Mario Kart World is the Switch 2 launch title that most people will recognize, but it wasn't always intended to be one. In fact, the game's developers have revealed they actually wanted to release the open-world racer on the original Switch console. But the older hardware just couldn't handle it.

In another world, Mario Kart World released on the original Switch years ago, looking and playing quite differently than it does today.

Crucially, World was actually originally planned for the OG Switch – not the Switch 2. Gasp! Yes, according to interviewees Kosuke Yabuki, Kenta Sato, Masaaki Ishikawa, Shintaro Jikumaru, and Atsuko Asahi, development had only really shifted over to the Switch 2 when the Booster Course Pass for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe was being released.