Company Nintendo has officially announced that it will permanently discontinue its popular mobile game Mario Kart Tour on Tuesday, September 29. Since the Japanese gaming giant has no plans to release an offline version, players will no longer be able to play the game on their phones after this date.oneIt will not compete on PCs and tablets. The title will be retired after seven years on the market.
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Bonuses for everyone until the very end
With the end of the game approaching, Nintendo removed the ability to purchase game currency for real money and also canceled automatic subscription renewal. Pro However, for the remaining weeks, the developers have decided to please the gaming community with a nice gift. Players who had an active paid Mario Kart Tour Gold Pass subscription can now use all its benefits completely free of charge until the scheduled server shutdown. Those who have never paid for a subscription will gain access to these benefits for free starting August 4th.
Gold Pass bonuses include exclusive gold gifts, special challenges, the opportunity to race in the fastest 200cc category, an increase maxminimum daily limit for earned coins and points or faster filling of the pipe indicator. Players who still have collected rubies left in their in-game wallets can spend them freely in selected in-game stores Spotlight Shop, Mii Racing Suit Shop or in Coin Rush mode until the very end of operation.
A huge success thatonec suffered the usual fate
Mario Kart Tour was on operating systems iOS and Android was released in September 2019 and immediately became a huge hit, as evidenced by more than 90 million downloads in just the first week of release. Following the example of its older siblings on traditional consoles, this mobile game also offered frantic racing with the aim of defeating opponents with the help of drifting and various malicious objects. Players had a wide range of iconic tracks and favorite characters at their disposal, including Luigi, Toad, Shy Guy, Waluigi, Princess Peach and Toadette.
Pro Unfortunately, this isn't the first mobile title from Nintendo to suffer a similar fate. The company has previously launched and then canceled several promising games due to declining interest or financial unsustainability, such as Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp, Miitomo, Dr. Mario World, and Dragalia Lost.
I'll be crying about this at the end of September! :(