Mario Kart Worldis, above all, a damn hoot.
It borrows and expands upon what worked, while rethinking other aspects entirely.
As many noted following the Switch 2 debut trailer, races now support up to 24 racers simultaneously.
I would die for her.
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Bowser had an old-school biker look.
Luigi could dress up like a straw-hat farmer.
And within the races themselves, the tracks are just bursting with activity and personality.
True to its name, Mario Kart World feels like a massive playground to explore.
With the addition of day-night and weather elements, the tracks felt consistently surprising.
The scope feels especially apparent in Free Roam mode.
you might simply explore, pick up Lunch Boxes and other goodies, and experiment with different pathways.
I thought that a free-roaming mode in a Mario Kart game sounded dull until I tried it.
The world is so packed with things to try that I kept finding new toys to tinker with.
A specially marked truck lets you take it over, ramming into traffic.
Pipes let you grind down them like Tony Hawk.
Nope, instead I just started driving around in the water, my kart transformed into a boat.
Free Roam mode is the default lobby system as you wait to fill up a Knockout Tour.
This new mode continuously eliminates players in batches as you reach checkpoints with different thresholds.
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