Mario Kart World wasn’t the only must-play kart racer of 2025

Since the dawn of time — or 1992, I suppose — Mario Kart has been the quintessential kart racer. Whether we’re talking a college dorm party or a family game night, when someone grabs a set of Joy-Cons (or Wii remote, or GameCube controller) and asks for a race, no one’s saying no. Though, with how great some of 2025’s other kart racers have been, now that race might not be on a Mario Kart track.