{"id":103601,"date":"2025-07-30T02:04:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T02:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/103601\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T02:04:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T02:04:09","slug":"mario-kart-world-1-2-0-update-out-now-patch-notes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/103601\/","title":{"rendered":"Mario Kart World 1.2.0 update out now, patch notes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nintendoeverything.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mario-Kart-World-update-1.2.0.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img width=\"656\" height=\"369\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Mario-Kart-World-update-1.2.0-656x369.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-image size-post-image wp-post-image\" alt=\"Mario Kart World update 1.2.0\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mario Kart World just received a big update with version 1.2.0.<\/p>\n<p>One of the takeaways is that Nintendo has increased the frequency of lap-type courses that appear when choosing the next course in \u201cVS Race\u201d and wireless races. This was previously changed, and saw some controversy. Nintendo seems to have swung things back a bit in response.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s plenty of other things here as well. One of the big changes is that CPUs have been made weaker in everything outside of Battle. There are also other adjustments, fixes, and more.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s the full rundown:<\/p>\n<p>Mario Kart World version 1.2.0 update patch notes<\/p>\n<p><strong>General<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In the \u201cVS Race\u201d of \u201cSingle Player\u201d, added \u201cNo COM\u201d to the COM rules.<\/li>\n<li>In the \u201cVS Race\u201d of \u201cSingle Player\u201d and \u201cMultiplayer\u201d, added \u201cMushrooms only\u201d to the item rules.<\/li>\n<li>You can now choose \u201cView Replay\u201d after downloading ghost data in \u201cTime Trials\u201d.<\/li>\n<li>You can now choose whom to watch when spectating in \u201cKnockout Tour\u201d and \u201cBalloon Battle\u201d in \u201cOnline Play\u201d, \u201cWireless Play\u201d, and \u201cLAN Play\u201d.<\/li>\n<li>You can now see the waiting time until the next race or battle starts in \u201cOnline Play\u201d, \u201cWireless Play\u201d, and \u201cLAN Play\u201d.<\/li>\n<li>When using CameraPlay in \u201cMultiplayer\u201d and \u201cOnline Play\u201d, the game will now remember the camera cursor position and size until the player closes the game.\n<ul>\n<li>If you change the number of people playing, the cursor position and size will return to their original settings.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>On the \u201cFree Roam\u201d map, when you gather all of the P Switches, ? Panels, and Peach Medallions, the colors of the various numbers will now change.<\/li>\n<li>Made COM weaker in everything other than \u201cBattle\u201d.<\/li>\n<li>Made homing of Boomerang weaker.<\/li>\n<li>Decreased the probability of getting a Triple Dash Mushroom in the low position, whenever the item rules in a race are anything other than \u201cFrantic\u201d.<\/li>\n<li>Changed it so order of getting ? Block is higher than in the past, whenever the item rules in a race are anything other than \u201cFrantic\u201d.<\/li>\n<li>Made it so there is a wheel spinning animation if the player presses the A button (acceleration) too early when starting a race while driving.\n<ul>\n<li>Player will not lose speed even when spinning wheels.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Increased the frequency of lap-type courses appearing in the selection when choosing the next course in \u201cVS Race\u201d and wireless races.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Fixed Issues<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fixed an issue where the rate fluctuations were sometimes displayed incorrectly in wireless races.<\/li>\n<li>Fixed an issue where the vehicle would stay floating in air when jumping off a half pipe.<\/li>\n<li>Fixed an issue where, when a player crashes while gliding and uses Bullet Bill, they go out of the course.<\/li>\n<li>Fixed an issue where, if a player quits a Rewind in the location where they were wall riding, the driver\u2019s posture would not return to what it was before.