Some folks are buzzing about Mario Kart World. It’s wild. I mean, people just realized you can’t see where other racers are from anymore. This was something in Mario Kart 8, but now it’s like poof, gone. And yeah, people are feeling all sorts of ways about it.
So, Mario Kart World hit the scene on June 5. Big pressure, right? It’s one of those games for the Nintendo Switch 2. The only other launch game? Some cheap little thing called Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour. Just $10. It’s like a starter pack to get used to the new console. Sure, Nintendo’s hyping up things like Donkey Kong Bananza — but honestly, everyone’s raving about the kart races.
Anyway, back to the flags — or lack thereof. Some players on Reddit are bummed. They miss showing off their homeland’s colors, kinda like a mini-Olympics vibe. Especially when you’re racing against folks from Japan. That’s apparently a big deal. Winning against them? It’s basically bragging rights!
Not everyone’s on board with the whole flag nostalgia train. Turns out, some players got hassled in the past because of where they were from. And what’s worse, the flag deal didn’t even work for everyone. This one player from Ireland — who’s in the UK now — got stuck with the Union Jack instead of the good ol’ Irish colors. Nice, right? And don’t get me started on people who couldn’t even find their country in the Nintendo eShop list.
Oh, and the Miis! Yeah, remember those little avatars? They’re not the standard profile pic anymore. People look back fondly on how they’d race against big characters from the Mushroom Kingdom in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. And now? Poof, they’ve vanished too.
That’s the scoop, or at least part of it. Mario Kart World is a hit, but some fans are still clinging to what’s missing. Go figure.
