Mario Kart World: All demo characters, costumes, and tracks confirmed so far

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe has been the unchallenged best-seller throughout the Nintendo Switch's lifecycle, so it was clear that Mario Kart 9 (officially known as Mario Kart World) was going to be the first-party workhorse at the console's launch.

Following yesterday's unveiling of the console and the first confirmations of the games line-up (as well as the controversial pricing), we now have our first impressions after playing Mario Kart World, as well as some details straight from our hands-on coverage of the console at a Nintendo event in Paris. At the event we not only got to hold the hardware in our hands, we also got to play many of the games present at launch, including Mario Kart World, and brought back the full roster of characters, costumes, and cars (including variants of each), as well as all the Tour Rallies:

Note: Although they don't appear in the press demo, we know that Pianta, Dolphin, and other racers are confirmed to appear in the final MK World roster. We imagine there are still variant costumes to appear as well.

All the characters in the Mario Kart World demo

1. Mario


2. Luigi


3. Donkey Kong


4. Waluigi


5. Birdo


6. Rosalina


7. Baby Mario


8. Baby Luigi


9. Baby Peach


10. Wario


11. Lakitu


12. Koopa Troopa


13. Bowser Jr.


14. Fish Bone


15. Baby Peach


16. Toad


17. Spike


18. Baby Daisy


19. Daisy


20. Stingby


21. Dolphin


22. Swoop


23. King Boo


24. Nabbit


25. Wingler


26. Cow


27. Hammer Bro


28. Shy Guy


29. Goomba


30. Toadette


31. Pauline


32. Bowser


33. Yoshi


34. Dry Bones


35. Peach

All the special character costumes in the Mario Kart World demo

1. Mario All-Terrain


2. Luigi Pro Racer


3. Daisy Swimwear


4. Peach Touring


5. Yoshi Food Slinger


6. Bowser All-Terrain


7. Bowser Jr. Biker Jr.


8. Yoshi Matsuri


9. Mario Cowboy


10. Luigi Gondolier


11. Peach Yukata


12. King Boo Aristocrat


13. Walugi Mariachi


14. Toad Burger Bud


15. Bowser Biker


16. Pauline Aero


17. Donkey Kong All-Terrain


18. Yoshi Food Slinger


19. Daisy Oasis


20. Baby Mario Swimwear


21. Baby Luigi Work Crew


22. Baby Peach Touring


23. Baby Daisy Explorer


24. Toadette Soft Server


25. Birdo Vacation


26. Shy Guy Slope Styler


27. Baby Rosalina Sailor


28. Lakitu Fisherman


29. Wario Biker

All the demo Rallies in Mario Kart World

• Acorn Rally


• Cloud Rally


• Heart Rally


• Golden Rally


• Ice Rally


• Moon Rally


• Spiny Rally


• Cherry Rally

Each of these Rallies goes through six defined scenarios or biomes, so we are talking about 48 more or less defined "tracks".