Mario Kart World highlights its game modes, items, drivers and more

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Mario Kart World highlights its game modes, items, drivers and more

This Thursday, April 17, we got a Nintendo Direct entirely devoted to Mario Kart World. During its broadcast, the Japanese company went on and detailed all the content of the racing game, which will be released on Switch 2 on June 5, 2025.

This was the perfect opportunity to check out the open-world and several circuits such as Crown City, Flower City, Starview Peak, Boo Cinema and Peach Beach. New characters include Goomba, Spike and the Cow.

Players will have access to the two main modes, Grand Prix and Knockout Tour. New items include the coin shell, the ice flower, the hammer, the mega mushroom, the feather and Kamek.

Finally, we also got to see the Free Roam mode at length, in addition to GameChat features for multiplayer with up to 24 drivers.

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