Mario Kart World is a Nintendo Switch 2 exclusive, which means it is not available on Switch 1 or any other Switch consoles. Nintendo has said that Mario Kart World essentially wouldn't have been possible on the original Switch - it needs the features and specs of the Nintendo Switch 2 to run how the developers intended.

Refined and expanded over 10 years, it includes many of the series’ greatest tracks, too. It is the fifth-best-selling game of all time. Nintendo could have been forgiven for just extending it on to the Switch 2 and making it a forever game.