Nintendo Announces Mario Kart World Direct with Runtime Comparable to a Grand Prix – Watch Here

Whoa, okay, so let’s talk Nintendo Direct. You know, if you’re not drowning in it already this month. Got this odd nugget—yeah, a little newsy bit—about Mario Kart World (MKW for us acronym lovers) and how long this special showcase is gonna stretch. Ninty (I love calling ’em that, just feels right) set up this Direct during the whole Switch 2 shindig.

Honestly, what else are you doing next Thursday? Probably not much, unless you have a secret life I’m unaware of. And who wouldn’t wanna watch Mario and Luigi’s sibling rivalry play out like a soap opera on wheels? Seriously, family drama at its finest.

Oh! Almost forgot. If you click on this YouTube link—well, pretend there’s a link here—you can watch it on April 17, 2025. Yep, mark those calendars. They’re saying it kicks off at 2 PM BST… which is more coffee o’clock at 6 AM PT and yeah, quick math, that’s 9 AM ET and 3 PM over in CEST. Just don’t zone out and let the time slip past because, really, who wants to miss Toad cruising like he’s late for something important?

Anyway—no wait, gotta backtrack—it’s gonna be a snappy 15 minutes, basically as long as one of those Grand Prix races. Just enough time to tell us more than we know (or that we think we know) about the game on Switch 2. And listen, will folks in the chat be yelling “DROP THE PRICE” like last week’s Treehouse chaos? Maybe, maybe not. But hey, people love a good bargain.

Rumor mill, though—that whole price debacle has been just one storm in a teacup, right? Like, there’s drama over the console itself (Switch 2 can’t catch a break), plus the Switch 2 Welcome Tour. Oh, and can’t forget, the fuss around the new Switch 2 The Legend of Zelda thing. Yeah, fans get salty about price tags. We’ve all been there, contemplating bank statements.

And, oh boy, here’s a spicy tidbit—not confirmed-confirmed, but whispers around the water cooler say that pre-orders for the Switch 2 in the U.S. and Canada might open up again soon. Apparently, Ninty slammed the brakes on that, wanting to see how the tariff tango played out first. Sneaky, maybe. Logical, definitely. What’s up with all those tariffs anyway? (That’s more math than I signed up for.)

Anyway, where was I? Give it a watch, or don’t, but you might miss out on Mario Kart chaos, and seriously, who’s got time for regrets?