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Catherine Lewis

Nintendo wants Mario Kart World to be a Switch 2 game fans will "continue to choose for years to come" like Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, and I hope that means DLC could be on the cards

Mario Kart World screenshot showing Mario and Luigi battling for top position in a vast open world race.

Nintendo hopes that Mario Kart World will become an evergreen game for Switch 2 just like Mario Kart 8 Deluxe did for Switch 1, and I sincerely hope that means there's some DLC planned for it.

In Nintendo's latest financial results briefing presentation, president Shuntaro Furukawa reveals that "roughly nine out of every 10 people who purchased Nintendo Switch 2 have played" Mario Kart World, also counting those who bought the console and game bundle. That's not an enormous surprise – the sales of the Switch 2 and the latest Mario Kart entry have been close since launch – but it's still very impressive.

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