Mario Kart Tour's New Year Event Starts On 31st December

I decided to stop playing. I really enjoy the game enough to play every day and even went for the $5 a month, but eh I get sick of the grind.

I really wish this mobile Mario Kart ported to Nintendo Switch as spin-off with physical release and all contents in cartridge.

@Anti-Matter You're not alone.

And the framing is still vertically oriented. What an absolutely idiotic way to play a racing game. I felt like I was running out of air just watching it.

Always film horizontally, kiddies.

Can we have some new courses for Mario Kart 8's battle mode instead? Please Nintendo? v.v

@Silly_G How can they film horizontally when the game only supports vertical orientation?

@infernogott : The last remark was an aside to point out why vertical orientation is such a stupid idea. Plus, the developers would be able to, in theory, produce a proper widescreen ad (with the requisite "Not actual gameplay" footnote) as they would have the resources to produce such a video, likewise with many other video game ads that contain footage that is not indicative of something that can be experienced in the software itself (such as the dynamic shots of Pokémon in the Wild Area in the ads for Sword/Shield).

i like this game don't hate on me it's my opinion

As someone who mostly plays f2p in games like Fire Emblem Heroes and Dragon Ball Legends, I have to say that Mario Kart Tour is one of the most unrewarding games I have ever played that pretty much demands you toss money at Nintendo or go f*** yourself.

Yeah, I sound harsh, and I know the idea of these games is to make money. But Fire Emblem Heroes and Dragon Ball Legends at least make an attempt to appeal to f2p players by offering tons of in-game currency(Orbs and Chrono Crystals), summoning tickets, and free characters that you can win by playing bonus events.

Most players I'm willing to bet are f2p like myself who play games like Fire Emblem Heroes and Dragon Ball Legends because they are fans of the franchises, and love to collect and use new characters.

These games make the bulk of their money off players who either whale out to build super teams or off hot banners like the Super Saiyan 4 ones that are running on Legends.

But both these games don't separate their player base with b***s*** like passes that favor paying players. If I'm willing to grind, I can earn enough stuff to summon and try to get a character that I want.

This is where Mario Kart Tour falls apart for me. Almost everything is locked behind the pass, and beyond the first season, Nintendo became very stingy with the orbs or whatever they are called that you use to summon in the game.

So, a f2p player who is willing to grind will never earn enough since they are locked out of most of the in-game rewards.

Nintendo simply could not make up their mind if they wanted to charge money as they did with Super Mario Run or make it a f2p each game like Fire Emblem Heroes.

So, they went for the middle of the road and screwed themselves over. If they sold a pass for 10-20 bucks that unlocked everything and gave you a lifetime pass to new content, then I might just bite.

I bought Super Mario Run, Final Fantasy V, Dragon Quest I and II, and Doom II on my phone, so I'm not opposed to spending money.

But locking everything behind a monthly pass just turned me off, and caused Mario Kart Tour to be knocked off my phone for right now.

I just don't think Nintendo understands the mobile market.

It should say something that the most successful mobile games that Nintendo has published are ones that are not handled directly by them, which include Fire Emblem Heroes, Dragalia Lost, and Pokemon Go.

Every single game they have had more direct involvement in, just shows how little they understand the mobile gaming market as a whole.

Haven’t spent a penny and I’m always winning ranked cups and always getting rubies. Great game

@Anti-Matter

I'm on the bandwagon that I hope that either the next big dlc for MK8D or MK9 (or whatever the next name it'll be) that they add all these costumes and more for the characters!
Similar to Crash Team Racing, we get costumes. Even tournaments online to get more costumes (similar to CTR or Mario Tennis Ace)

@Hagemaru I think at its core, this is the issue with Mario Kart Tour. While Fire Emblem Heroes and Dragon Ball Legends all have tons of grinding to earn things, you can feel rewarded for your time when you see a hero in Fire Emblem Heroes that you invested time into in terms of their abilites and stuff.

You get rewarded with Orbs so you can keep up with the newer banners, and the game offers numerous free to play characters.

Here's the thing with Mario Kart Tour that turned me off. I once placed first in a cup for the season and my reward was 20 Rubies. That was not enough enough to go for one full shot on the summoning pipe.

Now, compare that to Dragon Ball Legends, which offers 1,000 CCs to the top 10K players in a season. That's enough for one full summoning session on a banner of your choice.

Even if you miss the top 10K, they still hand out some good rewards such as summoning tickets and other stuff.

That's the problem with Mario Kart Tour. Even if you want to grind, there's no reward in it.

You simply play race after race with no real incentive to keep going, especially if you don't have a pass which locks things up for f2p players.

Fire Emblem Heroes and Dragon Ball Legends might push for you to spend money, but they also reward free 2 play players or casual spenders by giving them some nice in game rewards for playing.

Until Mario Kart Tour fixes that, its gonna lose players. Yeah, alot of people downloaded it, but how many people are still playing, much less have it on their phones?

I'm still playing it every day.

The grind is limited to winning 15 races a day. You can't get more points, so it's not a huge time investment - especially because I think it's great fun.

But yeah, it's at least 5,49€ a month if you want to keep up with the rest. That's 1/10th of the price of Mario Kart 8, but at least the game puts plenty of fresh spins on the classic formula and it brings new content every second week. It has 108 courses now!

I never bought anything else other than the Gold Pass, and with skill and strategy and a daily 45min time investment, I always manage to be first or second in the cups. I'm still aboard, and it's been my favourite racer in 2019.

I am curious to know how much this game is being played still.

After a day, this article has 16 comments. SO at least among the core fanbase, not a lot. But probably a hit with the casual mobile fans.

People are selling accounts on Ebay that sums up this game in one way.