Nintendo Switch 2 unveils new Mario Kart game

Okay, so what can you play on the Nintendo Switch 2? Mario Kart, apparently.

Nintendo debuted the Switch 2 on Thursday, finally shining an official light on its worst-kept secret in recent years. The short video focused largely on the Switch 2’s hardware: the new features and upgrades that make the console next-generation. Of course, without games, the hardware is very little, and despite these not being central to the announcement, Nintendo provided a brief look at what appears to be a new Mario Kart game.

The preview of the game is terribly short (seconds long) and shows iconic Mario Kart racers racing through a desert race track called the Mario Bros. Circuit is mentioned, and we speed past a Yoshi’s drive-in restaurant and billboards for Luigi’s Tires. When the camera pulls back on the track, you can see that it is set in a vast, yet seemingly desolate, desert environment.

In addition to a new Mario Kart, Nintendo said in November 2024 that the Switch 2 will be backwards compatible with Switch games – meaning all Switch games will work on the Switch 2 and players won’t have to repurchase games they previously bought for their had bought money. older console.