Nintendo Says “I would say it’s less about the strategy of pricing Mario Kart World, we just look at what is the experience, and what’s the content, and what’s the value?”

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Nintendo of America’s Vice President of Product and Player Experience, Bill Trinen has responded to the controversy surrounding the pricing of Mario Kart World in a new interview with IGN. Nintendo states the $79.99 price tag for Mario Kart World is justified and believes it will be the richest Mario Kart experience to date. Mario Kart World is priced $10 higher than the most expensive first party Nintendo Switch game, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.

“I would say it’s less about the strategy of pricing Mario Kart World, it’s more just whenever we look at a given game, we just look at what is the experience, and what’s the content, and what’s the value?” Trinen said.

“Mario Kart World, I think especially as you see from the Nintendo Direct, not to give you any hints or anything, but I did read your article this morning and I think you had mentioned that you didn’t find a lot to discover when roaming around. So I would say tune into our Mario Kart Direct to see what, maybe you’ll be able to find out about that.

“But honestly, this is a game that is so big and so vast and you will find so many little things in it to discover. And there’s still some other secrets remaining that I think as people end up buying and playing the game, they’re going to find this to be probably the richest Mario Kart experience they’ve ever had.”

Nintendo of America’s Vice President of Product and Player Experience, Bill Trinen responds to the controversy surrounding Mario Kart World’s $79.99 price tag in an interview with IGN.

You can read the full interview at IGN.