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Mario Kart World Direct FAQ and speculation thread – 12 Hours to go!



The Nintendo Switch 2 Direct is on April 17, 2025 at 6 AM PT

FAQ

How long will the presentation be?

Approximately 15 minutes.

What will the presentation be about?

The presentation will be a presentation on Mario Kart World.

Where can I watch it?

You can watch it from one of the following:

Will Nintendo announce anything not related Mario Kart World?

This presentation is confirmed to be only about Mario Kart World. No information about Switch 1 or theme parks will be included.

How much does Mario Kart World cost?

USA UK Canada Eurozone Japan Australia New Zealand
$79.99 £66.99 digital, £76.99 physical No MSRP announced yet €79.99 digital, €89.99 physical ¥8,980 digital, ¥9,980 physical $119.95 $129.95

by razorbeamz

40 Comments

  1. Brutal1s

    i just want 60fps in 4 player split screen – and LAN support

  3. spiderman897

    I want to see diddy and funky and maybe Nintendo guest characters. I also want lots of unlockable characters and carts as I miss stuff being unlockable in modern games.

  4. mcbizco

    Hoping for campaign with missions and quests. Unlocking vehicle cosmetics and customizations that give stats or effects. Replacing the kart customization in MK8 and Riffing on badges from other Mario titles.

  5. Zenos0541

    I really hope piranha plant can race, i unironically loved playing it in smash so this game might be a day one buy if that darn plant is there

  6. DeeFB

    I really just hope that the 25ish enemies they showed off aren’t the only new characters. They’re nice, but I don’t know if a snowman replacing Petey Piranha was really the move.

  8. FabioFresh93

    We want Diddy Kong, Petey, and the Koopalings!

  9. Dukemon102

    I hope there is some kind of Diddy Kong Racing/Crash Team Racing adventure mode. It’s way overdue for Mario Kart and we now have that entire world map already made for something like this.

  10. TouristWilling4671

    i really hope we get some new character reveals, hopefully diddy and or funky kong but i know im probably on copium there.

    ill be pretty disappointed if it turns out those randon enemy/animal characters were some of the only new additions.

  11. crome66

    I’m hoping they announce missions and boss battles, like Mario Kart DS. Feels like a pretty plausible thing here.

  12. 2NE1Amiibo

    Here’s to hoping they can justify the price with this direct. I’ll be ready! Really hoping for more characters and a good battle mode.

  13. republic_city_pizza

    Wildcard prediction: battle mode mechanics in a battle royale mode that uses the whole open world map at the start and of course shrinks down like Fortnite.

  14. mrJiggles39

    I am hoping that in the free roam mode, there are cool things to do. Maybe also secrets to find.

  15. CRAZYC01E

    I hope preorders will be announced after. I’m itching to reserve mine

  17. Mixeygoat

    There needs to be battle mode where it’s a battle royale on the world map similar to Fortnite. The drivable area shrinks after every few minutes until there is one driver left standing.

  19. azureal

    I’ve preordered the bundle already. The only thing that will happen from this point is it’s completely shit and I cancel the bundle and just buy the Switch 2 and DKB.

    I’m not sure what else I’m supposed to do with this.

  21. superyoshiom

    If I don’t see Diddy Kong then either Nintendo has an agenda against rare-era DK or Diddy’s being banished to dlc land

  22. ZileanDifference

    Raise the price!!!

    But in all seriousness this direct is my decision in the Switch 2 or not. I’m not particularly fond of open world stuff and I don’t like the driving on the highway shit. Hopefully there’s more to the game than that.

    Update: Yeah that direct did not change my mind lmao. I wasn’t impressed.

  23. Slade4Lucas

    Currently in Istanbul Airport, waiting to get back to London. From there I have to make my way home, which is about two hours, get washed and a clean set of clothes on and make the way to see my family so we can watch he direct together. It’s gonna be tight…

  24. LikeADemonsWhisper

    I feel like there is going to be an explanation for why there are so many “generic” racers. They must serve some sort of function to populate the game beyond strictly racing.

  25. gordon_shumway67

    No more non-Mario characters. Don’t turn this into Smash. Gotta go all in on Mario.

    would love a DKR adventure mode. boss races. find the keys. anything. They are already leaning into the kart/plane/hover setup since you no longer drive underwater.

    koopalings need to stay – but I feel like I could come up with better minor characters than the wigglers and the fish bones of the game. give me mouser or wart. and no DK characters except DK and DK jr…. maybe diddy for the DKR nostalgia but I wouldn’t be upset if he didn’t make the cut.

  26. Gallant-Blade

    It will be 15 minutes long, about as long as the Mario Wonder Direct, and that was rather packed. Between the Switch 2 Direct and lots of things shown off via the Demo kiosks, I feel they might rapid fire things off during the Direct.

    My personal want? Things to do during Free Roam beyond just exploring for exploring’s sake. My longshot hope? Extended Mario universe representation besides Donkey Kong (Yoshi’s Island, Mario RPGs, Paper Mario, Warioware).

  29. coltycolt

    Not really understanding why Canada is being excluded from an MSRP for the game still at this point

  31. Kadji100

    Give me a story mode / Adventure Mode like in Diddy Kong Racing or Crash Team Racing and I am happy.

    And I am near 100% sure that we will see exactly this today:
    – It’s something that people have been begging for a long time (same with the return of missions from Mario Kart DS).
    – What else do they want to show in the 15 minutes that we have not yet seen, either in the announcement / overview trailer or the Nintendo Treehouse Live content?
    – Whatever is shown today has to be huge, otherwise Nintendo could have put whatever we will see today in the Switch Reveal Direct.

  32. Sonitii

    I want Battle Royale mode, Boss fights, missions and achievements, Kamek changing maps layouts during races

  33. Appleguy4life

    Honestly I feel they didn’t do well with the built in webcam it looks really really bad. Especially when you can use OBS and get better quality from game capture footage

  35. frewbrew

    At the end of the direct, Furukawasan is going to say “and now Bowser is going to share an update on preorder information for our friends in NA”…
    And then it’s going to cut to Rick Astley

  36. YoloTheGreater

    IMAGINE if the physical edition comes with the wheels (im coping)

  37. jbaker1225

    What was the point of this Direct? They revealed nothing new.

  39. Jishallen

    Am I the only one who thought that direct was pointless, they didn’t really show anything???

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