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I played the £75 Mario Kart World on Switch 2 - was it worth it?

Published on: 2025-05-16 06:05:17

I played the £75 Mario Kart World on Switch 2 - was it worth it? 56 minutes ago Share Save Tom Gerken Technology reporter Share Save BBC After months of speculation, Nintendo has confirmed the successor to its wildly popular Switch console will be released on 5 June, when it will cost £395.99 to buy in the UK. But it's not so much of the price of the Switch 2 but its games that have been raising eyebrows, with the new Mario Kart World that is being released alongside it coming in at a whopping £74.99 for a physical copy. Fans will have to wait weeks before seeing what the new console and game are like - and whether they are worth that sort of money - but here's what I found when Nintendo gave me a chance to try them both out. When I first got my hands on the Switch 2, one thing became very clear to me - like the name suggests, Nintendo wants you to know this is a direct sequel to the Switch. This isn't like the jump from the Wii to the confusingly named Wii U, swapping motion contro ... Read full article.