Polygon.com / 05.07.25

I'm playing Mario Kart World every day, so I guess it was a good launch game

The Switch 2 launch lineup was weird or thats what I thought after watching the April Nintendo Direct, anyway. Sure, Mario Kart World as a launch game made sense from a business perspective. When a re-release of Mario Kart 8 sells 68 million copies on the original Switch, its hardly surprising to see Nintendo lead with what data shows would more than likely be a big success. But was that really it? Just a racing game? One month later, Ive played Mario Kart World more than any other game on my Switch 2. The way it fits into my life, whether I have a few minutes or an hour to play, transformed it from being an odd-seeming launch choice to one that makes perfect sense, even if Nintendos doing its best to make it seem otherwise. I opted for the Mario Kart World bundle to save money, but the really exciting part about getting a Switch 2 or so I thought at the time was the chance to play The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom in full at last. I bounced off the game hard after speeding thr...
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