During as we speak’s reveal of Nintendo’s new {hardware}, the Nintendo Switch 2, we bought a quick have a look at a model new recreation that is coming to the system: it is a new Mario Kart, and we all know…subsequent to nothing about it.
We briefly bought a have a look at some Mario Kart gameplay on the Nintendo Switch 2 that is nearly actually not Mario Kart 8 Deluxe or every other Mario Kart we have ever seen. The monitor is totally unfamiliar for one, however the karts themselves look completely totally different too, and appear to be in a sliiiiightly totally different fashion to Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. So until that is one heck of a remake/remaster, the fabled Mario Kart 9 (or no matter they name it) appears to be like to lastly be taking place.
The footage itself reveals a well-known roster of Mario Kart racers: Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, Peach, Bowser, Toad, DK, Daisy, and, for those who squint, what appears to be like like Wario, Baby Mario and Baby Luigi, Koopa, and a handful of others I’m positive eagle-eyed followers will select as they dissect the footage. They’re cruising down a desert freeway course we have by no means seen earlier than full with a Yoshi’s Diner on the aspect of the course, NPC automobiles and vehicles driving in the other way, and an viewers of cheering Toads. The karts themselves are additionally totally different from what we’re used to in 8 Deluxe, and appear to be a bit of extra compact and roundish, although it is laborious to inform.
Unfortunately we do not know far more about what this new Mario Kart is or the way it performs. This is much like the reveal of Super Mario Odyssey means again in 2016 as part of the Nintendo Switch console reveal, the place we solely noticed a bit of little bit of recreation footage earlier than the sport itself had ever been formally revealed, titled, or anything. Super Mario Odyssey was then later formally proven off only a few months later.
It’s doubtless we’ll get extra data on this new Mario Kart recreation in the course of the Nintendo Switch 2 Direct that was simply introduced for April 2, 2025. Nintendo has mentioned that the Switch 2 itself will launch someday this yr, and it seems like we are able to anticipate Mario Kart to return together with that launch. Time for a brand new Mario Kart Black Friday bundle?
We’re nonetheless dissecting all the things we noticed this morning, so take a look at our breakdowns of the Nintendo Switch 2 announcement and all the things else in regards to the new console right here at IGN.
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