{"id":3832,"date":"2025-06-11T00:10:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T00:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nichesitetool.com\/?p=3832"},"modified":"2025-06-12T12:19:00","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T12:19:00","slug":"games-inbox-when-will-mario-kart-world-dlc-be-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nichesitetool.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/11\/games-inbox-when-will-mario-kart-world-dlc-be-released\/","title":{"rendered":"Games Inbox: When will Mario Kart World DLC be released?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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DLC is surely coming sooner or later (Nintendo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Wednesday letters page ponders UK video game console preferences, as a reader speculates on the release date for Splatoon Raiders<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Open questions<\/strong>
Read your review of Mario Kart World<\/a> and it all made sense to me. Reviews seem to be coming out in the 8 to 9 range and from what I\u2019ve played that seems to be about right. Like everyone, I\u2019m confused as to why so little has been done with the open world, given how massive it is. So, like you say, do you mark the game down for not doing something obvious or do you just accept it\u2019s something different to what you imagined?<\/p>\n

We all assume Nintendo is going to add more with more DLC, but when? This year? Next year? Three year\u2019s time? We literally have no idea. Nintendo<\/a> is always secretive but this time I think it\u2019s really hurting them, because everyone\u2019s confused and making up their own theories. It\u2019s silly because if they\u2019d said: \u2018We\u2019ll have a ton of free content coming out all the time\u2019 that would have been a real draw.<\/p>\n

Now we don\u2019t know what they\u2019re doing, why they won\u2019t tell us, and whether the DLC will be all paid-for or not. The core game is great but this weird way they\u2019ve handled the open world feels like it\u2019s pulling all the attention away from the stuff they got right.
Cranston<\/strong><\/p>\n

Secret plans<\/strong>
I have no problem with Mario Kart World getting a 9\/10 but it is such a strange experience. Knockout Tour is probably the most fun I\u2019ve had with a video game in several years and yet the open world stuff is just sitting there staring at me blanky, without anything to say.<\/p>\n

It seems such an unlikely mistake for someone like Nintendo to make, that I feel there must be a reason and purpose to it, but while it\u2019s easy enough to guess what that might be what I can\u2019t understand is why they won\u2019t tell us.<\/p>\n

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A roadmap for the game, that promised tons of new tracks and characters and whatever would be a great PR move. Pack it in the box as an actual poster and it becomes a major talking point and an explanation for why the game\u2019s so expensive. I just don\u2019t get why they don\u2019t do something like that.
Lumpy<\/strong><\/p>\n

Water good game<\/strong>
Been playing a bit of Wave Race 64 on Nintendo Switch Online.<\/p>\n

Not only is it the best racing game Nintendo have made, it’s one of the best games ever made.<\/p>\n

I wish they would do a remaster. The handling and wave physics feels as good as ever. Just be nice to have the frame rate and graphics improved. But it does still play brilliantly in its original, nearly 30-year-old form.
Simundo<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Xbox exclusive<\/strong>
This whole thing about Call Of Duty on Switch 2<\/a> is so stupid. The first Switch is the only Nintendo console it wasn\u2019t on, and that was only because it doesn\u2019t have a built-up online system like the Xbox and PlayStation 5. Nobody wants to play Call Of Duty on a modern Nintendo console unless they can absolutely avoid it. And if you care that much about it\u2026 you\u2019d already have an alternative.<\/p>\n

So far, I see no sign that Nintendo has done anything to upgrade its online services, so Activision were actually right not to bother in the first place.<\/p>\n

Now if you wanted to make a spin-off that wasn\u2019t so focused on online, that\u2019d make sense, but they\u2019re never going to do that. Or if they wanted to just port over Warzone, that\u2019d make sense too as I\u2019m sure Fortnite is quite popular on Switch.<\/p>\n

A few months ago, I would\u2019ve said the chances of an Xbox exclusive on Switch 2 was pretty high, or at least something that was Nintendo focused and would never sell much on other formats, like Banjo-Kazooie. But now I don\u2019t know what\u2019s going on.<\/p>\n

I guess it\u2019s because Activision Blizzard and Bethesda don\u2019t really make anything Nintendo friendly, and Microsoft doesn\u2019t want to put up the money for anything else.
Haymaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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