Mario Kart Tour

Mario Kart Tour isn’t perfect, but it is Nintendo’s best offering on mobile yet, and one that manages to completely avoid pay to win in the freemium space. That’s pretty commendable stuff.

Monetization really does stand out as being greedy and egregious, but it can't mask what is an otherwise fun adaptation of the Mario Kart formula on mobile.

Mario Kart Tour is a fun – and free – racing game. It's always online, and it never lags. But characters and karts aren't varied as usual, there are too many elements to buy, and its control system is simple, but not intuitive.

Mario Kart Tour is a good mobile racing game that could be even better with another monetization system. Thanks to its good gameplay and a remarkable technical section, this title stands out among other mobile games.

The prospect of unlocking every part and every racer depends entirely on draining your wallet - but there is a good chance that I will keep returning with millions of others. The attraction of Mario Kart is even in its diluted form and with a dirty aftertaste too large to resist.

Mario Kart Tour is a blemish on the franchise it shares its name with. The genre-defining creativity found in past entries is completely absent here, replaced by a hollow experience that's simply coasting on the name and goodwill of the games that came before it. I can only hope this is Nintendo's mobile initiative hitting rock bottom, and that it's all uphill from here. Because I can't stand the thought of another one of my favorite series having its reputation dragged the mud in search of a quick buck.

A good looking but shallow repurposing of Nintendo’s classic kart racers, transforming it form the world’s favourite racing game to a cynical, and disturbingly persistent, cash grab.

Nintendo has been running this racing franchise for 31 years now, and it's amazing to see that they continue to make brilliant decisions. The fact that they have now brought this long-standing franchise to mobile gaming is just awesome.

i'm gonna be honest while this game is good, it is a somewhat sort of downgrade compared to the previous entries such as 7, 8, and 8 Deluxe. its basically Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, but with controls similar to that of 7, and it overall feels less polished, just look at the models for example. and the microtransactions is bad. while i do understand this is normal for a "pay to win" mobile game (or the 8 Deluxe's DLC), they literally make microtransactions for LITERALLY ALMOST EVERYTHING. you name it, Gold Pipes, characters, rubies. but other than that, beneath the cracks, the controls are at least responsive, the presentation is bearable, and the online multiplayer is either okay or bad based on your experience on 8 Deluxe's online mutiplayer. so overall, if you don't really care about microtransactions or are interested in them, i would recommend picking this one up. if you don't like microtransactions, its honestly debatable as to if i can recommend this one. who knows, you might like it

It's okay. It is okay. It. Is. Okay. Are you getting it? Do I need it? No. Do I think it's ok? Yes.

[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]

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