The addition of free roam and knock-out-tour modes on top of polishing various other aspects of the Mario Kart formula help make Mario Kart World a worthy successor to Mario Kart 8 Deluxe's long reign as the definitive Mario Kart. That said, I I find it easy to sympathize with people who find it lacking or disappointing, and this is …
The addition of free roam and knock-out-tour modes on top of polishing various other aspects of the Mario Kart formula help make Mario Kart World a worthy successor to Mario Kart 8 Deluxe's long reign as the definitive Mario Kart. That said, I I find it easy to sympathize with people who find it lacking or disappointing, and this is in part I think due to lot of overblown hype by Nintendo, but also the position the game is in as the face and standard bearer of the Switch 2 launch.
Nintendo definitely did itself no favors saying the game's higher price tag would prove itself worthy in the full game to then reveal no additional content in the upcoming directs and press that people had come to anticipate. The developer interviews also did not help, with commentary stating that they essentially rethought every aspect of the game over a long development cycle, only for gamers to quickly find issues and aspects of the game that seemed to lack critical scrutiny.
Based just on my initial impressions, I do think some substantial DLC could really round out the core issues that most people likely have. I'd really like to see:
-more modes of play in free roam, such as a crazy taxi/delivery mini game, and/other options that would take advantage of the large open map.
-increased flexibility in multiplayer mode options and settings for players to tailor their experience
-more tracks/cups either on an island, in the sky, or underground that connect to the main map in some way
-Costumes for racers beyond the core Mario characters
