Mario Kart World

[red vortex]

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScuAQjM5GQ_0ypbWRwrb0OgRmeTmLTel8T7LYc-ye2iu1H92A/viewform?usp=send_form
very fun quiz!! i got 89/129

[haughty wigeon]

holy shit..

[red vortex]

mario kart world has been out for nearly three weeks (wow!) so here are some things i either specifically like or specifically dislike about the game:

like:
standard kart - the best standard kart design in the series. colourful and fun to look at
koopa troopa beach - i like the vibes and the music and the water jets. making it so there's a 24/7 beach party here is great. also people usually dislike simpler tracks but i maintain that they are essential to a well-rounded and evergreen track selection.
the costumes - there's so many and they're all good and i like playing dress-up without the game also asking me to decide how big my character's nose is.
coins - imo the problem with coins in mk8 wasn't that they were items but that they were boring items. the coin block and shell both solve this problem in their own ways. periodically the track will suddenly just be showered with coins and it's always fun to try and get as many as you can.
point-to-point races - i like the scenery and driving across the whole world. the final lap around the course you've been driving to becomes a make-or-break situation and it's exhilarating. The courses aren't tracks that have had an open world built around them, they're locations in the world itself, it's all one unified place. It's not "Mario Kart: World", it's "Mario Kart World".
the new peach beach - the game has two beach tracks and they're both bangers. racing through the town itself is great and it's one of my favourite tracks.
water racing - it's fun and i like doing tricks :)) much more interesting than underwater racing imo
the trains - this game has a functioning railway system that you can ride on and that makes me so happy
random ledges - sometimes in free roam you'll just find a random ledge or something where you can hang out and it's just your secret little spot.

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dislike:
kart selection - i know there's 40 but a lot of them are either very similar to other karts, returning from previous games or just not very interesting to look at. in free updates i would like more original karts.
lakitu - there are some areas in the open world where lakitu will come and pick you up and that makes me sad :((
not enough swimwear - you're telling me only three characters get swimwear outfits? let wario wear his swimming trunks goddamnit
unable to commit vehicular manslaughter - bouncing into the air when you drive at 100mph into a toad is fun but i would have really liked to be able to just flatten the bastards
waluigi - I hate this gangly, writhing mass of limbs. I hate how he can't even sit on a bike properly because his legs are too long so instead he just attaches himself to it like a cellar spider. Remove him from the game immediately and add Young Pauline in his place.

and those are my thoughts on mario kart world :))

[shadow violet]

Lakitu is way too strict while racing.

[craggy breach]

yeah better hope you don't slightly graze the out of bounds area while trying to do a cool shortcut or god help you

at least they brought the lakitu boost back but losing all your items is crazy work

[red vortex]

oh yeah losing all your items after getting picked up always stings too

especially if you just passed a set of item boxes

[polar bobcat]

lakitu is way more strict when choosing when to pick you up

but he is also way better when choosing where to bring you back in races

[red vortex]

i think that's true on the courses but if you're racing between courses then he's actually pretty lenient

generally if you're not falling off the course or haven't gone beyond those yellow barriers you're safe

[vapid pebble]

Gotta hard disagree on that last one vro

[cobalt holly]

lakitu is better in world than he is in 8 because he doesn't take ten thousand years to put you back on the course

and also when he drops you you can press A when landing for a speed boost like in mario kart wii

[alpine sand]

oooo this is a fun one

i got 86/129

[steel mirage]

re:Lakitu
Voiding out instead of going all the way down and him carrying you all the way up is an improvement. It is less "checkpoint" shenanigans than especially the atrocity that was the MK8 BCP. But I do agree that it is way too strict, especially also in Free Roam. Sometimes I think there's an alternate path and then Lakitu slaps me in the face. That's fine and can get played around as we play the game more.

I really like however that you lose all items. I feel like MKWii punished you too much for even getting hit, and MK8 punished you way too little. This is a nice balance that is usually on your own gameplay.

[trail gorge]

after hearing so much more of the MKW soundtrack

yes

its absolutely worth every euro I paid for it

hi my name is andi and soundtracks are usually what make or break a game for me

[noble spade]

the new update changed online lobbies so that choosing the random option now gives you an intermission course instead of letting you play a 3 lap race.
nintendo doing what they do best: forcing you to play in a specific way

[steel mirage]

wtf

[trail gorge]

wtf

[steel mirage]

Intermissions are great, but I really still prefer 3-laps lol

I love them for GP and KO Tour specifically but god damn

VS Race is VS Race!

https://tenor.com/view/meme-gif-20591327

[trail gorge]

according to reddit you can still get 3 lap courses from random

[steel mirage]

For me it's moreso the problem of:
Choosing, for example, Toad's Factory. You pretty much race 3 laps worth on moreso a straight and then you get like one lap of Toad's Factory, which feels like just a fraction of the entire race, when it should be more of it imo

So by the time we reach Toad's Factory, I know I really gotta hurry because that just means it's gonna be over in a blink

[trail gorge]

yeah

I kinda like the intermissions if im honest

but i get everything here lmao

[steel mirage]

I love the intermissions! It also feels awesome to just brawl it out on the broad streets on the way to the actual track

But the "actual track" part should just be a little more of the experience imo

I wouldn't mind if that makes the race longer? idk

Depends I suppose

Right now it just feels like "Intermission ... track: "

Especially on Bowser's Castle I also lament having only one lap because there's no redo if I made a mistake

Woes of still being new to the game

[craggy breach]

I think I would prefer if the actual track part was 2 laps

But in general I do like the intermission tracks

[steel mirage]

There's too many alt routes to only have one shot at it

What I do want to mention is that especially on Intermission tracks there seems to be way too little freedom. No clue.
Last time we were there I was on a power line, I jumped off to the right, and fell right into Lakitu's arms lol

[trail gorge]

the more I play the intermissions the more funny things I do notice

e.g. on the snowintermission where you can just

jump off the track and trick on a pole

in general it seems to be fine in curves

where you can just go off-track

but if its a actual straight then once you're off track you're in lakitu jail

but for that thank fuck that lakitu is blacking you out again

[steel mirage]

Yee I talked about voiding out a little above

[noble spade]

intermissions are fun to play sometimes but i think too many of them are too much of a straight line.
i'd prefer if online races were mostly laps with intermissions appearing every few races, not the other way around. this change sucks.

[thin pendant]

if you select yourself with ´+´ that can still be 3 lap races tracks right?

[noble spade]

only in friend lobbies

[thin pendant]

ah

I guess if people vote for the non intermission then?

unless that´s also now an intermission

[steel mirage]

Isn't the "here are your three tracks" always Intermission races?

So wtf else would the Random Button be for :(

[thin pendant]

not always

sometimes the odd one on the side not connected

[steel mirage]

Oh I never actually noticed, that's neat.

On another note, Boo Cinema is way too short!

[thin pendant]

https://tenor.com/view/boo-cinema-mario-kart-world-mario-mario-kart-gif-1917385806370532460

it is kinda short

could have connected it to the ghost valley in front of the cinema

[steel mirage]

true kinda

It feels like a really short rollercoaster that repeats 3 times to make up for the time of usual rollercoasters lmao (but I still think it's a good track)

[thin pendant]

I like it more than Boo Mansion cause it something different than a mansion for a change

like I´m just imagining what movie they´ed be watching haha

[trail gorge]

I think it would be fine if we would get 2 connected options and 1 fixed 3 lap option

with random being a equal mix

[thin pendant]

agree with random being equal mix

kinda dumb that it´s just intercourses

[craggy breach]

Its just WHAT

[alpine sand]

[craggy breach]

I gotta play more Mario Kart World damn!!

[summer tiger]

I just want the intermissions and still 3 laps

Idc how long it is it would be fun

Idk why they have to force it into a box

[steel mirage]

Races take the same amount of time as in MK8 kinda, if not longer. So I understand why they wanted it to be kinda the same

We hold our weekly Sunday MK tournaments still and it takes longer than before to be finished

And this excludes room shenanigans and long waiting times

So races deffo already take longer

[pure terrace]

HUH

[haughty wigeon]

I mean we do also do KO tour after

[steel mirage]

Yeah but that is usually after 10

Back then, MK8 Tournaments stopped at 9:45

[haughty wigeon]

True true

https://x.com/valuablein/status/1938052190771233226?s=46

Invaluable 🇺🇸🟠 (@ValuableIn)

@TroyWD98

X · Jun 26, 2025, 1:50 AM

I mean this isn’t so bad imo

[steel mirage]

Hm

I wish there was an option like in Smash to choose (FD or Battlefield form when selecting a stage etc), and while I don't think it's the end of the world, I still think it's a bummer because I think intermissions are at its best in KO Tours.

