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Nintendo says Mario Kart World isn't called Mario Kart 9 because simply adding more courses wasn't the plan "this time" – "We wanted to take the series to the next level"

Mario Kart World devs who "aren't that good at Mario Kart" are "favorites" in the Nintendo office because they can be the best playtesters: "Oh, so you don't get that. Interesting!"

Mario Kart World started development as an OG Switch game in 2017, but went open-world because MK 8 Deluxe perfected "the formula that we'd been following" for 25 years

Super Mario 64 can now play Minecraft, thanks to a mod that recreates the 2011 sandbox game's building and world generation systems inside the 1996 Nintendo 64 classic

Super Mario Bros speedrunners spend 16 months and "hundreds of hours" doing "things that have never been done before in this 40-year-old game" to finally build the perfect 000000 point run

Mario Kart World isn't even out yet, but dedicated modders have already made some of the Switch 2 game's tracks playable in Mario Kart Wii

Super Mario 64 hacker discovers in-game sound effect you can only hear in full if you leave the N64 classic running for 14 months straight

Spend 60 hours in Super Mario Odyssey and you'll see why it's one of the best games Nintendo has ever made

Nintendo hasn't managed expectations well for Switch 2's Mario Kart World, says ex-marketing lead: "We would be lectured endlessly about how we can't even use the word surprise"

Nintendo won't "rush" major Switch 2 game announcements like a new 3D Mario to sell the console, say former marketing leads: "There's no way from a development side"

Nintendo fans believe Mario Kart World has finally cleared up decades-long confusion about the Donkey Kong family tree

Super Mario Maker 2 is 2D Mario’s ultimate form, and it’s all thanks to Nintendo’s community

30 years later, a lost Mario game has been found – in blood-red screenshots extracted from an old AOL file library

Mario Kart World's new outfits include pirate Wario and Pauline in a latex suit, which people are predictably being normal about

Mario Kart World adds 6 new items to Nintendo's beloved racing game series, including one that hasn't made an appearance in actual races for 33 years

Mario Kart World borrows some tips from the other open-world racing epic Forza Horizon with a handy rewind feature

Mario Kart World might feature one of the series' most iconic moves, letting you dodge the infamous blue shell with a well-timed mushroom boost