Mario Kart World

June 5, 2025RacingESRB E

Available on

Nintendo Switch 2

Genres

Racing Adventure Casual

Overview

About Mario Kart World

Mario Kart World is a kart racing game for the Nintendo Switch 2, featuring characters from the Mario franchise. It introduces an open-world design to the series, allowing players to drive freely between courses rather than selecting them from a menu. Races support up to 24 players and include new mechanics such as off-roading, boat racing, rail grinding, and wall riding. The game features a Knockout Tour elimination mode where racers compete across connected courses with periodic eliminations at checkpoints, as well as a Free Roam mode for open exploration and collectible-finding.

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At a glance

Released: June 5, 2025
Platforms: Nintendo Switch 2
Genres: Racing, Adventure, Casual
Play modes: Single Player, Multiplayer, Split-Screen
Age rating: ESRB E
Multiplayer: By platform

Media

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Playing together

Multiplayer by platform

How Mario Kart World supports playing with other people, broken down per platform.

Multiplayer capabilities for Mario Kart World by platform. Capabilities with no published information are marked "not documented".
Platform	Local	Online	LAN	Split-screen	Co-op campaign	Drop-in/out
Nintendo Switch 2	No	Yes, up to 24 players	No	No	No	No

Supported (a number is the player cap)
Not supported
Not documented for this platform

Content

Age ratings

How rating boards around the world have classified Mario Kart World. Open a board for its content descriptors.

ACBG

Very mild violence and online interactivity and chat

CEROA

CLASS_INDL

ESRBE

Mild Fantasy Violence
Users Interact

GRACALL

PEGI3

USK0

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Coverage

Featured in our articles

This game appears in 2 articles on this site.

Best Nintendo Switch 2 Games

It took me a few races to stop fighting this one. Mario Kart World is bigger and looser than the Mario Kart 8 I knew, with 24 racers on the grid and a connected map you can drive around between events. The Knockout Tour punished me early for racing like it was the old game, since each checkpoint cuts whoever is running last. Once it settled, it was Mario Kart at its best. Solo, it fills a few evenings without feeling like homework. Free roam is a pleasant extra, not a reason to buy. The racing is the reason.

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Best Split-Screen Games 2026

#11

Mario Kart World is the Switch 2 launch racer and the obvious question-mark hanging over Mario Kart 8 Deluxe's ranking. I own both Switch generations and the upgrade in visual fidelity is real. The open-world race format is genuinely new. It did not displace MK8 on this list because MK8 Deluxe remains available on a much larger install base and its track depth is still hard to beat. If you are already on Switch 2, World is the one to get. For everyone else, MK8 Deluxe is still the better broad recommendation until World builds more of a track record.

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