And not the norm

[haughty wigeon]

Very true

Though that can certainly still become an option in future updates

[steel mirage]

Eh

I doubt it tbh, unless the angry feedback to this update actually does something lol

From this clip alone it's very clear that people pick random not to have intermissions

[haughty wigeon]

Nintendo.. sometimes listens to feedback lmao

[steel mirage]

Key word sometimes

[haughty wigeon]

^

But yeah I don’t really mind the intermissions myself

Mostly because that also means you can get a remix of another song while driving to the next track

Assuming you can hear it LMAO

Okay that’s a bit of an overreaction..

[thin pendant]

it´s the internet

there will be that 1 person crashing out always

[neon sparrow]

i wish mario kart world had an sound setting sso you can turn off the SFX and character voices and just have the music on

[red vortex]

okay i'm going to say an unpopular opinion but i think the update is an improvement and it's good that the devs are sticking to their idea of what the game is even if it upsets the competitive players
also imo calling them "intermission tracks" is a misnomer and misunderstanding of the game

[trail gorge]

hmm

I do understand the point

previously you had the clear option

either pick a route to a track, or a random 3 lap

this has been taken away

[daring kindle]

I'm hoping they add a classic mode

[harsh wind]

Taking away options is never good. You'd think after Smash Bros. Brawl, they'd know you need to throw the competitive crowd a bone every now and then to keep everyone happy.

Then again, it looks like they want Mario Kart to be more of a party game on wheels than a competitive racing game

[red vortex]

mario kart was never meant to be a competitive racing game

[haughty wigeon]

isn’t that

every mario kart

(or it’s intention atleast)

[harsh wind]

More or less, though games like 8 Deluxe arguably were better balanced between being casual and competitive

[haughty wigeon]

But it was still meant to be a party game

That is and always will be the core essence of mario kart lol

If you want competitive Nintendo

https://tenor.com/view/splatoon-splatoon3-turf-war-yellow-blue-gif-26425133

[harsh wind]

I'm just saying it's possible to have it both ways. Smash is a good example where you can make it as casual or competitive as you want.

[haughty wigeon]

That is true

But still, mario kart world was never meant to be a competitive game lol

[fervent flame]

I'll give my own opinion. I've no knowledge how online works nor own the game, but from my point of view I think Nintendo wanted to increase the chances of variety of races for random? From 30 tracks to hundreds of possible routes seems like a cool addition. Of course I believe a filter would be good to have too, but this is Mario Kart so is all about chaos and "fun". Also we had this before kinda, with Mount Wario and N64 Rainbow Road. Is just a matter of time people learn these layouts, and be "good" with them.

[haughty wigeon]

True true

It’s just a bit silly to complain about a game trying to appeal to it’s target audience yknow

[haughty wigeon]

(which is what the majority of people are doing here)

[trail gorge]

eh

I dont account this to the competitives

I do like the intermission thought

but sometimes I just want to hear toads factory and race 3 times on it

or just on the track itself to hear the soundtrack for a bit longer

[haughty wigeon]

True!

[trail gorge]

subsequently racing on a track "normally" also makes me remember the layout more

I dont really remember or can visualise any world track as of right now even though I sank hours in

in comparison to other entries in mario kart

[haughty wigeon]

Which is also why I wanna say that I would prefer to have the option to have intermissions on or off

But if this is how Nintendo wants to appeal to the target audience, aint much we can do about that

Because lets be honest, the average mario kart player is gonna enjoy it with or without the intermissions

[trail gorge]

fifty fifty I'd say

I think its a sad change myself tbh

but at the same time, I kinda get it

but forcing a designchoice onto people after they had different options presented is never really good

if it would be a 50/50 Split that would be a better change

people voted random in 8d just as much in comparison

so the big outrage about random in this case I dont understand tbh

[red vortex]

i definitely understand this but i will also say it was very annoying going online and everyone always voting random so you never get to play the stuff unique to this game
fwiw i just got two online random picks and they were both 3 lap races so

[trail gorge]

I do however think that its not a good choice to restrict it to mostly intermission only

yee

im also in favor of making it true random in that case

I didnt play ro test myself yet, I just went by what I saw in reddit discussions

but yeah going random was always the usual pick in online random lobbies except if you're me and get marios piste 3 on the selection

[fervent flame]

I've realized that when choosing a "interconnected course" you go to that specific place and then next race you go from that course to the next one, so its like an actual road trip. It's a cute detail

[haughty wigeon]

I agree with this but we also have to consider the fact that like

The whole thing of driving from one course to the next is kinda like

The whole point of this game 😭

[trail gorge]

no, the whole point of this game is mario kart

this is just one more feature it has

[haughty wigeon]

Yeah but it’s like the main ‘gimmick’

[trail gorge]

as said this isnt about deleting the intermission

I like them, they open it up a lot and make it more unique

but most of the time it is mostly a straight track

[thin pendant]

if you make random choose between all the 3 lap course and intermission courses there´d be more chance for it to be the intermission course than normal one so why not just do that

[trail gorge]

or moreso that it feels like a straight

so random being both worlds would be the best solution here

[haughty wigeon]

It does but considering how chaotic the intermissions are you don’t notice that at all

[trail gorge]

^as said I (or everybody) doesnt know what the actual chances are

[trail gorge]

quite the opposite really

if you get hit in a mostly straight section

there is so much less room to get to the front with good item usage for shortcuts for example

[craggy breach]

That's why they made mushrooms goated

[trail gorge]

im so glad mushrooms feels at least somewhat usefull again

horrid in mk8

[haughty wigeon]

Hm, I atleast don’t really think about it because my mind is way too busy with other stuff during the race 😭

[craggy breach]

Mhm

[trail gorge]

yeah thats fine

in the end I also dont care too much about the random change

I do think it should have been there from the start instead of forcing the change, though

[haughty wigeon]

I do have a complaint about the item distribution tho

[trail gorge]

because as said its never really a good choice to take away options (esp if people like and are used to said options)

[haughty wigeon]

I already said this before but eh

It feels way more unfair in this game cause why do I get bombarded with red shells when im in first

[trail gorge]

thats just negativity bias if you think about it though

[haughty wigeon]

But when im in second I literally drown in bananas and green shells

[trail gorge]

because it hurts much more

[craggy breach]

Ye

[trail gorge]

if you're the one getting the short end of the stick

[craggy breach]

Also our tournaments have all been frantic items so far lol

[haughty wigeon]

It could be that

But I only get red shells like 3 out of 10 times when im in second

And ive already lost count on how many times I got triple red shells yeeted at my ass 😭

[trail gorge]

yeah but as siad thats just bias because you're the one getting hit

for everyone in 1st that gets hit by 3 red shells

there is one in 2nd that has 3 red shells

so this equalises just by saying it out loud

its not only that as well - 2nd shoots a red at you, gets hit themselves, 3rd (now 2nd) has more red shells that get thrown at yo

this is the same in every mario kart though

[haughty wigeon]

Hmmmm I see

[shadow violet]

keep it that way, it's fun

I swear if next time someone horns me again while I'm flying midair 11th place with no items on me and I fall back to 24th because of that only to get back to 8th just so Lakitu can pick me away because I went 1 cm off-course and he puts me to 23rd again I will lose it, but other than that frantic items are really fun

[haughty wigeon]

It would be nice if this game had a replay feature as well

[shadow violet]

the humble 30 horns:
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[neon sparrow]

mk should have so i can spectace other people then just the first place wahh

[craggy breach]

Yeah it's very strange that you can only spectate 1st now

[red vortex]

i get hit by a red shell and then squashed by a mega mushroom but then i roll a triple mushrooms and get to take a massive shortcut through the grass so all is well in the end :))

[haughty wigeon]

I honestly like that because that’s what I always did anyway

[red vortex]

i dont mind that for random online races but its a little annoying when im playing with friends and just want to laugh at andi for being bad :((

[thin pendant]

no joke I felt so many times that just sitting back with good items and letting the chaos unfold is just a better strat lol

unless the inevitable lightning happens

[steel mirage]

What, what does that have to do with competitive

I do not consider myself (or anyone outside of TT lol) a competitive Mario Kart Player, I just kinda wanna go to the track instead of 3 laps of straights sometimes

I am not actually mad about the change, I think it's good that random is, well, random (meaning from all, and in this case both), and I do think that the reactions are overreacting about this

[steel mirage]

