I thought Nintendo had forgotten the incredible N64-era water tech that powered Wave Race, but Mario Kart World is bringing it back on Switch 2

I played Wave Race 64 for the first time last year – it’s incredible how impressive the water tech still is after all these years – and it seems Nintendo has finally remembered how fun wave-based gameplay is with Mario Kart World on Switch 2. A recent video clip shows how explosive effects on the water-based portions of the tracks can give you new opportunities while racing.

In the clip, posted by Andre Segers of GameXplain, we see a blue shell strike a racer in the water, creating a massive shockwave that ripples outward. That wave has a physical presence in the world that you can use as a ramp to jump off of and do a quick boost trick off of.