<\/li>\n<li>Fixed an issue where the item that was displayed in the item slot would turn into something else when using it.<\/li>\n<li>Fixed an issue where in \u201cOnline Play\u201d, the player would not dash even when getting on a Dash Panel.<\/li>\n<li>Fixed an issue where the points in a team race in \u201cWireless Play\u201d would display incorrectly.<\/li>\n<li>Fixed an issue where sometimes controls were inoperable on the menu screen after the player was retired in \u201cBalloon Battle\u201d in \u201cWireless Play\u201d.<\/li>\n<li>Fixed an issue where a Peach Medallion would sometimes disappear when doing Rewind in \u201cFree Roam\u201d.<\/li>\n<li>Fixed an issue where sometimes controls were inoperable when the player pointed the cursor at their own character or course and pressed A on the \u201cFree Roam\u201d map.<\/li>\n<li>Fixed an issue where sometimes controls were inoperable when the player quit a mission in \u201cFree Roam\u201d right before entering a pipe.<\/li>\n<li>Fixed an issue where the player would slip through some drift ice around \u201cSky-High Sundae\u201d.<\/li>\n<li>Fixed an issue where the player would get caught on the outside of a handrail on the left and right sides right after the start of \u201cAirship Fortress\u201d.<\/li>\n<li>Fixed an issue where the player would get caught on the fence and not be able to move forward in \u201cBowser\u2019s Castle\u201d.<\/li>\n<li>Fixed an issue where, when the player used a Bullet Bill in \u201cBowser\u2019s Castle\u201d, they would not be able to glide and fell into the abyss.<\/li>\n<li>Fixed an issue where the player would go out of the course when using a Mega Mushroom on the last turn of \u201cWhistlestop Summit\u201d.<\/li>\n<li>Fixed an issue where the player could not get out of the location where they fell from a railroad when \u201cSmart Steering\u201d is on in \u201cWhistlestop Summit\u201d.<\/li>\n<li>Fixed an issue where the player would slip through the ground at a ramp near the goal at \u201cChoco Mountain\u201d.<\/li>\n<li>Fixed an issue where the player would get caught on a block when using a Bullet Bill on the road that enters \u201cChoco Mountain\u201d.<\/li>\n<li>Fixed an issue where the player would get caught on a plank of wood laid on the road when throwing a green shell on the road between \u201cDK Spaceport\u201d and \u201cWhistlestop Summit\u201d.<\/li>\n<li>Fixed an issue where the last place would be sometimes incorrect in the wireless races of \u201cDino Dino Jungle\u201d.<\/li>\n<li>Fixed an issue where the player would get caught on the back of a leaf when using a Bullet Bill in \u201cAcorn Heights\u201d.<\/li>\n<li>Fixed an issue where the player would not be able to slip through a vase that is placed on the road in \u201cShy Guy Bazaar\u201d, when using a Boo.<\/li>\n<li>Fixed an issue where the player would slip through the ceiling in \u201cDry Bones Burnout\u201d.<\/li>\n<li>Fixed an issue where the player would sometimes hit a fence when throwing a red shell on the first turn in \u201cMoo Moo Meadows\u201d.<\/li>\n<li>Fixed an issue where one part of the effects that take place for the bridge transforming when heading toward \u201cRainbow Road\u201d did not display.<\/li>\n<li>Fixed an issue where the player would slip through the ground on the road between \u201dStarview Peak\u201d and \u201cSky-High Sundae\u201d.<\/li>\n<li>Fixed an issue where some of the item boxes would not have appeared in \u201cWario Shipyard\u201d.<\/li>\n<li>Fixed an issue where the player would slip through the bottom of a rock near the goal of \u201dWario Shipyard\u201d.<\/li>\n<li>Fixed an issue where the player would go out of the course when using a Mega Mushroom on a turn inside \u201cWario Stadium\u201d.<\/li>\n<li>Fixed an issue where the player gets caught on a tree in the middle of a shortcut if they have \u201cSmart Steering\u201d on when heading from \u201cStarview Peak\u201d to \u201cDandelion Depths\u201d in \u201cIce Rally\u201d of \u201cKnockout Tour\u201d.<\/li>\n<li>Several other issues have been addressed to improve the gameplay experience.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Mario Kart World is out now on Nintendo Switch 2. You can check out the patch notes for the previous update <a href=\"https:\/\/nintendoeverything.com\/mario-kart-world-1-1-2-update-out-now-patch-notes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Related<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mario Kart World just received a big update with version 1.2.0. 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