Mario Kart Tour is driving off into the sunset.
On social media, Nintendo confirmed that its free-to-play mobile racing game will be shut down on September 30, 2026 at 2 a.m. ET. Unlike with fellow Nintendo mobile game Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp, Mario Kart Tour won’t receive an offline version, meaning that it will be completely unavailable come September.
Service for the Mario Kart Tour game ends on Sept. 29 at 11:00 p.m. PT / Sept. 30 at 8:00 a.m. CEST. Thank you for your support throughout the years. For info on how rubies and the Mario Kart Tour Gold Pass will be handled moving forward, see in-game notifications or FAQ below.
— Mario Kart Tour (@mariokarttourEN) July 8, 2026
As of July 7, Nintendo has also stopped selling Mario Kart Tour‘s digital currency and Gold Pass. Those with active subscriptions to the latter, however, will be able to continue to enjoy benefits, minus those tied to continuous subscriptions, until the end of service in September.
Mario Kart Tour launched on Android and iOS in September 2019, meaning that this shutdown will come exactly seven years later. The game received mixed reviews for its gacha-heavy monetization.
Still, it was a pretty solid run considering Nintendo’s big mobile game push in the late 2010s that fizzled out fairly quickly, with games like Dragalia Lost, Dr. Mario World and Miitomo being sunset over the past several years. That said, a handful of other Nintendo mobile games remain, including the aforementioned offline Complete version of Pocket Camp, Fire Emblem Heroes (the Japanese gaming giant’s biggest mobile hit), the minigame compilation Pictonico and the AR experience Pikmin Bloom. Super Mario Run, Nintendo’s first mobile game that is not a live service, is also still available.
Of course, those who want their Mario racing fix still have Mario Kart World on the Nintendo Switch 2, which got a free update last week that added two new routes to Knockout Tour and stickers for Photo Mode. Notably, though, the game hasn’t yet gotten any premium DLC, which fans have been expecting after Mario Kart 8 Deluxe on the Switch got significant add-on content for a number of years.
In related news, two YouTubers recently made a video featuring a “playable” version of Mario Kart.
Image credit: Nintendo
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