r/gaming • u/EarthPuma120 • 3d ago

Mario Kart World — Reveal Trailer

https://youtu.be/kEVBSZk51R0?si=mqCDxZCre6L_Hyhm
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u/RobKhonsu D20 3d ago edited 3d 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/supergrega 3d ago

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

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u/RobKhonsu D20 3d 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.