You Can Play as the Moo Moo Meadows Cow in Mario Kart World and the Internet Is Thrilled

I'm atrocious to everyone who was successful earshot of maine erstwhile the Mario Kart World trailer dropped astatine yesterday's Nintendo Switch 2 Direct. Because erstwhile I saw this, I screamed:

YOU CAN PLAY AS THE FREAKING COW?!?!!!!! MARIO KART WORLD?!!!!!! pic.twitter.com/6uIZ4A0MVF

— ☆オードリーAudrey☆ (@aitaikimochi) April 2, 2025

Yes, if you someway haven't heard/didn't notice, Mario Kart World has gone perfectly nuts connected what characters are allowed to thrust centrifugal vehicles this clip around. While Super Smash Bros. has taken the way of adding characters from each Nintendo-adjacent franchise imaginable to its roster, Mario Kart has gone the different mode by digging heavy into Mario lore and adding each azygous goofy small feline you've ever seen to the line-up of kart racers. Right down to 1 of the cows populating Moo Moo Meadows successful Mario Kart 8.

THEY REALLY ARE ADDING ANYBODY LMAO https://t.co/UcvrIXxg57 pic.twitter.com/JJdofUopVe

— No Context Super Mario (@SuperMarioOOC85) April 2, 2025

The Moo Moo, oregon conscionable Cow arsenic they're referred to successful the authoritative roster, is getting peculiar attraction online from the community. Already, radical are drafting up fanart to observe this cute, goofy, seemingly random variation to a line-up that, up til now, has mostly included the Mario series' astir celebrated and beloved characters.

They're also, predictably, making each sorts of of memes:

Mario Kart players seeing that Cow racing pic.twitter.com/7eAN22LWPd

— SwagKirb (@Swag_K1RBY) April 2, 2025

wanted to fto everyone cognize that this was my archetypal thought upon seeing the moo moo meadows cattle successful mario kart pic.twitter.com/CCWZA0nqfL

— ticky fraggle ! (@tickyworm) April 2, 2025

The adjuvant lakitu erstwhile the moo moo meadow cattle falls disconnected the way successful mario kart satellite pic.twitter.com/7gBgLg5P1u

— Regice (@reg1ce) April 2, 2025

The summation of Cow has besides led to some... absorbing speculation. For instance, successful 1 changeable successful the trailer, Mario consumes a burger. Will Cow besides devour a burger astatine immoderate constituent successful the game? What does this mean, philosophically, for Cow?

What's more, does this mean we'll get to spot Cow wearing a assortment of costumes similar the different characters? Can we contention arsenic Cow successful Moo Moo Meadows? How bash each the different cows consciousness astir this? How did a Cow get a driver's licence anyway?

We conscionable went hands-on with Mario Kart World astatine a peculiar Nintendo event, and yes, we did play arsenic Cow. Cow was 1 of our favourite playable characters, and we're excited to find retired much astir immoderate of the different unlockable weird small guys we've seen connected the courses, and imaginable funky costumes we mightiness yet spot Cow donning. Hopefully Cow doesn't person to devour a burger first.

We've got everything you request to cognize astir Mario Kart World and the Nintendo Switch 2 present astatine IGN, from tons of caller details astir both, to wherefore the hardware and games are truthful dang expensive.

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