Mario Kart World and the Nintendo Switch 2 both released this week. The jury is still very much out on the Switch 2, but Mario Kart World, unsurprisingly, is a success. Not only is it seemingly ...

After more than 10 years of Mario Kart 8 dominating the market, Mario Kart World is here to shake up the series in a big way. As the name implies, Mario Kart World is set in an open world, which means ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ollie Barder covers Japanese pop-culture and gaming from Tokyo. It’s no secret that Mario Kart 8 Deluxe was a massive seller on ...

Mario Kart is Nintendo’s MVP, selling ridiculous numbers of units across its lifespan. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe was a port of a Wii U game, and it sold nearly 70 million units on the Nintendo Switch. As ...

The Mario Kart franchise sat an an interesting crossroads at the end of the Nintendo Switch generation. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe was the best-selling game on the platform, and it was pretty much the ...

While Mario Kart 8 Deluxe had some customisation options, such as being able to choose which colour Yoshi or Shy Guy you are, Mario Kart World has done away with that in favour of costumes for its ...

Mario Kart 8 — especially in its 68-million-selling Deluxe form on Nintendo Switch — is the definitive Mario Kart, and perhaps it always will be. It has the crispness and technicality of 1992’s Super; ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Nintendo seemed slow to react to the evergreen status of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, a humble Switch port of a Wii U game that surpassed all expectations by ...

Tristan Jurkovich began his career as a journalist in 2011. His childhood love of video games and writing fuel his passion for archiving this great medium’s history. He dabbles in every genre, but ...

After more than 10 years of Mario Kart 8 dominating the market, Mario Kart World is here to shake up the series in a big way. As the name implies, Mario Kart World is set in an open world, which means ...