Earlier this week, we reported that the Korean Nintendo web site had unintentionally revealed an introduced character coming to Donkey Kong Bananza (spoilers!), and now the web site has confirmed an iconic monitor is making a return for Mario Kart World.
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As with the Donkey Kong snafu, the responsible photographs have been eliminated speedily from the official web site, however not earlier than somebody snapped them and posted them to Reddit, after all.
As the photographs are fairly fuzzy — and there is not any accompanying textual content — that is primarily all we all know thus far. With just a little cross-checking, it appears to be like as if a hidden Rainbow Road monitor will sit just under Princess Peach’s Stadium on the four-way intersection within the bay space (thanks, Eurogamer), though it is unclear if it is a secret monitor or some sort of unlockable further.
It’s also got some fans wondering if each four-way intersection may very well be the situation of a hidden course.
On Monday, Nintendo justified Mario Kart World’s shock $80 price ticket in response to controversy over the $10 hike for some Switch 2 video games. IGN interviewed Nintendo of America’s Vice President of Product and Player Experience, Bill Trinen, at a current Switch 2 preview occasion in New York, and requested about Nintendo’s pricing technique (albeit forward of Nintendo’s announcement about delaying Switch 2 pre-orders within the U.S. because of the potential affect of tariffs).
“I might say it is much less concerning the technique of pricing Mario Kart World, it is extra simply every time we have a look at a given sport, we simply have a look at what’s the expertise, and what is the content material, and what is the worth?” Trinen mentioned on the time.
As IGN has reported, some Nintendo followers have expressed concern that they might be priced out of the next-generation if the corporate goes even larger than the already controversial costs for the Switch 2 and its video games resembling Mario Kart World because of the tariff state of affairs.
Vikki Blake is a reporter, critic, columnist, and marketing consultant. She’s additionally a Guardian, Spartan, Silent Hillian, Legend, and perpetually High Chaos. Find her at BlueSky.
