Nintendo announced in the "Mario Kart World Direct" video broadcast tonight (4/17) that it willNintendo Switch 2Launched togetherMario Kart WorldSpecific details.
This game includes "Mario Bros. Circuit" (Mario Bros. Track), "Trophy City" (Trophy City), and "Salt Town" (ソルティタウン), "Rojeta Observatory" (ロゼッタ Observatory), "Ghost Cinema" (おばけシネマ), and "Tonobio Factory" Nostalgic tracks such as "Peach Beach" (キノピオファクトリー), "Peach Beach" (Peach), and "Wario Ship" (Vario Ship).
The characters that appear include Mario, Luigi, Peach, Bowser, and other characters. In addition, new characters such as "Kuribo" (クリボー), "Gabon" (ガボン) and "Cow" (ウシ) also appear for the first time. Different characters will also affect the performance of the selected vehicle.
The competition is divided into "Grand Prix" (グランプリ) and "Survival Race" (サバイバル). At the same time, the number of participating characters has increased to 24, and various props can be used to interfere with competitors during the competition. There will also be Cannonball Assassins (キラー) and Hammer Brothers (ハンマーブロス) who throw hammers to attack on the track, affecting progress.
The Grand Prix also features the "Mushroom Cup," "Flame Flower Cup," and "Star Cup," all of which require completing all four tracks to determine ranking. Survival events include the "Power Rally" and "Frozen Rally," which are long, continuous races. Failure to pass the track checkpoints within a certain ranking will result in elimination.
During the race, you can use items such as the Golden Shell, Ice Flower, Hammer, Giant Mushroom, Hane, and Kamek, which can use different item characteristics to prevent other characters from overtaking.
Nintendo has also added a number of auxiliary gameplay features to the game, such as "steering wheel assistance" to prevent players from running off the track, and "gyro mode" that allows steering operations by tilting the Joy-Con controller. This time, a "charged jump" (チャージジャンプ) has been added, which allows you to press and hold the R button to charge while driving in a straight line, and release it to jump high. This allows you to cross obstacles and dodge attacks on the track. Other features include the ability to rewind personal time in free driving or single-player mode to prevent operational errors from happening again (but the time of other characters will not be rewound).
Mario Kart World can be played simultaneously by four players on a single console via split-screen, and when played with multiple consoles connected, up to 4 players can compete together with up to eight consoles connected, and can even interact with the newly added game chat function of Nintendo Switch 8.
The game is expected to be released simultaneously with the Nintendo Switch 6 game console on June 5 this year, and a bundle package containing the console and the game will also be released.
