Nintendo will stop the Mario Kart tour on September 30
The company does not plan to release an offline version.
Mario Kart Tour is going off the rails, and Lakitu won’t be there to save it as Nintendo will take the seven-year-old mobile game offline on September 30 at 2 a.m. ET. Contrary to Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp (another mobile game it scuttled), the company has no plans to introduce an offline version, so Mario Kart Tour will definitely be gone in a few months.
Service for the Mario Kart Tour game ends on September 29 at 11:00 p.m. PT / September 30 at 8:00 a.m. CEST. Thank you for your support throughout the years. For more information on how Rubies and the Mario Kart Tour Gold Pass will be handled in the future, see the in-game notifications or FAQ below.
– Mario Kart Tour (@mariokarttourEN) July 8, 2026
Nintendo is no longer selling the game’s digital currency and has ended automatic renewals and new subscriptions for the Gold Pass, which includes additional in-game rewards, challenges, and a 200cc mode. Those who had a paid subscription will still have access to most of the Gold Pass content for free (except for “continuous subscription benefits”) until the game closes. Other players will be able to enjoy the same benefits for free starting August 5 at 2 a.m.
The writing has been on the wall for a while, because Mario Kart Tour was effectively in maintenance mode since late 2023. At that time, Nintendo stopped updating it with new courses, drivers, karts, gliders and other features.
Nintendo hasn’t completely abandoned mobile, however. He recently published Pictonico!a WarioWare-style game that leverages photos from your camera roll. Super Mario Race is still available, almost a decade after its debut, as is Fire Emblem Heroes and last year’s Fire Emblem Shadows. Pokémon Go (which celebrated its 10th anniversary this week) and Pikmin Flower are still there too, but Nintendo doesn’t exploit them.
