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Mario Kart is coming to mobile!

Posted: 01 Feb 2018, 05:25 , by Mihail Nikolov

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One of the most famous and beloved Nintendo franchises - Mario Kart, is driving its way to our mobile devices. The game is called Mario Kart Tour and is expected to be available for kart enthusiasts by March 2019.

The announcement was made through the Twitter account of Nintendo America, stating the game was in development.

The checkered flag has been raised and the finish line is near. A new mobile application is now in development: Mario Kart Tour! #MarioKartTour Releasing in the fiscal year ending in March 2019. pic.twitter.com/8GIyR7ZM4z
— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) February 1, 2018

There were no mentions about the pricing model, but there really are two options - buy-to-play, or free-to-play with in-game microtransactions. Keeping in mind Nintendo's mobile releases are sticking to the second model (exception being Super Mario Run, which only offered you the first level for free and then charged you precious money to continue playing) we think Mario Kart Tour will be free-to-play.

This will be the 10th entry to the rather successful series, with the latest one being Mario Kart 8 Deluxe for the Nintendo Switch. Speaking of the popularity of the franchise, Mario Kart Wii is Nintendo's 2nd most sold game of all time hitting 36.8 million units worldwide.

Mario Kart Tour will join Super Mario Run as the only Mario games for mobile devices. Super Mario Run was released in 2016 for Android and iOS and was downloaded over 200 million times since then. The game also got a nomination for mobile game of 2017.

In case you have no idea what Mario Kart is, you can get a rough idea by checking the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe video below.

source: @NintendoOfAmerica

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posted on 01 Feb 2018, 05:54

1. kylebelle (Posts: 74; Member since: 03 May 2016)

Great.

posted on 01 Feb 2018, 05:58 2

2. bucky (Posts: 3759; Member since: 30 Sep 2009)

It’s going to be gimped somehow.

posted on 01 Feb 2018, 06:51 2

3. whatev (Posts: 1996; Member since: 28 Oct 2015)

Omg, I’d definitely pay for this one

posted on 01 Feb 2018, 07:04 4

5. bucknassty (Posts: 1146; Member since: 24 Mar 2017)

SAME... make it 20 or 30 bucks and not some micro transaction deal... or maybe have a full unlock for 20 or 30 bucks and i'm in

posted on 01 Feb 2018, 09:18 5

9. whatev (Posts: 1996; Member since: 28 Oct 2015)

If this game is online multiplayer it would be insane, addicted forever

posted on 01 Feb 2018, 07:04

4. Landon (Posts: 1208; Member since: 07 May 2015)

Can't wait!

posted on 01 Feb 2018, 07:15 2

6. Nine1Sickness (Posts: 882; Member since: 30 Jan 2011)

The problem with “microtransactions” is that they are not micro. You’ll save a ton of money if they unlocked everything and sold the game for $100.

Gaming will never be the same with all these greedy developers.

posted on 01 Feb 2018, 07:42

7. cmdacos (Posts: 3618; Member since: 01 Nov 2016)

Developers want to make money? Crazy...

posted on 01 Feb 2018, 08:01

8. bucky (Posts: 3759; Member since: 30 Sep 2009)

Problem is, there’s a way to make money and there’s a way to screw customers.

There’s gotta be a middle ground and micro transactions are not the answer unless carefully implemented.

posted on 01 Feb 2018, 10:22 1

10. iheartcats (unregistered)

Ummm read the name.. Mario Kart ''Tour'' this means it is a display case of the real game aka a "tour.." It won't be anywhere near the real games. Mobile games are a joke. Mobile devices exceed 2000s computers and consoles easily and could run just about any PC game from that era but they'd rather give us a crap game every time. 'Sim City Build it' anyone? It's pure laziness and stupidity from these large game companies and developers to not offer a full authentic experience and also in this day and age it's simply criminal! And notice how app stores now cater more and more to kids not adults

posted on 01 Feb 2018, 14:38 1

13. makatijules (banned) (Posts: 835; Member since: 11 Dec 2017)

If you made the mobile games like consoles, then no one would buy consoles.

posted on 01 Feb 2018, 21:55

16. Blazers (Posts: 671; Member since: 05 Dec 2011)

A few years ago, they predicted the death of consoles due to mobile gaming. Thanks to mobile using the IAP model, consoles are doing just fine.

posted on 01 Feb 2018, 16:06

14. Rager722 (Posts: 561; Member since: 30 Jan 2013)

they market to kids because adults don't buy mobile games as much as kids duhh.. Newer generation

posted on 01 Feb 2018, 13:13 1

11. Godfather (Posts: 68; Member since: 31 Oct 2012)

Shut up and take my MONEY!!!

posted on 01 Feb 2018, 14:37

12. makatijules (banned) (Posts: 835; Member since: 11 Dec 2017)

Be awesome if it can look as good as the Switch version.

Please don;t give us a Nintendo or Super Nintendo version with updated graphics.

It would be great if Nintendo brought its top 10 games from each system to mobile in their original game-play, but with beefed up graphics and added levels.

posted on 01 Feb 2018, 17:06

15. Jrod99 (Posts: 671; Member since: 15 Jan 2016)

Not expecting a switch version but definitely make it better then older versions. I have the Beach Buggy games which are decent.

posted on 01 Feb 2018, 22:32

17. Skizzo (Posts: 396; Member since: 14 Jul 2013)

I'm excited for this! I hope they have multiplayer somehow, and that it's not littered with "micro" transactions.

posted on 03 Feb 2018, 13:18

18. Pattyface (Posts: 1658; Member since: 20 Aug 2014)

If they could do a GameCube version or above... I believe we could maintain that level of visuals