Mario Kart World Players Could Be Unintentionally Increasing the Game’s Difficulty

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Okay, so Mario Kart World is out, and wow, some old-timers of the series are having a rough go at it. Not quite like the good ol’ days when you could drift your way to victory easily. But it seems like that’s exactly what’s getting everyone in trouble now—too much drifting. Wild, right?

Anyway, seems this Mario Kart World game—hugely anticipated on the Switch 2, by the way—inherits all that good stuff from the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe days, except it’s like, open world now. Critics are loving it, tossing high scores its way, but some seasoned pros are struggling to even see the finish line, let alone cross it first. Makes you wonder what’s the deal, huh?

A bunch of gamers over on Reddit, spearheaded by user brandont04—seriously, how do they come up with these names?—are deep in the debate. They figured out the obsessive drifters are actually having a harder time. Apparently, the AI goes bananas (pun totally intended) when you drift, assuming you’re some wizard on wheels. So trick is to throw a curve ball at the game. Mix in some jumps and whatnot, and suddenly the AI thinks, “Oh, rookie here,” and eases up. Crafty, if true. Some say it’s legit, others are like, “Eh, could be true,” but it’s a thing now, floating around in the gamer universe.

Side note: there’s a whole open-world mode now! People claim it’s massive, like, over 200 different routes to explore. That’s a time-suck for sure. Also, almost lost a couple of classic items like the Green Shell. They barely made the cut. Can you imagine a Mario Kart without a Green Shell? Blasphemy!

And, not to leave it hanging, missing local multiplayer got some raised eyebrows and grumbles. Multiplayer’s been the heart and soul, right? Hopefully, Nintendo’s got some plans up their sleeve. It’d be a shame to lose that chaos-in-the-living-room feeling.

Just my rambling thoughts, but there’s a lot to unpack here. Mario Kart fans are along for whatever ride Nintendo dreams up, no matter how much drifting is involved—or not.