United Kingdom, April 12 -- 'Mario Kart World' costs $80 because Nintendo believes the game offers good value to players.

Since the upcoming racing game was announced with its higher price tag for the digital edition - with the physical version set to retail for $90 - some fans have complained 'Mario Kart World' costs too much, but Nintendo of America's Vice President of Product and Player Experience, Bill Trinent has now insisted the price for the title is right because the game "is so big and so vast".

He told IGN: "I would say it's less about the strategy of pricing 'Mario Kart World', it's more just whenever we look at a given game, we just look at what is the experience, and what's the content, and what's the value?

"But honestly,...