As game technology continues to advance, the soaring development costs have become the norm in the industry. Japanese game industry analyst Papen recently compared the size of the development team of "Mario Kart World" with that of the previous games in the series, and found that the number of people in the development team of this latest game has increased significantly, among which the expansion of the art department is the most prominent.

Data shows that the development team of "Mario Kart 8 Deluxe" has a total of 163 people, including 18 game designers, 72 programmers, and 73 artists. The size of the development team of "Mario Kart World" has increased significantly, with 22 game designers and 86 programmers. The most amazing thing is that the art team has reached 192 people, 119 more than the previous game.

It is worth noting that the art team is divided into two major groups: a scene design group consisting of 88 members, and a character design group consisting of 57 people. This staffing configuration reflects that the open world map design is the main reason for the team expansion. The team composition also shows that most of the art staff are new to the series - only 6 people in the scene design team have participated in the development of "Mario Kart 8 Deluxe", and 1 person has participated in the "New Track Pass"; only 3 people in the character design team have experience in previous games.

In contrast, 80% of the developers of "Mario Kart 8" in 2014 subsequently participated in the "Mario Kart 8 Deluxe" project. This huge change in personnel structure reflects the huge demand for art resources in contemporary 3A game development.