Mario Kart World has been updated to Version 1.2.0 on Nintendo Switch 2. This mid-sized update patches out dozens of known bugs and issues and makes quite a few gameplay adjustments as well. In response to the widespread complaints from the Mario Kart community regarding a change made in the previous update, Nintendo has increased the frequency of lap-type courses appearing in online course selection. Check out the full patch notes for Version 1.2.0 of Mario Kart World below.
Latest update: Ver. 1.2.0 (Released July 29, 2025)
General
- In the “VS Race” of “Single Player”, added “No COM” to the COM rules.
- In the “VS Race” of “Single Player” and “Multiplayer”, added “Mushrooms only” to the item rules.
- You can now choose “View Replay” after downloading ghost data in “Time Trials”.
- You can now choose whom to watch when spectating in “Knockout Tour” and “Balloon Battle” in “Online Play”, “Wireless Play”, and “LAN Play”.
- You can now see the waiting time until the next race or battle starts in “Online Play”, “Wireless Play”, and “LAN Play”.
- When using CameraPlay in “Multiplayer” and “Online Play”, the game will now remember the camera cursor position and size until the player closes the game.
- If you change the number of people playing, the cursor position and size will return to their original settings.
- On the “Free Roam” map, when you gather all of the P Switches, ? Panels, and Peach Medallions, the colors of the various numbers will now change.
- Made COM weaker in everything other than “Battle”.
- Made homing of Boomerang weaker.
- Decreased the probability of getting a Triple Dash Mushroom in the low position, whenever the item rules in a race are anything other than “Frantic”.
- Changed it so order of getting ? Block is higher than in the past, whenever the item rules in a race are anything other than “Frantic”.
- Made it so there is a wheel spinning animation if the player presses the A button (acceleration) too early when starting a race while driving.
- Player will not lose speed even when spinning wheels.
- Increased the frequency of lap-type courses appearing in the selection when choosing the next course in “VS Race” and wireless races.
Fixed Issues
- Fixed an issue where the rate fluctuations were sometimes displayed incorrectly in wireless races.
- Fixed an issue where the vehicle would stay floating in air when jumping off a half pipe.
- Fixed an issue where, when a player crashes while gliding and uses Bullet Bill, they go out of the course.
- Fixed an issue where, if a player quits a Rewind in the location where they were wall riding, the driver’s posture would not return to what it was before.
- Fixed an issue where the item that was displayed in the item slot would turn into something else when using it.
- Fixed an issue where in “Online Play”, the player would not dash even when getting on a Dash Panel.
- Fixed an issue where the points in a team race in “Wireless Play” would display incorrectly.
- Fixed an issue where sometimes controls were inoperable on the menu screen after the player was retired in “Balloon Battle” in “Wireless Play”.
- Fixed an issue where a Peach Medallion would sometimes disappear when doing Rewind in “Free Roam”.
- Fixed an issue where sometimes controls were inoperable when the player pointed the cursor at their own character or course and pressed A on the “Free Roam” map.
- Fixed an issue where sometimes controls were inoperable when the player quit a mission in “Free Roam” right before entering a pipe.
- Fixed an issue where the player would slip through some drift ice around “Sky-High Sundae”.
- Fixed an issue where the player would get caught on the outside of a handrail on the left and right sides right after the start of “Airship Fortress”.
- Fixed an issue where the player would get caught on the fence and not be able to move forward in “Bowser’s Castle”.
- Fixed an issue where, when the player used a Bullet Bill in “Bowser’s Castle”, they would not be able to glide and fell into the abyss.
- Fixed an issue where the player would go out of the course when using a Mega Mushroom on the last turn of “Whistlestop Summit”.
- Fixed an issue where the player could not get out of the location where they fell from a railroad when “Smart Steering” is on in “Whistlestop Summit”.
- Fixed an issue where the player would slip through the ground at a ramp near the goal at “Choco Mountain”.
- Fixed an issue where the player would get caught on a block when using a Bullet Bill on the road that enters “Choco Mountain”.
