June 5, 2025
Summary
Gameplay
Mario Kart World is a kart racing game. As in previous Mario Kart games, players race as characters from the Mario series in one of many selectable go-karts. The game features 50 playable characters; 24 of the playable characters have alternate unlockable costumes accessed by eating snacks during races, while most of the remaining characters additionally exist as obstacles on the game's tracks. It supports up to 24 players, twice as many compared to previous Mario Kart games, and includes features such as an open-world design, a free-roaming mode, off-roading segments, boat racing, rail grinding and wall jumping.
Unlike prior Mario Kart games, the Grand Prix mode does not consist of four separate races, but rather racers must drive to each course, though it is believed that there will be an option to turn off these intermissions. Mario Kart World features some past courses from the series that have been reimagined to fit the game's open world design and to include a shift from day to night. In addition, a mode called "Knockout Tour" will be introduced in the game; the 24 racers will compete in one much longer race spanning the game's world, with four eliminations at each of the six intermittent checkpoints.
Battle Mode returns from previous games; players compete against one another to pop each other's balloons in Balloon Battle or collecting the most coins in Coin Runners.
Another new mode called "Free Roam" is introduced in World; players are permitted to drive to any location, including those that are off-road or outside of race tracks. Numerous missions, such as finding collectibles, are present in this mode. In addition, players can also take photos of their chosen driver. Rebekah Valentine, writing for IGN, noted the mode's likeness to Forza Horizon (2012).
Release Date
June 5, 2025
Sound Effects Used
- Best Service, HUMAN, YELL - YELL: FEMALE (Used for Koopa Troopa.)
- DK Score Sound (Used for the springboards in the DK Spaceport track.)
- H-B ZIP, CARTOON - FAST TAKE OFF
- Hollywoodedge, Bird Hawk Single Scre PE020801/Hawk Screech Single AT082901 (Heard once in the intro.)
- SMB Flagpole Sound
- SMB Koopa Shell/Kick Sound (Used when hitting an enemy obstacle with a shell.)
- SMW Spin Sound
- SMW Switch Sound (Used when activating a P-Switch in Free Roam Mode.)
- SMW Yoshi Stomp Sound (Used when flattening another character.)
- Sound Ideas, BITE, CARTOON - BIG CHOMP (Used for the Piranha Plants.)
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, LAUGHTER - LOW, THROATY LAUGH, HUMAN 01 (high pitched)
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, WHISTLE - POLICE WHISTLE: LONG (Used in a high pitch in Knockout Tour if the player fails to place in a high enough position.)
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, WHISTLE - SIREN WHISTLE (Sampled in the Moo Moo Farm/Yoshi Valley music.)
- Sound Ideas, DOG, ROTTWEILER - MEDIUM DOG, BARKING, ANIMAL (Used for Chain Chomps.)
- Sound Ideas, HUMAN, LAUGH - COMICAL LAUGH: MALE
- Sound Ideas, ZIP, CARTOON - BIG WHISTLE ZING OUT
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