> There's no reason whatsoever for mario kart to be open world. My gut says the same thing (although Nintendo has pulled a rabbit out of their hat before, so I

> There's no reason whatsoever for mario kart to be open world. My gut says the same thing (although Nintendo has pulled a rabbit out of their hat before, so I guess we’ll see… they’ve also had flops). > I grew up during the age of fads, and "Open World" is very much one of them that keeps on recurring. I dunno when you grew up, but I also grew up during an era of fads. I’m not convinced human culture is anything but a filtering and accumulation of fads.