Nintendo to shut down Mario Kart Tour in September, no offline version
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– Mario Kart Tour, a major mobile game from Nintendo, will permanently shut down in September as the company moves away from mobile gaming.
– The game launched in 2019, ended content updates in 2023, and will fully shut down on the evening of September 29.
– Nintendo has confirmed there will be no offline version of the game after the shutdown.
– Gold Pass subscriptions will stop being billed, and all players will receive Gold Pass benefits for free starting August 4.
– Ruby purchases are no longer available as of the current week.
Nintendo has officially confirmed that Mario Kart Tour, one of its highest-profile mobile releases, will be permanently shut down in September, with no plans to release an offline version. The game, which first launched in 2019, saw its last content updates roll out in 2023. Now, the entire title is being taken offline for good.
The announcement came through social media and support pages, where Nintendo stated that Mario Kart Tour will cease to operate on the evening of September 29. This isn’t just the end of new content or online multiplayer; the game itself will be completely removed and inaccessible after that date.
Crucially, Nintendo has directly stated that there are no plans for an offline version of the game. Once the servers go dark, that will be the end of Mario Kart Tour entirely.
For players currently subscribed to the Gold Pass, billing will stop automatically. Starting August 4, all active players will receive the Gold Pass benefits for free. Additionally, the option to purchase Rubies has already been disabled as of this week.
It’s a definitive end for a title that once represented Nintendo’s biggest push into mobile gaming, but now joins the list of the company’s mobile experiments being wound down.
(Source: 9to5google.com)
