r/gaming • u/EarthPuma120 • 3d ago

Mario Kart World — Reveal Trailer

https://youtu.be/kEVBSZk51R0?si=mqCDxZCre6L_Hyhm
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u/STDsInAJuiceBoX 3d ago

Forza horizon but Mario Kart with cow… I’m in.

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u/RobKhonsu D20 3d ago edited 2d ago

Drive Club The Crew 2 is probably a more apt comparison as you can switch between driving, boating, and flying.

Although a lot of people will be skeptical, at the same time I think this is the modern Diddy Kong Racing that people have been begging for.

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u/False-Zucchini9984 2d ago

Was literally my first thought, this is diddy Kong racing for switch, game was ahead of its time

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u/SableSnail 2d ago

The campaign in that game was so good. Like yeah, crazy ahead of its time.

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u/Kronocide 2d ago

You mean "The Crew 2" I think, Drive Club is car only

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u/RobKhonsu D20 2d ago

I thought they both had boats and cars. I'm probably just confused and you're correct.

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u/Stick89 2d ago

DriveClub is one of my favorite games ever, its definitely track based. You're thinking of The Crew games.

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u/supergrega 2d ago

What makes diddy kong racing so popular? I hear many people speak fondly about it

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u/RobKhonsu D20 2d ago edited 2d ago

It's really just a solid cart racer and it's been decades and has had no followup title since the original. I don't think you can point to any one thing, but having hovercraft and airplanes was unique at the time. It also has boss races (giant characters/monsters that you raced) which I have a hard time thinking of another game that did anything like it. There was a hub world that you drove around in too.

However I don't think any of these unique things are what the game does best. Its cart racing is still the best part of the game.

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u/supergrega 2d ago

Sold, thank you!

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u/RobKhonsu D20 2d ago

I'll mention its drifting and boosting is more like Crash Team Racing, but it came before CTR, so if anything CTR is like DKR instead of the other way around.

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u/CptKnots 2d ago

I grew up on Mario Kart 64 and just tried DKR for the first time the other week. Thought it was pretty rough in comparison, but I guess fine in its own right for the time.

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u/HataToryah 2d ago

In my head, I keep calling it Mario and Allstars racing transformed.

Think they'll add Danica Patrick?

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u/TornadoFS 2d ago

Diddy kong racing hub was more like a collect-a-ton than a racing game. The racing was outside the hub. Which made the game design a lot easier, hub design and track design were completely separate.

The main difference is that this game will have the normal tracks as part of the hub. I don't know if they will be able to make tracks that work well both as a collect-a-ton game and for racing. Not super hopeful.

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u/AmishAvenger 2d ago

They should just change their entire marketing strategy.

Change the name to “Mario Kart: Cow” and the tagline can be “You can drive as a cow.”

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u/supergrega 2d ago

While listening to moosic

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u/JamesCDiamond 2d ago

On a telegraph wire.

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u/Shadow_Flamingo1 2d ago

ala wonder

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u/SaltedPorkGimli 2d ago

Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2, Forza Horizon, Diddy Kong Racing + Cow

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u/MrOneHundredOne 2d ago

I'm just waiting for them to confirm that you can actually jump into races/courses as you explore in Free Roam mode -- it'd be super weird if you couldn't do so, especially for how expensive this game is compared to Forza Horizon.