{"id":477487,"date":"2025-11-12T10:12:50","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T10:12:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/mario-kart-needs-a-super-smash-style-makeover\/"},"modified":"2025-11-12T10:12:50","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T10:12:50","slug":"mario-kart-needs-a-super-smash-style-makeover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/mario-kart-needs-a-super-smash-style-makeover\/","title":{"rendered":"Mario Kart Needs A Super Smash-Style Makeover"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Mario Kart is a fantastic franchise \u2013 one of Nintendo\u2019s best, easily \u2013 but it\u2019s time for it to come to an end. Now, that\u2019s a bit of a loaded phrase, but I wholeheartedly mean it: we don\u2019t need another Mario Kart game. What we do need, however, is a brand new exciting kart game from Nintendo. It should feature not just Mario (can\u2019t leave behind the Kart King like that) and the gang, but Link, Zelda, and other Hyrulian characters, too. We should still be able to race with the Inklings from Splatoon, but if I want, let me race as Protagonist from Astral Chain or even Lappy.\u00a0<\/p>\n

What I\u2019m proposing is the end of Mario Kart and the beginning of Nintendo Kart.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Mario Kart 8 Deluxe on Switch is the pinnacle of the franchise \u2013 it features more tracks than any other entry, the most characters, the smoothest racing, the best mechanics, and one of the most banging soundtracks in all of games. I can\u2019t see a world where Nintendo tops it. It might create Mario Kart 9, a game equally as good as Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, but surpassing it? How do you even do that while remaining within the confines of the Mushroom Kingdom (and the few non-Mario characters and tracks featured in Deluxe)? I don\u2019t think you do, and that\u2019s why Nintendo should blow off the lid with Nintendo Kart, a new kart franchise with a Super Smash Bros. inspiration.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Super Smash Bros. had humble beginnings on the Nintendo 64. It featured just a handful of characters, tame mechanics, and significantly fewer stages than later entries would contain. It was so dang fun, though, and at the heart of that fun was watching Mario beat Kirby up right after Kirby laid into Link, who just took Ness\u2019 final stock. Seeing these characters interact in a new way was fascinating, and it provided the groundwork for what would become one of Nintendo\u2019s most successful games. I\u2019m not saying Nintendo Kart needs to immediately jump to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate status \u2013 just focus on Nintendo characters for now and keep the roster small.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Make each racer unique and keep them heavily inspired by the franchise they\u2019re from. Pick the most iconic locations from their games and create exciting playgrounds for players to race and battle on. Mix up the formula with new items and maybe even throw in some character-specific mechanics. Imagine if Astral Chain\u2019s hero could throw a chain around a racer ahead of them and use it to pull themselves up? What if Link could use the Sheikah Slates\u2019 magnesis ability to latch onto another racer and trail behind them for a couple of seconds? As creative as Nintendo gets with most of what it develops, the possibilities for these abilities could be endless.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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And yes, I expect upbeat jazz renditions of every racer\u2019s theme, but don\u2019t stop there: bring in some of the more metalcore-inspired music from Astral Chain, utilize the Ocarina of Time, juice up races with some Splatoon-inspired funk rock, and toss in the Pok\u00e9mon theme song for good measure. Just get wild with it.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Personally, I\u2019m tired of racing around on Mushroom Kingdom tracks. Shaking the formula up with tracks from each racer\u2019s franchise and sticking to said franchise\u2019s art, rather than trying to blend it all together into the colorful and bubbly style of Mario Kart, would provide the fresh coat of paint Nintendo\u2019s kart racing efforts need.\u00a0<\/p>\n

What\u2019s best about the idea of Nintendo Kart is that it\u2019s just the start. From there, you develop a sequel and take the series to new heights, much like Super Smash Bros. Melee did on GameCube. Eventually, Nintendo Kart Ultimate can become a reality. While its Smash Bros. counterpart lies dormant for a couple of generations (Sakurai deserves the break, y\u2019all), let this be the flagship Avengers Endgame<\/em>-esque team-up kart racer that every Nintendo console needs.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Nintendo Kart Ultimate could carry the flag of advertisement that Smash Bros. has always been for various Nintendo IPs. All the while, it could give fans a new way to interact with beloved characters like Mario, Ganondorf, Shulk, Olimar from Pikmin, and eventually, Sora, Master Chief, and others (maybe Waluigi if Nintendo\u2019s feeling nice).\u00a0<\/p>\n

I love Mario Kart. It\u2019s been a Nintendo staple in my life for as long as I can remember. But rather than try to improve upon Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, which seems nearly impossible, let that series end on a high note and rev up the engine of a new one with Nintendo Kart.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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What direction do you want to see the Mario Kart series go in with the next iteration? Let us know in the comments below!<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Mario Kart is a fantastic franchise \u2013 one of Nintendo\u2019s best, easily \u2013 but it\u2019s time for it to come to an end. Now, that\u2019s a bit of a loaded phrase, but I wholeheartedly mean it: we don\u2019t need another Mario Kart game. What we do need, however, is a brand new exciting kart game from Nintendo. It should feature not just Mario (can\u2019t leave behind the Kart King like that) and the gang, but Link, Zelda, and other Hyrulian characters, too. We should still be able to race with the Inklings from Splatoon, but if I want, let me race as Protagonist from Astral Chain or even Lappy.\u00a0 What I\u2019m proposing is the end of Mario Kart and the beginning of Nintendo Kart.\u00a0 Click…<\/p>\n

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