I am a bit wary of the open structure in this game. I didn't like other racing games which tried this, like Midnight Club. Proper race courses all have their own twists and well-designed layouts whereas going from point A to point B any way you like ends up being pretty boring, and that could be worse in Mario Kart World if you can just go off-road without penalties to your speed.
Makes me also wonder if there will be any good courses in this game or if the tracks end up similar to the Wuhu Island courses in Mario Kart 7 where a plain street layout is repurposed to a couple of racing tracks. Then again, Mario Kart World might offer courses from previous games which should only be playable in their proper form. Considering the high price of the game, I am optimistic that World will include an obscene amount of content right from the start, potentially more than 100 courses from older games. The title 'World' itself also suggests that this could be similar to 'Ultimate' for Super Smash Bros.
In any case, Mario Kart World will get its own Direct soon.
Legend11 correctly predicted that GTA IV will outsell Super Smash Bros. Brawl. I was wrong.
