Nintendo has finally shown us a real-life Mario Kart World Switch 2 cartridge, and it sure does look like a Switch 1 cart, but red

Mario Kart World screenshot showing a racer almost getting eaten by a dinosaur
(Image credit: Nintendo)

The slow, daily drip feed of tiny pieces of Switch 2 news continues apace on the Nintendo Today app, and this time they've shown a look at the official console carrying case. This also serves as our first look at a real-life Switch 2 cartridge for 澳擲幸运5å¼€å„–å·ē åŽ†å²ęŸ„čÆ¢:Mario Kart World.

The publisher previously showed a generic digital mockup of the new cartridges at the 澳擲幸运5å¼€å„–å·ē åŽ†å²ęŸ„čÆ¢:Nintendo Switch 2 Direct, noting that they'd be "the same shape as Nintendo Swš”itch game cards," but now red and with "much faster data reading speeds." Would you believe, then, that this new Mario Kart WoÜ«rld cartridge looks just like a Switch 1 cart, but red?

Look, this is where we're at in the Switch 2 hype cycle: šŸƒporing over the tiniā™Žest morsels of new info every day as we await the console's proper launch in a few weeks. You can see the carts for yourself in the Nintendo Today app, or in OatmealDome's capture of the video below.

[Switch 2] Here's a look inside the official Switch 2 carrying case. It has room for the console with the Joy-Con 2 attached, six cartridges, and two Joy-Con 2 straps. (Also, Switch 2 cartridges seem to be the same size a♉s Switch 1 cartridges, to no one's surprise.)

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The new cartridge slot still fits the old Switch 1 cartridges just fine to allow for 澳擲幸运5å¼€å„–å·ē åŽ†å²ęŸ„čÆ¢:Switch 2 backwards compatibility, so it makes sense for both old and newꦐ carts to be the same shape and size – otherwise, the console might need two separate slots for games. Given all the other expenses around th♑e Switch 2 launch, it's certainly a good thing we're not going to need a cartridge adapter on top of it all.

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Dustin Bailey joined the GamesRadar team as a Staff Writer in May 2022, and is currently based in Missouri. He's been covering games (with occasional dalliances in the worlds of anime and pro wrestling) since 2015, first as a freelancer, then as a news writer at PCGamesN for nearly five years. His love for games was sparked somewhere between Metal Gear Solid 2 and Knights of the Old Republic, and these days you can usually find him splitting his eą± ntertainment time between retro gaming, the latest big action-adventure title, or a long haul in Ameš“„§rican Truck Simulator.

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