Why Mario Kart got rid of crossover characters

Описание: Mario Kart 8 Deluxe featured a bunch of crossover characters: Link from Zelda, Inkling from Splatoon, Isabelle from Animal Crossing... And yet, Mario Kart World, the game's followup, removed ALL of them! Even the Miis are gone!

In this video, I'll explore why this happened. We'll track the history of crossover characters in games like Mario Kart Wii and Mario Kart DS, and read interviews with Nintendo's developers to understand why these non-Mario racers were removed.

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SOURCES
https://web.archive.org/web/201306220... Interview about Namco Mario Kart, adding Miis to Mario Kart Wii, Miyamoto’s rule, “Smash Kart”
https://iwataasks.nintendo.com/interv... More discussion of adding Miis to Mario Kart Wii
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/mar... Interview about Mario Kart 8 crossover DLC
https://www.famitsu.com/news/201702/0... Interview about 8 Deluxe’s Splatoon additions
https://www.ouest-france.fr/gaming/su... Kosuke Yabuki interview discussing crossover characters in World
https://www.videogameschronicle.com/n... English writeup of above interview
https://www.ign.com/articles/the-big-... Miyamoto talks about his rule

CREDITS
Some Mario Kart World footage via FCPlaythroughs
Mario Kart Wii Mii footage via ShyGuyStation    • Mario Kart Wii - Leaf Cup 100cc (Mii Gamep...  
Mario Kart Arcade GP footage via XCageGame    • Mario Kart Arcade GP Full Gameplay Walkthr...  
Pac Man footage via World of Longplays    • Arcade Longplay [1000] Pac-Man (World)  
Mario Kart DS R.O.B footage via SuperMii 84    • Mario Kart DS - Leaf Cup Mirror | R.O.B  
Mario Kart Arcade GP DX footage via Insert Coin    • Mario Kart Arcade GP DX (USA)  

MUSIC
All music written and arranged by me.

CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro
0:48 Part 1: The early days
3:26 Part 2: Miis take over
6:57 Part 3: 8 Doubles down
11:41 Part 4: Goodbye, guests
16:33 Outro