{"id":70609,"date":"2019-02-01T00:22:55","date_gmt":"2019-01-31T16:22:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/featured\/-1772406\/"},"modified":"2019-08-27T22:45:55","modified_gmt":"2019-08-27T14:45:55","slug":"wait-a-little-longer-for-mario-kart-tour-on-mobile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/2019\/02\/01\/wait-a-little-longer-for-mario-kart-tour-on-mobile\/","title":{"rendered":"Wait a Little Longer for \u2018Mario Kart Tour\u2019 on Mobile"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/mariokart-1.jpg?resize=640%2C360&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"figcaption\">Coming soon to a smartphone near you (via Nintendo)<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>After a delay and some handwringing over its very mobile game microtransactions in the beta, Nintendo&#8217;s next game for phones is almost here. <em>Mario Kart Tour<\/em> releases for free on iOS and Android on September 25. Watch the new trailers. Some of these worldwide courses look so cool (New Donk City!) we wish they were in a\u00a0<em>Mario Kart<\/em> game that didn&#8217;t exploit us.<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex-video widescreen embed\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1V6XecP27wE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex-video widescreen embed\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vgJO3000GXU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>After a slight delay, beta users are finally getting their hands on <em>Mario Kart Tour<\/em>, Nintendo\u2019s next high-profile mobile game. Considering the mascot racer is one of Nintendo\u2019s most popular franchises, putting it on a platform as huge as mobile makes a ton of sense. Unfortunately, early reports suggest that this is yet another promising game corrupted by unethical exploitative free-to-play mobile practices. See for yourself.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Looks like Mario Kart Tour beta is pretty hardcore with regards to monetization.<\/p>\n<p>Multi-level gacha for drivers, karts and gliders.<\/p>\n<p>Rare drivers have advantages during races.<\/p>\n<p>Stamina system limits races available on an hourly basis.<\/p>\n<p>(Subject to change, this is a beta.)<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dr. Serkan Toto ? E3 2019 (@serkantoto) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/serkantoto\/status\/1131135096881176577?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 22, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Considering this is a beta, Nintendo still has time to potentially adjust <em>Mario Kart Tour\u2019s<\/em> in-game economy before it launches. Delay it again if that\u2019s what it takes to make it more fair. But as long as the game remains free-to-play, it\u2019ll always be inherently untrustworthy. It really seems like government regulation will be the ultimate solution to this problem. Earlier this week Nintendo announced it\u2019s pulling certain mobile games from certain European territories to comply with new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/2019\/05\/21\/nintendo-shutting-down-mobile-games-in-belgium-amidst-loot-box-law-scare\"  rel=\"noopener\">anti-loot box laws<\/a>. The rest of the world should get on that, too.<\/p>\n<p>At least the Switch is doing well for Nintendo, experiencing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/games\/smash-bros-makes-nintendo-switch-best-selling-system-of-2018-1771075\/\"  rel=\"noopener\">record-breaking sales<\/a>\u00a0on the strength of games like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/games\/pokemon-lets-go-pikachu-eevee-is-for-your-heart-not-your-brain-1760534\/\"  rel=\"noopener\"><em>Pokemon Let\u2019s Go<\/em><\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/games\/review-super-smash-bros-ultimate-is-majestic-1765204\/\"  rel=\"noopener\"><em>Super Smash Bros. Ultimate<\/em><\/a>, but it isn\u2019t the only platform Nintendo puts its games on. And no we aren\u2019t talking about the 3DS, which really needs to be put out to pasture already.<\/p>\n<p>For the past couple of years Nintendo has been dabbling with mobile games, bringing franchises like <em>Mario<\/em> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/games\/fire-emblem-heroes-is-good-enough-1687565\/\"  rel=\"noopener\"><em>Fire Emblem<\/em><\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/games\/the-darkly-comic-economics-of-animal-crossing-pocket-camp-1720735\/\"  rel=\"noopener\"><em>Animal Crossing<\/em><\/a>\u00a0to your iPhones and Android phones. You\u2019ll have to wait a little bit longer for the next Nintendo mobile game though because <em>Mario Kart Tour<\/em>, as is tradition now for Nintendo mobile games, has just been delayed.<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex-video widescreen embed\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mRSuYo7xVaM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/games\/nintendo-announces-mario-kart-tour-mobile-game-1729674\/\"  rel=\"noopener\"><em>Mario Kart Tour<\/em><\/a>\u00a0was announced over a year ago as Nintendo\u2019s next mobile game and was slated to come out before the end of this fiscal year ending in March 2019. But the only Nintendo game we got in 2018 was the original RPG <em>Dragalia Lost<\/em> co-developed by Cygames. And at a recent financial briefing Nintendo confirmed the kart racer won\u2019t be hitting smartphones until summer 2019. We don\u2019t even know what the game looks like yet.<\/p>\n<p>Nintendo said it\u2019s focusing on improving the quality of the game and making sure there\u2019s a steady stream of post-release content. <em>Mario Kart<\/em> is one of Nintendo\u2019s most important franchises. This briefing also included the stat that <em>Mario Kart 8 Deluxe<\/em> is the best-selling <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/games\/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-nintendo-switch-1685280\/\"  rel=\"noopener\">Nintendo Switch<\/a>\u00a0game at 15 million copies sold.<\/p>\n<p>So it makes sense Nintendo wants the game to be the best it can on a platform with an even bigger mainstream audience, especially considering how past Nintendo mobile games like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/games\/super-mario-run-didnt-meet-nintendos-expectations-1693825\/\"  rel=\"noopener\"><em>Super Mario Run<\/em><\/a>\u00a0have slightly and surprisingly underperformed. Besides, as far as Nintendo delays go, anything looks better after learning<a href=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/games\/retro-studios-is-now-making-metroid-prime-4-eventually-1771503\/\"  rel=\"noopener\"><em> Metroid Prime 4<\/em><\/a>\u00a0was basically rebooted last week.<\/p>\n<p>For more on mobile games please consider our plea on why you should <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/games\/please-pay-for-mobile-games-1685904\/\"  rel=\"noopener\">pay for them<\/a> and check out what we think the next <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/games\/after-super-mario-run-whats-the-next-nintendo-mobile-game-1683027\/\"  rel=\"noopener\">Nintendo mobile games<\/a> should be.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/mariokart-1.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\"><\/p>\n<div>Coming soon to a smartphone near you (via Nintendo)<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>After a delay and some handwringing over its very mobile game microtransactions in the beta, Nintendo&rsquo;s next game for phones is almost here. Mario Kart Tour releases for free on iOS and Android [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/games\/wait-a-little-longer-for-mario-kart-tour-on-mobile-1772406\/\">Wait a Little Longer for &lsquo;Mario Kart Tour&rsquo; on Mobile<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/\">Geek.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/2019\/02\/01\/wait-a-little-longer-for-mario-kart-tour-on-mobile\/\">\u95b1\u8b80\u5168\u6587 <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"slim_seo":[],"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[2054,2,2467,2123,2047,2205,16,7],"tags":[398,402,397,414,413,410,409,407,478,481,482,480,479,408,406,399,400,394,10,401,396,403,412,411,395,405,404,477],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7prtj-imR","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70609"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70609"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70609\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":158461,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70609\/revisions\/158461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}