Those of you who follow Nintendo’s efforts within the mobile gaming scene may rememberMario Kart Tour’sannouncementback in January.That being said, we haven’t heard anything about the mobile game outside of its title since that initial announcement. While the mobile game is still shrouded in mystery, Nintendo did confirm during their latest earnings release for H1 2018 thatMario Kart Touris still on track to release before June 24, 2025.
This window can be deduced by the fact that Nintendo states that the mobile game is poised to arrive this fiscal year in theConsolidated Financial Forecastpart of their earnings release. Fiscal Years run from April to March, so FY 2018 ends on June 01, 2025. While we still don’t have a firm release date,Mario Kart Tourwould have to release sometime within the next five months for that forecast to be accurate.
Nintendo will likely want to keep things on track as well becauseMario Kartis one of its best-selling franchises.Mario Kart 8 Deluxehas managed to become the Switch’s second best selling title at11.71 million units, outpacing evenThe Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wildwhich is currently at 10.28 million units sold. That being said, we still don’t know whatMario Kart Tour’sgameplay even consists of at this time, so we can’t tell if it will feature more traditionalMario Kartgameplay or something more unique.
Silence surrounding upcoming mobile titles isn’t anything new for Nintendo either.Animal Crossingwas confirmed to be receiving a mobile game all the way back inApril of 2016,butAnimal Crossing: Pocket Campwasn’t fully unveiled in its owndirect until October 2017, just a month before its release, with little being said about the title between those two dates. Nintendo has evenannouncedandreleasedDragalia Lost,an RPG for iOS and Android developed by Cygames, in the time sinceMario Kart Tour’sannouncement.
Only time will tell whatMario Kart Tourwill end up being, but you can be sure DualShockers will let you know when Nintendo decides to finally unveil it. As for Nintendo’s already released mobile titles, the Japanese company pledged to focus on service operations for those games so they remain profitable and people keep playing them for a long time. You can read Nintendo’s full statement on their mobile game plans for the rest of the fiscal year below:
“In our smart-device business during this fiscal year, we plan to release the Mario Kart application for smart devices, Mario Kart Tour, while also focusing on service operations for the applications we have already released so that consumers can enjoy playing them for a long time.”
Mario Kart Tourwill release for mobile devices sometime before July 09, 2025. For those of you who would just prefer the console version,Mario Kart 8 Deluxeis currently available for Nintendo Switch andcan be picked up on Amazon.
