Former Nintendo PR manager believes Mario Kart 9 doesn't reach the height of the previous work

2025-04-02 21:14:43|Myriagame |source：minecraft skins

Although the game release plan before and after the release of the Nintendo Switch 2 remains a mystery, one of the masterpieces expected to be released with this new console is Mario Kart 9.However, former Nintendo PR managers Kit Ellis and Christa Young believe that the release of Mario Kart 9 may not be as important to Nintendo as players expected.

In a recent video, Ellis and Young talked about the fact that even if the new Mario Karts work was released with Switch 2, the game may not end up reaching the extremely high popularity that Mario Karts 8 Deluxe Edition achieved when it was released on the Switch.The two also believe that Mario Kart 9 will not become a game that can drive console sales like Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Edition.

"Everyone has the expectation that, 'Oh my goodness, Mario Kart is surely stable, it drives console sales, which is definitely the right game for new consoles', but I think you're right because if you look at Mario Kart so far, it's different from the past, and I'm not sure if that shift is as foolproof as people think for Nintendo or players who have been playing Mario Kart."

Young said that Nintendo has traditionally focused on showing brand new games as the first game for its console.Take The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild as an example. Although it is a new work in the groundbreaking Legend of Zelda series, Breath of the Wild has changed almost every aspect that players familiar with the series can recognize.On the other hand, Mario Kart 9 is more like an evolutionary version of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Edition, and it is unlikely that there will be a new gameplay change that can define the new game genre.

"It's a bit out of the way to make a work that might be a first-time staple as a new console," Yang said. "It's a little bit out of the way Nintendo is. Usually when they launch a first-time game, like Breath of the Wild, it's an unprecedented game that breaks the rules and breaks the limits of genres, and that's what makes you want to buy new hardware."

She continued: "But the situation with Mario Kart is a little different, and honestly, it's because Mario Kart 8 Deluxe was too successful for Nintendo."

Considering that Switch 2 will also support the original Switch game with a backward compatibility feature, Young also questioned how Nintendo will let the player community abandon the old (still playable) game in favor of a brand new game.

Yang questioned: "How will Nintendo convince me to buy a new Mario Kart? How can I make me feel that I need a Switch 2 to play the new Mario Kart?"

Ellis responded, “I do think there will be some people who would ask themselves, ‘I’m happy with Mario Kart that I’ve been playing’ and… Mom would say, ‘Hey, kids, we have Mario Kart at home…’ It’s like looking at this game box and thinking, ‘Well, I’m not sure we need this, Timmy’.”

He went on to say, "I have no doubt that this will be a great game. I have no doubt that every Mario Kart game will sell well. But in terms of the difficulties this game has to overcome in particular... that's Nintendo's goal. It's always their goal: 'We have to do better than the last one'."

"It's like, can you really do better than 75 million (selling)? The same problem with the Switch 2. It's like, 'Oh, you just launched the best-selling console of all time'. These goals they set for themselves are really hard to achieve."

While Nintendo has not confirmed any Switch 2's first launch game, Mario Kart 9 is expected to be one of the major releases, as a new work from the Mario Kart franchise appeared in the Switch 2 release trailer.In addition to possible other features, Mario Kart 9 is expected to support larger online competitions with more players participating.

Nintendo plans to reveal more details about the Switch 2 at its face-to-face meeting on April 2.

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