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Mario Kart on the Nintendo Switch 2 Appears to Include 24-Player Races

Mario Kart on the Nintendo Switch 2 Appears to Include 24-Player Races - News

by William D'Angelo , posted on 16 January 2025 / 3,376 Views

Nintendo earlier today finally announced the successor to the Nintendo Switch is called the Nintendo Switch 2.

The first-look trailer for console featured one game - the next entry in the Mario Kart series. There was less than 20 seconds of the game shown, however, one important detail was revealed. 

If you look at the starting grid you will see there is room for 24 racers at the same time. This is double the 12 racers in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.

The track shown appears to be new and some characters have a new design. 15 characters are shown at the same time confirming that the game will at least feature more racers than Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.

The track itself has taken inspiration from Monument Valley, which is located along the state lines of Arizona and Utah. Some of the sandstone buttes in the background are mushroom shaped.

Nintendo will give a deep dive into the Switch 2 on Wednesday, April 2 during the "Nintendo Direct: Nintendo Switch 2."

The Nintendo Switch 2 will play exclusive games, as well as physical and digital Nintendo Switch games. However, some Nintendo Switch games may not be supported or fully compatible with the Nintendo Switch 2. Nintendo will share more details at a later date.

The Nintendo Switch 2 will launch in 2025.


A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can contact the author on Twitter @TrunksWD.


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11 Comments
znake (on 16 January 2025)

im ready for the mess, Nintendo please be true, we need 24 racers online , it will so fun!!

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2zosteven (on 16 January 2025)

i see some rage quitting

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Link_Nines.XBC (on 16 January 2025)

omg imagine the chaos at Baby Park

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CaptainExplosion (on 16 January 2025)

This is gonna be crazy!!

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alphamb03 (on 16 January 2025)

24 players @60fps (in trailer) is pretty impressive…gives me a whole lotta confidence in the hardware. (also love the art-style chosen for the characters in this game. Looks like Nuntendo is trying to do what they did in Mario Wonder, but instead of recreating SMWorld sprites, they’re recreating N64 renders.)

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xMetroid (on 16 January 2025)

Will now be even more shameful to be last lmao. But the race to comeback from last place will be chaotic

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JackHandy xMetroid (on 16 January 2025)

Blue shell hell.

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siebensus4 (on 17 January 2025)

I bet we go back to single items. Double items are already a mess with 12 players.

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killer7 (on 17 January 2025)

As hyped as i am but this isn't gonna pass MK8DX sales i guess....

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Terramlea (on 16 January 2025)

They chose the date wisely, just after the end of the fiscal year, yet not the next day after it for obvious reasons... Mario Kart 9 being playable along mario kart 8 deluxe, if they do crossplay between old and new players on same tracks, it might be great.

I was about to comment that it's rare to have 2 mario kart on the same console, then i realized that it isn't at all (on wii, we had both wii, dd, 64 and super, on ds we had both ds and super circuit and same for 3ds with ds and 7, and of course the switch with every mario kart except ds, 7, dd and wii on it already).

If the leaks about the specs are right, might be a good time to add gc and wii to switch online... i miss my mario kart dd experience.

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HopeMillsHorror (on 16 January 2025)

24 Players AND no slowdown when off road...
Battle Royale-ish is the gimmick. They will also need to include more non-mario characters to fill the roster.

Not what I wanted but I'll be there day one either way <3

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