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Mario Kart World

Released 5 June 2025 Developer Nintendo EPD Publisher Nintendo

A cartoon kart racer for Nintendo Switch 2 in which the courses are joined into one connected world. Grand Prix races have up to 24 racers, Knockout Tour is a long elimination race across the map, and a free-roam mode lets you drive around and explore. It can be played alone, with up to four people on one console, or online.

Money health FairPay clearly, know the ceiling
Addictive design None0 of 5 — counts the hooks designed in
Average price A$119.95Nintendo eShop (AU)
Spending ceiling Has a ceilingEverything costs A$119.95
Australian rating ACBGVery mild violence, online interactivity and chat

How it makes money

Fair: pay clearly, know the ceiling

A one-off purchase of A$119.95 on the Nintendo eShop, and it only runs on Nintendo Switch 2. We found no paid DLC, in-game currency or in-game store on Nintendo's Australian page. Racing online needs a paid Nintendo Switch Online membership; solo and same-console play do not.

How you pay

  • Online sub

    Online racing for 2 to 24 players needs a paid Nintendo Switch Online membership; offline and local play do not.

    minor part of the game
  • Pay once

    A$119.95 on the Nintendo eShop for the whole game; no DLC, currency or in-game store was found.

What it costs

Price: A$119.95 · everything A$119.95

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Standard Nintendo eShop (AU) · Switch 2 A$119.95 Oct 2026

Store prices change often and sales are common; we record the regular price on the date shown.

Reviews from across the web

What the critics said

87OpenCritic
Mighty 86Metacritic
Metascore
  • 8/ 10

    IGN

    Logan Plant · 10 June 2025 · Switch 2

    Does not see the open-world approach as a clear upgrade, but finds the racing, polish and new Knockout Tour mode still deliver.

  • 9/ 10

    GameSpot

    Steve Watts · 9 June 2025 · Switch 2

    Says it builds on what made Mario Kart 8 work and sets up years of chaotic racing.

  • 8.3/ 10

    Game Informer

    Matt Miller · 10 June 2025 · Switch 2

    Praises the driving feel, varied courses and multiplayer, but finds the free-roam world thin on things to do and the battle modes shallow.

  • 9/ 10

    Nintendo Life

    Alana Hagues · 5 June 2025 · Switch 2

    Finds it funny and a refinement of the formula rather than a reinvention, with some frustrations in the open-world and Grand Prix modes.

Scores belong to the outlets that published them; follow the links to read the full reviews. Summaries are ours.

Age ratings & content

What's in it

Content labels

  • Violencemild

    Fighting, weapons, injury and death, from cartoon bonks to realistic killing.

    From ACB and ESRB descriptors

Classification

ACBG

Australian Classification · record

Very mild violence, online interactivity and chat

ESRBE

ESRB (North America) · record

Mild Fantasy Violence

Interactive elements: Users Interact

PEGI3

PEGI (Europe)

Age ratings judge content (violence, language, gambling themes), summed up in the content labels above. They say little about how hard a game pushes spending — that's what the money badges are for. About rating boards

Safety & parental controls

Who can talk to your child, and what can they buy?

  • Voice chat
  • Players can interact with strangers
  • No user-made content
  • No account needed

Worldwide online races match players with random opponents (up to 24), and the ESRB marks it 'Users Interact'. We found no free-text chat in the races themselves. Nintendo's Switch 2 GameChat (voice, with optional video from a USB-C camera) is a system feature and the Australian classification advice mentions chat; Nintendo says children need parent or guardian approval for it in the Nintendo Switch Parental Controls app. Online play needs a paid Nintendo Switch Online membership.

Who makes it

The company behind it, and its track record

Nintendo

Developer and publisher · Kyoto, Japan · founded 1889

  • Labour dispute

    Labour dispute

    US National Labor Relations Board, 2022: unfair-labour-practice charge by a fired contract tester settled for $25,910 plus union-rights notices.
  • Shut down paid games

    Shut down games people paid for

    Nintendo, March 2023 and April 2024: closed the Wii U and 3DS eShops, then ended online play for 3DS and Wii U software.
  • Competition law

    Competition-law action

    European Commission, October 2002: fined Nintendo €149 million for colluding with distributors to block cheaper cross-border sales (1991 to 1998); reduced to €119.2 million by the EU Court of First Instance in April 2009.
  • Publishes odds

    Publishes drop odds

    Nintendo, August 2019: said it would require drop-rate disclosure for paid random items in Switch games.

Latest on the record

  1. Court case

    Brazilian first-instance court ordered R$5 million in loot-box damages, subject to appeal

    Brazil Ministry of Justice and Public Security (Technical Note 55/2026)
  2. Game preservation

    Nintendo replaced Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp with a paid offline version

    Eurogamer
  3. Game preservation

    Nintendo closed the Wii U and 3DS eShops and later ended their online play

    Nintendo

Nintendo: full profile and track record →

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Platforms & release

Where you can play it

PlatformReleasedStore
Nintendo Switch 2 5 June 2025 Store page

Further reading

Facts last checked 22 October 2026. Sources: www.nintendo.com, api.ec.nintendo.com, www.esrb.org, www.metacritic.com, opencritic.com, en.wikipedia.org. Spotted something wrong? Send a correction.