Tag: Mario Kart Tour
News Mario Kart Tour Is About To Get One Of The Franchise's Best Tracks
Yeah baby, yeah!
Mario Kart Tour is continuing to truck along nicely, adding new content and events at a pretty brisk pace. The latest update, due on May 31st at 11pm PT, will introduce the Cat Tour and will naturally feature the cat costumes from Super Mario 3D World. Better yet, the Cat Tour will bring one of Mario Kart's best tracks, one that...
News Peach And Bowser Settle An Old Score In Mario Kart Tour's Latest Update
Spears shall be shaken, shields shall be splintered
Nintendo has teased an upcoming update for Mario Kart Tour, with the 'Peach vs. Bowser Tour' due to launch on May 17th at 11pm PT. It sounds like a great way for our favourite Princess to finally enact revenge on Bowser, who has spent much of his life trying to kidnap the poor woman; she just wants...
Random Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Players Really Want Nintendo To "Fix" Coconut Mall
MK Tour's version of the Wii track includes moving cars
If you're played the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe DLC wave, you've likely noticed some differences with the Wii track Coconut Mall. The major thing players don't seem to be happy about are the static cars just before the final turn. Nintendo recently reminded everyone to check out Coconut Mall in MK8D...
News Mario Kart Tour's Upcoming Update Introduces Yoshi Tour
Including N64's 'Yoshi Valley'
Mario Kart Tour is currently wrapping up its Samurai Tour, with the next tour focusing on everybody's favourite sidekick, Yoshi. The Yoshi Tour will kick off on April 5th and feature the N64 track 'Yoshi Valley' - a track famous for its giant rolling Yoshi egg that also received a hefty upgrade in Mario Kart 8 -...
News Nintendo's Mii Make A Surprise Return In The Latest Mario Kart Tour Update
Wave 1 & 2 are coming!
The future of Mii have been in doubt for some time now, and while Switch Sports made it seem like Nintendo was almost ready to move on from these classic Wii generation avatars, it appears they're not done with them just yet. In a surprise move, Nintendo has actually added Mii (and themed suits) into the latest update in Mari
News Nintendo's Mario Kart Tour Is Getting A New Update Soon, Raises The Level Cap
There's no slowing down
The latest entry in the Mario Kart series for mobile devices, Mario Kart Tour, will soon be getting a new update. It's not the usual content update though. This particular update will increase the level cap for drivers, karts and gliders and certain items' bonus points. These changes will take place next month in March...
News GBA Sky Garden Showcased For Mario Kart Tour, Spot The Differences From MK8 Deluxe
More comparison fodder ahead of MK8 Deluxe's Booster Pass
With the snappily titled Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Booster Course Pass first wave not being far away, there's been plenty of chatter around whether Nintendo has utilised Mario Kart Tour equivalents of retro courses (and of course there are actual Tour tracks in the wave) as foundations, leading to...
News Team Waluigi Leads The Way And Mario Kart Tour Is Heading Back To Los Angeles
Wah!
Mario Kart Tour, the mobile game that gets constant updates while we wait for new Switch MK content (sorry), has been adjudicating on an important debate over the last week. Who's better, Waluigi or Wario? We stated the fact that Waluigi is better and now it has nearly been proven by science, with Team Waluigi taking a 2-0 lead in the game's...
News Wario And Waluigi Will Have A Battle For The Ages In Mario Kart Tour
Wah!
Mario Kart Tour keeps its players interested with a couple of updates each month, but it's next event is one that matters. Yes, it's going to be Team Wario vs Team Waluigi. If you're unfamiliar with the 'versus' aspect of Mario Kart Tour, it's really just a fun way to add some colour themes into the game and freshen up races. Two teams are...
