Talk:List of Mario Kart World missions

List of Missions

Hi,

In order to start filling the list of missions, I did a compilation of the preview videos I've come across so far. All of them have missions that are not on the list. Here's the playlist just in case anyone wants to help with building the page:

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9dNSZK7XoDFz_k5oyt693JMPHYBlXWLy&si=aYD3MVUmNn1V-TbU

Iancamilosanchez (talk) 21:44, June 3, 2025 (EDT)

Total number of missions

As pointed out by this post on a Famiboards thread, there is some evidence that the total number of P-Switches on the map is 394. Even though there is no official, Nintendo-confirmed proof towards this number, I believe the evidence is enough as is, and no screenshots showing a greater amount of P-Switches missions completed has surfaced. As such, should this be mentioned on the page? BlueYoshi-57EML (talk) 18:09, June 10, 2025 (EDT)

Split into sections and mission locations

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This page is an absolute beast to load, edit and navigate in general. With a total number of missions just shy of 400, the fully realized version of the page would have a giant 400 rows long table with 800 images total. We're nowhere near that and I've already had issues with the size of the code and with previewing the page while editing. Navigating it is also hard due to the lack of a table of contents to easily jump between sections. Would anyone be opposed to splitting the table into individual tables based on the general location? Speaking of which...

How do we determine the general location? They are not named in-game and most missions aren't anywhere near a course. I'd like to hear other people's ideas but to start with I would simply rename the column "General location" and then just list the region based on the closest course, so "Peach Stadium region", "Cheep Cheep Falls region". At least to start with, then we could get more specific directions like "Southeast of Toad's Factory", "North of Moo Moo Meadows", etc. Opinions? — Lady Sophie_17 ^(T|C) 07:13, December 3, 2025 (EST)

I was about to bring that up. It would be nice if we split the table into sections corresponding to biomes on the map (as indicated by the general color), then locations can be identified by the location of the P switch. If it's within the boundaries of a course as indicated by Free Roam, then we just say it's within a course; if it isn't then we give a general direction to the P-switch from the closest course (e.g. Southwest of Mario Bros. Circuit). If we can't be bothered to note a direction, then just stating the general location is still good enough to disambiguate between those within the course and those that aren't. Dominoes (talk) 07:19, December 3, 2025 (EST)

I think the first course of action is to split the tables up in biomes, like Dominoes says (e.g. desert, mesa, volcanic, central, southern sea, snow, forest, jungle, etc.) Then, as for the precise location for each P-Switch, we could do directions, though an image of its location on the map would be the most precise. Hmm... rend (talk) (edits) 07:21, December 3, 2025 (EST)

I'm slightly against adding yet another image to this page because, as I said before, the page is expected to have 800 images as is. Adding another 400 of them with the mission's location would be a nightmare of loading times for slower machines. — Lady Sophie_17 ^(T|C) 07:41, December 3, 2025 (EST)

That's true, unfortunately. I guess describing directions would be best in that case. rend (talk) (edits) 16:33, December 3, 2025 (EST)

what about a location image for each section, which numbers marking where each mission is? so like, the fourteenth mission listed (marked with #14 in the table for clarity) would be labeled with a 14 on the map? that would add just 13 more images while providing visual reference for every mission in the game. only issue is actually procuring a map... — eviemaybe (talk) 16:34, December 11, 2025 (EST)

My only concern is that some of these P-switches are very close together, and the in-game map doesn't exactly work the best for this purpose (e.g. doesn't fit some biomes at max zoom and others are really small). I do think it would help solidify which biome some of these missions should go in though. - DazorH (talk) 21:39, January 8, 2026 (EST)

Where exactly are missions going

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Partially jumping off the previous discussion, but now that we're making some progress with these missions, I think it's time to address the obvious: How exactly are we going to figure out what course these missions go to? Are we doing closest course in general? Closest course in the same biome? What about Wario Stadium & Toad's Factory? (And that's not even including the dozen or so ambiguously placed missions as well.) Many of these are virtually equidistant between two or more courses so some disagreement is sure to appear at some point. I'd love to hear some other thoughts about how to work this out. - DazorH (talk) 9:59, June 4, 2026 (EST)

Per my little aside in the "Volcano" bullet point below, I think the Wario Stadium and Toad's Factory ones make sense based on their proximity, and should keep their current location value. Overall, the best option for determining borders is Yoshi's Traffic Truck biome differences (for anyone unaware, different biomes give you different foods), which do produce some hard lines (such as the one separating Moo Moo Meadows from Mario Circuit), but alas those are not found between every pair of courses. In my own work, I have drawn some rather arbitrary lines, such as the one separating Airship Fortress's 'runoff zone' from Wario Stadium's (it's right by the Yoshi's Drive-Through). When rigor fails, the next best option is just consistency; I have put in effort to keep my works internally consistent, but I can't speak for the whole wiki, nor am I willing to overwrite others' works without consensus. In my opinion, the most promising road towards that consensus is the implementation of DataMaps, since it will allow for creation of a visual map that can be publicly debated upon and revised, owned and operated by the wiki. — LumiPlatinum^(T|C) 02:04, October 11, 2026 (UTC)

Biome Names

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So, I do like the categories as they are, but I have some thoughts.

• Mesa biome: This one's gotta go. Not only am I quite sure this name is unofficial, I also would like to point out that "Mesa biome" isn't (and never has been) a scientific term. I would replace this with "Red Desert".

• Southern sea and coast: I like this one, but the "and coast" is not really carrying any weight. It could just be "Southern Sea".

• Desert biome: Good enough, but if "Mesa biome" is being changed to "Red Desert", this one should be something like "Yellow Desert" or maybe "Tropical Desert". I would be fine with it not changing, though.

• Volcanic biome: It's alright, but I would like to point out that there is a clear border between the "superheated" zone, where Yoshi's Traffic Trucks serve Lava Curry, and the "scorched" zone, where the same trucks serve Monster Bread. This should be changed to something like "Volcano and Scorched Forest". Also, not to stir up a completely new topic, but many Toad's Factory and Wario Stadium missions are found in the scorched zone. I think these should keep their current 'location' value (ie. stay labeled as Toad's Factory or Wario Stadium), but maybe be moved to the correct biome header?

• Snow biome: Okay, this is another video game-y one. It should be "Tundra" or "Snowfield", but additionally I think that "Mountain" or "Peak" should be added in there too. "Tundra and Snowy Peak" is how I'd do it.

• Eastern sea and coast: See 'Southern sea and coast' bullet point.

• Savanna and jungle biome: Not a huge fan of this one; it's functional, but not very apt. I like the idea of something such as "Tropical Southeast", since savanna and jungle are both tropical biomes.

• Central grassland biome: Perfect. I would only maybe change the capitalization, and/or get rid of "biome" for symmetry.

• Autumnal and highland biome: This is the one where I'll let a fictional biome name slide, since there isn't anywhere on Earth with perpetually red/yellow tree leaves and grass. For that matter, though, yellow is also an autumnal colour! This should just be "Autumnal Highlands", since Cheep Cheep Falls is also elevated, and Dandelion Depths is also autumnal-coloured.

• Forest biome: It's okay. I think maybe it should be "Northern Forest" to match with the others' vibe, but it's fine if it's just "Forest".

— LumiPlatinum^(T|C) 01:38, October 11, 2026 (UTC)