Comparing 2014's Mario Kart 8 Direct to this week's Mario Kart World Direct, Nintendo is clearly a very different company 11 years later.

Nintendo Switch 2 webcam support is built-in, so you can even see your friends' faces as they infuriatingly zoom past you across the finish line. Interestingly, the camera also works with local play, recognizing up to four people's faces in one frame and putting those faces in the game during races.

Mario Kart World is one of the buzziest games coming to the Switch 2, so it's understandable it would be getting its own Nintendo Direct. Mario Kart World was originally revealed alongside the official announcement for the Switch 2,