Features Opinion Anniversaries Nintendo Switch 2 Mario Kart Opinion: Mario Kart World Deserves Its Flowers, So Let's Stop Comparing It To MK8 Deluxe I'm a Fire Flower, twisted Fire Flower by Alana Hagues Sun 7th Jun 2026 Share: Image: Nintendo Life Sometimes, when I wind the window down in my car, I think about Mario Kart World . I’m sitting alone in the driver’s seat, radio playing some mid-2000s indie or alt-rock, a breeze blowing through my hair. It might be a quiet morning, the traffic light but the sun bright and warm. I could be admiring the scenery in a country I’m mostly used to, but still always curious to see what I spot. Or maybe I’m thinking about throwing a banana peel at the car ahead of me (I’m not, don’t do that). I love Mario Kart World; it’s an oxymoron of a racer, the calmest and most chaotic experience you can have with friends or alone.
It’s like going on a sightseeing road trip where, every so often, you’ll be thrust onto a motorway where cows and turtles and lightning bolts are being flung around everywhere. But it also had the unenviable task of being the game to usher in the Switch 2 generation, the first brand new Mario Kart game in over a decade, and the follow-up to Mario Kart 8 Deluxe , arguably the Mario Kart game, bursting with almost 100 courses and 50 playable characters, if you include DLC . This shouldn’t be the standard for the series, because it’s unattainable. It’s the Smash Ultimate of Mario Kart.
Source: https://www.nintendolife.com/features/opinion-mario-kart-world-deserves-its-flowers-so-lets-stop-comparing-it-to-mk8-deluxe
It’s like going on a sightseeing road trip where, every so often, you’ll be thrust onto a motorway where cows and turtles and lightning bolts are being flung around everywhere. But it also had the unenviable task of being the game to usher in the Switch 2 generation, the first brand new Mario Kart game in over a decade, and the follow-up to Mario Kart 8 Deluxe , arguably the Mario Kart game, bursting with almost 100 courses and 50 playable characters, if you include DLC . This shouldn’t be the standard for the series, because it’s unattainable. It’s the Smash Ultimate of Mario Kart.
Source: https://www.nintendolife.com/features/opinion-mario-kart-world-deserves-its-flowers-so-lets-stop-comparing-it-to-mk8-deluxe