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Unlike previous games since ''[[Mario Kart DS]]'', the game's cups are no longer separated between [[new course]]s and [[classic course]]s, with the game's seven cups (consisting of the previous mainline cups except the [[Special Cup]]) instead housing a varying amount of both types of courses.<ref name=Direct/> Among the known courses, 8 of them are new and 9 return from previous games. Additionally, classic courses no longer have a prefix attached to the beginning of their names.
Unlike previous games since ''[[Mario Kart DS]]'', the game's cups are no longer separated between [[new course]]s and [[classic course]]s, with the game's seven cups (consisting of the previous mainline cups except the [[Special Cup]]) instead housing a varying amount of both types of courses.<ref name=Direct/> Among the known courses, 8 of them are new and 9 return from previous games. Additionally, classic courses no longer have a prefix attached to the beginning of their names.
===Grand Prix===
===Grand Prix===
*'''[[Mushroom Cup]]'''<ref name=Direct/>
{|width=80% class=wikitable style="margin:auto; text-align:center"
**'''[[Mario Bros. Circuit]]''' - A circuit course set in a desert, seemingly based on {{wp|Route 66}}<ref name=FirstLook/>
!width="10%" |Cup
**'''[[Crown City]]'''
!width="15%" |Course 1
**'''[[Whistlestop Summit]]'''
!width="15%" |Course 2
**'''[[DK Spaceport]]''' - A course based on the arcade ''[[Donkey Kong (game)|Donkey Kong]]'' with a mechanical Donkey Kong<ref name=engwebsite/>
!width="15%" |Course 3
*'''[[Flower Cup]]'''<ref name=Direct/>
!width="15%" |Course 4
**'''[[DS Desert Hills|Desert Hills]]'''
|-
**'''[[3DS Shy Guy Bazaar|Shy Guy Bazaar]]'''
![[File:Mkw mushroomcup.png|80px]]<br>[[Mushroom Cup]]<ref name=Direct/>
**'''[[Wario Stadium]]'''
|[[File:Mkw mariobroscircuit icon.jpg|180px]]<br>[[Mario Bros. Circuit]]
**'''[[DS Airship Fortress|Airship Fortress]]'''
|[[File:Mkw crowncity1 icon.jpg|180px]]<br>[[Crown City]]
*'''[[Star Cup]]'''<ref name=Direct/>
|[[File:Mkw whistlestopsummit icon.jpg|180px]]<br>[[Whistlestop Summit]]
**'''[[DS DK Pass|DK Pass]]'''
|[[File:Mkw dkspaceport icon.jpg|180px]]<br>[[DK Spaceport]]
**'''[[Starview Peak]]''' - A mountaintop palace resembling [[3DS Rosalina's Ice World|Rosalina's Ice World]]
|-
**'''[[Sky-High Sundae]]'''
![[Flower Cup]]<ref name=Direct/>
**'''[[3DS Wario Shipyard|Wario Shipyard]]'''
|[[File:Mkw deserthills icon.jpg|180px]]<br>[[DS Desert Hills|Desert Hills]]
*'''[[Shell Cup]]'''<ref name=Direct/>
|[[File:Mkw shyguybazaar icon.jpg|180px]]<br>[[3DS Shy Guy Bazaar|Shy Guy Bazaar]]
**'''[[Koopa Troopa Beach]]''' - Based on the SNES [[Koopa Beach]] courses
|[[File:Mkw wariostadium icon.jpg|180px]]<br>[[Wario Stadium]]
**'''[[Faraway Oasis]]''' - A savanna course with roaming zebras and elephants
|[[File:Mkw airshipfortress icon.jpg|180px]]<br>[[DS Airship Fortress|Airship Fortress]]
**'''[[Crown City]]'''
|-
**'''[[Peach Stadium]]''' - A course set around [[Peach's Castle]], comparable to [[Mario Circuit]] courses from across the series.
![[Star Cup]]<ref name=Direct/>
*'''[[Banana Cup]]'''
|[[File:Mkw dkpass icon.jpg|180px]]<br>[[DS DK Pass|DK Pass]]
*'''[[Leaf Cup]]'''
|[[File:Mkw starview peak.jpg|180px]]<br>[[Starview Peak]]
*'''[[Lightning Cup]]'''
|[[File:Mkw skyhighsundae icon.jpg|180px]]<br>[[Sky-High Sundae]]
|[[File:Mkw warioshipyard icon.jpg|180px]]<br>[[3DS Wario Shipyard|Wario Shipyard]]
|-
![[Shell Cup]]<ref name=Direct/>
|[[File:Mkw koopatroopabeach icon.jpg|180px]]<br>[[Koopa Troopa Beach]]
|[[File:Mkw farawayoasis icon.jpg|180px]]<br>[[Faraway Oasis]]
|[[File:Mkw crowncity2 icon.jpg|180px]]<br>[[Crown City]]
|[[File:Mkw peachstadium icon.jpg|180px]]<br>[[Peach Stadium]]
|-
![[Banana Cup]]<ref name=Direct/>
|<center>TBA</center>
|<center>TBA</center>
|<center>TBA</center>
|<center>TBA</center>
|-
![[Leaf Cup]]<ref name=Direct/>
|<center>TBA</center>
|<center>TBA</center>
|<center>TBA</center>
|<center>TBA</center>
|-
![[Lightning Cup]]<ref name=Direct/>
|<center>TBA</center>
|<center>TBA</center>
|<center>TBA</center>
|<center>TBA</center>
|}


