With the highly anticipated new Mario Kart game on the horizon, fans are already rallying for changes, specifically, the removal of one controversial item, the Blooper. Nintendo has yet to confirm the official title for the game, leaving many wondering whether it will be called Mario Kart 9, Mario Kart X, or something else entirely.
Alongside the January 16 Nintendo Switch 2 reveal, Nintendo teased the next installment in the Mario Kart series. Unfortunately, the reveal was more of a brief teaser than a full-fledged announcement, offering only a few seconds of footage. While little was shown, fans quickly took note of a controversial redesign of Donkey Kong and a change to the number of racers. Despite knowing almost nothing about the game’s mechanics or features, expectations are already forming, and one of the biggest demands from fans is the removal of a frustrating, widely criticized item.
Mario Kart 9 is coming to Nintendo Switch 2 sometime in 2025, and these are the best old-school tracks that should make a comeback.
The discussion was kickstarted on Reddit when user Crafty-Junket3609 took to the Mario Kart subreddit to ask which items should be removed from the next game. Unsurprisingly,...