Greg Miller
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At least it's not officially delayed yet. You know what I mean? There's still hope for the Switch 2.
Story number one, Mario Kart World Direct shares new info, including new courses, outfits, and items. This comes from Chris Scullion at VGC. Super chat question for you. Are you surprised about the lack of Switch 2 pre-order info in this Nintendo Direct? The follow-up to the Switch 2's big blowout. Nintendo has shared more information on Mario Kart World's various features and modes.
Story number one, Mario Kart World Direct shares new info, including new courses, outfits, and items. This comes from Chris Scullion at VGC. Super chat question for you. Are you surprised about the lack of Switch 2 pre-order info in this Nintendo Direct? The follow-up to the Switch 2's big blowout. Nintendo has shared more information on Mario Kart World's various features and modes.
Let me just take a second to say something, Greg, because I don't think I've had the time on any show to say this. What a great name for this Mario Kart game.
Let me just take a second to say something, Greg, because I don't think I've had the time on any show to say this. What a great name for this Mario Kart game.
It's insane.
It's insane.
And the moment they revealed it, it's like, yeah.
And the moment they revealed it, it's like, yeah.
Very cool. Good for them. In a new Nintendo Direct focused solely on the game, Nintendo revealed some of the game's new courses, including the retro-themed Mario Bros. Circuit, the urban Crown City, the canal-based Salty Salty Speedway, the snowy Starview Peak, and a new haunted course, Boo Cinema, that looked awesome.
Very cool. Good for them. In a new Nintendo Direct focused solely on the game, Nintendo revealed some of the game's new courses, including the retro-themed Mario Bros. Circuit, the urban Crown City, the canal-based Salty Salty Speedway, the snowy Starview Peak, and a new haunted course, Boo Cinema, that looked awesome.
New items set to feature in the game include the Coin Shell, which fires ahead, leaving coins behind, the Ice Flower, which freezes enemies, the Hammer, which flies in an arc and wedges into the ground for a while, causing chaos. for the other drivers. And Kamek, which transforms opponents just like in Yoshi's Island.
New items set to feature in the game include the Coin Shell, which fires ahead, leaving coins behind, the Ice Flower, which freezes enemies, the Hammer, which flies in an arc and wedges into the ground for a while, causing chaos. for the other drivers. And Kamek, which transforms opponents just like in Yoshi's Island.
It is. It is.
It is. It is.
You saw it in your... Yeah, I got to play with all these items. And one thing that I didn't bring up in our direct breakdown was the focus on coins seems to be much higher in this game than in previous games.
You saw it in your... Yeah, I got to play with all these items. And one thing that I didn't bring up in our direct breakdown was the focus on coins seems to be much higher in this game than in previous games.
It's still doing that, but it just seems like that stuff matters a bit more. I think maybe just with the 24 characters just having more, it's like the little... Specifically Knockout Tour, we've been saying that every lap, quote-unquote, feels like... The final lap. It feels like, oh, man, we got to get it because you get knocked out otherwise, right? And this is the one where you lost IGN.
It's still doing that, but it just seems like that stuff matters a bit more. I think maybe just with the 24 characters just having more, it's like the little... Specifically Knockout Tour, we've been saying that every lap, quote-unquote, feels like... The final lap. It feels like, oh, man, we got to get it because you get knocked out otherwise, right? And this is the one where you lost IGN.
Yes, it is.