Mario Kart World is still a few weeks away from release, but some modders have already been recreating its courses in Mario Kart Wii. There has been a new Mario Kart game on almost every mainline Nintendo console, and the upcoming Switch 2 will be no different. Mario Kart World was first hinted at when the Switch 2 was first unveiled at the start of 2025, with a full trailer being released during the Switch 2-centric Nintendo Direct livestream. This livestream also revealed it would be launching alongside the console itself on June 5.
The April 2025 Switch 2 Nintendo Direct also showed off some of the colorful racetracks that will be available in Mario Kart World, featuring a mix of classic environments from older Mario Kart games and brand-new courses that will take full advantage of Mario Kart World’s new open-world framework. From the desert town of Mario Bros. Circuit to the treacherous icy turns of Starview Peak, Mario Kart World promises to be a vivid showcase for the new Nintendo Switch 2 console’s graphical capabilities, but some have already managed to bring some of these new tracks to life on older hardware.
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