Mario Kart World for the Switch 2 embraces a brand new format for the sequence with its interconnected tracks and free roam mode, however Nintendo desires folks to know it isn’t an “open-world” title.
Producer Kosuke Yabuki, who has labored on the sequence since 2008’s Mario Kart Wii, stated in an interview with The Washington Post, “We really do not use the phrase ‘open-world’ in growth.”