Mario Kart World was received pretty well when it first launched alongside the Nintendo Switch 2. That said, in the months since, various complaints have started to pile up, with Nintendo seemingly uninterested in resolving any of them. Fortunately, in a surprise announcement, the console maker has now released a massive patch for Mario Kart World – addressing many of the biggest issues.
Patch 1.3.0 for Mario Kart World is available now for all to download and enjoy, bringing with it a ton of bug fixes, tweaks, and some majorly requested additions/changes. The full patch notes can be found HERE, but some of the most notable include:
- The ‘Free Roam’ map now displays the locations of P Switches you’ve run over and Peach Medallions you’ve obtained
- You can now join friends playing ‘Knockout Tour’ by selecting ‘Friends’ from ‘Online Play’
- Up to 2 players can now play ‘Free Roam’ while waiting if the game was full when trying to join friends
- Increased the invincible time after spinning or crashing during a race
- Further increased the frequency of lap-type courses appearing in the selection when choosing the next course in ‘VS Race’ and wireless races
Easily the most vocal complaint which players have had with Mario Kart World is the relative inability to play lap-type courses in the online multiplayer, with the dozens of intermission courses hogging up its map pool.
Of course, Nintendo claimed to have fixed this in the past, to no avail, and so we will have to wait until more testing is performed by players to see whether the issue has truly been resolved.
Beyond this, the addition of P Switch and Peach Medallion tracking is a welcome addition – though one which is surprising to see Nintendo add given that it was a specific design decision.
All that said, this patch seems to be a major step forward for Mario Kart World – and it couldn’t have come at a better time, with SEGA’s Sonic Racing Crossworlds having recently released to high praise. It will be interesting to see what other changes Nintendo has in store for MK World.
KitGuru says: Are you happy with this update? Did you expect them to cave on the online multiplayer woes? Was the lack of P Switch tracking an issue for you? Let us know down below.
