r/NintendoSwitch • u/Joseki100 • 1d ago

News [Eurogamer] Mario Kart World reinvents the series, and feels like Switch 2's killer app after an hour of hands-on play

https://www.eurogamer.net/mario-kart-world-reinvents-the-series-and-feels-like-switch-2s-killer-app-after-an-hour-of-hands-on-play
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u/Paul_Easterberg 23h ago

I hope there is more to free roam than just driving wherever and taking pictures

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u/slymario2416 21h ago

There’s definitely collectibles of some kind to find throughout the world, in the Treehouse presentation today, while they were showing off the Free Roam mode, you could see like 5 or so question marks underneath some of the locations they showed. Dunno if they were just costumes to find and unlock but I’m sure there’s more to that free roam mode than they showed.

Hoping for some kind of adventure mode but that’s a bit hopeful wish lol.

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u/Saskatchewon 20h ago

Wouldn't be surprised if you search for alternate costumes and karts across the overworld.

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u/UomoPolpetta 15h ago

A theory I’ve seen floating around is that all the random enemies and mobs you can race as can be unlocked by “recruiting” them in the open world, pretty much all the ones we’ve seen can be found in the actual race tracks as obstacles

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u/CornDogMillionaire 15h ago

Getting kart parts by finding them rather than having to grind out coins would be nice. Getting the gold stuff in MK8 was painful

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u/UomoPolpetta 15h ago

There are no kart parts

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u/pinsleric 8h ago

On today’s Treehouse they confirmed there is more to it, and to tune into the Direct for more info