Nintendo Switch: The next Mario Kart game to be the focus of new leaks, Star Fox and other casting licenses?

Gaming News Nintendo Switch: The next Mario Kart game to be the focus of new leaks, Star Fox and other casting licenses?

Published on 01/17/2022 at 21:00

After more than seven years of good and faithful service and a release on Switch at the end of April 2017, Mario Kart 8 could soon say goodbye in favor of a new episode whose name is yet to be confirmed. Today, Nintendo’s next kart game is the focus and new leaks let us see the first outlines.

The success of the Mario Kart franchise might be the definition of outrageous, as its numbers are stratospheric: it’s very simple, Mario Kart 8

is best selling Nintendo game of all time, surpassing the numbers, even indecently, of the episode released on the Wii. Even today, the game is still selling like hot cakes and that certainly drives Big N to wait as long as possible before plotting the future part of Mario and Co.’s adventures on the asphalt.

Still, the game is highly anticipated and piques the curiosity of many dataminers and other insiders in the video game world, who, like gamers around the world, are eager to unravel its mysteries. After a first leak discovered earlier this month, the next Mario Kart game (of which the following names have been circulated: Mario Kart 9, Mario Kart 10 and Mario Kart: Crossroads, but without reaching a consensus) is the target again stolen information which is yet to be confirmed!

Other universes invited to the start?

Nintendo Switch: The next Mario Kart game to be the focus of new leaks, Star Fox and other casting licenses?

What if the next Mario Kart game was inspired by the formula used by Super Smash Bros.? This is one of the questions that fuel the fantasies of all gamers who avidly follow Nintendo’s productions. As we know, according to a Japanese video game analyst, that the next Mario Kart would offer a real turning point within the franchise, some brainstorming in all directions to figure out what that famous “twist” would actually be.

Recently, an insider named Zippo, who was also known for certain precise information he had gathered in the past, as well as his few failures to overlay the evocative hallway noises, came along a larger cast than usual and benefits from the presence of other Nintendo licenses

, and not just the ones from the Super Mario franchise. According to him, the game should be released for celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Mario Kart saga, started in 1992.

In addition, Zippo has hinted that the future edition of Mario Kart could be included new characters from certain licenses like Pikmin, Arms or Star Fox. Access would also be possible further customization the pilot list, thanks in particular alternate costumes.

Still, Nintendo doesn’t intend to limit itself to new characters and a focus on cosmetics because, according to Zippo The next part of Mario Kart could have the rights to “extended solo content” without us knowing more about it at the moment. Yet, Caution is always the order of the day With these rumors spreading, we bet Nintendo will know soon enough to reveal its plans for the future of Mario Kart!