The whole point is a little bit much, it's a key to KO Tour and a very fun and good addition to the main game which is racing on Mario Kart Tracks New and Old

It's like saying Retro Tracks in 8 are not the point when there's no anti-grav or gliding sections lol

[fervent flame]

I think the main gimmick is more like... the 24 players' chaos now

If not the open world

[steel mirage]

Also true tbh

[harsh wind]

The main gimmick in Mario Kart World is probably the giant world it takes place in

[red vortex]

i'm not saying everyone who wants to play 3 lap races are competitive players (i like doing it as well as ptp races) but it's not a secret that a lot of if not all competitive players have spent the past three weeks constantly complaining about the ptp races

[daring kindle]

koopapan

[pure terrace]

Im grinding so hard for a specific sticker rn

[polar bobcat]

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It’s crazy how falling off the track is actually useful

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[fervent flame]

Invincibility after falling that's crazy

[steel mirage]

Oh we did this in MK8 too tbh

As in, falling off the track if a blue shell hits you

This one seemed less feasible because of the item loss, but I didn't know the invincibility frames were that long holy

Makes sense

[dry spear]

The invincibility after falling off was much shorter in MK8dx than in World

[cobalt holly]

abusing this mechanic this sunday

[upper flare]

Only work if there’s and out of bounds you can go into

[red vortex]

I need you to understand the context of this clip
I was playing Mario Kart with my brother yesterday. It's the last race of the cup. I'm on the left, he's on the right. My mum is sat in the same room
and then this shit happens
and the "OOOOOOOOOOOOOHHH!!!" that we both let out at the exact same time as soon as we crossed the line was so loud it scared the shit out of my mum and must have made the neighbours think someone had lost a limb LMAO
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/414499837082468363/1388095155156029470/20250627105049-01JYPV793NDQ89900C6R25KDDR.mp4

[thin pendant]

I love the slipstreaming mechanic in this game

[steel mirage]

awesome

[trail gorge]

LMAO

ruined

[shadow violet]

LOL

[red vortex]

so im on one of the buildings and i see that there are four glider trucks below me and i go hmmm four in one place that's funny i guess the game spawned a ton for some reason
and as im trying to line up a photo of them what do i spy out of the corner of my eye but a FIFTH one which i then do a triple-take on only to immediately spin the camera the other way to be hit by THREE MORE which i stg makes me go "WAIT" so hard that I start choking
and after that video i spotted ANOTHER IN THE BACKGROUND
THERE ARE NINE GLIDER TRUCKS ON THIS INTERSECTION
I'M TELLING YOU THEY'RE EVERYWHERE AND THEY'RE COMING FOR US ALL

[dull jolt]

The amazing thing about this game is that it makes it look like everything you do is deliberate even when I am playing things completely by ear.

[steel mirage]

ok bro... lmao

nice reach lol

[thin pendant]

ok this is getting ridiculous

[polar bobcat]

https://tenor.com/view/loki-emotional-smile-about-to-cry-goodbye-gif-16956149506012728638

[red vortex]

https://tenor.com/view/yes-very-sad-anyway-loki-sad-loki-gif-22079369

[haughty wigeon]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ec4YFUCvga0&pp=ygULbmluMTBkb2xhbmQ%3D
knew it lmao

[alpine sand]

at least i'm pretty sure this will reach nintendo with the amount of traction this is gaining

i can't lie i also wish there was a bit more in this game like a more detailed online mode (i would've actually loved a for fun/for glory split), or a jukebox so you can play songs whenever you'd want (also in races)

it just kinda feels like there's not much oomph around the actual game

[dull jolt]

I just want the Nintendo Music app to have integration with the Switch so I can play my menu jingles while getting blue shelled into 5th place and getting knocked out.

[alpine sand]

most of my wishes are things that could be addressed in updates so i do really hope they can bring some good patches to this game

[haughty wigeon]

They most definitely will

[dull jolt]

Mario Karl World battle royal. you drop onto the open world with 100 players and try to knock each others balloons out.

[red vortex]

i want them to add the talking flowers from mario wonder

[haughty wigeon]

Keep in mind how barebones Mario kart 8 was at launch lol

[red vortex]

to be fair it's not a very easy issue to fix
you can't really just add a separate gamemode because then you split the player base and kinda invalidate the entire concept of the game. there's also only 30 tracks in the game and a lot of them are pretty simple so people are going to get bored of it after like two weeks
you cant rework the race structure easily because then that messes up item balancing, the 24 players, the track layouts, etc. i think so many of the tracks are simple so they can more easily accommodate the much more chaotic races for example
there's a lot to consider and there's probably a good argument that the simplest solution is to just make a new mario kart game which they're not going to do any time soon lol
i really really like mario kart world and i apparently like it for all the reasons other people dislike it lol. i wish the people who outright hate the game were just more open minded about it.
fwiw since the Update™ i'm still getting 3-lap races from online random picks pretty often, at least 50% of the time.
obviously there are people who would like more 3-lap races and that's fine, but then there's the people like a lot of nintendo youtubers who are flipping their shit for no real reason

[trail gorge]

the reason is money

[red vortex]

well yeah

[fervent flame]

is the update that big of deal

[haughty wigeon]

To some people it’s big enough to throw the game in the bin apparently lmao

[trail gorge]

negative publicity

thats the reason

[fervent flame]

there has been...

way worse scenarios

[steel mirage]

"I can get 5 views off of this!"

[red vortex]

well yeah cause you know if you just stay at the back the whole race and then use a powerful item to win then it's not fun but then if you don't do that you don't win and what's the point of playing if you dont win! how are you going to make epic Road To 10 VR videos if you can't win!!!!

[steel mirage]

change = bad. If it were in the game from the get-go it would have been fine for everyone.

[fervent flame]

nice ai thumbnail
-# idk if it's ai

[steel mirage]

deffo looks the part

[haughty wigeon]

I also like how it says ‘everyone is quitting’

uhm

no

lmao

[trail gorge]

yes

[steel mirage]

Terminally online opinion

[trail gorge]

thats the purpose of the title

it wants you to talk about it (or engage)

[red vortex]

i guess im at least glad they've got something to milk for content?? i guess?????

[trail gorge]

hence why negative things always do better than positive things

[steel mirage]

I mean, you can see us giving it attention

I will still get upset over them

[haughty wigeon]

Yeah but we arent giving the video any views

Soooo

[trail gorge]

we are still talking about it

[trail gorge]

and you shared a link directly

that does bait them

[fervent flame]

anyway, have you guys heard the absolute banger of Bowser's Road remix

[trail gorge]

sharing a link also counts as engagement

[steel mirage]

I diddddd

[haughty wigeon]

Thats just cause I knew nin10doland would make a video about it

‘Nintendo has FORGOTTEN about Mario’

[steel mirage]

Boy I am so glad I don't follow any content creators

[fervent flame]

I swear it sounds like a battle theme from Xenoblade 2

[red vortex]

guys did you hear that Nintendo HATES The Competitive Community

[haughty wigeon]

I only know this dude because he’s a chronic complainer about stuff

[steel mirage]

Also the first thing I said lol

[fervent flame]

has there been any connection of Monolith in the soundtrack?

[steel mirage]

I looked and seems like not

[fervent flame]

bc it feels like it 🤔

[steel mirage]

Negativity breeds negativity, uninstall Twitter and don't hate watch

[red vortex]

i love how many music genres there are ngl

[trail gorge]

• dont share stuff at all

[red vortex]

there was a song while i was playing earlier that sounded like splatoon music

[trail gorge]

(genuinly, even just copying a link is engagement and you're feeding it that way)

[red vortex]

i couldnt tell you what song it was

[fervent flame]

lots of sax as always

but it is...so different to 8

[steel mirage]

I mean, if people wanna share stuff so be it, it's not a big sin, but encouragement is encouragement I guess lol

[haughty wigeon]

I mostly use twitter to keep in touch with the comp splatoon community tbh

[fervent flame]

the dolphin shoals remix is so good too

[red vortex]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21iHhQW63A8 this wasnt it or maybe it was idk

[steel mirage]

I get that. It's how I used to read about Smash and Pokémon too. I am a much healthier person now even if I only reacted to notifs and never scrolled lmao

[fervent flame]

and I've gotten deaply in love with the super mario kart's title theme remix

[trail gorge]

thank you super mario kart

[red vortex]

WAIT THIS WAS IT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjCix9eGsc0

splatoon lobby music

[fervent flame]

ah the chill remix of it

[steel mirage]

I love this one

[fervent flame]

have you heard the day ver jet?

it's very nice too

[red vortex]

WIAT NOT IT WAS THIS ONE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwNs7bIsQE4

this one is splatoon

[fervent flame]

ok...

lmao

[red vortex]

yes

[haughty wigeon]

Oooh yes I get what you mean

[fervent flame]

Waluigi Pinball remix goes crazy too

[trail gorge]

splatoon loading screen kinda music

[red vortex]

hitting waluigi pinball over the head with a hammer

[fervent flame]

and one that took me by surprise was the Bone-Dry Dunes remix.

like omg

[steel mirage]

The SMB3 Map Medley is so cool

[fervent flame]

why is it so good for no reason

[trail gorge]

i love smb3

[haughty wigeon]

This sounds like something you’d hear in Alterna

[trail gorge]

(exclusively all stars version)

[red vortex]

i also really like this one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMPYIEAHq6M

[fervent flame]

It needs to be acknowledge more
https://youtu.be/-efg8SWfH7U?si=W8PD7asJTBjwFtdh

you heard it before Irri?

