{"id":158383,"date":"2022-12-15T08:12:56","date_gmt":"2022-12-15T08:12:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/the-mystery-of-mario-kart-7s-strange-update\/"},"modified":"2022-12-15T08:12:56","modified_gmt":"2022-12-15T08:12:56","slug":"the-mystery-of-mario-kart-7s-strange-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/the-mystery-of-mario-kart-7s-strange-update\/","title":{"rendered":"The Mystery of ‘Mario Kart 7’s Strange Update"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
\n
<\/p>\n
\n
\"Image<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

photo: DANIEL CONSTANTE (Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

<\/figure>\n

When people talk Mario Kart in 2022, most people mean Mario Kart 8 Deluxe<\/em> for the Switch. That’s where Nintendo puts its focus, adding new courses<\/span> and game elements like customizable items<\/span>so it’s odd to see a new update to a Mario Kart game that isn’t<\/em> Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. <\/em>Weirder still, Nintendo’s latest news affects Mario Kart 7<\/em>a game that launched on the Nintendo 3DS over 10 years ago.<\/p>\n

Nintendo quietly released a new patch for Mario Kart 7<\/em> on Tuesday, Dec. 13, and players don’t know what to make of it\u2014partly because Nintendo won’t tell anyone what’s actually in the update. According to the official release notes, Mario Kart 7<\/em> version 1.2 addresses \u201cseveral issues\u201d to \u201cimprove the gameplay experience.\u201d What that means is anybody’s guess.<\/p>\n

And guess, they have! Twitter user OatmealDome guesses the update patches a severe security vulnerability<\/a><\/span> seen in other Nintendo games like Splatoon 2<\/em> and Animal Crossing<\/em>since it’s possible Nintendo reuses the same code for its first-party titles. <\/p>\n