Mario Kart Tour will stop receiving new content next month
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It’s been confirmed that the mobileMarioKartgame,Mario Kart Tour, will no longer be receiving new content from next month, the week after it turns four years old.
As VGCreports, Nintendo has confirmed that there’ll be no new courses, drivers, gliders or karts added to the game beyond Wednesday, October 4. From this date, the game’s ‘tours’ will use recycled content from older tours, instead of adding anything new.
“Thank you for playing theMario Kart Tourgame. This message is to notify you about the tours that are scheduled for the future,” the message reads (shared by Twitter user @OatmealDome).
It continues: “From [Wednesday, October 4] on, tours will consist of content from tours that have appeared before. Note: No new courses, drivers, karts or gliders will be added following the Battle Tour starting [Wednesday, October 4]. We hope you continue to enjoy playingMario Kart Tour.”
[Mario Kart Tour]Nintendo has announced that content updates will end after the Battle Tour (starting Oct 4).All tours after the Battle Tour will consist of previously added content. pic.twitter.com/0Igg8H915kSeptember 11, 2023
Mario Kart Tourisn’t the first Nintendo-published mobile game to stop receiving support. Previously, the company shut down theTomodachi Lifespinoff,Miitomo, as well as the match-three gameDr. Mario Worldjust two years after their respective releases. The action RPGDragalia Lostwas also closed, four years after its release. However,Mario Kart Tourwill remain available to download and play, unlike the aforementioned three which were permanently closed altogether.
Meanwhile, 2021’s AR mobile gamePikmin Bloomcontinues to receive new content, as do 2017’sAnimal Crossing: Pocket CampandFire Emblem Heroes. As VGC points out, it was recentlyreported by Mobilegamer.bizthatFire Emblem Heroesearns around $5 million per month, and is Nintendo’s most successful mobile game.
In otherMario Kartnews,Mario Kart 8 Deluxeis set to receive its sixth and final wave of DLC before the end of the year. Its most recent wave, Wave Five, came out on July 12.
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Catherine is a News Writer for TechRadar Gaming. Armed with a journalism degree from The University of Sheffield, she was sucked into the games media industry after spending far too much time on her university newspaper writing about Pokémon and cool indie games, and realising that was a very cool job, actually. She previously spent 19 months working at GAMINGbible as a full-time journalist. She loves all things Nintendo, and will never stop talking about Xenoblade Chronicles.
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