Nintendo explains why Mario Kart 9

Nintendo The latest entry In the “ASK The Developer” interview series, it has some new fun details about Switch 2 launch title Mario Cart World. Among the many things discussed, an explanation for the reason not calling the game Mario Map 9Although it is a complement to the best sale Mario Map 8 It is related to the game approach in the open world design.

“If the idea is to add more courses, then I think we would have released it Mario Map 9“Explanation of producer Kosuki Yabuki.” But this was not our approach this time. We wanted to move the series to the next level. Therefore, we decided to drop the number this time and go with a completely new title, Mario Cart World. So, we already added.Mario Cart World“The concept of art is from the early stages of development.”

The development team also discussed game assets on the original key. Many of the main aspects of world Including its interconnected map and increasing the number of players in each of 12 to 24 race – it was early, but it seems that they are a challenge on the previous devices.

“When we were developing for Nintendo Switch, it was difficult for us to integrate everything we wanted, so we were always aware of what we were abandoning in return,” said Quenta Sato, director of programming. “We have discussed things such as images, reduce accuracy, and even we thought about dropping the tire rate to 30 frames per second in some cases. It was a difficult situation.” Yabuki added that when the idea of ​​transferring the game to Switch 2 appeared, “It was really a beam of hope.”

There is a lot to search in the four questions and devices, including the fact that there will be 200 paths to listen to and how important food is to the game from a global building perspective. So you must definitely check Full. Nevertheless, my favorite details are how she made her a Cow character on the contestants list. “The cow is actually a pivotal figure in Mario Map series.”

After looking at this understandable art, I can only agree: