Nintendo has listened to community feedback, and with its latest Mario Kart World update has “increased the frequency” of lap-type courses appearing on the selection screen when choosing the next course in both Vs Race and wireless races.
Why is this especially of note? Well, back in June, Nintendo made it more difficult for Mario Kart World racers to play lap-only tracks in the game’s multiplayer modes. This led to a certain amount of outcry from players, with some even going as far as to say Nintendo had “killed” online versus in Mario Kart World.
“They saw players clamoring for a more traditional online mode and did… the exact opposite of what they wanted,” one commentator said at the time.
However, Nintendo evidently heard those cries, and a new update known as Ver. 1.2.0 will now increase the frequency of those more traditional Mario Kart lap-type courses in World.
“NINTENDO LISTENED!!!!!!!” one very enthusiastic social media user wrote following the most recent Mario Kart World update. “Did Nintendo just [save] Mario Kart World?!!!” another asked.
Nintendo has also made Mario Kart World’s homing Boomerang weaker with this update, and decreased the probability of a racer getting hold of a Triple Dash Mushroom when in a low position, “whenever the item rules in a race are anything other than ‘Frantic’.”
As well as that, the team has added a Mushrooms only option for VS races, and much more. You can check out the full Mario Kart World patch notes via Nintendo here.
If you are still on the fence about giving Mario Kart World a spin, be sure to check out Eurogamer’s review, where our Tom said how the game “offers neat twists on the classic Mario Kart formula”, calling it all “entertaining, snackable, fun”.
Elsewhere in Nintendo news, the company recently gave us a look at its Lego Game Boy model, which it showed off with an 80s-infused trailer laced with nostalgia. If this sounds like your thing, the Lego Game Boy is available for pre-order in the UK right now.
Meanwhile, the newly-released Switch 2 recently became the fastest selling video game hardware device in US history, usurping the PlayStation 4.