Nintendo explains why Mario Kart: World became the first game

With only a few weeks left before the release of the Nintendo Switch 2, Mario Kart: World will be launched simultaneously with the new console.Nintendo recently explained the decision to launch these two products.

In a recent interview, Nint Billhoff, senior vice president of product development at Nintendo, said Mario Kart: World is "one of the most widely adaptable games at the moment."The game can be easily accessed by anyone, but it also has a very high operating limit – meaning it is extremely attractive to both core players and casual players.

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Bilhoff shared the following views in an interview:

"In my opinion, Mario Kart: World is one of the most widely adaptable games at the moment, anyway. It has a very high limit for players who are really involved. This is also reflected in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Edition. But if you really want to play at the highest level - fighting in the highest competitive online mode - you need to spend a lot of time researching the game, finding the best routes, mastering the best skills, and so on.

But at the same time, this game, like Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Edition, has rich customization settings that can be easily experienced by players of children (regardless of age) or at any level.For example, settings such as automatic acceleration, intelligent steering (which can guide players back to the track, which we have actually implemented).You can almost fully enable these features.If there is a five-year-old, give him the handle and select the 50cc speed mode, he may beat you.In addition, the game has made some fine-tunings to the traditional mechanics of Mario Kart. For example, after obtaining props, the props will automatically hang behind the player without pressing a specific button.

These designs further lower the threshold for the game.So in my opinion, the success of Mario Kart 8 has clearly shown that overall there is a strong demand for racing games – this game has sold very well throughout the Switch generation.And at the end of the day, Mario Kart: World truly fits the philosophy of ‘meeting all Nintendo players’ needs’ and may even attract people who have not yet become Nintendo players.Because of this, it matches the new host perfectly.”

Mario Kart: World will be the first work in the series to be launched simultaneously with the new console.However, several related works have been close to this mode before, such as Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Edition was launched just a few months after the Nintendo Switch was first released.

Regarding other news about Mario Kart: World, Nintendo has recently confirmed that the game does not use any AI-generated images.