It first came out on the Wii U, way back in 2014. To put it in perspective, that puts it both 11 years from 2025 and the release of Mario Kart: Double Dash.

Appearance (s): Mario Kart Wii, Mario Kart 8, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe A personal favorite course of mine, more the frantic roller coaster gameplay than the inability to stay on the track.

Mario Kart World 's new update has proven to be so unpopular, some fans claim to be "going back to Mario Kart 8" Deluxe, an eight-year-old game. (11 if you're counting the original Wii U version.) ...

Mario Kart 8 on the Wii U runs at a bizarre fixed framerate of 59.0625 fps, whereby every 64th frame is a copy of the one before it. This only happens when CPU opponents are present, so it may be ...

Nintendo Mario Kart 7 is rarely talked about anymore, which is strange because it added a lot to the franchise. This was the first widely online entry, plus it let us glide for the first time.

Vehicle customization was introduced in Mario Kart 7, where you could pick your vehicle’s chassis, tires, and glider. This feature continued into Mario Kart 8 and was even referenced in The ...

The last "mainline" Mario Kart game, Mario Kart 8, originally came out way, way back in 2014 for the Wii U, and was later re-released as Mario Kart 8 Deluxe on the Nintendo Switch.

Mario Kart Wii's and Mario Kart 8's Rainbow Roads are both depicted as floating above the Earth. By examining the skyboxes, we can map their real-world locations.

Pre-orders in the U.S., however, will not start April 9 as expected "in order to assess the potential impact of tariffs and evolving market conditions," Nintendo said, promising to update timing soon.

Of those 1.6 million unit sales, 82% either purchased the Nintendo Switch 2 + Mario Kart World bundle, or bought the game standalone.