Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Mario Kart has been an interesting case study for the evolution of racing games. Launching on the ...

As August goes on and on, more of us are returning to school. While there are certainly some more useful things to pick up if you want to be productive at school, sometimes you just need to relax and ...

When I first booted up Mario Kart World's Free Roam mode on my Nintendo Switch 2, I was not very impressed. When I heard the pitch of it being an open-world Mario Kart game, my mind instantly went to ...

Ah, yes, Mario Kart. The survival game masquerading as a racing title. Don’t believe me? All you need to do is reach first place on any track. Better yet, do it on Mario Kart World. On a six-lap race.

If you’re making a kart racing game, the standard to beat is Mario Kart; it always has been, and it probably always will be. Even after three decades, there’s still nothing that hits quite like ...

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Geoff (He/Him) is a Contributor from Canada. He has been playing games since he walked into a random apartment with a super nintendo as a child with Super Mario World already inserted. Geoff has ...

Like previous Mario Kart games, Mario Kart World has Mirror Mode, which allows you to play tracks backwards. This presents a new challenge for players used to the standard track layouts. Mirror Mode ...

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The big hook of Mario Kart World is that, for the first time in the series, players aren’t just visiting separate and disconnected courses. Everything links together to form one big world, and there’s ...

3-Lap Races aren’t the norm in Mario Kart World. There are a few ways to focus and avoid checkpoint-style races, but you’ll have to dig into the menus to find them. Grand Prix 3-lap races are embedded ...

That’s the declaration belted by Mario in his chintziest Italian accent at the start screen of 1996’s Mario Kart 64. It’s a cry most Millennials recall fondly, and for good reason. It’s a welcome to ...