Mirror Mode was introduced in Mario Kart 64 and has shown up in every entry in the series since the GameCube-era Double Dash. This mode flips every race track across the y-axis so that left turns ...

Playing in Mirror Mode is like racing on every Mario Kart course’s slightly weirder twin, and it’s back again in Mario Kart World. If you’ve already memorized every twist and turn of the ...

What does it take to “beat” the single player Grand Prix and Knockout Tour modes in Mario Kart World? For some, simply finishing Rainbow Road and rolling the credits is enough to call it a day. For ...

Gaming expert Austin John Plays explains the requirements for unlocking the challenging Mirror Mode in the new Mario Kart ...

Mario Kart World does feature series staple Mirror Mode races after all, and although the requirements to unlock it remain slightly hazy, anyone who does will also be able to explore it in the new ...

In previous games, the usual requirement to unlock Mirror mode was to earn gold trophies in all 150cc Grand Prix cups. But for Mario Kart World there’s more modes that Nintendo has roped into this.

Mario Kart World fans have discovered a way to zoom around the game's open world in Mirror Mode — and the way to access it is a cool throwback to a classic Nintendo platformer.

Mario Kart World is already one of the best games of 2025, but it could still improve in a handful of key ways.

A lot more successful is Knockout Tour, being Mario Kart World’s battle royale style mode where races consisting of 24 racers are slowly whittled down to 20, then 16, then 8, and so on.

Not only did Nintendo hide an entire Grand Prix cup in Mario Kart World, they also hid an entirely separate racing mode. Unlike the Special Cup however, unlocking the classic Mirror Mode is ...