The following tracks are confirmed, but unknown which cup they will be featured in.
The following tracks are confirmed, but unknown which cup they will be featured in.

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Mario Kart World
File:Mario-Kart-World-NSW-USA-boxart.jpg
North American box art
For alternate box art, see the game's gallery.
Publisher Nintendo
Platform(s) Nintendo Switch 2
Release date World June 5, 2025[1]
Language(s) English (United Kingdom)
English (United States)
French (France)
French (Canada)
German
Spanish (Spain)
Spanish (Latin America)
Italian
Dutch
Portuguese (Brazil)
Russian
Japanese
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Korean
Rating(s)
ESRB:E - Everyone[2]
PEGI:3 - Three years and older[3]
CERO:A - All ages[4]
ACB:G - General[5]
GRAC:All - All ages[6]

Mario Kart World is an upcoming launch title game in the Mario Kart series set to be released alongside the Nintendo Switch 2 worldwide on June 5, 2025. First teased during the system's "first-look" trailer on January 16, 2025, the game was properly revealed in the Nintendo Switch 2 Direct presentation on April 2, 2025. It is the sixteenth entry in the Mario Kart series, the twelfth to be released by Nintendo, the first game announced for the Switch 2, and the first new Mario Kart title since Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit, released almost five years prior. It is also the first Super Mario game overall to be released for the Switch 2 and the first Mario Kart game to feature Kevin Afghani's voicework.

Races now consist of 24 racers, doubling from the previous 12. Bikes and All-Terrain Vehicles return following their absence in Mario Kart Tour. Some karts in this game utilize unique wheel designs, with some ditching wheels entirely in favor of treads. Kart customization as seen in Mario Kart 7 and Mario Kart 8 does not return, and gliders introduced in Mario Kart 7 are also absent. Instead, karts can now extend wings, enabling them to fly freely over the course. Karts can also drive along the top of water now, rather than beneath it; together, this creates a comparable vehicle system to Diddy Kong Racing.

The art style of the game's characters appears to have changed significantly to resemble 2D illustrations drawn by Shigehisa Nakaue, much like the in-game art style of Super Mario Bros. Wonder. Additionally, characters who would automatically wear racing suits on bikes such as Princess Peach are shown wearing their standard clothing, and clothing worn by characters is substantially more detailed than in previous games. The game's roster marked the playable debut of many enemies from across the series, including Cataquack, Coin Coffer, Swoop, and Conkdor, among many more. Altogether, this game features the most brand new playable character additions to the Mario Kart series to date.