I know you love this map

-# I think

[polar bobcat]

the music team for world is Asahi [lead] (MK8, ARMS, Pikmin 3, New Leaf), Miyoshi (Totk), Tatakuwa (Booster Course Pass) and Honda (Miitopia, Switch Sports, BCP)

[fervent flame]

DAMN

that's a good lineup

[steel mirage]

Yeah, I am actively scratching together the rips and tagging

[haughty wigeon]

The 64 bowser road remix sounds so much like something GaMetal would make imo

[fervent flame]

oh true I've forgotten lol

also the Sherbet Land GCN remix is so charming I love it

[red vortex]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHt-8p_sjmw
putting this song in my mouth and whipping it back and forth and dragging it across the ground like a dog with its favourite chew toy

"hello please go and remix the desert music from that one wii game" and then they did

[haughty wigeon]

Also that Buoy Buoy Base remix,.

[fervent flame]

one of these days I'll have to hear all 300 songs in a row

im just waiting for cleaner versions at this point

[red vortex]

we should do that on stream

work out how long all the songs are

and then just play them all back to back

on stream

in one go

[fervent flame]

well there is an event happening soon

that's close enough lol

[haughty wigeon]

Have yall heard the puzzle plank Galaxy remix yet?

[fervent flame]

I think I have?

[fervent flame]

I remember the Space Junk one the most

[red vortex]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwoZO754jUE

https://tenor.com/view/lain-dance-anime-gif-15115506

[fervent flame]

Daisy Circuit my beloved

your song will always give me nostalgia

[haughty wigeon]

I wonder if there’s any paper mario or mario & Luigi tracks..

[fervent flame]

so far no

sadly

[red vortex]

MY BABY MY SWEET CHILD MY SMOL ONE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JCh0q_V768

[haughty wigeon]

why NOOOOOT

[fervent flame]

lol mk8 rainbow song was always good

damn we could have a rainbow road playlist since they remixed all of them

[haughty wigeon]

https://youtu.be/Iztb_opoEq0?si=Za_smagrU61xjAQl
atleast my baby got a remix

[red vortex]

people think im baiting
people think im joking
people think im pulling your leg
but NO, i really do like mk8 rainbow road
one of the best

[fervent flame]

layout wise too?

[red vortex]

yes

all of it

S-Tier track

[fervent flame]

I think I got something for title themes
https://youtu.be/FgfKdb6DO10?si=lJcQA9Ad7AS7bdkZ

[haughty wigeon]

https://youtu.be/eLY7LkVVICc?si=ackxjqZ6IGtDDi0S
and my other baby

[steel mirage]

No worries, they're so close

[fervent flame]

not in a million years I would expect DK's Jungle Parkway would get a 2025 remix lol
https://youtu.be/smVYoApdRlo?si=NUQ3EoWDmuz0-7SZ

[haughty wigeon]

@steel mirage question for you

do you like bone dry dunes or boo cinema more 👀

[fervent flame]

I can't also overlook Tour remixes. Vancouver goes crazy

[red vortex]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcGJu98TqKc

another S-Tier track with another S-Tier remix

[fervent flame]

https://youtu.be/wBBK4j_0WuQ?si=LAIKO60BmeWImWuq

bless mario kart composers

aight well I gotta work on smth so I'll stop sharing music now lol

[steel mirage]

As a track, BDD still clears. It's just fun and fast. Settings-wise, Boo Cinema wins.

[fervent flame]

damn that's a banger too

[steel mirage]

I do like Twisted Mansion too though still so

[haughty wigeon]

I see I see

[red vortex]

boo cinema has great theming but it really just do be a figure-8 tho

[steel mirage]

The presentation of Boo Cinema is just so awesome

[red vortex]

not even any cool shortcuts like goddamn

[steel mirage]

Yeah, it's not much

[haughty wigeon]

I also like how that timer on the screen thing is dependent on your distance

[steel mirage]

Yeah

[haughty wigeon]

So it always hits zero right as you enter it

[fervent flame]

lots of hidden details gameplay wise yknow

[red vortex]

boo cinema is actually a reference to the nintendo 3ds and how if you're too far away from it the 3d effect doesn't work

[fervent flame]

in knockout, item boxes will always appear in front of you when passing a finish line

[haughty wigeon]

😭😭

[red vortex]

i love crashing through those walls of item boxes ngl

nintendo please add the talking flowers from mario wonder

i am not joking

this is not a joke

[steel mirage]

[red vortex]

this is not bait

this is not a classic FamishedJet Bit™

add them

i need them

[haughty wigeon]

I remember people thinking there would be wonder seeds in this game

[fervent flame]

yeah they were confusing them for the yoshi takeout items

[haughty wigeon]

Yeah lol

[red vortex]

at some of the nintendo switch 2 experience things they had people by the mario kart booths doing like live commentary for the races and im like mmmm why is that not just a feature in the game

i would kill for that

ok tbf it's probably a very big logistic undertaking but still

[shadow violet]

Pokemon Stadium announcers but flowers and Mario Kart

[red vortex]

yes

even if it's just for like "The racers are approaching Crown City now!"

do it for me nintendo

i bought at least one copy of mario kart world so frankly it's your obligation to me as a loyal costumer

[fervent flame]

I think it would acceptable, as long is a feature you can disable

some fighting games do this too

[haughty wigeon]

erm actually you only have the license to play the game and not the game itself /j

[shadow violet]

"Mario has taken the lead!"
"ICE-FLOWER!!"
"WOW!! Luigi has taken 1st place!"
"OH!! Peach has fallen behind!"
"Daisy fell to last place! Looks like a bad kart choice!"

this would be really fun

if they'd do it and had the right voice for it

[steel mirage]

Pokémon Stadium German VA

Good announcer

Absolute blast

[steel mirage]

Reading this, I feel like this would be a choice a Sonic game would make (and is more suitable for? idk lol)

[haughty wigeon]

It had german localisation back then?

[steel mirage]

A Sonic Racing Game*

[steel mirage]

Of course

[haughty wigeon]

Wtf

[steel mirage]

German Localization goes way back

[haughty wigeon]

Why do yall get everything

[steel mirage]

Don't ask me, I am not even German

[haughty wigeon]

Dutch localisation only started in like the wii u era

😞

[red vortex]

irri i hate to break the news to you but both All-Stars Racing games do this

[steel mirage]

Imagine not having your own Pokémon names

[steel mirage]

See? I seem to have a good grasp on things, then.

[haughty wigeon]

They have German names??

[steel mirage]

Yeah

[haughty wigeon]

Wtf

[red vortex]

at least three brain cells inside irri

[steel mirage]

It was fully localized, always

From Red on

[haughty wigeon]

In my country they still have the English names

[steel mirage]

Yeah that likely won't change

[haughty wigeon]

I hope not

[red vortex]

irri can i ask a question

[steel mirage]

Already did

[red vortex]

what

[steel mirage]

That's your second one

[haughty wigeon]

this

[red vortex]

oh

[steel mirage]

Make good use of your third question

[red vortex]

what is cleffa's name in german

[steel mirage]

lol.

Pi

[red vortex]

PI????

[steel mirage]

Because Clefairy is Piepi

[red vortex]

PIEPI?????

[steel mirage]

And evolves into Pixie

[red vortex]

dies

[steel mirage]

To be fair that's like the most horrible name you could have asked

hehe pp

[shadow violet]

piepi

[steel mirage]

https://tenor.com/view/clefairy-watch-yo-tone-pokemon-gif-10226762614610823099

[red vortex]

oh i pronounced it pe-eh-pe

[pure terrace]

Pp

[steel mirage]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/679619834732085268/1233336627833864222/Tumblr_l_493150577708082.gif

[pure terrace]

Sorry I'll never say pp again

[noble spade]

trying to get 3 stars in all knockout tours is a very frustating experience.
3 out of 8 done.
at least you only have to do it once per tour.

