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We'll have to wait and see, but it is one of those. It's an interesting move in 2025, I feel, but again, to the point, get the bag. You can go anywhere you want after that. I digress. Number three. Mario Kart World almost was a Switch 1 game. This is the big man, Jordan Midler at VGC.News. Mario Kart World was originally in development for the original Nintendo Switch Nintendo has revealed.

We'll have to wait and see, but it is one of those. It's an interesting move in 2025, I feel, but again, to the point, get the bag. You can go anywhere you want after that. I digress. Number three. Mario Kart World almost was a Switch 1 game. This is the big man, Jordan Midler at VGC.News. Mario Kart World was originally in development for the original Nintendo Switch Nintendo has revealed.

As part of Nintendo's latest Ask the Developer interview, Kenta Sato, Mario Kart World's programming director... revealed that the next Mario Kart game was originally planned for release on Nintendo Switch before development transitioned to Nintendo Switch 2 in 2020. Quote, when we were developing for the Nintendo Switch system, it was difficult for us to incorporate everything we wanted.

As part of Nintendo's latest Ask the Developer interview, Kenta Sato, Mario Kart World's programming director... revealed that the next Mario Kart game was originally planned for release on Nintendo Switch before development transitioned to Nintendo Switch 2 in 2020. Quote, when we were developing for the Nintendo Switch system, it was difficult for us to incorporate everything we wanted.

So we were always conscious of what we were giving up in return, he explained. We discussed things like toning down the visuals, lowering the resolution, and we even considered dropping the frame rate to 30 frames a second in some cases. It was a tough situation. Development of Mario Kart World began around the time Mario Kart 8 Deluxe was released on Nintendo Switch, Sato said.

So we were always conscious of what we were giving up in return, he explained. We discussed things like toning down the visuals, lowering the resolution, and we even considered dropping the frame rate to 30 frames a second in some cases. It was a tough situation. Development of Mario Kart World began around the time Mario Kart 8 Deluxe was released on Nintendo Switch, Sato said.

The decision to move development to the Nintendo Switch 2 was made in 2020, five years before the game's release. Quote, we worked on it while kicking the can down the road in terms of deciding what to give up on. So at some point, we knew it was going to get messy, explained producer Kosuke Yabuki.

The decision to move development to the Nintendo Switch 2 was made in 2020, five years before the game's release. Quote, we worked on it while kicking the can down the road in terms of deciding what to give up on. So at some point, we knew it was going to get messy, explained producer Kosuke Yabuki.

Quote, but as we decided to release Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Booster Course Pass, we thought this would give us a bit more time to continue development. That's when the conversation of moving into the Nintendo Switch 2 system came up, and this suddenly opened up a bunch of possibilities on what we could do. It was truly a ray of hope. Timothy? Yes.

Quote, but as we decided to release Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Booster Course Pass, we thought this would give us a bit more time to continue development. That's when the conversation of moving into the Nintendo Switch 2 system came up, and this suddenly opened up a bunch of possibilities on what we could do. It was truly a ray of hope. Timothy? Yes.

You've said ad nauseum, ad nauseum, how much you're excited for Nintendo Switch 2, how you're listening to podcasts all about it. Did you listen to more yesterday about it? Not yesterday. Okay. How do you feel about this decision? Would you have been pissed off if it came out on Switch 1 and it was 30 frames a second and everything was missing?

You've said ad nauseum, ad nauseum, how much you're excited for Nintendo Switch 2, how you're listening to podcasts all about it. Did you listen to more yesterday about it? Not yesterday. Okay. How do you feel about this decision? Would you have been pissed off if it came out on Switch 1 and it was 30 frames a second and everything was missing?

That's my thing where I think this is just such a, I'm glad they did it this way. I'm glad it all worked out this way. I'm glad it got them closer to whatever their vision is for world, even though I haven't had the chance to play, and obviously we haven't seen the final, final copy of it. But everything they're saying about it seems so exciting in the open world stuff.

That's my thing where I think this is just such a, I'm glad they did it this way. I'm glad it all worked out this way. I'm glad it got them closer to whatever their vision is for world, even though I haven't had the chance to play, and obviously we haven't seen the final, final copy of it. But everything they're saying about it seems so exciting in the open world stuff.

Wario64 today tweeted out from this same asset developer or anything, just this blurb, Mario Kart World will feature over 200 music tracks from the jukebox, music for free roam, including brand new arrangements and live recordings.

Wario64 today tweeted out from this same asset developer or anything, just this blurb, Mario Kart World will feature over 200 music tracks from the jukebox, music for free roam, including brand new arrangements and live recordings.

It is coming up fast. Remember, we will be streaming for basically the moment we get it on twitch.tv slash kind of funny games, youtube.com slash kind of funny games, continuing coverage all around our SGF coverage, probably the weekend. We'll talk about that later, but we'll continue talking about Nintendo right now. Number four, why'd they redesign Donkey Kong?

It is coming up fast. Remember, we will be streaming for basically the moment we get it on twitch.tv slash kind of funny games, youtube.com slash kind of funny games, continuing coverage all around our SGF coverage, probably the weekend. We'll talk about that later, but we'll continue talking about Nintendo right now. Number four, why'd they redesign Donkey Kong?

This is Andy Robinson over at VGC.News. Super Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto has explained why Nintendo decided to redesign its iconic Donkey Kong character, stating that the aim was to make him more expressive. The first hints that Nintendo was looking to retool Donkey Kong came with the Super Mario Bros. movie back in 2023.

This is Andy Robinson over at VGC.News. Super Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto has explained why Nintendo decided to redesign its iconic Donkey Kong character, stating that the aim was to make him more expressive. The first hints that Nintendo was looking to retool Donkey Kong came with the Super Mario Bros. movie back in 2023.