Nintendo Announces Newest Mobile App: Mario Kart Tour

<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Next up on the docket for Nintendo’s mobile strategy&quest; <&sol;span><i><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Mario Kart<&sol;span><&sol;i><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">&period; In a surprise move&comma; Nintendo announced Wednesday night that <&sol;span><i><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Mario Kart<&sol;span><&sol;i><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;"> will be making the jump to mobile phones as <&sol;span><i><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Mario Kart Tour<&sol;span><&sol;i><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;"> sometime in the next financial year&comma; fresh off the heels of the high selling <&sol;span><i><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Mario Kart 8 Deluxe<&sol;span><&sol;i><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;"> on the Switch&period; That means the game could be released anywhere from right now to the end of March 2019&period; Currently&comma; no details have been announced other than the fact that the app is currently in development&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;134102" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-134102" style&equals;"width&colon; 600px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-134102" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;01&sol;01002318&sol;mario-kart-tour-nintendo-ios-600x454&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"454" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-134102" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Mario Kart Tour&comma; Nintendo<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p><i><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Mario Kart Tour<&sol;span><&sol;i><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;"> will be Nintendo’s fifth mobile app to arrive&comma; following <&sol;span><i><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Miitomo<&sol;span><&sol;i><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;"> &lpar;R&period;I&period;P&rpar;&comma; <&sol;span><i><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Super Mario Run<&sol;span><&sol;i><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">&comma; <&sol;span><i><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Fire Emblem Heroes<&sol;span><&sol;i><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;"> and <&sol;span><i><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Animal Crossing&colon; Pocket Camp<&sol;span><&sol;i><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">&period; The strategies for revenue in these titles have varied depending on which you play&comma; but Nintendo’s earnings reports showed that mobile accounted for &dollar;100 million in revenue from the aforementioned apps&comma; up from &dollar;80 million in the previous fiscal year&comma; proving the apps are successes&period; As more apps continue to pour in&comma; revenue is sure to continue the upward trend&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">As Nintendo continues to diversify its portfolio beyond video games in the app&comma; theme park and movie businesses&comma; Nintendo’s IPs will have a chance to reach more and more individuals who may not have experienced them before&period; For now&comma; we wait until we hear more news on the newest mobile app from Nintendo&comma; coming&comma; hopefully&comma; sooner than later&period; Considering how Nintendo has been announcing things lately&comma; we probably won’t even receive a trailer until the game is already out on the App Store&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Source&colon; The Verge<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;