[alpine sand]

they worked on the game and with the crazy amount of songs in this game it wouldnt surprise me lmfao

[fervent flame]

Mark already replied with facts tho

[alpine sand]

yeah i only saw after oopsie lol

even tho i still wouldnt count it out

[summer tiger]

HELLO

THIS HAS TO BE LIKE A RECORD

[red vortex]

buncha clips

[summer tiger]

The way I would turn the game off after the 3rd clip

[red vortex]

https://youtu.be/QCivB0awtdw?si=nte9LbjlZvLAnUgA

every any austin video is great but there's a small bit at the end that really resonates with me

[red vortex]

hey it's me again
another banger video about mkw that captures a lot of my thoughts
https://youtu.be/lIOt0CGWx28?si=xmKTPYBMywftfpn5

[compact idol]

Do you think other Mario Kart games such as Mario Kart 8 have better/ more complex tracks? From what I've seen there are a lot tracks that offer a good amount of routes/ opportunities to choose from. And ever since release there has been a lot of new ideas about what is fastest/ the best route. Sure, there are simpler tracks like Boo Cinema, but every Mario Kart has had those...

Better qeustion is probably: How would you rate the track design in comparision to the other games?

[summer tiger]

The tracks do feel a lot shorter to me personally, but I don’t mind because the tech on them is a lot of fun. There are only like 3 tracks that I don’t really like, which are faraway oasis, starview peak (how dare they do Rosalina so dirty), and desert hills.

Starview peak definitely should’ve had you ride through the inside of the castle/observatory as well to lengthen the track, it’s just pretty to look at and nothing else

Faraway oasis actually has a decent layout but it feels empty aside from 2 or 3 parts of it.

Desert hills is just desert hills, but it does look pretty nice

[red vortex]

mario kart 8 has more twisty tracks but also a lower skill ceiling

[steel mirage]

^it probably boils down to this

[summer tiger]

I do definitely miss what anti gravity added to track design, but it doesn’t make a big difference for me compared to how technically fun the tracks in world are

I’m still finding new paths to this day

[steel mirage]

and still thinking something is a path only for Lakitu to tell you it's actually not one

[summer tiger]

can we fire lakitu

[steel mirage]

Well it's probably a good thing he voids you out otherwise I would lose the other players constantly 😭

Off exploring like Link on his main quest

[summer tiger]

I just hate having my item stolen 💔

[shadow violet]

Did any of you guys feel the slightest difference today?? You know.. After the update "that ruined Mario Kart World"

[haughty wigeon]

No because it’s only for random online lobbies I think

Not friend lobbies

[summer tiger]

i feel like it didnt change much for me personally bc i liked the intermissions anyway, but when picking random i still got 3 lap tracks a decent amount

[harsh wind]

Right on the buzzer 😤 👌

[harsh wind]

Proud of this screenshot. Don't know which border is better, though

[steel mirage]

First 👌

[steel mirage]

"donkey kong deserves more outfits in mkw so i drew some!" (source)

[haughty wigeon]

Havent heard this remix yet!

[red vortex]

ooo that was one of the first ones i heard lol

[polar bobcat]

https://fxtwitter.com/LocalBateman/status/1940229186590830833

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[steel mirage]

"designed some outfits for pauline because she needs more in mkw" (source)

[pure terrace]

Whoa mama

[trail gorge]

rockband pauline hiii helloo

[steel mirage]

I kinda like the take on the Pro Racer one

[thin pendant]

she can be my race engineer

[harsh wind]

Toadette is plummeting to her doom, oh the humanity

[broken rune]

Oh that’s gore…gore of @wind ermine’s comfort character…

[wind ermine]

AELIA DID YOU DO THIS.

[broken rune]

I honestly didn’t think the BUS WOULD BLOW UP

[wind ermine]

Can't believe they're fucking dead.....

God will remember this

Truly the Switch 2 difference

[nocturne palm]

Vehicular manslaughter at its finest.

[wind ermine]

LMAOOO

[thorn trellis]

LunaGalaxyBrain

[fervent flame]

Omfg 🔊
https://youtu.be/6CKte7FHEZg?si=hHiZZoSPdCXZ3bk6

[fervent flame]

Guys I have a theory. What if the missing courses to not have a remix in World are potential DLC courses in the future? For example:

• N64 Bowser's Castle
• GBA Boo Lake/Broken Pier
• GBA Sky Garden
• GBA Sunset Wilds
• GBA Snow Land
• GBA Lakeside Park
• GCN Waluigi Stadium/Wario Colosseum
• DS Bowser's Castle
• Wii Koopa Cape
• Wii Bowser's Castle
• 3DS Cheep Cheep Lagoon
• 3DS Wuhu Loop/Maka Wuhu
• 3DS Neo Bowser City/Koopa City
• 3DS Bowser's Castle
• MK8 Mario Kart Stadium
• MK8 Bowser's Castle
• MK8 Excitebike Arena
• MK8 Mute City
• MK8 Hyrule Circuit
• MK8 Animal Crossing
• MK8 Big Blue
• 8DX Yoshi's Island
• Tour New York Minute
• Tour Paris Promenade
• Tour London Loop
• Tour Berlin Byways
• Tour Sydney Sprint
• Tour Amsterdam Drift
• Tour Athens Dash
• Tour Rome Avanti
• Tour Madrid Drive
• Tour Piranha Plant Cove

Of course most of these are debatable

-# especially the tour tracks and the mk8 guest courses

[summer tiger]

The dlc possibilities are really endless

[fervent flame]

true.

I like some fun speculations every now and then

[harsh wind]

One speculation I'm hoping comes true is ||giving DK and Pauline new outfits to go along with DK Bananza's release||

[daring kindle]

We know there's not gonna be any crossover tracks returning

[steel mirage]

What does "we know" mean

Was there an interview

[trail gorge]

im guessing that that will be some savedata bonus

e.g. have savedata and you get costumes

[trail gorge]

my guess is that pip refers to the interview where they were asked for crossover characters

and they didnt feel the need to introduce "3rd" party characters because there are so many

that was referring to characters though, wouldnt be surprised if tracks were to come though

they were beloved tracks in the end (and cpt falcon also wasnt in the game yet we got 2 fzero stages)

[steel mirage]

Imagine Captain Falcon being in any game

[trail gorge]

F-Zero 99

‼️

oh wait

he isnt actually

its just his kart

damn lmao

[fervent flame]

I mean considered every vehicle has its own corresponding pilot then he is inside the Blue Falcon lol

[steel mirage]

Yeah, I don't think Cpt Falcon specifically is in F-Zero 99 anywhere lol

[steel mirage]

You never know who's behind tinted glass.

For all we know, it could be Ganondorf.

[trail gorge]

true!

[fervent flame]

Right...

[steel mirage]

Their movesets were similar since Melee, you know

[trail gorge]

they share the same moves

[steel mirage]

🤝

[trail gorge]

:D

[fervent flame]

Can't believe this

[steel mirage]

To get Cpt Falcon's car keys, you have to show him your moves

Ganondorf passed

[trail gorge]

new timeline unlocked:

[fervent flame]

This is why Captain Falcon has no games

[trail gorge]

link saves hyrule because ganondorf fucking died because his glider crashed in f-zero (he didnt have any energy left)

[steel mirage]

https://tenor.com/view/eating-intensifies-falcon-captain-falcon-smash-gif-23951800

Man I love him

[trail gorge]

the most iconic dead game characters

[steel mirage]

On one hand, I thought Nintendo would benefit in exploring his character more (he's fun),
on the other hand, please please don't push the nonsensical modern "story" obligation into any new "potential" F-Zero game

[trail gorge]

i mean they did already with an anime

by all means a story mode back then was so much more common than today isnt it

[steel mirage]

Not really

[trail gorge]

every game had to have a campaign mode

[steel mirage]

Not really

See: especially Mario Sports games

[trail gorge]

who had a campaign mode

[steel mirage]

You booted up Tennis, you got straight to court

You booted up Football, you went to court

Obviously there was a tournament mode, but never a story mode

And I do not consider a "you got a trophy! here's a character quirk" to be story.