- Fixed an issue where the player would get caught on a plank of wood laid on the road when throwing a green shell on the road between “DK Spaceport” and “Whistlestop Summit”.
- Fixed an issue where the last place would be sometimes incorrect in the wireless races of “Dino Dino Jungle”.
- Fixed an issue where the player would get caught on the back of a leaf when using a Bullet Bill in “Acorn Heights”.
- Fixed an issue where the player would not be able to slip through a vase that is placed on the road in “Shy Guy Bazaar”, when using a Boo.
- Fixed an issue where the player would slip through the ceiling in “Dry Bones Burnout”.
- Fixed an issue where the player would sometimes hit a fence when throwing a red shell on the first turn in “Moo Moo Meadows”.
- Fixed an issue where one part of the effects that take place for the bridge transforming when heading toward “Rainbow Road” did not display.
- Fixed an issue where the player would slip through the ground on the road between ”Starview Peak” and “Sky-High Sundae”.
- Fixed an issue where some of the item boxes would not have appeared in “Wario Shipyard”.
- Fixed an issue where the player would slip through the bottom of a rock near the goal of ”Wario Shipyard”.
- Fixed an issue where the player would go out of the course when using a Mega Mushroom on a turn inside “Wario Stadium”.
- Fixed an issue where the player gets caught on a tree in the middle of a shortcut if they have “Smart Steering” on when heading from “Starview Peak” to “Dandelion Depths” in “Ice Rally” of “Knockout Tour”.
- Several other issues have been addressed to improve the gameplay experience.
Que people saying “why not just make it an option?” and other people for no good reason getting upset about people wanting it as an option.
It would be nice if that is a option just like in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. It should have been additional options at launch.
What I have come to realize regarding Nintendo over the years, is that they will always do what they want to do and what they ‘think’ is best for them and the consumer.
Even if everyone in the fanbase is screaming and shouting for a particular product or change or to include something, Nintendo doesn’t listen. They will do exactly what they want to do. Nothing more and nothing less.
It has become apparent how stubborn they are as I’ve branched out to other systems and started supporting other companies. Other game developers will take gamer feedback and apply that to their products. They will make changes that the community wants and implement ways in which players can give timely feedback on their products in the first place.
Nintendo never does this. The entire fanbase could be shouting for something that needs to be changed about a game and Nintendo will literally pay no attention. It is something I’ve grown to dislike about Nintendo.
While, I do think it plays into a larger strategy which is to not feed into player demand, because then players will do it more and more and will expect it and it could make it so Nintendo needs to give into demand more in the future, but… that is a very anti-consumer approach. Nintendo has really been showing their true colors, for me at least, as of late. 😢
I think the one glaring exception to this is Sakurai. He is largely left to his own devices at Bintendo as he is a senior developer and trusted to the fullest degree. He will put out fan servers and ask for feedback and make changes. (Maybe not about Smash Bros story modes, but at least on character inclusions…)
I think Nintendo needs to step away from the idea that they know best over the consumer… Because that is what it feels like with their products!
Sakurai left HAL Labs (Nintendo) like 20 years ago.
I actually think it’s a nuanced position. I think with the ability to provide feedback so easily and quickly we see a lot of devs too keen to listen to vocal users, ending up with games that are excessively homogenised and often obsessed with competitive play and balance which can take you away from interesting ideas that would be great if only they were given the chance.
However, I think Nintendo are significantly too far in the other direction. When people are having fun with their games in a way that Nintendo doesn’t approve of, Nintendo will do their best to stifle and ruin that fun. That’s such a bad strategy, why would you try and take people’s enjoyment away.
