Mario Kart Tour content ending has fans speculating about Mario Kart 9 NintendoNintendo quietly announcing the end of new content for Mario Kart Tour and the upcoming final wave of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe \u2013 Booster Course Pass has fans speculating about the series\u2019 future. After four years, Mario Kart Tour is getting its final new content drop next month. Nintendo \u2013 very quietly \u2013 made the announcement through an in-app message that buries the fact that \u201cno new courses, drivers, karts or gliders will be added\u201d after October 4. Now, fans are wondering if Mario Kart 9 is around the corner, especially with Mario Kart 8 Deluxe \u2013 Booster Course Pass\u2019 sixth and final wave coming by the end of 2023. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and Tour are both getting their last pieces of new content soon In the message, the Mario Kart Tour Team announced the next three tours. From October 4 on, however, all tours will consist of existing content. Battle Tour shares a name with a tour held last year, and there have been Halloween Tours every year since the game launched in 2019. The good news for fans is that Mario Kart Tour will still be accessible. There seem to be no plans to delist or completely end support anytime soon as was the case with Dragalia Lost and Dr. Mario World. Some are convinced the end of Mario Kart Tour content lining up with the end of the Booster Course Pass is no coincidence. While the series has expanded with Tour (a mobile game) and Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit (a mixed-reality game), the Switch generation has not received a brand-new traditional Mario Kart game. The news has fans speculating \u2013 or at least hoping \u2013 this means Mario Kart 9 is next. Them stopping tour means they have more people for working on new projects \u2013 it may mean a future for Mario Kart 9, a new mobile game, or other quality projects unrelated to Mario Kart we can enjoy. I’m optimistic anyways. \u2014 Triforce Comet (@TriforceComet) September 11, 2023 Adding fuel to the speculation are the ongoing rumors of a Nintendo Switch successor possibly releasing next year. The Switch 2 was reportedly shown off behind closed doors at this year\u2019s Gamescom, boasting much-improved hardware specs. Since its 2017 release, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe has topped the list of bestselling Switch games. As Grayson_0304 points out, it would make perfect sense to release Mario Kart 9 early in the Switch 2\u2019s life, possibly as a launch title. The timing could just be a coincidence, but it would make sense for Nintendo to want to wrap up the current generation of Mario Kart games now before the new one presumably begins. Regardless of their intentions, it\u2019s clear that \u2013 nearly 10 years since Mario Kart 8\u2019s initial Wii U release \u2013 there\u2019s a strong desire for a brand-new Mario Kart game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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