Now compare with Mario Tennis Aces, Golf, etc

[trail gorge]

mario power tennis had one

gamecube (wiiport) also had one

[steel mirage]

Who kinda try to have a story, but it clearly wasn't priority, so it sucks

So all other aspects of the game suffer for it

My discord messages arent SENDING

[trail gorge]

hi irri welcome back

[steel mirage]

no the fuck it didn't

It had a tournament mode, sure

But the Strikers Cup also isn't "Story"

The structure was always the same

Straight to court, tournament, or mini-games

I will still not forgive them for taking Minigolf from us

But alas, #1380344098522665160

[fervent flame]

I am... in love with the grumble volcano remix

[steel mirage]

It's soo good

Last tournament Glace and I were vibing to it lmao

[fervent flame]

And I just heard rosalinas ice world yesterday too. Its too good

I am slowly listening to the whole ost. Everytime I take a drive in fact. Currently at the MK8 music

Oh Toads Circuit is a banger too

[steel mirage]

@dry spear since we identified that last Sunday

[fervent flame]

I wish I could show this ost to my past self

He would've been happy

[steel mirage]

Is your current self not happy

[fervent flame]

I am. Just saying my past self would've been happier

At least BCP was a good excuse at the time

[trail gorge]

captain that is not even 3 years ago

[fervent flame]

Is still the past

Is it not?

[trail gorge]

didnt know you are in your pension already youngster

[fervent flame]

Lmao

Yeah thats life

[daring kindle]

Yeah, that

[red vortex]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pv4z02YO0VU

putting this here to make sure everyone has heard it at least once

[steel mirage]

:D

[trail gorge]

thank you for your service

[severe ingot]

Been playing this the past couple of days... I have thoughts

I guess the "big thing" about it is how it's the first exclusive for Switch 2, and how it improves on the graphics from the previous console.

I still think this game would have been "possible" on Switch 1, but it would have some significant compromises that would hinder the experience. Probably like dynamic 720p and 30fps, lower quality assets, and less detail. Maybe even load screens. That is to say, it's not significantly outside the realm of things possible on Switch 1, but there are a number of improvements that really show the power of this system. Would I have chosen this particular game to be the poster child for the SW2's power? Perhaps not, but I definitely do notice the improvements regardless.

As for the game itself, I think there are some major structure changes to talk about.

Instead on the traditional 3 lap tracks, it has you drive to each track before you do one lap at the track.

[harsh wind]

In terms of showcasing the power and features of a new console, I'd put Mario Kart World on the same level as Super Mario World. The improvements are more subtle than usual, and don't even take full advantage of every single new feature the system has, but you still have a good content-filled game to mess around with at launch so not much to complain about.

[severe ingot]

Personally, while I do feel that this change is a little drastic; I do enjoy how it makes the game world feel a lot bigger + immersive. I'm generally positive on it, but I would like to have the option to just race on the tracks as well if I so chose. Also, while I understand keeping to one lap to not make the games too long, I really think these tracks deserve the proper 3 lap attention. So overall I suppose I'm mixed on this change.

The OST is quite pleasing to listen to. I'd probably prefer more new music rather than remakes of old themes, but it all sounds great so I don't have too much issue there.

In general, the game controls very similar to Mario Kart 8. There are some new mechanics which are fun to play around with / master though. As for the tracks themselves, I feel they are more beginner friendly. This is fine but I do wish there was a bit more challenge on offer here.

I would also like to see this game receive content updates - specifically new DLC tracks. While this entry has the same amount of tracks that were traditionally offered in MK up until MK8DX, it feels a little lacking since we've had so many more for a number of years now in 8DX.

[pure terrace]

Huh

[harsh wind]

There are also technically two less tracks in MKW compared to previous entries, as both Peach Stadium and Crown City are used twice, albeit with very different routes

[severe ingot]

I never realized it before but you're right, huh

If nothing else though, I would really like to see 3 lap races in online play. I don't really mind if you drive there or not, maybe you could just do that for courses next to each other; but I feel you don't really get a chance to appreciate them the way it is. It's more just item RNG until you get to the track, and by then you might already be so far behind. That isn't to say skill is useless in the drive bys, but the nature of how they are more or less straight paths limits your options.

[haughty wigeon]

Agree on the being able to choose between either intermissions or no yeah

But I really couldnt care less about that

The only thing I actually want is to be able to increase the volume of the music lol

[severe ingot]

I felt that the music volume was plenty loud, but I was also wearing headphones so maybe it's different on speakers

[haughty wigeon]

It’s way different on tv without headphones

You can barely hear the music lol

[severe ingot]

I know there's a mode in single player called "VS Race" that essentially does this exact thing I'm pretty sure. TBH I was floored when playing on crown city in that mode vs how it is online + grand prix. Felt completely different (in a good way).

[harsh wind]

You can also choose 3-lap courses if playing in a friend lobby, though it's a little obtuse with how you do it.

[haughty wigeon]

I really don’t mind the intermissions tbh

It definitely doesn’t make the game unplayable

Which people are unironically saying

[severe ingot]

I enjoy them, I just don't like how they replace the traditional 3 lap set up.

[haughty wigeon]

Yeah, that is kinda shitty

[severe ingot]

definitely doesn't make it unplayable though lol

[haughty wigeon]

But it can definitely still be changed

[haughty wigeon]

Yeah it really doesn’t 😭

People are acting like every single intermission is just a straight line with absolutely nothing on it

I wonder if they have even played the game because the straightest intermission is the bridge and that one has so. Much. Shit on it 😭

[severe ingot]

Some are more simple than others, but in general there's still some skill demand. More emphesis on items than a normal track though.

[haughty wigeon]

And even then it’s not a bad thing that it’s simple

after all, Nintendo’s intended audience for this game are just people who wanna play mario kart for the sake of playing Mario kart

would those people care about the intermissions?

[severe ingot]

In general, I got the impression that this was built for a more un-serious audience yeah

[haughty wigeon]

Yeah exactly

[pure terrace]

MK was never serious

[haughty wigeon]

https://tenor.com/view/truth-nuke-truth-true-soyjak-wojak-gif-14828627546768133163

[harsh wind]

One could argue that previous Mario Karts were a bit better at balancing the chaotic party game nature with the more serious skill-based aspects.

[haughty wigeon]

But that is still there lol

Wall riding, rail grinding, skips

All of these things are possible in the intermissions as well

[severe ingot]

As someone who finds a lot of enjoyment in practicing each track / learning new techniques, this game still offers interesting ideas even if in general that isn't the focus of the game necessarily. The core game loop of prior MK games (or at least 7/8) probably lended itself more to that "skill" loop than this one does, but there's still things here for more competitive players to have fun.

[haughty wigeon]

^^^

[harsh wind]

I have seen some insane shortcuts people have taken using the new abilities on the 3-lap courses

[trail gorge]

yeah! I dont remember pretty much any mario kart world track because im only playing 1 lap on them each lol

I like intermissions itself

but only playing 1 lap, and intermissions now being the primary race online, you really barely get to know any track

I also dont really like how all these ramps, railings, designed wallriding parts of the track

are pretty much compltely useless and punish you for going for them lol

its faster to just race normally and not do any cool movement, which is a shame

you get punished for skill most of the time ther elmao

[haughty wigeon]

Hmm I see I see, that’s a valid point

[red vortex]

honestly by this point i can recognise a track by the shape of its minimap lol

i really like only playing one lap ngl

three lap races always got kinda boring by the third lap imo

[haughty wigeon]

probably one of the most out there remixes lol

[summer tiger]

I always thought that was the casino theme from 3d world

[fervent flame]

https://discord.gg/YpXnZpVg?event=1394031299773333595

[red vortex]

it's both lol

[shadow violet]

https://youtube.com/shorts/ERDcjVOUlBA?si=reQaLO9UMcQm4lhJ

Didn't know this could happen

[haughty wigeon]

😭😭

[polar bobcat]

https://fxtwitter.com/mariokarttourEN/status/1946087572582854899

Mario Kart Tour (@mariokarttourEN)

The Pipe Tour is wrapping up in #MarioKartTour. The Sunshine Tour, starting July 22, will feature an event to celebrate the Mario Kart™ World game for the Nintendo Switch™ 2 system! Check the video for details.

