Nintendo has announced a brand-new Mario Kart game alongside the Nintendo Switch 2. This marks the first wholly new entry in the series in over a decade, excluding spin-offs. The announcement comes after years of fans eagerly awaiting a new Mario Kart on Switch, and Nintendo's strategic decision to release the Booster Course Pass DLC instead of a full sequel.
This morning, Nintendo Switch 2 was announced, alongside a brand-new entry in the Mario Kart series. As of this writing, details about the game are slim, but the announcement alone is a pretty big deal.first released on Wii U in 2014, so this will be the first wholly new game in the series in more than a decade, outside of a pair of spin-offs.
It’s been a long wait for a new Mario Kart, but today’s Switch 2 announcement made a lot of sense. Whilestarted on Wii U, it’s one of the games most closely associated with the Switch era. The game has arguably elevated the status of Mario Kart far beyond what it once was.is a great example of this. The animated film featured multiple direct references to that game specifically, not just the vague Mario Kart franchise as a whole.
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