Mario Kart World version 1.3.0 update now available

Nintendo has updated *Mario Kart World* to version 1.3.0. The new update lets you easily join your friends who are already playing the “Knockout Tour” online, and includes other enhancements.

Here are the full patch notes:

General

  • You can now join friends playing “Knockout Tour” by selecting “Friends” from “Online Play” “1p.”
  • Up to two players can now play “Free Roam” while waiting if the game was full when trying to join friends playing “Race,” “Knockout Tour” or “Battle” in “Online Play.”
  • The “Free Roam” map now displays the locations of P Switches you’ve run over and Peach Medallions you’ve obtained.
    • You can now select a P Switch from the map and move to a location near the P Switch.
  • In “Free Roam,” you can now transform into the character pulled into the UFO.
    • If “Dash Food” in “Settings/Controller” is set to “Doesn’t transform” then you will not transform.
  • It is now easier to encounter UFOs in “Free Roam.”
  • The conditions for the appearance of some Peach Medallions in “Free Roam” have been adjusted.
  • When spectating in “Knockout Tour” or “Balloon Battle” in “Online Play” or “Wireless Play,” you can now choose who to watch, even if you are holding the Joy-Con 2 or Joy-Con horizontally.
  • Decreased the time between when an item box is taken by someone and the next time it is revived.
  • Increased the invincible time after spinning or crashing during a race.
  • Reduced the force of jumps when landing on a rival from above.
  • Decreased the amount of time between when you finish and when spectating begins in “Knockout Tour” or “Balloon Battle” in “Online Play” or “Wireless Play.”
  • Decreased the amount of time between passing through the checkpoint and when the ranking is displayed in “Knockout Tour” in “Wireless Play” and “LAN Play.”
  • Further increased the frequency of lap-type courses appearing in the selection when choosing the next course in “VS Race” and wireless races.

Fixed Issues

  • Fixed an issue in “Online Play” and “Wireless Play” where the ranking would sometimes become incorrect if a player went off course at the same time as reaching the finish line.
  • Fixed an issue in “Grand Prix,” “Knockout Tour,” and “VS Race,” where the CPU’s ranking would sometimes drop after reaching the finish line.
  • Fixed an issue in “Knockout Tour” in “Online Play” where other players’ ratings would sometimes appear as “0” on the results screen.
  • Fixed an issue where a Spiny Shell would sometimes pass the first place player in “Wireless Play” or “Online Play.”
  • Fixed an issue where players would sometimes be sent flying backwards a great distance when hit by a Spiny Shell.
  • Fixed an issue where the second item in an item slot would sometimes not disappear when hit by Lightning.
  • Fixed an issue where hitting the base of a pillar in mid-air would sometimes cause a large jump.
  • Fixed an issue that sometimes caused movement to become unstable when doing a wall ride on water.
  • Fixed an issue where players would sometimes be swept away strongly after landing when doing a mini jump while going up a river.
  • Fixed an issue where players would sometimes pass through the ground when hit by a car driving on the road.
  • Fixed an issue in “Free Roam” where players would sometimes be unable to enter pipes correctly after exiting a trailer.
  • Fixed an issue where the results screen would sometimes become distorted after spectating “Balloon Battle” in “Online Play.”
  • Fixed an issue where the game would sometimes not proceed to the course selection screen after exiting a pipe during “Free Roam” in “Online Play.”
  • Fixed an issue where Bullet Bill would sometimes slip through walls when used in “Sky-High Sundae.”
  • Fixed an issue where players would sometimes get stuck on a wall at the start of the race heading from “Airship Fortress” to “Shy Guy Bazaar.”
  • Fixed an issue where players would sometimes get stuck in walls when using a Bullet Bill in “Bowser’s Castle.”
  • Fixed an issue in “Cheep Cheep Falls” where item boxes were sometimes difficult to pick up when Smart Steering was turned on.
  • Fixed an issue in “Knockout Tour” “Spiny Rally” where sometimes there was an item box buried in the ground.
  • Several other issues have been addressed to improve the gameplay experience.

Mario Kart World is available now for Switch 2.

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2025-09-24 04:47