Nintendo held an exclusive face-to-face meeting last night. Game Director Masahiro Sakurai spent 45 minutes to analyze the gameplay strategy, optional characters, diverse tracks and game modes of "Star Knight" and finally confirmed that this game will be launched on the Switch2 platform on November 20, 2025.
A review of the face:
This new work does not continue the $80 pricing strategy. The Nintendo eShop page shows that its price remains at $70 and requires 25GB of storage space.
Continuing the detailed style of introducing the new role of "Nintendo Star Fighter", Sakurai Masahiro also explained the game's characteristics in detail this time. Whether players who have not been exposed to the original NGC work or old fans of the series, they can fully understand the innovations of this new work.
Major changes include more than a dozen riders to choose from: Kabi, Meta Knight, Emperor Emperor King, Vado Rudi, Kabi Hat, Magical Loa, Guyi, Vado Rudu, Joey, Susie, Kawasaki Chef, and the new character "Star Man".All characters can drive any vehicle, obviously the types of vehicles that can be controlled this time are far more than before.
Sakurai also showed many tracks such as Florian wilderness, cave curves, Cyber Ion Expressway, Amber Falls Mountain, and the Sea of Flowing. In particular, through the full demonstration of the Sea of Flowing, the various operating techniques of the main mode "air riding" were explained.
In addition to the main racing mode, the game also includes diverse challenge modes such as Dust Derby, Karby Fight, Aerial Gliding, Linear Racing, Food Competition, and High-altitude Jump.Some modes focus on confrontation, others focus on time trials or distance challenges—such as a single jump for the longest distance competition.
At the beginning of the meeting, Sakurai emphasized that this work is by no means a skin-changing work in Mario Kart.If you want to get the game first, Nintendo's official blog confirms that it will provide trial demos at the PAX West show from August 29 to September 1.