News New Trailer Gives Us A Better Look At Mario Kart Tour's New Track, Singapore Speedway
Part of this week's Singapore Tour
Nintendo has shared a second trailer for Mario Kart Tour's upcoming Singapore Tour, this time giving us a better look at its brand new track, Singapore Speedway. First teased at the end of last week, Singapore Speedway joins the likes of London Loop and Los Angeles Laps as the latest real world-inspired circuit in...
News Mario Kart Tour Gears Up For Its Holiday Tour
There's a Santa Bowser, that is all you need to know
Mario Kart Tour is still rolling along with frequent changes in theme, but on 30th November it'll shift into an extended Holiday Tour (the equivalent of three tours) to guide players through the festive season. As you can see in the teaser trailer there'll be cute festive versions of characters...
News Mario Kart Tour Now Has 'Bus Driver' Waluigi And More Halloween Outfits
Also has an upcoming Toad vs. Toadette Tour
Mario Kart Tour keeps on rolling, and is now into the second half of its Halloween festivities. It kicked off with a bang, as Nintendo embraced the love for Waluigi and gave him a rather cool Vampire Waluigi outfit. The last week has been rough for him, though, and he's progressed from being the headline...
News Nintendo Gives Fans The Best Halloween Present: Vampire Waluigi
Mario Kart Tour's Halloween event gets underway
First he failed to get a spot in Smash, and now he's been turned into a vampire. Poor Waluigi just can't catch a stake, err... break. Yes, Nintendo has kickstarted the latest tour in Mario Kart Tour, officially releasing 'Waluigi (Vampire)' as a playable character in-game. Complete with a top hat and...
News Been Having Trouble Playing Mario Kart Tour On Android? Nintendo Says It's Fixed The Problem
"We thank you for your patience."
Mario Kart Tour's had a busy couple of years since it first launched back in September 2019, with plenty of updates and new content keeping players hooked ever since. For some Android players, though, a recent bug has been causing some frustrating issues, with some players reporting that they've been unable to...
News Mario Kart Tour Adds Tanooki Mario And The Super Leaf In Its Next Update
Tanooki Rosalina, too
Although Mario Kart Tour is now over two years old, it seems the iOS and Android game isn't slowing down any time soon. Nintendo has just announced the Autumn Tour for the game, which will follow on from September's anniversary celebrations. It will include two new characters - Tanooki Mario and Tanooki Rosalina, along with...
News Mario Kart Tour Launches Event To Celebrate Its 2nd Anniversary
*Insert gripe about MK8's age here...
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...
News Mario Kart Tour Teases New Event Ahead Of Its 2nd Year Anniversary Next Week
Start your engines
The Sydney tour has almost come to an end in Mario Kart Tour, and next up is a very special event to celebrate the two-year anniversary of the mobile racer. Yes, that's right - MKT is almost two years old and Nintendo is planning on an eight-city race. Here's the promo artwork, which shows off previous character unlocks and some...
News Mario Kart Tour Adds Yoshi 'Kangaroo' For Sydney-Themed Event
He can still steer with boxing gloves on, apparently
Mario Kart Tour continues to roll along with bi-monthly tour events, with the latest taking us to Sydney in Australia. It's live now and runs until 21st/22nd September, with the trailer above giving you a look at what's in store. The main additions for the event are a green double-decker bus -...
News Nintendo Is Adding A New Driver To Its Mobile Game Mario Kart Tour
Update: Here's your first proper look at Kamek
Update: Nintendo has now shared a much better look at Kamek in Mario Kart Tour. He'll be paired with his very own kart (known as the Zoom Broom) and his special skill is Coin Box. Mario Kart Tour is quickly becoming the most expansive game ever in the series' history. Following on from the addition...
News Mario Kart Tour's Latest Event, 'Frost Tour', Is Underway
Cool runnings
It's safe to say that the summertime theme of Mario Kart Tour is well and truly done, with the 'Frost Tour' now going live and running across the next two weeks. Hey, it's winter in the southern hemisphere... In terms of the core course for the event that's RMX Vanilla Lake 1, while Penguin Mario makes his debut along with the Penguin...
