I'm convinced Mario Kart 9 is the first official Nintendo Switch 2 game, with what looks like 24-person multiplayer

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Mario Kart running on Nintendo Switch 2
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The Nintendo Switch 2 has been officially unveiled, and I think that Nintendo has already shown off the first game that's coming to its new console - Mario Kart 9.

Towards the end of the reveal trailer, Mario, Luigi, Peach, Toad, Bowser, Donkey Kong, and the gang all drive out through an open desert plain. At first glance, the view is pretty similar to Mario Kart 8, but the more I looked at that course, the less I felt I recognized it. As someone who prides themselves on their Mario Kart muscle memory, I figured maybe this was one of the expansion tracks that I'm less familiar with. But a quick search through those didn't yield any obvious results either.

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