It’s official, Nintendo has tweeted the arrival date for Mario Kart Tour’s long-awaited addition of online multiplayer. Back when the game first landed on Android in September of 2019, it was clear the lack of a true online multiplayer mode held the game back. Two months later, Nintendo released a limited online multiplayer beta for subscription members to test, and then a second beta took place at the end of this past January, and this one was open to the public. Well, now that fans and the general public alike have adequately tested the upcoming multiplayer mode, it’s now clear that we can expect the official arrival of Mario Kart Tour’s online multiplayer on March 8th.
Multiplayer for #MarioKartTour comes out on Mar. 8, 8 PM PT! You can compete against seven other players, whether they’re in-game friends, nearby, or around the world. Are you ready to play? pic.twitter.com/IRwBONq560
— Mario Kart Tour (@mariokarttourEN) March 3, 2020
As you can see in the tweet above, online-multiplayer will arrive in Mario Kart Tour on March 8th at 8 PM PT. Once the update lands, players will be able to compete against friends and family, or even perfect strangers, no matter their location across the globe. Clearly, Nintendo should have never released the game without online multiplayer, but then again I’m sure the title has been raking in cash without it, though I’m sure the coffers will fill up much faster now that Nintendo has given everyone a reason to grind for the best equipment in the game.
So there you have it, online multiplayer is finally coming to Mario Kart Tour, and we now know the exact date of arrival, March 8th. This means everyone will be able to jump into a true online multiplayer match in five days, and it’s nice to know fans won’t have to wait long. So if you’d like to brush up on your swipe-based racing skills before the multiplayer mode arrives next week, feel free to install Mario Kart Tour through the Play Store widget linked at the bottom of the page.
#MarioKartTour multiplayer is here! Let’s celebrate with a retweet campaign. If this tweet and the corresponding one on the Japanese account reach a combined 30,000 RTs, all current players will be gifted 30 rubies and an in-game badge! Watch the video for more info. pic.twitter.com/z4pVpcjkn3
— Mario Kart Tour (@mariokarttourEN) March 9, 2020
As of last night, Nintendo finally released the online multiplayer update for its mobile racer Mario Kart Tour, just as promised. Interestingly multiplayer isn’t the only feature that arrived last night since a new camera feature has been added to the game that allows players to change their camera angle as their kart is automatically steered during a race. Of course, the fact that this is a racing game that plays itself is one of the more significant issues of this title, alongside the game’s horrible swipe controls. While it’s nice to see that Nintendo has finally added the much-requested online multiplayer feature in order to incentivize people to grind for the game’s best equipment, it sure would have been nice to see the game’s wonky controls and lack of skill-based play addressed in the recent update as well, but I think we all know that’s never going to happen. Still, if you’d like to check out Mario Kart Tour’s new online multiplayer races, or simply wish to fiddle with the new camera feature, you can easily install for Mario Kart Tour from the Play Store widget linked below.
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