News Mario Kart Tour's September Update Will Render Some Android Phones Incompatible
Make sure your phone meets these specs
Nintendo has revealed that following an update planned for Mario Kart Tour in September, some Android users may find that their phones are no longer compatible with the app. In a post shared on social media earlier today, Nintendo said, "With the update scheduled for September, there will be a change in...
News Mario Kart Tour Kicks Off Its Los Angeles Tour With Some Baseball Style
In the citaaay of L.A.
Mario Kart Tour is in the middle of its Summertime Celebration, and has kicked off its Los Angeles Tour which will run until 27th/28th July. It doesn't offer an all-new track but rather 'a new route on Los Angeles Laps'; there's also a new kart and outfit to get after. As you can see below there's the 'Pinch Hitter kart'...
News Mario Kart Tour Starts The Bells For Its Wedding Tour
The classic N64 Royal Raceway is now playable
Mario Kart Tour continues to tick along with frequent events and updates, now kicking off its Wedding Tour season - it's live now and runs for the next two weeks. N64 Royal Raceway is playable, which is unsurprisingly the headline of the trailer above. There are also some neat outfits that bring Super...
News Bowser Vs. Donkey Kong Team Rally Kicks Off In Mario Kart Tour
New karts and familiar faces
In late April Nintendo confirmed its next big event in Mario Kart Tour, with powerhouses Bowser and Donkey Kong going head-to-head. That event has now gone live in the game, and will run until 18th/19th May (depending on your timezone). It'll introduce a couple of extra playable characters and karts; by the looks of it...
News Mario Kart Tour Confirms Bowser vs Donkey Kong Team Rally
Team Bowser is the correct choice
Mario Kart Tour has turned out to be a successful mobile venture for Nintendo, which shouldn't be particularly surprising. It's reportedly passed 200 million downloads and also $200 million in player spend, so we can expect it to keep on rolling for some time yet. The latest event to be confirmed for the app is a...
News Mario Kart Tour Surpasses 200 Million Downloads And $200 Million In Player Spending
Nintendo's second best-performing mobile game last year
Mario Kart Tour continues to be a huge success for Nintendo, surpassing two major milestones in its quest to become one of the world's highest-earning mobile racers. According to new data from Sensor Tower, the title has now surpassed 200 million downloads worldwide and has accumulated more...
News Get Festive With Rosalina's "Starry Skies And Icy Planets" Update For Mario Kart Tour
Lovely Luma
Hands up, who's still playing Mario Kart Tour on their smartphone? If the answer is 'nope', then it just might be time to revisit the mobile version of the world's premier kart racing series as the Rosalina Tour is now live. We all know and love Rosalina from Super Mario Galaxy of course, now playable on Switch in the
Poll It's Been One Year Since Mario Kart Tour Was Released, Are You Still Playing It?
Racing ahead
One year ago, Nintendo officially released Mario Kart Tour on Android and IOS mobile devices around the world. To celebrate the game's first anniversary, Nintendo will be hosting a special tour, appropriately named "1st Anniversary Tour" and will show a preview of it at a later date. Can you believe it's been one year since...
News Mario Kart Tour's New Los Angeles Event Jumps Aboard The Mario Sunshine Hype Train
Mario (Sunshine) joins the roster
Another new tour has arrived in Mario Kart Tour, bringing a new – and very timely – Mario variant along for the ride. The Los Angeles event is available to play right now, running up until 6th October at 10:59pm PT. It continues the game's theme of racing through famous, real-world locations. While LA may be...
News The 'Super' Mario Kart Tour Event Starts Today, Celebrating The Series' SNES Beginnings
With familiar faces and karts
Mario Kart Tour is kicking off a brand new event today which celebrates the series' very first title released way back in 1992. You may have spotted its announcement during last week's Mario 35th Anniversary Direct; the event runs from now until 22nd September and will feature special appearances from Mario and Donkey...
