{"id":422097,"date":"2026-01-22T03:35:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T03:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/422097\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T03:35:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T03:35:07","slug":"mario-kart-world-has-been-updated-to-version-1-5-0-here-are-the-full-patch-notes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/422097\/","title":{"rendered":"Mario Kart World Has Been Updated To Version 1.5.0, Here Are The Full Patch Notes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Mario Kart World\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/91dc340234230\/mario-kart-world.large.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1769052906_608_mario-kart-world.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"543\" alt=\"Mario Kart World\"\/><\/a> Image: Nintendo<\/p>\n<p>Nintendo has released the first update for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/mario-kart-world\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mario Kart World<\/a> this year, and it bumps the latest racing entry up to Version 1.5.0.<\/p>\n<p>This update makes some general changes and also addresses multiple issues. This includes Team Races in Knockout Tour and the addition of Polish language support. Here&#8217;s the full rundown, courtesy of Nintendo&#8217;s official support page.<\/p>\n<p>As always, if anything else significant is discovered going on behind the scenes, we&#8217;ll be sure to let you know.<\/p>\n<p>Mario Kart World: Version 1.5.0 (Released January 21, 2026)<\/p>\n<p>General<\/p>\n<p>Added team races to Knockout Tour when playing in a room during \u201cOnline Play\u201d and \u201cWireless Play\u201d.<br \/>\nThe game now supports the Polish language.<\/p>\n<p>Note: You can change your selected language using the \u201cLanguage\u201d setting in the \u201cSystem\u201d menu of \u201cSystem Settings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fixed Issues<\/p>\n<p>Fixed an issue where the game would sometimes end if a player plays as Kamek on Choco Mountain.<br \/>\nFixed an issue where the displayed rating would sometimes be incorrect when joining \u201cEveryone\u201d in \u201cOnline Play\u201d while in a room.<br \/>\nSeveral other issues have been addressed to improve the gameplay experience.<\/p>\n<p>Nintendo also recently released some Mario Kart World-themed Switch Online icons, with a total of five waves running from now until February.<\/p>\n<p>Apart from this update for Mario Kart this week, it&#8217;s also released new updates today for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/donkey-kong-bananza\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Donkey Kong Bananza<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/pokemon_legends_z-a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pok\u00e9mon Legends: Z-A<\/a>. Yesterday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/donkey_kong_country_returns_hd\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Donkey Kong Country Returns HD<\/a> got a surprise update as well.<\/p>\n<p>Have you downloaded this update for Mario Kart World yet? How are you finding the game so far? Let us know in the comments.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text source\">[source <a class=\"external\" title=\"External Link: https:\/\/en-americas-support.nintendo.com\/app\/answers\/detail\/a_id\/68580\/~\/how-to-update-mario-kart-world\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/en-americas-support.nintendo.com\/app\/answers\/detail\/a_id\/68580\/~\/how-to-update-mario-kart-world\" target=\"_blank\">en-americas-support.nintendo.com<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>\tRelated Games<\/p>\n<p>\tSee Also<\/p>\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/avatar.jpg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Liam Doolan\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Liam is a news writer and reviewer across Hookshot Media. He&#8217;s been writing about games for more than 15 years and is a lifelong fan of many iconic video game characters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Image: Nintendo Nintendo has released the first update for Mario Kart World this year, and it bumps the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":422098,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[21738,24138,1299,75,74,10704],"class_list":{"0":"post-422097","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-mario-kart","9":"tag-mario-kart-world","10":"tag-nintendo","11":"tag-nintendo-switch-2","12":"tag-technology","13":"tag-updates"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=422097"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422097\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/422098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=422097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=422097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=422097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}