Nintendo has rolled out a major update to Mario Kart World, with a lot of welcome changes and some strange omissions.

Eight new Mario Kart World tracks appear during the new Nintendo Direct livestream, including a few unlockable courses from past games.

It might come as a bit of a shock if you haven’t been paying attention, but Mario Kart is far and away the most popular ...

However, none of that would have been possible without Mario Kart Wii, which first hit Nintendo's motion-tracking mini-console 15 years ago today.

Despite not having a local split screen option, Mario Kart World’s Free Roam mode does let you play with friends online while inhabiting the same instance. By entering Online Play, you can host ...

These courses previously appeared in Mario Kart games across Wii, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, Nintendo 3DS, and Mario Kart Tour. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe content drops will continue through 2023.

Mario Kart World comes out for Nintendo Switch 2 on June 5. There will also be a bundled version of the console that comes with the game for $500—the console by itself will retail for $450.

Nintendo has discussed Mario Kart World's fan-favourite new character, Cow, and shown off the piece of concept art that secured her place in the game as a playable character.

The good news is that there's not long to wait to find out, anyway. That aforementioned Mario Kart World Direct is set to take place on April 17, and after that, there'll be less than two months ...