News "Super" Mario Kart Tour Event Starts Next Week, Get Ready To Welcome Back Two Familiar Faces
From the original 1992 kart outing
Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit wasn't the only racer discussed during Super Mario's 35th anniversary Direct. In addition to this, Nintendo announced a special new "Super" Mario Kart Tour event fueled by nostalgia. This event runs from 8th September (that's next week) until 22nd September and will feature special...
News Mario Kart Tour's Pirate Tour Adds King Bob-Omb And Pirate Bowser Jr.
And a DS course returns!
The latest tour has arrived in Mario Kart Tour, adding new characters, a new course, and a whole new theme. With the Wild West Tour now all wrapped up, it's time for the Pirate Tour to take over. This new event introduces King Bob-Omb and Bowser Jr. (Pirate), which we suppose are a little more traditional than some of the...
News Mario Kart Tour Is Getting A Landscape Mode And A New Control Layout
All coming in the next update
Mario Kart Tour's next update will add the option for players to enjoy the game in landscape mode as well as portrait mode, Nintendo has revealed. Since the game launched last September, Mario Kart Tour has been a portrait-exclusive affair. This newly announced landscape option helps the game to look a little more at...
News Dixie Kong Celebrates Her Mario Kart Tour Debut With A Special Timeline Video
See all the games she has appeared in
Last week, Nintendo revealed it would be bringing Funky Kong and Dixie Kong to its mobile racer Mario Kart Tour. Dixie Kong has now officially made her debut in the Jungle Tour and to help remind players of her past history, Nintendo of America has uploaded the following timeline video on Twitter: Some of...
News Mario Kart Tour's Jungle Tour Brings Some Familiar Faces To The Races
You know them well
A recent update to Mario Kart Tour added multiplayer team racing and custom matchmaking to the mobile game, but now the Jungle Tour is live and it's bringing back some fan-favourite members of the Kong clan to race alongside Mario and company. DK and Diddy already feature as playable characters, but as you can see from the...
News Mario Kart Tour Update Adds Multiplayer Team Racing And Custom Matchmaking
Version 2.1.0 has arrived
A new update has drifted onto the scene in Mario Kart Tour, bringing with it a couple of welcome new features that should improve your multiplayer gaming experience. The first new addition is Team Races, which puts players into four separate teams of two racers. These races can be made up of friends nearby, friends online,...
News Mario Kart Tour Multiplayer Modes Are Now Live
Better late than never
Update (Mon 9th Mar, 2020 09:30 GMT): The Mario Kart Tour multiplayer content has now officially arrived. Nintendo is celebrating the launch with a retweet campaign on Twitter which could end up seeing each and every player receive 30 rubies and an in-game badge. Original Article (Tue 3rd Mar, 2020 03:05 GMT): When the...
News Mario Kart Tour Adds Classic Mario And Luigi And A Remixed Version Of Mario Circuit
"Wahoo!"
Mario Kart Tour is celebrating our favourite moustachioed plumber's roots over the next couple of weeks, with today signalling the start of the Mario Bros. Tour. This new tour will be active from today until 11th March and adds 'Classic' variants of Mario and Luigi into the mix. As you can see in the video above, these versions of...
News Another Mario Kart Tour Multiplayer Test Is Coming, And You're Invited
Update: And it's live!
Update: Just one day after the thing was first announced, Nintendo has kickstarted the second multiplayer test for Mario Kart Tour. You can get in on the action by heading to the game's menu and selecting 'Multiplayer'. Original Article (Tue 21st Jan, 2020 10:30 GMT): Nintendo has revealed that Mario Kart Tour is set to...
News Mario Kart Tour's New Year Event Starts On 31st December
New driver alts, karts and gliders up for grabs
Nintendo has announced the next event for its free-to-play mobile game Mario Kart Tour. Of course, it's all tied to the new year. Celebrations starting on 31st December with the aptly named New Year's Tour. This next tour will decorate the Tokyo track, add multiple new driver alts, karts and gliders,...
