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He is approaching at the end of the day at the time of the United Kingdom, so I’m about to leave at night!
I do not anticipate any important Mario Kart World Nintendo Direct in the next few hours, even if they are attentive, since I will return early in the morning to resume where I left it and continue the coverage throughout the big day.
A look at the characters and vehicles
I managed to record some images of my account Mario de Mario Kart Hand, so I’m going to start with this quick look at the character and the list of vehicles.
These are all the characters that were available to test during my demonstration, in addition to some interesting variants of outfits such as the adorable Bud Sapo.
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We have played a few laps from Mario Kart World and we have our favorite runners, who are more excited about?
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Wait carnage in the transmission chat
Here is one thing that I can predict with confidence. The chat will be full of fans calls to reduce the price of the console and the game.
This was the case throughout the Nintendo Switch 2 Direct and Treehouse: Shows Live and I do not hope that this next transmission is different.
If you need a quick update, Nintendo Switch 3 costs $ 449.99 / £ 395.99 / AU $ 699.95. There is also a package that includes a digital copy of Mario de Mario Kart That reaches $ 499.99 / £ 429.99 / AU $ 769.95.
Individually, a physical copy of Mario de Mario Kart Will $ 79.99 / £ 74.99.
Understandably, these prices have raised some eyebrows and I hope to see some ventilated frustrations tomorrow.
What are you more excited?
When I played Mario de Mario KartWhat most excited me has to be that massive list of characters. It sounds a bit silly to say it, but it is difficult not to love the great variety that is offered here while you move through the characters menu.
The selection offered in Mario Kart 8 DeluxeAlthough the incorporation of Peachette (a dark favorite) through the reinforcement course pass was highly appreciated. Even so, most of the options were very similar.
We had 42 characters in the launch, but that included seven koopalings and four boring cosmetic variants in Tanooki Mario, Cat Peach, Metal Mario and the now infamous Rose gold peach.
There are not only many more characters in Mario de Mario KartBut all seem much more different. It seems that some characters even have a load of attire variants to discover, further increasing the variety without occupying more points. In addition, you can finally play as a cow, which is quite radical.
Didn’t you catch the Nintendo Switch 2 directly?
You can see the trailer shown in the direct below so that it is completely up to date ahead of Mario Kart World Nintendo Direct Tomorrow.

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You can tune the Nintendo Today application
Nintendo has confirmed that Mario Kart World Nintendo Direct will be transmitted in the Nintendo Today application. This is at the top of the usual YouTube and Twitch channels, which is an interesting movement.
It seems that Nintendo is dedicated to positioning the application as the unique window for all Nintendo news.
It is a novel idea, although I cannot imagine that no one but Nintendo’s most hardcore fans will be eager to download a dedicated application to see something that has already been transmitted through other more popular platforms.
Yes, we have already played it
My colleague Rhys Wood (without a relationship) and now I have had the opportunity to experiment Mario de Mario Kart For ourselves.
Rhys tried it at the Paris Nintendo Switch 2 Paris Revelation event, while I had the opportunity to practice more recently on the last day of Nintendo Switch 2 experience in London last week.
I will be walking my own anecdotes of my time with the game throughout this live coverage, but if you want something more concrete, you can check the detailed Rhys Mario de Mario Kart Practical view.
What about social characteristics?
It is clear that social characteristics are a great characteristic of the Nintendo Switch 2 console. It has a dedicated button for its chat functions and an official camera accessory, after all.
We have already seen images of players who share their screen in a game online Mario de Mario Kart And I would expect many things to appear at the Mario Kart World Nintendo Direct.
Perhaps we are shown the pairing systems in detail, or learn about some of the other interesting things you can do while playing online.
Will Rainbow Road return?
There is an iconic track that seems to have been losing in everything we have heard Mario de Mario Kart Until now … Of course, I’m talking about the legendary Rainbow Road, which I think will appear in the Mario Kart World Nintendo Direct.
I suspect that it will be the last track in the last game of the game, which would be a rather incredible farewell.
The previous entry in the series, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe It has not only one or two, but five different versions of Rainbow Road, so it seems absurd to suggest that we will not get at least one version this time.
Show me the initial list!
In that note, I expect a complete confirmation of the initial list of runners. So far we have seen 50 50, yes, you read it well: 50, playable characters, which is much more than any previous Mario Kart game.
The complete list of confirmed characters so far is the following:
- Mario
- Luigi
- Peach
- Toad
- Toad
- Kong donkey
- Coil
- Daisy
- Yoshi
- Birdo (my personal choice)
- Wario
- Waluigi
- Rosalina
- Bowser Jr.
- Shy
- Koopa Troopa
- King Boo
- Dry bones
- Paulina
- Baby Mario
- Baby Luigi
- Peach
- Baby Daisy
- Rosalina baby
- Flavor
- Moo Moo
- Lakitu
- Kid
- Brother Hammer
- Loading chuck
- Spike
- Pirañas plant
- Pianta
- Dolphin
- Goomba
- Para-Biddybud
- Side
- Stingby
- Penguin
- Cataquack
- Moly Mole
- Raid
- Slow
- Cheep Beep
- Peepa
- Snowman
- Fish bone
- Coins chest
- Conkdor
- Rocking key
We have also seen many unique outfits, although at this time it is not clear if they are only cosmetics to unlock or something a little deeper. I hope we discover it soon …
What are we going to see?
Given that short execution time, now I wonder what is going to show exactly. I imagine that Mario Kart World Nintendo Direct will be more as an extended general trailer than a traditional Nintendo, presumably that gives us a breakdown of the main modes of the game.
I hope a long time in the Grand Prix mode, focusing on how it differs from the previous entries. If you need a quick review, Mario de Mario Kart It has a more open world that sees you drive between the race courses instead of a simple transition or load screen.
I think that we will also be much more than the Knockout Tour mode, which is effectively a battle royale shot Mario Kart. 24 players face a quick rhythm race, with control points that see them to the back gradually eliminated.
It is likely that the free Roam mode is also there, which will ideally detail the types of activities that will be available in the open world. Personally, I expect some information about any possible compilation or mini challenge, which would help the exploration seem more valuable.
Nintendo officially confirms the transmission length
Nintendo has confirmed that Mario Kart World Nintendo Direct will last approximately 15 minutes. Honestly, that is much shorter than I expected and significantly below the execution time of approximately 40 minutes of most direct Nintendo transmissions.
Without a doubt, this will be disappointing news for some, but I hope Nintendo can still get some interesting new details.
Join us on April 17 at 6 AM PT for more information about #Marokartworld for #Nintendoswitch2 at the Mario Kart World Direct. The live broadcast will be approximately 15 minutes. #Nintendodirect look here: pic.twitter.com/3MistmyohApril 16, 2025
Good afternoon, players and welcome at the beginning of me Mario de Mario Kart Direct Nintendo coverage!
I will guide it through the accumulation of the long anticipated presentation, sharing the last details as they enter, in addition to many rumors and some personal predictions about what could be in the store.