Mario Kart Tour support to end next month

Mario Kart Tour has always been an interesting addition to Nintendo's library, with the mobile-exclusive title doing many things better than Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – but also a whole bunch worse. Following 4 years of support and updates, Mario Kart Tour will no longer be getting any new content after October.

Making the announcement via the game’s news tab, Nintendo announced that Mario Kart Tour will soon cease development, saying: “Thank you for playing the Mario Kart Tour game. This message is to notify you about the tours that are scheduled for the future.”

They continue, “From 10/04/2023 (Wed) on [4th of October], 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 10/04/2023 (Wed). We hope you continue to enjoy playing Mario Kart Tour.”

As mentioned, Mario Kart has been a bit of an anomaly for the franchise and Nintendo. While some of the game’s mechanics – such as the driving itself – feels nowhere nearly as good as its console counterpart, Tours was supported with a great deal of content including new characters, tracks, vehicles and more.

In total there are more than 250 playable characters in Mario Kart Tour, with over 100 tracks to race on – making it by far the most content-rich entry in the series. It will be interesting to see what else Nintendo has planned for mobile devices in the future.

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