Mario Kart World
There was pretty much one game that was a “must buy” at the Switch 2 launch, and that was Mario Kart World. It’s definitely a good “one of those,” though not everyone loves how Nintendo has implemented the game’s open-world design into the races themselves, or how the company has responded to players’ efforts to get around this.. But even if some of the nuts and bolts are grinding against how people have typically played Mario Kart, World remains peak kart-racing chaos. With 24 players on the track at once, Mario Kart has never been this messy, frenetic, and fun. Nothing beats the rush of throwing a blue shell and hearing your friend groan as it makes contact, dropping them from first place as you zip past them. — Kenneth Shepard
