00:00Less than seven years since launch, Nintendo has announced that Mario Kart Tour, which is
00:05free to play, is shutting down at the end of September. We sincerely thank the many players
00:10who have loved and supported the game since service began so long ago, Nintendo says in
00:15its shutdown notice. With the announcement, Nintendo has also ended the sale of Rubies,
00:20the in-game currency, and stopped new purchases and automatic renewals of the game's Gold Pass
00:25subscription. Anyone with an existing subscription can continue to enjoy Mario Kart Tour Gold Pass
00:31benefits, minus continuous subscription benefits, for free until the game's shutdown, and those
00:36without a subscription will be given the same benefits from August 4th. Worst of all for any
00:41fans of Tour, though, is Nintendo's confirmation that an offline version is not scheduled for
00:46release. When Animal Crossing Pocket Camp's end of service was announced back in 2024, Nintendo
00:52immediately confirmed that it was developing a way to let you keep playing, with a one-time
00:57purchase release, Animal Crossing Pocket Camp Complete. It seems that with Mario Kart Tour,
01:02fans will only have the game's tracks that made it into Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and World.
01:078 Deluxe added the likes of Tokyo Blur, Paris Promenade, and Sky High Sunday, for example,
01:12with the latter returning in World. Here's hoping that more tracks could get preserved in Mario
01:17Kart World as DLC over time.