A dedicated Nintendo Direct for the game titled the "Mario Kart World Direct" is set to be broadcast on April 17, 2025 at 6:00 a.m. PST / 9:00 a.m. EST / 2:00 p.m. BST.[1]

Characters

Racers

At least 50 playable characters have been shown off in the initial teaser, as well as the Switch 2 Direct.

Returning characters

Of the returning characters, Nabbit, Hammer Bro, Chargin' Chuck, and Monty Mole are playable for the first time in a home console Mario Kart game, following their debuts in Mario Kart Tour.

New characters

With the exceptions of Goomba, Piranha Plant, Pianta, Spike, and Dolphin, all currently confirmed newcomers also make their overall playable debut in any Mario game, and all of them except Coin Coffer, Spike, and Conkdor appeared as background characters or obstacles in previous games.

Character costumes

Character Costume(s)
Artwork of Mario in Mario Kart World
Mario
Screenshot of a Mario costume from Mario Kart World. - - - - -
Princess Peach from the untitled Mario Kart game for the Nintendo Switch 2
Peach
Artwork of Peach in Mario Kart World Screenshot of a Peach costume from Mario Kart World. Screenshot of Peach's Yukata costume from Mario Kart World Screenshot of a Peach costume from Mario Kart World. Screenshot of a Peach costume from Mario Kart World. File:MKWorld Peach Costume 5.png
Luigi from the untitled Mario Kart game for the Nintendo Switch 2
Luigi
Screenshot of a Luigi costume from Mario Kart World. - - - - -
Bowser from the untitled Mario Kart game for the Nintendo Switch 2
Bowser
Screenshot of a Bowser costume from Mario Kart World. - - - - -
Artwork for Toad in Mario Kart World
Toad
Screenshot of a Toad costume from Mario Kart World. - - - - -

Audience

Unknown

Courses

Footage of Mario Kart World shown on the Nintendo Switch 2 in TV mode
Gameplay of the game in the Nintendo Switch 2 first-look teaser, showing the Yoshi's restaurant in the "Mario Bros. Circuit" course

Mario Kart World contains at least 28 race courses, used for both Grand Prix and Knockout Mode. Unlike previous games, all courses are now interconnected with each other across a large, open world, which is explorable in Free Roam mode. After a race is over, the racers will continue on a path that leads to the next course, with each path also counting as part of the race.[1]

Unlike previous games since Mario Kart DS, the game's cups are no longer separated between new courses and classic courses, with the game's seven cups (consisting of the previous mainline cups except the Special Cup) instead housing a varying amount of both types of courses.[1] Among the known courses, 8 of them are new and 9 return from previous games. Additionally, classic courses no longer have a prefix attached to the beginning of their names.

Grand Prix

Cup Course 1 Course 2 Course 3 Course 4
File:Mkw mushroomcup.png
Mushroom Cup[1]
The icon for Mario Bros. Circuit in Mario Kart World.
Mario Bros. Circuit
The icon for Crown City (in the Mushroom Cup) in Mario Kart World.
Crown City
The icon for Whistlestop Summit in Mario Kart World.
Whistlestop Summit
The icon for DK Spaceport in Mario Kart World.
DK Spaceport
Flower Cup[1] The icon for Desert Hills in Mario Kart World.
Desert Hills
The icon for Shy Guy Bazaar in Mario Kart World.
Shy Guy Bazaar
The icon for Wario Stadium in Mario Kart World.
Wario Stadium
The icon for Airship Fortress in Mario Kart World.
Airship Fortress
Star Cup[1] The icon for DK Pass in Mario Kart World.
DK Pass
The icon for Starview Peak in Mario Kart World.
Starview Peak
The icon for Sky-High Sundae in Mario Kart World.
Sky-High Sundae
The icon for Wario Shipyard in Mario Kart World.
Wario Shipyard
Shell Cup[1] The icon for Koopa Troopa Beach in Mario Kart World.
Koopa Troopa Beach
The icon for Faraway Oasis in Mario Kart World.
Faraway Oasis
The icon for Crown City (in the Shell Cup) in Mario Kart World.
Crown City
The icon for Peach Stadium in Mario Kart World.
Peach Stadium
Banana Cup[1]
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA
Leaf Cup[1]
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA
Lightning Cup[1]
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA

The following tracks are confirmed, but unknown which cup they will be featured in.

Knockout Tour

Vehicles

All racers use different vehicles in the trailer, with each vehicle having unique wheel and tire designs.[9] Karts no longer use gliders, and wheels are no longer customizable. At least a few vehicles can travel along the surface of water.

Karts

Bikes

  • A bike with two headlights and red forks, used by Peach in the teaser.[9]
  • A bike designed after Warp Pipes, used by Yoshi in the teaser.[9]
  • A bike that resembles the Flame Rider, used by Waluigi in the teaser.[9]
  • A bike that resembles a radio speaker, used by Moo Moo in the trailer.
  • A Wario and Waluigi-themed bike, used by Moo Moo in the trailer.

ATVs

Unknown

  • A green kart or ATV shaped similarly to a boat, used by Bowser Jr. in the teaser.[9]

Course elements

Objects and obstacles

Other

Items

Sponsors

Main article: List of sponsors debuting in Mario Kart World

New

Returning

Gallery

For this subject's image gallery, see Gallery:Mario Kart World.

References to other media

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese マリオカート ワールド[4]
Mario Kāto Wārudo
Mario Kart World
Chinese (traditional) 瑪利歐賽車世界[16]
Mǎlìōu Sàichē Shìjiè
Mario Racing World
Korean 마리오 카트 월드[6]
Mario Kateu Woldeu
Mario Kart World

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax Nintendo of America (April 2, 2025). Mario Kart World – Nintendo Direct | Nintendo Switch 2. YouTube. Retrieved April 2, 2025.
  2. ^ a b c d e f English language website
  3. ^ French language website
  4. ^ a b マリオカート ワールド | Nintendo Switch 2 | 任天堂. nintendo.com (Japanese). Retrieved April 2, 2025.
  5. ^ Australian Nintendo Switch 2 website
  6. ^ a b 마리오 카트 월드 | Nintendo Switch | 닌텐도. nintendo.com (Korean). Retrieved April 2, 2025.
  7. ^ a b c d e f Key artworkMedia:MKWorld key artwork no logo.png
  8. ^ Brian (@NE_Brian). Mario Kart World boxart, screenshots. Nintendo Everything. Retrieved April 2, 2025.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap Nintendo of America (January 16, 2025). Nintendo Switch 2 – First-look trailer. YouTube. Retrieved January 16, 2025.
  10. ^ File:MKWorld Peach Costume 3.pngMedia:MKWorld Peach Costume 3.png
  11. ^ a b c Nintendo of America (April 2, 2025). GameChat – Nintendo Direct | Nintendo Switch 2. YouTube.
  12. ^ a b Nintendo of America (April 2, 2025). Nintendo Switch Parental Controls – Nintendo Switch 2. YouTube. Retrieved April 2, 2025.
  13. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Nintendo (April 2, 2025). bg_map.webp. Nintendo. Retrieved April 2, 2025.
  14. ^ File:MKWorld Moo Moo Screenshot.jpgMedia:MKWorld Moo Moo Screenshot.jpg
  15. ^ world_cource_01_ProRes.mp4
  16. ^ 瑪利歐賽車世界 | Nintendo Switch 2 | 任天堂. nintendo.com (Chinese (Hong Kong)). Retrieved April 2, 2025.

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