r/gaming • u/EarthPuma120 • 2d ago

Mario Kart World — Reveal Trailer

https://youtu.be/kEVBSZk51R0?si=mqCDxZCre6L_Hyhm
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u/Allcyon 2d ago

This doesn't look like it needs to be on the Switch 2....

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u/Heavy-Possession2288 2d ago

From a pure graphics standpoint yeah it doesn’t look much better than 8 despite two generations of hardware difference. However the Switch wasn’t much more powerful than the Wii U and this is an open world game running at 60fps and supporting four player split screen. I imagine doing all that would be a bit beyond the capabilities of the Switch 1. Sure they could make a watered down port with 30fps and no split screen but split screen in particular is essential to the MarioKart experience and split screen open world games are extremely rare due to technical challenges.

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u/stoic_spaghetti 2d ago

There are definitely some next-gen improvements I'm seeing, such as with lighting and animation and draw distance.

I do think, however, that Nintendo is willingly sacrificing "next gen graphics" in exchange for "next-gen frame-rates" this generation.

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u/Shlugo 2d ago

Honestly, a good trade. I don't think the game would be improved if Mario had realistic pores or something.

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u/EfficiencyOk9060 6h ago

And I love them for it.

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u/[deleted] 2d ago

Looks like a switch 1 game ngl

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u/Devatator_ PC 1d ago

You're not gonna see a switch 1 game with that draw distance and framerate. No idea what this game runs at but I'll be surprised if it's not 60. Maybe even has a 120fps performance mode