The usual suspects of Mario, Peach, Luigi, and Yoshi are joined by the likes of Spike, Conkdor, Penguin, and more. Here's everyone we spotted in a kart during today's Mario Kart World Direct.

Congratulations, Peepa. This is huge for you. This is Spike’s first appearance in any Mario Kart game, shockingly enough, considering they’re in so many other games. These are the humanoids ...

Nintendo just wrapped up its April 2025 Mario Kart World Direct ... as it moves forward through the track ahead of its thrower. Kamek is an especially wild addition, as the Koopa wizard can ...

we will of course be able to play as Mario - this is his series after all - as well as new racers like Cow, Spike and Goomba (Ed and I want to know how he drives without arms. And, while we are on ...

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GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Mario Kart World is being positioned as the Switch 2's biggest selling-point, and it's easy to see why. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe stayed atop the ...

Nintendo opened their Switch 2 Direct with Mario Kart World, a wide-open racer that arrives some 11 years after the last mainline series entry. As the Switch 2's premier launch title, it carries ...

The Mario Kart Direct on April 17, 2025, finally gave us a glimpse at some of the vehicles from Mario Kart World ahead of the game's release. The latest entry in Nintendo's long-running racing ...

If that wasn't enough, it's almost time for a third Direct, this time focused on the Nintendo Switch 2's premier launch game: Mario Kart World. Nintendo announced the Mario Kart World Direct ...

"I remember that [Mario 64] was the first one where I just, like, pushed the joystick in the direction I wanted to go and the character ran that way, and I was like: 'Wait a second,'" the director ...

Reimagined tracks from older games will also be included. There are three new racers: Goomba, Spike and Cow. It couldn't be a Mario Kart game without new items to use during a race. Those items ...

Nintendo shared new information for Mario Kart World during a dedicated Nintendo Direct broadcast today, introducing the “biggest Mario Kart ever” by showcasing its Grand Prix races ...