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FxTwitter · Jul 18, 2025, 6:00 AM

[red vortex]

reason #986282 why mario kart world is the best one: ive put 80+ hours into this game now and still went "woooaaahhh!!" when i realised i was about to play a reverse lap of wario stadium after approaching from bowsers castle

[vapid pebble]

That one truck from City Escape for no reason:

[pure terrace]

https://x.com/MojoboJomo/status/1948589902729482665?t=KL-s9_b3dOMhVBRkrEwuwQ&s=19

Mojobo (@MojoboJomo)

mario kart world missions if they locked in

X · Jul 25, 2025, 3:43 AM

[steel mirage]

😭

[harsh wind]

No joke, that would be a fun idea for a mission

[fervent flame]

🍒

[shadow violet]

I love this game

[steel mirage]

omg

[dry spear]

I love this

[trail gorge]

me yesterday after I got 23rd because of lakitu and splat told me that i SUCK at MARIO KART WORLD (he got 22nd because of the same reason)

[shadow violet]

[trail gorge]

what a stupid exchange that was LMFAO

SPLAT YOU WROTE FOR A WHOLE MINUTE

WHAT DO YOU MEAN reaction

[haughty wigeon]

I’m still curious what I did that made you want to bomb the netherlands Andi

[shadow violet]

wrong chat, I meant to type in #the-garage

But also thinking about it what happened with Lakitu yesterday LOL

[trail gorge]

i was minding my own business, happily driving to the finish line

then you appeared

mega mushroom

smooshed

[haughty wigeon]

LMAO

my bad

[alpine sand]

strampled

[steel mirage]

😭

[fervent flame]

https://fxtwitter.com/OatmealDome/status/1950363981790454200?s=19

OatmealDome (@OatmealDome)

[Mario Kart World]
︀︀
︀︀Version 1.2.0 was released.
︀︀
︀︀Notably, this update makes 3 lap courses appear more often in voting during online VS races.
︀︀
︀︀It also nerfs CPUs in all modes other than Battle, among other changes.

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FxTwitter · Jul 30, 2025, 1:13 AM

[severe ingot]

Wow... This sounds like they went the direction (many, though not all) players want
I'm honestly stunned considering their prior update kind of seemed like they wanted to shut that down
I'm really curious what Mario Kart World will look like in its final iteration
It seems like the times where you drive between tracks has some growing pains associated with it
I wouldn't rule out an overhaul of sorts tbh
I'm not sure what they would do, maybe edit the roads so they have more interactability or optional paths?

[craggy breach]

Not mentioned in this tweet but

You can finally choose who to spectate...

Thank god

[summer tiger]

I just wanna do intermissions AND 3 laps 💔

If they add that I’ll be happy

[hollow cosmos]

Two races into the online update and I'm only seeing routes 😔

[hollow cosmos]

Okay to test the update I played ten online races, and out of those ten I only got three choices for route-less tracks so it's like a 1/3 chance you'll get one

Sadly I don't think Mario Kart World online is back 😭

[severe ingot]

darn

[hollow cosmos]

Also I got this clip 😔😔😔

[hollow cosmos]

They nerfed the CPUs into the ground 😭

I was struggling on getting the Moon rally 3-starred for like a month and now I get it first try

[steel mirage]

https://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/68580

super mario patchnotes

You can now choose whom to watch when spectating in “Knockout Tour” and “Balloon Battle” in “Online Play”, “Wireless Play”, and “LAN Play”.
nice

[trail gorge]

cpu nerf is wild lol

[shadow violet]

SPECTATINGGG

Can't wait for the wave of "Nintendo just REVIVED Mario Kart World" videos right after all of the "MKW IS DEAD" videos

[thin pendant]

MK IS SAVED

with dumb stupid faces going in the thumbnail

[trail gorge]

NINTENDO FINALLY SAVED MARIO KART WORLD ONLINE

[thin pendant]

finally 😭

but god damn the spectating thing it´s about time

kinda should have been there by the get go but hey better late than never

[trail gorge]

yeah lmao

[thin pendant]

the nerf is purely so the kids have an opportunity to win in higher cc´s lol

[trail gorge]

tbf they were pretty brutal especially for a mario kart game lol

especially in knockout tour

[thin pendant]

but who knows those CPU´s will be back in 200cc with a vengance

[thin pendant]

yeah lmao

[steel mirage]

KO Tour was such an achievement to get down week one

It was just so

so bullshit at times LMAO

[thin pendant]

they were brutal in boo lake KO

you HAD to get items AND slipstreams to even get there in p1 for the first gate

[shadow violet]

KO tour was brutal LOL

[red vortex]

according to that short in the previous version you could never play 3 lap races online

which

and i can't stress this enough

is a lie

WAIT

WAIT

THE CHANGE DOESN'T EVEN APPLY TO ONLINE RACES

JUST VS RACE AND WIRELESS PLAY

LMAO

wireless races are not the same as online races

[thin pendant]

no shot 💀

[dry spear]

LMAO

[steel mirage]

OK but I select VS Races in my online lobby

Either VS Races or KO Tour

[red vortex]

yeah but you could pick anything in online friend lobbies that doesnt count lmao

[steel mirage]

Is normal online lobbies not also VS Races 💀

[red vortex]

no

the online race mode is called "Race"

[steel mirage]

lmao

semantics shmemantics

[red vortex]

they refer to online play as "Online Play" like here

[thin pendant]

I mean surely we´ll hear about the details from all the complainers

[steel mirage]

Love transparency

I would totally assume that applies to normal online...

But that'd make sense with Cocoa's feeling as well

[red vortex]

they use very specific language and very specifically did not say "online play"

[steel mirage]

@hollow cosmos

I set you in CC for that

[red vortex]

also according to twd98 (troy) them saying "lap-type courses" is them making fun of people idfk

[steel mirage]

Race of the 3 lap variety

[shadow violet]

Daisy is the most clickbaited character of Mario I swear

[steel mirage]

Mario still exists

[haughty wigeon]

wait so intermissions are still just as common in online races?

[shadow violet]

This one face is on every "Nintendo just RUINED.." thumbnail

[red vortex]

NINTENDO Just KICKED Me In The FACE Because They Called Them LAP-TYPE COURSES #mariokartworld #mariokart #nintendoswitch2 #nintendo #switch2

[thin pendant]

god people are so...picky

like who cares

[red vortex]

yeah but

dont you know that nintendo hates them specifically

thats why they're not updating the game to their specific demands!!

nintendo are forcing them to do absurd things like checks notes play in friend lobbies

nintendo hates mario kart and me specifically because they didn't make it how i want it!!!!

[haughty wigeon]

me when Nintendo doesn’t suit a game in MY tastes and they do stuff that I don’t like and they don’t listen to MY opinions and make the game exactly as other Mario kart games!!!!!!!!!

[haughty wigeon]

wtffff I just realised cheep cheep falls has a tiny ninja hideaway leitmotif

Thats so cool

[fervent flame]

So I saw they updated the chances of getting an coin box to be more frequent...

I just saw a clip of someone getting a coin box and a coin in first

[red vortex]

honestly upping the chances of getting one in first is really nice

considering it gives you eight coins and showers the track with them

[fervent flame]

I mean yeah if its a coin box and a banana is sounds great

But two coin items?

[haughty wigeon]

Ermmmm where did Rosa pull that coin from 🤨

[red vortex]

god the rosalina's ice world remix is so good

[summer tiger]

Still wish we got that over starview peak

[haughty wigeon]

Damn @steel mirage I thought you’d go for boo cinema tbh

[steel mirage]

It's awesome, I like the atmosphere

It's also unapologetically Irri-themed

But as a track? Dry Bones Burnout is just a superb racing track.

[haughty wigeon]

I see I see

[steel mirage]

I think Boo Cinema is an artistic treat, and I love going there, but it's very short and uneventful as a track.

[haughty wigeon]

But keep in mind the poll isn’t about what the actual track is like 👀 it can be about anything you like about them

[steel mirage]

In comparison to Dry Bones Burnout, I mean.

Yeah

I still think Twisted Mansion did everything better, for example

But Dry Bones Burnout has a lot of energy to it.

[haughty wigeon]

Ooh how so?

[steel mirage]

Aside from the track just being longer and feeling more engaging, I just like it more. Even with how stellar Boo Cinema's change in music is (inside the film, etc), I just feel like Twisted Mansion has. more consistent vibes?

I suppose the miniature size of Boo Cinema doesn't help, it feels very "encapsuled"

[haughty wigeon]

I see I see

[red vortex]

the fact that boo cinema is just a figure of 8 makes me sad if i think about it too hard

such a visually cool track but belongs more in the mushroom cup than the leaf cup

[summer tiger]

I feel the same way about starview peak 💔

Gorgeous tracks but the layout is so simple, in starview peaks case it’s not even really fun either

Hopefully if they ever do dlc tracks they’ll feel larger and more intricate like the later cups

[haughty wigeon]

Finally doneeeee

[trail gorge]

super mario

[shadow violet]

https://youtube.com/shorts/hD85PKV9OuY?si=HL5cvs_Y9X_7MA97

[haughty wigeon]

What are yall’s opinions on Kevin’s voice acting in this game btw? Does he do a good job?

