Mario Kart 8 added a new engine class and the largest one in the entire series: 200cc. These races are not for everybody, since they can be extremely fast and chaotic, but they are also endlessly ...

Racing on 150cc feels outstanding mechanically, and while the drifting isn’t quite as tight as in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, I started to really enjoy the new feel once I got used to it. I also don ...

Despite the Wii U’s struggles, the Mario Kart 8 Direct is proudly and unabashedly silly. In fact, I’m willing to bet Nintendo spent more time on the gags and jokes in this video than it did on ...

While Mario Kart 8 Deluxe started 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.

The first time anyone jumps into Mario Kart 8’s 200cc mode can be a shock. The engine class is meant to be the hardest challenge in the game, but even so, racing in 200cc can sometimes feel ...

Mario Kart World is currently outselling The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild four times over in Japan, and in the US, the launch game propelled the Switch 2 past PS4's previous sales records.

Walmart restocked the Nintendo Switch 2 on Wednesday, June 25, including the bundle with “Mario Kart World,” but it sold out just as fast as the first set did on launch day, June 5, and ...

The Mario Kart game that launched with the Switch (well, one month after it came out) wasn't actually a new game — called Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, it's an expanded version of Mario Kart 8, which ...

Technically, Nintendo was already thinking about what it might do in the next game during the development of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. Actual prototype development began in March 2017, a few years ...