{"id":1220715,"date":"2026-02-23T13:24:52","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T13:24:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/?p=605223"},"modified":"2026-02-23T13:24:52","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T13:24:52","slug":"how-to-rewind-in-mario-kart-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/how-to-rewind-in-mario-kart-world\/","title":{"rendered":"How to rewind in Mario Kart World"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mario Kart World<\/em><\/a>‘s rewind <\/strong>feature is quietly one of the racing game’s most useful features for learning how its new tricks, jumps, and grinds work. The Nintendo Switch 2 launch game sets you loose to discover rewind on your own, though, with no tutorial or anything explaining how the tool works or when you might want to use it.<\/p>\n

Below, we explain how to rewind in Mario Kart World<\/em>, which modes let you do it, and when you’re better off just taking a mistake on the chin.<\/p>\n

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How to rewind in Mario Kart World<\/h2>\n

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Press “down” on the direction pad to rewind the previous five seconds<\/strong> and start again. Rewind is useful if you’re trying to learn how to time a jump correctly so you can drive along the wall, if you miss a shortcut, or if you just make a big mistake and would rather not lose eight places after crashing into a wall. It\u2019s handy for evading an incoming obstacle in Battle Mode, too.<\/p>\n

GiantBomb’s Jeff Grubb<\/a> discovered you can even use rewind to escape a blue shell. If you rewind right before the shell makes contact, it’ll explode even without you there to suffer from it.<\/p>\n

Bear in mind that rewind doesn’t affect the timer if you’re completing a Free Roam challenge or mode or activity with a timer, such as Time Trials. You’ll start in your previous position, but the timer won’t rewind, and you’ll probably fail the challenge. The better option for fixing a mistake in Free Roam mission scenarios is opening the pause menu and choosing the “retry” option. <\/p>\n

Rewind also has no effect on computer-controlled characters, whose positions won’t rewind to match yours. Still, for learning tough courses such as Rainbow Road<\/a>, it’s worth rewinding and coming in last if only to get the hang of difficult curves without having to start an entire cup over again.<\/p>\n

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What modes can you use rewind in?<\/h2>\n

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Rewind is only usable in single-player modes and Free Roam<\/strong>, though you can use it in a multiplayer lobby as well \u2013 just not in a multiplayer race. The list of modes that let you use rewind is:<\/p>\n