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As part of Nintendo's latest Ask the Developer interview, Kenta Sato, Mario Kart World's programming director, revealed that the next Mario Kart game was originally planned for release on Nintendo Switch before development transitioned to Nintendo Switch 2 in 2020.
When we were developing for the Nintendo Switch system, it was difficult for us to incorporate everything we wanted, so we were always conscious of what we were giving up in return
We discussed things like toning down the visuals, lowering the resolution, and we even considered dropping the frame rate to 30 fps in some cases. It was a tough situation

Mario Kart World was originally intended for Switch 1, Nintendo reveals | VGC
Nintendo says getting Mario Kart World to work on Switch 1 was “a tough situation”…