News Mario Kart Tour Finally Gets Real-Time Multiplayer, Kind Of
A beta test gets things underway
Ever since it first drifted onto the scene, Mario Kart Tour players have been hoping to see the addition of true multiplayer gameplay. Thankfully, that very day is (kind of) upon us, with the launch of a beta test for select users. Starting from today, 19th December, and running until 05:59 UTC on 27th December, a...
News Birdo Joins Mario Kart Tour's Holiday Event As A Playable Character
And there's a reindeer Yoshi
Yet another new tour is on the way to Mario Kart Tour this week, and it looks set to add three new characters for players to pick up. Serving as the last tour of the year, the 'Holiday Tour' is due to kick off from 10pm PT on 17th December (so that's 6am GMT the following morning). As you can see in the promotional...
News Google Play Votes Mario Kart Tour As One Of The 'Best Casual Games' For 2019
Alongside a Toy Story game
Mario Kart Tour has had a very successful first few months on the road, generating millions of dollars in revenue and even going on to be the most-downloaded free game on the Apple Store this year, despite launching in September. Now, it's getting even more recognition. Google Play has listed the title in its 'Best Casual...
News Mario Kart Tour Sets Course For London Next Week
Two new characters appear in the pipe
The next destination for Mario Kart Tour has been revealed, with all of our favourite Mushroom Kingdom racers setting course for rainy old London. The new tour will feature a brand new London-themed track, two new drivers for the game's spotlight pipe, and presumably the usual addition of new karts and gliders...
News Pink Gold Peach Is Ready To Race In Mario Kart Tour's Limited-Time Winter Event
Let's go!
The winter tour is currently underway in Nintendo's latest mobile release, Mario Kart Tour. Part of this update includes the arrival of the new racer, Pink Gold Peach. This racer is part of the second phase of the update which is available from now until the end of the tour. Apart from Pink Gold Peach, you can also unlock the Wildfire...
News Mario Kart Tour Celebrates The Festive Season In Its Latest Update
And updates the controls
Lakitu's latest video for Mario Kart Tour has revealed the next big update (out today) is the Winter Tour. This update adds in the Mario Kart DS track DK Pass, three new drivers, new karts and gliders, and updates the control system. Here's a bit about the control update at the 1:30 mark: Now you can steer and drift...
News Turns Out Bandai Namco Helped To Develop Mario Kart Tour
Partnership with Nintendo continues to flourish
It has been revealed that Bandai Namco, the studio famous for series such as Tekken and Pac-Man, had a significant role in the development of Nintendo's recent mobile release, Mario Kart Tour. Bandai Namco has revealed its involvement on its official website, noting that the studio implemented visual...
News Mario Kart Tour's Next Stop Is Paris, Complete With Vacation Peach And Pastry Chef Shy Guy
Va-va-voom
It won't be long before you find yourself drifting into a brand new country with Mario Kart Tour, as the free-to-start racer is gearing up for a trip to Paris, France. Starting at 10pm PT on Tuesday 5th November (so that's 1am ET / 6am GMT / 7am CET the following morning), Mario and co. will be taking to the streets of Paris for more...
More details to be revealed soon
When Nintendo launched Mario Kart Tour on mobile devices back in September, users quickly noticed the game featured a special Gold Pass subscription – allowing racers to get more in-game rewards. If you didn't think there was enough incentive to sign up previously, Nintendo is now attempting to increase its value...
News Mario Kart Tour Was Downloaded 123.9 Million Times In Its First Month
And it made $37.4 million
At the end of last month, Mario Kart Tour made the transition across to smartphone devices. Since then, it has been downloaded an estimated 123.9 million times across the App Store and Google Play. This makes it the most downloaded Nintendo mobile game on launch. As illustrated by Sensor Tower Store Intelligence data,...
