

136 ratings

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About This Game

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.

Summary: IGDB

Characteristics

Where this game sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast

FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal

DarkTONEWholesome

LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy

FantasyREALISMRealistic

SimpleINTRICACYIntricate

Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear

UnderstatedSTYLEStylised

IntimateSCALEEpic

RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

AdventureFamilyFantasyAnimalsMonster/alien/supernaturalVehiclesAll consuming questFighting evil

Keywords

Vehicular combatMotorcycleExplorationDinosaursGo-kartPenguinDolphinTrains

Where to play

Nintendo eShop

Details

Developer: Nintendo EPD Production Group No. 9
Publisher: Nintendo
Released: 5 June 2025
Series: Mario Kart
Platforms: Nintendo Switch 2
Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Split screen
Perspective: Third person
Time to beat: 5h rushed, 6h normally
Age rating: PEGI 3
Taste scores: How we score
Source: IGDB

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