Being Nintendo’s most expensive game to date, many fans held high expectations for Mario Kart World, especially when it came to post-launch support. Unfortunately, Nintendo’s 10 million+ seller has seen very little in this regard, especially compared to some of its contemporaries. It seems Nintendo hasn’t completely abandoned the game however, with MK World having just gotten a small-yet-welcome update.

Announcing and releasing the free update simultaneously, Nintendo officially detailed Mario Kart World Update 1.7.0. As mentioned, the list of changes is rather small in nature. That said, it still does bring some new features, namely:

• Two new routes added to Knockout Tour
• Drill Rally
• Boomerang Rally
• More routes to be added in the future
• You can now use your collectible stickers in photo mode

Given the potential offered by Mario Kart World, it is disappointing to see Nintendo doing so very little with its updates. That being said, the console maker knows that MK World will continue to sell consistently for the rest of the Switch 2’s life, and so they’re likely just taking their time with drip feeding content.

KitGuru says: What do you think of this latest update? Has Nintendo been ignoring Mario Kart World? Did you expect to have gotten new/additional tracks by now? Let us know down below.

Though Mario Kart World served as a strong launch title for the Nintendo Switch 2, the game has received some criticism for its relative lack of content, especially when compared to the last-gen Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. While World has gotten a few notable updates post-launch, it appears as though Nintendo accidentally leaked the fact that the game is set to receive a pretty significant addition to its Battle Mode.

In celebration of their upcoming Mario Day (March 10th) Nintendo announced a bunch of different sales, deals and in-person events.

While nothing new for the console maker, one of the screenshots pertaining to Mario Kart World’s MAR10 events showed an updated Battle Mode icon which seems to suggest that Bob-Omb Blast could arrive as a new option.

Given that Mario Kart World’s Battle Mode in particular is rather barren content-wise, adding Bob-Omb Blast should aid in its replayability.

As mentioned, Mario Kart World has gotten some updates of note since its release, however a majority of the changes were more mechanical and structural in nature – less so about bringing in new content.

As such, here’s to hoping that Nintendo is indeed planning to bring Bob-Omb Blast to MK World; the first of many new potential additions. We will have to wait and see.

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