Nintendo Switches Again. Mario Kart Keeps Rolling.

Today, Nintendo officially unveiled all the details and release date of the Nintendo Switch 2. Of course, their unveil began with a new Mario Kart.

Some might roll their eyes, muttering something about playing it safe or rehashing the past. But not me. The announcement stirred something deeper, something joyful and oddly eternal. Because if there’s one truth I hold to be self-evident, it’s this: 100 years from now, Nintendo will launch a new console and it will come with Mario Kart. And that’s not just okay. That’s beautiful.

In honor of today’s news, I offer this humble ode to the one game that’s always waiting for us at the starting line.

Ode to Mario Kart

O hallowed track of pixel'd grace, where shells do fly and dreams give chase,
From Rainbow Road to Bowser’s Keep, in you, our joy runs rich and deep.
A thousand battles, side by side, with friends and foes and drifting pride,
Each golden mushroom, lightning strike—
A sonnet sung on wheels and spikes.

O Kart divine, of plumber's steed, thy every race fulfills a need—
Not for conquest, nor for fame,
But for the thrill, the game, the name.

And lo! On this most wondrous day, the Switch’s heir comes forth to play,
And yes, again the banners rise—
Mario Kart, no big surprise.
Yet in a hundred years, or more, when neon stars again shall soar,
We'll gather still, with youthful hearts,
To launch our shells and throw our darts.

Thank you, Nintendo, sacred scribe, for crafting joy we can’t describe.
For holding fast to roots so dear,
Yet racing boldly, year to year.

Let critics scoff and doubters flee—
Mario Kart is destiny.