[red vortex]

which one is kevin

mario?

he sounds like mario so

it's mario but slightly different

[haughty wigeon]

Mario, Luigi, Wario and Waluigi

He already perfected Luigi in Brothership imo tho his Mario still needed a bit of work

It’s better in World tho 👍

[fervent flame]

Hes been doing a good job personally. I just needed some time for his acting to grow on me

[daring kindle]

Got the urge to do some time trials

Let's see how I do

[shadow violet]

https://youtube.com/shorts/SzU4ELf3ENU?si=jKI7TqUYBP26boaw
Crazy what all you can do in this

[nocturne palm]

https://nintendoeverything.com/mario-kart-world-1-4-0-update-out-now-patch-notes-custom-items-track-layout-changes-much-more/

[daring kindle]

Guess we gotta do the koopa troopa beach races again

[shadow violet]

When is the NL all Koopa Troopa Beach races with only golden mushrooms?

[alpine sand]

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[dry spear]

YES

Finallyyyy

Finally can turn up the bangers

[noble spade]

let's goooooooooooooooooooo i can set backgroud music to loud

it displays music track titles!!!!!!!

mario kart world is fixed

are we playing all koopa beach intermissions on sunday

music titles have some infuriating inconsistencies though
https://redd.it/1pcuyb4

[haughty wigeon]

YES

YES

YES

FINALLY

[polar bobcat]

I think the options are just one slider that you can set to normal or loud, so don't get your hopes up until you try it 😂

[noble spade]

sure it's stupid that volume control is not a slider but personally a "loud" option is all i wanted

[fervent flame]

I wonder...
https://fixupx.com/LonelyGoomba/status/1996044663539823048?s=19

LonelyGoomba (@LonelyGoomba)

They're changing the "intermissions" in Mario Kart to be less straight. This image is the same route before and after the update.
︀︀
︀︀Almost like it was actually a problem which needed addressing and not mindless hate. Fascinating.

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FixupX · Dec 3, 2025, 2:31 AM

[noble spade]

less straight....?
they're making mario kart woke

[trail gorge]

holy shit?

[steel mirage]

Holy shit they're actually patching it

I didn't expect that.

[trail gorge]

I also didnt

the one hope I have is that characters get adjusted

high accelleration (read:lightweights) need to have their hitstun doubled

"doubled" as in

they need to make hits feel like getting hit and not a mild inconvenience for those specifically

that alone would fix so much

[dry spear]

And Blooper Cabrio fixing please

[haughty wigeon]

It is this yeah

I’m testing it right now

It’s a lot better though

I can actually hear the music!

[trail gorge]

all I wanted tbh

I just want to hear the music

[trail gorge]

whats wrong with it

[steel mirage]

Not pimped enough

Damn I want to draw a Blooper in a gold chain

[haughty wigeon]

Draw him in sojiro sakura’s outfit

[dry spear]

Blooper Cabrio is by far the best kart because of the high acceleration and low weight stat combined with the speed it gives

[haughty wigeon]

https://tenor.com/view/sojiro-sakura-good-morning-dad-persona-5-gif-3268988743209408826

[dry spear]

It kinda contributes to the whole featherweight dilemma

They should just make more karts for more characters viable

[steel mirage]

Everything should have the stats of the Standard Kart and just be for looks

[dry spear]

True...

[steel mirage]

Or remove all other karts, that's actually better

No skins

No karts

Only Mario (and Luigi)

And Standard Kart

[dry spear]

I would send the video but I don't have it on hand

[trail gorge]

thank you for including luigi

if stats would just be within a margin I think that would be much better

vanilla 8 worked so well in that regard

before they tried balance changes which honestly uh

skewed it so hard

[dry spear]

Yeah. it had better stat/hidden distribution

(by far)

[trail gorge]

ever since booster course pass it went downhill a bit lol

kamek specifically was just a menace

I did like the change of invincibility frames (more accceleration, less frames)

[dry spear]

Sorry Andi but Kamek never really was hard meta

[trail gorge]

which im extra curious why world is in the state it is

[dry spear]

It's still Yoshi

[trail gorge]

on release kamek was insane

[dry spear]

They don't share the same stats

[trail gorge]

the next patch kamek was dumped

[dry spear]

Ok I can't remember that

[trail gorge]

and then world came out and he was reduced to item for his crimes

[dry spear]

Babies

Are criming now

And Swoop

[haughty wigeon]

has the desert Hills to koopa troopa beach intermission always been there?

ive literally never played that one

[haughty wigeon]

Peach stadium to koopa troopa beach got changed as well

[dry spear]

I am not saying what I am seeing

[haughty wigeon]

• you now drive over ktb twice instead of once

[haughty wigeon]

for every intermission it seems as this one had that as well

[shadow violet]

We have this already

its called Mario Kart Home Circuit

-# (well it has skins, but only for Mario and Luigi)

[fervent flame]

OH

my god
https://fixupx.com/Chase_247_/status/1996035770545750337?s=19

Chase247 (@Chase_247_)

WHAT IS THIS UPDATE LMAOOO

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FixupX · Dec 3, 2025, 1:56 AM

[craggy breach]

https://fixupx.com/TheJoshMan07/status/1996045240470569090?s=20

TheJoshMan ✝️☃️ (@TheJoshMan07)

The redone intermission layouts are genuinely such an improvement, I just played through them and they’re easily some of the best ones in the game. PLEASE do more of this Nintendo!

Quoting Mario Kart World Pit Stop 🏁 (@MKWPitstop)
︀
-PATCH NOTE BREAKDOWN- ⚙️
︀︀
︀︀Mario Kart World has just received its 1.4.0 update. Let’s breakdown the BIG changes and additions‼️

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FixupX · Dec 3, 2025, 2:34 AM

water intermissions look... fun???

[shadow violet]

Is the game faster here or what?

It looks way faster than I could ever imagine going on water

[daring kindle]

I hope they fixed the water speed then

[haughty wigeon]

I hope they’ll also change the airtime speed

[steel mirage]

Good opinion

As expected from a Mario In A Standard Kart player

[red vortex]

from a game preservation standpoint this is horrific. they should add an option for you to be able to play the old intermissions. right now the old intermissions are literally lost media and it's insane they would make such a change so recklessly

thank you nintendo for finishing your game after launch. could you make it so all of the parkour shit is actually worth doing too

nevermind game is still shit, worst entry in the series by far

[daring kindle]

That was my one concern about this update

Also why did I think peach was King Dedede there

[haughty wigeon]

Koopa troopa beach to DK spaceport is genuinely fun to play now

what the fuck

[alpine sand]

Damn that means you guys can't pick it for the sundays anymore

[red vortex]

been playing a lot of mario kart world the past two weeks while i've been at home for christmas, so i am sharing some songs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lr-eJZyOIgs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Irdog-dW-Tc

[nocturne palm]

Mario Kart™ World - Bob-omb Blast added to Battle mode
#NintendoToday
https://nintendo.today/s/avlWWiQb

[trail gorge]

[trail gorge]

thank you

good lord this singlehandedly makes me want to give it another shot

[steel mirage]

Next Sunday

[frank harness]

Been a while since you 2 joined

[steel mirage]

Yeah, if I surprisingly didn't make it apparent, I didn't have that good a time with Mairo Kart World lol

mairo

[frank harness]

Nono, you made it very apparent

They also fixed the koopa beach intermissions as well

[steel mirage]

wdym fixed they were perfect

[dry spear]

The patch notes really look promising

Boomerang changes were necessary

wish it would work like MK8 but you can't have everything ig

Also this is very interesting

[craggy breach]

bro made a speech bubble ❓

[trail gorge]

looks like a knuckle screenshot

in which case, based

[dry spear]

ty

[red vortex]

bob-omb blast is actually really fun in mkw

i didnt play it much in mk8 tbf but in mkw you can control how far you throw the bombss based on how long you hold L so there's some actual strategy in play with judging distance and leading your shots

i just wish they had more than 8 battle arenas. there's so many areas of the open world that would work really well for it

i wish they had more course obstacles too

[noble spade]

this was already possible in mk8

[red vortex]

it was ????

damn

i did not know

[frank harness]

"I like this new feature"
"That feature was added 9 years ago in the last game."

[red vortex]

https://tenor.com/view/fumo-spinning-meme-anime-funny-gif-19893343

at least balloon battle has limited lives again