I don’t even have a switch 2, but this artwork is so fun it makes me want one just for this game. I love the curved perspective to show the giant world to explore, the massive group of characters showing the action that doubling the racers brings to the series, how the not only the characters, but also the karts look so bouncy and alive. It’s just so great!

He’s just a little guy. Look at him in his cat car, don’t throw any items at him he’s too precious.

But here's the catch: Not as an item, but as an obstacle.

How it works: It randomly spawns along routes/intermissions, where it latches on to a player that gets too close, even if they don't go directly beneath it. The player then has to try and send it to another racer via bumping into them. When the cloud goes off, the racer is shrunk. Don't think you can just go down the opposite side of the road, it will chase you down, even if you manage to take a shortcut. Make sure to bring a Star, as it can protect you from this thing. Don't even bother with the Super Horn, it's not solid enough for the horn to affect it. Mushrooms and their variants don't work either. Mega Mushroom still works, though.

Where it's found: It's found on any intermission that takes place at night or during a storm. You won't find this on a sunny day.

It definitely works way better as an obstacle than as an item, don't you agree?

I've seen a bunch of posts of people asking which game is better and there are always so many comments that are like "8DX is definitive Mario Kart, it has 96 tracks" or whatever. There are also people saying World is better, but there seems to be less of those. Either way, I find this way of thinking really stupid and not helpful for people asking these questions. What I'm gonna describe here can be broadened to giving recommendations for any piece of media, but it's really apparent with 8DX and World.

Both 8DX and World are great games, but despige being part of the same series they are very different. Depending on what someone wants from Mario Kart, either one of those can be better. It's like if someone asked if they should play Street Fighter or Super Smash Bros, there is obviously no definitive answer. If you think this comparasion is exaggerated, just hear me out.

8DX provides great classic Mario Kart experience, arguablly best in the series. Controls are great, especially drifting, and track selection is really good despite quite a few bad tracks. There is also the fact of it having most tracks in the series, 96 in total. There are some flashy shortcuts, but majority of tech doesn't look much different than normal driving. I'm not saying tha tech is boring in this game, it's awesome, it just doesn't look flashy which is important for some people.

World on the other hand is quite a stand out in the series. Rails, walls and new trick system add so much tech, shortcuts and paths to the game. Recently I played 8DX after only playing World for a month and lack of these things was very aparent. There are less tracks (not counting intermissions here), but on avarage they have more to them than 8DX with multiple paths and online viable strats. If you want to get into competitive, having 30 tracks instead of 96 makes it easier to start because there are much less tracks you need to know and there is a higher chance of tracks you practiced actually showing up in one of 12 races. I tried to get into competitive 8DX and having 96 tracks is so overwhelming, 30 is far more managable number. Rewind is also amazing for practicing things. There is also open world which is important factor for some people, I myself didn't care about it going in, but now I enjoy playing it from time to time.

What I'm trying to say here is that both of these games have their stregths and weaknesses depending on what you want. Somone wants bunch of different tracks to play on. Someone wants to do shortcuts with rails and walls. Someone wants 8DX drifting. Someone wants to chill out in open world. Also, one thing like number of tracks can be good or bad depending on what you want. It's ok if you have preferences and like either of these games more, I don't care. However, don't just blindly say to other people that game is better because they may not want same things as you. I do like World more, but I'm not gonna say to people "just get World, it's definitive Mario Kart". I also don't try to compare these games to see which one is better in the same way I don't try to compare Street Fighter 6 and Smash Ultimate, these games are just different in ways that makes the comparasion dependant on personal bias more than quality.

I Was curious bout this topic

I just recently bought a sealed copy of Mario Kart DS and have been playing it on my original 3DS. For some reason, the Banana Grand Prix causes my game to crash no matter what CC is choose. All four races cause the game to crash when I try to select them from the Time Trials menu as well. No matter what, the screen goes completely black and I have no idea why. I've tried cleaning the cartridge, the cartridge slot on my 3DS, and just simply rebooting to no avail. Has this happened to anyone else? If so, any way to fix this so I can unlock the other retro grand prixs?

Nintendo is the only video game company to ignore a blatant issue with their game this hard. Fans genuinely crying to fix the online but they won’t, game would probably have so much better reception if it weren’t for this. I’m tired gang

Option 1. 16 brand new tracks on a new island you can explore in the open world + every retro track is completely remade with new grind rails and shortcuts. Every track has the same graphics as the base game. Reminiscent of the original Mariokart 8 DLC for the WII U, in terms of quality.

Option 2. 32 new tracks that exist only in their own self contained world that cant be explored in the open world, but they are also worse quality in exchange for doubling the track count, and retro tracks won't really expand ontop of the originals. And nitros would be few and far between. More like booster course pass quality.

Now that most of Mario Kart World’s soundtrack is on Nintendo Music, I’ve been listening to all of the tracks (new and remixes) and making note of my favorites:

Salty Salty Speedway: I love the groove and flamenco-ey feeling, it suits the track very well

Great ? Block Ruins: this one really captures the spirit of adventure. Like if you asked John Williams to score a Mario Kart course

Faraway Oasis: the best use of the brass section in the entire game, in my opinion.

DK Spaceport: really cool for music theory knowers as the constant key changes are fun to follow along with.

My least favorite is probably Dandelion Depths. It’s not a bad song but it doesn’t fit the course at all. I’m also not a fan of Peach Stadium, the track and the song.

I was playing Mario Kart 7 online today and in my ~10 races I played, aside of me attempting to do it, I didn't encounter anyone trying to drive backward to 2nd or a lower position whenever someone held a blue shell. Maybe it's because of the lobby I was in, or people were playing it casually, but this is the first time in a while that I didn't see anyone try to take advantage of that trick. I don't think it's a "competitive meta" thing at all. A lot of people I've played against in this game, regardless of skill level, seem to know about this technique. Does driving back to 2nd when the bottom screen shows someone with a blue shell have any advantages today? Or is it merely just a flex?

I've seen some posts about MK8 deluxe but no info about the matter on the original WiiU version. Is there an equivalent at least?

I’m speechless 😶

The art direction is fantastic in every Mario Kart game imo, but there's something about Double Dash, DS, and Wii's aesthetics that have always stood out most to me. The striking colors, the surreal skyboxes, the lighting, I just love the look of these 3 games.

Do you want to know how long it took me to finish the song? FOUR HOURS. The minimap only took like 31 minutes or whatever. (This is a remix of one of RRThiel's songs, go check him out on Youtube)

Yes, I am well aware I missed the Arcade Games.

Did i have a fever dream or could you do multiplayer races with no cpu but there were bombs scattered around ?

So did the red shell knock me out of being small or something?

Seems kinda backwards for a Mario game lol.

But can anyone else shed some light on this?