One of Nintendo's most-downloaded mobile games is nearing the finish line.
On Tuesday, July 8, Nintendo officially announced that the free-to-play racing game is shutting down for good, ending service on Sept. 30 after nearly seven years.
The servers go dark at 2 a.m. ET on Sept. 30 (11 p.m. PT on Sept. 29), and once they do, there is no way back in. Nintendo confirmed it has no plans for an offline version, so Mario Kart Tour will disappear entirely, including content players paid real money for over the years.
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Nintendo has already started winding things down. It stopped selling the game's in-app currency, rubies, and its paid Gold Pass subscription on July 7. Players who still have an active Gold Pass can keep most of their benefits until service ends, minus the perks tied to an ongoing subscription, and anyone with leftover rubies can spend them right up until the shutdown.
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The End of a Record-Breaking Run
Mario Kart Tour launched in September 2019 and became Nintendo's biggest mobile launch ever, pulling in about 90 million downloads in its first week and passing 200 million by 2021. It let fans race as Mario, Luigi, Bowser and the rest of the roster on tracks based on real cities around the world. The game stopped getting new content back in October 2023 and had been running on recycled tours since, so the shutdown is not a total shock. Still, the confirmation stung for longtime players.
"Thank you for your support throughout the years," the official message wrote.
For fans who want one last lap, the clock is now ticking toward Sept. 30.
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