Contains 42 playable characters. However, as of the 4th wave of the Booster Course Pass DLC, more characters are being added to the roster.
As of March 2022, this is the top selling game on the Nintendo Switch console beating Pokémon-Legenden: Arceus (2022) which is currently second and Atsumare doubutsu no mori (2020) which is third.
The first Mario game to release on Nintendo Switch.
This is one of the few Mario games to feature religious references, as many religious buildings can be seen in some city tracks from the Booster Course Pass.
On June 21, 2023, it was announced that Kamek AKA Magikoopa would finally make an appearance in a mainline Mario Kart entry, after 27 years of being a cut character from Mario Kart 64 (1996). However, he was in Mario Kart Tour (2019) a couple years prior. So he's the first DLC character to come from Tour.