Nintendo Announces Mario Kart Tour Mobile Game

Nintendo revealed their 5th mobile title today: Mario Kart Tour. The game is expected to be released sometime between March 2018 - March 2019 though we'll likely see it sometime this year for both Android and Apple's iOS.

The venerable racing series got its start back in 1992 with the release of Super Mario Kart for the SNES. Mario Kart Tour will be Nintendo's 5th mobile game, following Super Mario Run, Fire Emblem Heroes, Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp, and Miitomo.

Although Miitomo is scheduled to shut down on May 9th, Nintendo's other mobile games have been performing well. Fire Emblem Heroes in particular has been a huge success and just celebrated its first year anniversary yesterday.

There's not much information available just yet on Mario Kart Tour, but the Mario Kart franchise is one of Nintendo's most successful. The game is sure to attract millions of downloads, and the simple gameplay mechanics should work well on mobile.