{"id":60286,"date":"2025-01-20T17:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-20T17:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/hear-me-out-mario-kart-9-should-be-an-rpg\/"},"modified":"2025-01-20T17:30:00","modified_gmt":"2025-01-20T17:30:00","slug":"hear-me-out-mario-kart-9-should-be-an-rpg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/hear-me-out-mario-kart-9-should-be-an-rpg\/","title":{"rendered":"Hear Me Out, Mario Kart 9 Should Be An RPG"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Nintendo made an interesting decision with Mario Kart 8. They chose to make it so good, and so comprehensive, that it removed the need to make any more. It has now been over ten years since Mario Kart 8 first released, more than double the length that\u2019s ever come between an entry in the series before. 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