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Collaboration Tournament Rules Now Available (Update)

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mario34

The rules for our next tournament are now available! This Mario Kart World tournament will be held this Saturday, June 14th, 2025, at 8:00 PM EST. The tournament will be 150cc and only have 23 slots open! You may sign up here if you wish to participate. The prizes for this tournament are $250 for first place and a $20 gift card for 2nd place! So what are you waiting for? Sign up now! Congrats to Macii/Chando for 1st and Yiyo for 2nd place!

New Website Changes and Event

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mario kart world

Hello, everyone! We’re finally back online with our new website changes, and we apologize for being down for so long! We decided to move away from being a forum because it’s easier on the staff and also easier to update. Here are a few things that are happening: Let us know if you’re having trouble viewing the website in any way! Thanks to all who have helped or assisted in making the updates and changes to the website.Note: If you were a mod on the forums before the changes please send me a message!

Nintendo Drops a New MK8 Deluxe Update!

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pauline54

Nintendo has just dropped an unexpected update! Even with Mario Kart World right around the corner, our beloved Mario Kart fans are getting treated to version 3.0.4 for the Nintendo Switch. Isn’t that exciting? We randomly spotted this update while browsing gaming news and couldn’t wait to share what it’s all about. For those of us who’ve been racing through Mario Kart 8 Deluxe for years, it’s amazing to see Nintendo still caring about the game we love so much. The update mainly fixes two issues that Mario Kart fans might have encountered. First, there was this weird sync problem on “3DS Music Park” during Time Trials. If you kept opening and closing the pause menu (I don’t know why anyone would do that, but hey, no judgment!), the jumping “notes” would lose sync with the background music. This caused problems with ghost data not playing correctly. While the visual sync issue still happens when messing with the pause menu, at least your ghost data will work properly now! Just a heads-up for our Mario Kart fans who love Time Trials – ghost data for “3DS Music Park” created before this update can’t be uploaded anymore. And Nintendo might delete problematic ghost data from “Online Ghosts” without warning, so be prepared! The second fix is for “N64 Rainbow Road” where coins thrown by spectators would vanish before landing on the track. Not a huge issue, but it’s the little details that matter, right? This is the first update since last September, which shows how committed Nintendo is to keeping Mario Kart 8 Deluxe running smoothly. With Mario Kart World launching on 5th June alongside the Nintendo Switch 2, featuring both traditional racing and cool open-world elements, We’re getting really excited to see what’s next for our favorite racing series! We’ll keep you all posted on any more surprise updates for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe or news about Mario Kart World. Are you still playing Mario Kart 8 Deluxe or are you saving your racing energy for the new game? Let us know in the comments!

MK World Revolutionizes the Experience

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yoshi54

Nintendo is delivering with their most ambitious installment yet! Mario Kart World, launching exclusively for Nintendo Switch 2 on 5th June, is set to transform how Mario Kart fans experience the Mushroom Kingdom. For the first time in the series’ history, players will navigate an interconnected world where the entire landscape becomes your playground. We can drift across diverse environments including bustling cities, sprawling plains, scorching deserts and even vast oceans, all seamlessly connected. The traditional Grand Prix returns with a twist! Racers must drive between courses as part of the competition, creating a more immersive racing experience. Meanwhile, the new Knockout Tour mode challenges our beloved Mario Kart fans to maintain position in extended rallies or face elimination, with environmental hazards adding to the chaos. When competitive racing becomes too intense, Free Roam mode offers a relaxed alternative. Explore panoramic vistas, discover hidden coins, activate P Switches to unlock missions, and capture memorable in-game photographs of your favourite locations. The game introduces groundbreaking mechanics like the Charge Jump, allowing racers to leap over obstacles, grind on rails, and even ride walls temporarily to discover secret routes. Mario Kart fans will also appreciate the generous 24-player races, the largest in series history creating truly spectacular competitive moments. New items include the Coin Shell, Ice Flower, and Kamek’s transformation magic, while returning favourites like the Mega Mushroom and Feather make triumphant comebacks to help turn the tide of battle. The character roster expands with familiar faces alongside unexpected racers like Goomba, Spike, and even a Cow! Players can personalise their experience with outfits unlocked through the game’s Dash Food system at Yoshi’s Drive-Thru. With split-screen local play, online competition, and the new Game Chat feature utilizing the Switch 2’s built-in microphone, our beloved Mario Kart fans have never had more ways to connect and compete in what promises to be the definitive Mario Kart experience.