{"id":136808,"date":"2026-04-10T01:25:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T01:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-199712"},"modified":"2026-04-10T01:25:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T01:25:00","slug":"mario-kart-world-has-been-updated-to-version-1-6-1-here-are-the-full-patch-notes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2026\/04\/10\/mario-kart-world-has-been-updated-to-version-1-6-1-here-are-the-full-patch-notes\/","title":{"rendered":"Mario Kart World Has Been Updated To Version 1.6.1, Here Are The Full Patch Notes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/018ca4d719b04\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/018ca4d719b04\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture\" data-uuid=\"018ca4d719b04\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Mario Kart World\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/018ca4d719b04\/mario-kart-world.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/018ca4d719b04\/mario-kart-world.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"543\" alt=\"Mario Kart World\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Image: Nintendo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>At the end of last month, Nintendo released a major update for its Switch 2 launch title <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/mario-kart-world\">Mario Kart World<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2026\/03\/mario-kart-world-has-been-updated-to-version-1-6-0-here-are-the-full-patch-notes\">adding Bob-omb Blast<\/a> to the game&#8217;s Battle mode. It also included various adjustments and fixes.<\/p>\n<p>Now, <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/en-americas-support.nintendo.com\/app\/answers\/detail\/a_id\/68580\/~\/how-to-update-mario-kart-world\">in a new update today<\/a>, the Mario Kart team has released a smaller update resolves some minor issues. This includes one fix when players would &#8220;sometimes&#8221; <em>not<\/em> get a speed boost, and the other patch note says an issue with the game ending when switching between modes with multiple players has now been resolved.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what you can expect from <strong>Version 1.6.1<\/strong>, courtesy of Nintendo&#8217;s official support page. If we hear anything else about this latest update for Mario Kart World, we&#8217;ll let you know.<\/p>\n<h2>Mario Kart World: Ver. 1.6.1 (Released April 9, 2026)<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Fixed Issues<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Fixed an issue where you would sometimes not get a speed boost upon landing after starting a rail ride following a Jump Boost or similar action.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Fixed an issue where the game would sometimes end when switching between TV mode and handheld mode \/ tabletop mode after starting a game with three or more players in Multiplayer.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr>\n<p>You can find out more about the previous <strong>Version 1.6.0<\/strong> update and see Bob-omb Blast in action in our previous post here on Nintendo Life. This new Battle mode joins Balloon Battle and Coin Runners. And if you haven&#8217;t even played Mario Kart World yet, be sure to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/reviews\/nintendo-switch-2\/mario-kart-world\">check our review<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In some other update news this week, Nintendo released a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2026\/04\/nintendo-switch-2-system-update-22-1-0-is-now-live-here-are-the-full-patch-notes\">new firmware update for the Switch and Switch 2<\/a>. It&#8217;s also expanded the Switch Online &#8216;Nintendo Classics&#8217; subscription service this week with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2026\/04\/nintendo-expands-switch-onlines-nes-library-with-three-more-games\">three more NES titles<\/a>.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube\" data-videoid=\"gs9hSS7X3Ik\" data-start=\"0\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gs9hSS7X3Ik?rel=0&amp;hd=1&amp;showinfo=0&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;autohide=1\"><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/nintendo-switch-2\/related-articles:182523,199305,199550,199657 @ 1775922290 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n<p>Have you downloaded this update yet? How are you finding Mario Kart World since the big patch last month? <em>Let us know in the comments.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: Nintendo At the end of last month, Nintendo released a major update for its Switch 2 launch title Mario Kart World &#8211; adding Bob-omb Blast to the game&#8217;s Battle mode. It also included various adjustments and fixes. Now, in a new update today, the Mario Kart team has released a smaller update resolves some [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-136808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136808"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136808\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}