Mario Kart Tour is now two years old, and is evidently still popular enough to keep on rolling with fortnightly events and content updates. Nintendo is rolling out plenty of goodies to celebrate the landmark with the 2nd Anniversary Tour, which is running now until 5th/6th October.
As you can see in the trailer a big part of the celebration is the return of 8 city courses into the rotation, adding a bit of style and variety for the next two weeks. Some familiar character designs are also returning, along with an RT promotion that could earn players a whole lot of coins.
Let us know if you're still playing Mario Kart Tour and if you're looking forward to diving into the Anniversary festivities.
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Maybe this is a good time to install it again. I had some fun with it...it's just that I don't want to deal with the gacha aspect of it.
I wish I still have my GameCube so I could play some Double Dash. About time we had gamecube games on the VC.
Been playing this 2 years and I have all these players. Haven’t spent a penny on this game. Really love and appreciate all the updates this Mario kart tour team has given us
sigh I mean, I’m not entirely sure this mobile monstrosity is really to blame for not getting MK9 since 8 still sells bananas amounts. But I’m still not happy it exists. I just hope if we ever get a Mario Kart 9 it’s more of a Nintendo Kart and has tracks from Kirby, Zelda, Metroid, and has racers from across Nintendo franchises. MK8 gave us a little Costco table sample with its DLC and I want the meal!
2014-2021 all hail Mario Kart 8 may we all be playing it when we are in are 50's!
Y'all aren't missing much, this tour isn't anything special if you're a long time player and still isn't great if you're newer (they added 7 recolors of one kart, New York Minute 4 is sloppily designed, items in the pipe are largely obsolete, etc.)
Two years?!?
How is it almost 2022 when I'm still processing 2019 😱
Maybe we’ll finally get Mario Kart 9 when this dies…
Nintendo should be ashamed that they can't release MK9 (or even MK8 DLC) but they so wildly support a crappy freemium gambling game with terrible controls
"Let us know if you're still playing Mario Kart Tour and if you're looking forward to diving into the Anniversary festivities"
Absolutely. Played this game every day since launch. I love it. And I'm excited for the second year anniversary.
CONGRATULATIONS!!
@Mando44646 You clearly know nothing about what's happening at Nintendo or how successful Mario Kart Tour is for Nintendo.
You also have no idea how happy Nintendo are at Mario Kart Tour's performance. This celebration indicates that Nintendo are quite pleased with how things are going for them.
Console-mario-kart neglect is the future of nintendo, and it's here
This tour is great because we get to play all the cities, my favourite is Berlin. I have been playing it for 2 years every day, I have never spent more than gold pass, some of my friends play it for free, and the game doesn't push you to pay really, just ignore the microtransactions and play it casually, it's not better or worse than other MK games, it's just different.
It is a great free game, which was judged too harshly for its minor gotcha mechanic. I’ve never spent a dime on it and I never will spend a dime on it, but it is a blast to play for free and I play it every weekend
@WoomyNNYes
More like the neglect of console games in general
stares at ACNH
To go off piste let’s have that Donkey Kong racing game that was shown in the GameCube era now!
Anyone who says that mobile games haven't contributed to a steep decline in original console game development is kidding themselves. Look at the sheer number of Wii U ports and long gaps between first-party releases on the Switch that coincides directly with their delving into the mobile arena. You betcha it could've used a Mario Kart 9, among other things, some time ago already, just as it could've used a true "AAA" tentpole release for this Christmas season (as good as it may end up being, Metroid Dread just doesn't have that vibe of a "system mover" for me). And Sega, Square, and other publishers are taking long-requested IPs (Shining Force is a HUGE example) and original projects to mobiles as well. Go ahead, try and find anyone who was pleased to hear that either SF or the upcoming new JRPG by Sega was announced for mobiles as opposed to consoles, including the Switch. It was a slap in the face (the latest of MANY).
Mobile games may be good for the industry (i.e. make lots of $$$), but they're absolutely bad for console gamers and the hobby we've loved and supported for decades, and that's without even mentioning the pay-to-win/progress and other abominable business models associated with them. If you love your consoles and want major publishers placing proper focus on supporting them you will NOT support mobile games. Of course, that's your call, but for me personally, I stay clear of them out of principle.
@Faucet hahaha i get the point
@Ajnin first Nintendo refuses to go mobile. Now Nintendo might refuse to go plaform (nr9..). Ah Nintendo.
@WoomyNNYes i wonder who gave Nintendo the idea to get mobile. Here is what happened
@XavX Might we ever get Mario Kart Tour Switch?
I've enjoyed the anniversary tour so far. This is a fun little game that I don't have to take seriously to enjoy. And I like the fact that I can enjoy all of the tracks without spending any money on it.
@AtlanteanMan I thought that Nintendo outsourced this….and I think the WiiU ports are a combination of smart business and laziness….
@AlexanderDaniels …what? This is a mobile spin off designed to drain your cash. This is most certainly not mk9, that’s straight ridiculous.
@Ajnin "You clearly know nothing about what's happening at Nintendo or how successful Mario Kart Tour is for Nintendo."
And I frankly don't care. None of that is relevant to my statement. Its shameful that the series is relegated to a gambling simulator with terrible controls and only on my phone
We should expect better quality, as consumers and fans
@Mando44646 You say relegates to a gambling simulator. It isn’t. Read my post above. I’ve played Tour every day for 2 years and I’m happy to celebrate the anniversary.
The reason why Nintendo is celebrating the anniversary is because there are plenty of people around the world playing Tour and happily enjoying the game. Myself included.
It might not deliver the Mario Kart that you want. But don’t underestimate Tour, or conveniently ignore the thousands of people around the world who play it regularly.
@Ajnin so, paid gatcha mechanics are not gambling? Is that the hill you're taking a stand on?
Nintendo is marketing and selling real-money gambling mechanics to children. It doesn't matter whether you personally spend money on it or not
@Mando44646 I completely agree. I get the financial aspects of this with MK8D still selling strong and consistently. But I bet more than half have been playing this for three years. And several million have been playing it since launch in 2014. It’s time for an update….
Have not and will not play this. Free to Play is a no go....
@Mando44646 Yeah the game has Gacha mechanics. Is it gambling? That’s up for discussion. The game is available to play in many places where gambling is illegal. And available to download by under 18’s.
Regardless, the game is good! Very good in fact. And I’m very happy with the on-going support that Nintendo give the game.
Me personally, I’m a serious Tour Weekly Rankings player, aiming for the top slots every week.
"*Insert gripe about MK8's age here..."
(finds this part of the article to had been unobjective and unnecessary)
@Ajnin gatcha is gambling, period. Its real world money for randomized prizes. Paying for randomized prizes is a definition of gambling, no different than a craps table in Vegas.
Just because the government fails to understand what the internet is, much less specific video game mechanics, doesn't make it not gambling. There's a reason European nations have started investigating it. Nintendo is marketing gambling to children, regardless of legality. Morals/ethics =/= laws
We shouldn't encourage that, regardless of how we feel about the product itself. If it was rated 18+/M, I wouldn't raise a concern
Played this game for 2 years and haven't spent a penny on it.
@AlexanderDaniels
Yeah…no
There are a total of 14 different Mario Kart games, and yet only a handful are seemingly counted in the total for a numerical addition to the series.
Six on home consoles, three on handheld consoles, four arcade games co-developed with Namco, and one for mobile phones.
Mario Kart Tour is not MK9 and never will be.
Removed - trolling/baiting
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