A very simplistic analysis.. Nintendo listens to players but we also need to state things as they are: some complain for nothing or have prejudices… Two facts: 20 years ago, some were outraged by Wind Waker, they demanded at all costs a ‘realistic Zelda’ and Miyamoto kept repeating: ‘wait to play it before judging.’ Another fact, there is a strong demand for a new F-Zero yet the series has never sold well and afterwards, Miyamoto repeated many times that he had already poured everything into the last game! Add to that a version worthy of the Super Nintendo has been released and companies like Shinen produce similar games, so why would Nintendo take the risk? And to say that Nintendo does not listen to players is false… I don’t know if it’s related, but the GameCube in the NSO has been requested for a long time… and there are other examples.
Yes but many fans and old fans been expecting Nintendo to do something like that for a while but we all know it won’t happen yet.
Let’s see…horrible controls in kid icarus uprising, tripping in ssb brawl among other issues in that game, mediocre online connection, paying for amiibos and dlc, blamming players who “don’t understand his vision”, refusing to listen to players feedback about how to improve the single player mode (story mode) and online, from my point of viee the amiibo and dlc part is anti consumer the most but people enjoy clapping at everything sakurai does…
Ninty overreacted to the gaming of the random option. Then a lot of people (while admitting they mostly only play knockout tour) overreacted to people who had a valid criticism about the un-fun change
Gamers overreacted to Nintendo fixing the broken Random option that wasn’t actually Random. It’s a good thing though that Ninty increased the frequency of lap tracks in response to player feedback.
I personally enjoy the way you drive to a different track to begin the lap race but totally understand why players still want the option for traditional 3 lap races.
Ninty is lucky people give a hoot to react to their bad decisions before they leave game and go somewhere else (which did happen). So disagree that the reaction and negative reviews were excessive. They pinpointed out of touch management of online
Well, knowing how stubborn Nintendo can be, I’m at least glad they’ve listened (somewhat) this time to the criticism. Listening to your audience is key. That’s where so many other publishers are falling short. Don’t try to tell your customers what they want. Give them what they’re actually asking for.
Yes but sometimes they can honestly ignored fans feedback just for the sake for building up their own greed.
A very simplistic analysis.. Nintendo listens to players but we also need to state things as they are: some complain for nothing or have prejudices… Two facts: 20 years ago, some were outraged by Wind Waker, they demanded at all costs a ‘realistic Zelda’ and Miyamoto kept repeating: ‘wait to play it before judging.’ Another fact, there is a strong demand for a new F-Zero yet the series has never sold well and afterwards, Miyamoto repeated many times that he had already poured everything into the last game! Add to that a version worthy of the Super Nintendo has been released and companies like Shinen produce similar games, so why would Nintendo take the risk? And to say that Nintendo does not listen to players is false… I don’t know if it’s related, but the GameCube in the NSO has been requested for a long time… and there are other examples..
Also—and this is just my opinion—maybe having a different experience with this game is actually for the better. Instead of trying to surpass MK8 (how do you even top that?), offering a kind of side-upgrade feels like the right move. Kind of like how Forza and Forza Horizon deliver different but complementary experiences.
People also seem to forget EVERY title they release is different from the previous one for experimenting purposes. This isn’t Nintendo being stubborn, it’s them doing what they’ve always done. If you don’t like it you’re probably not a Nintendo fan. Not every game needs to cater to YOU, and the entitlement that other companies like Microsoft with anti-consumer-pass have cultivated is sickening.
I have bought over two thousand Nintendo games in my life but I guess if I dislike one or have and voice Valid Criticism that I’m not a fan
The online consumer culture around the Nintendo brand is out of control. Valid criticism is read as treachery by a lot of these people
Are you kidding me? The “online culture” right now is people spamming videos with doom and gloom over the dumbest things. If anything it’s the opposite.
It’s both. Not every criticism is doom and gloom just like how not every fan expressing their enjoyment is a bootlicker. It’s when you try to tear the other person’s opinion down instead of having a genuine discussion when it becomes a problem.
How about an icon or color next to each character telling us what weight class they are. I want to be to compare 2 vehicle’s stats side by side so I can better decide what kart I want.
I think Nintendo straight up lied about that in the patch notes. It seems to be pretty much exactly the same to me, and a lot of people are saying the same thing.