Rainbow Road - Iconic, challenging track in Mario Kart games, adds vibrancy and difficulty. Item Boxes - Offers random items adding chaos to the race, players can't predict what they'll get.

including some who weren't present in Mario Kart 8 and its DLC. Although some of these characters have made other playable appearances prior, others would be entirely new to the franchise.

Fans got a quick glimpse of the great ape in the Switch 2 demo reel with (what appears to be) Mario Kart 9, but it seems the new look for DK isn't just for the game, but in merchandise as well.

Ian Walker loves exploring niche communities and researching the development of classic video games. Polygon reached out to Nintendo about the possibility of this being Donkey Kong’s official ...

Mario Kart is one of the best Nintendo series, and Nintendo has the potential to make the best entry if it takes from ...

Oscar Gonzalez is a Texas native who covered video games, conspiracy theories, misinformation and cryptocurrency. Thursday's reveal of the Nintendo Switch 2 only showed the hardware playing one ...

or Mario Kart 10 if Nintendo counts Mario Kart Tour as a main entry in the series. We didn’t get any additional information about the game, but here is what can be observed just from looking at ...

This isn’t a first for the series, but many fans probably haven’t played the mobile game Mario Kart Tour where they were introduced. 5 / 7 At one point in the trailer you can see a burger ...

Also, Nintendo may have nonchalantly announced a new Mario Kart game that fans think might include a 24-player mode. As you can see in this trailer, the Switch 2 is shown playing a Mario Kart game ...

Nintendo has revealed the Nintendo Switch 2 and, alongside it, Mario Kart 9. Though details are still slim, an analysis of the brief gameplay clip has confirmed the first characters, vehicles, and ...

There is no release date for Mario Kart 9, but considering it was shown off with the Switch 2 reveal, it is almost guaranteed that it will be a lunch game. Sadly, we don’t know the Switch 2 ...

TL;DR: Nintendo announced the Switch 2 with Mario Kart 9 as its first game, potentially supporting up to 24 players, doubling the previous limit. The trailer shows wider tracks and smaller karts ...