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Mario Kart Fans Are Once Again Begging Nintendo To "Drop The Price" During Direct

By 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Jack Coleman

Published Apr 17, 2025

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Mario Kart World price uproar persists, as players spammed chat during the Mario Kart World Direct.
Nintendo has been facing a constant demand to lower the price of both Mario Kart World and the Nintendo Switch 2.
Players don't feel the price tag for Mario Kart World is justified.

Nintendo aired a 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Mario Kart World Direct to show off some of the new game modes, tricks and items coming to the eleventh mainline entry to the series. However, if one were to glance at the live chat happening alongside the Direct, one wouldn't see much hype or excitement, but ♏rather a steady stream of viewers demanding Nintendo "drop the price."

Mario Kart World has been embroiled 🥂in controversy regarding its price since its reveal at the dedicated Nintendo Switch 2 Direct. Although most players will likely pick the game up as part of a bundle with the Switch 2 console for $499.99 (without Mario K🃏art World, the Switch 2 costs $449.99), purchasing Mario Kart World as a standalone product will set players back $79.99.

The Elephant Mario in the Room

Since the reveal of the Switch 2 and Mario Kart World's respective prices, every Nintendo-related social media account has been inundated with people demanꩲding that Nintendo drop its prices. For compar🔯ative purposes, at launch, the original Switch cost $299.99 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe cost $59.99.

The Mario Kart World Direct was no different. As soon as the stream began, the cha༺t was filled with comments such as "DROP THE PRICE" and sarcastic comments about whatever was happening on the screen, "My favourite character is drop the price," "Cow, drop the price," and so on. If you watch the chat replay on , yo🍨u can see how persistent these comments were.

Nintendo has been stalwart in its response to these deman𒈔ds, saying Mario Kart World justifi⛎es its price tag.

A Bullet Bill flying toward a line of item boxes in Mario Kart World.

"This is a game that is so big and so vast and you will find so many little things in it to discover. And there's still some ﷽other secrets remaining that I think as people end up buying and playing the game, they're going to find this to be probably the richest 🎐Mario Kart experience they've ever had," Nintendo's Bill Trinen told in an interview, when questioned about the price.

The Mario Kart World Direct showed off the game's new game mo🦋des, characters, items and the impressive verticality of the game's courses. There's no doubt Mario Kart World has more features than we've ever seen in the series, but people only looking for the core gameplay are still likely to be disappointed by the game's price.