{"id":248732,"date":"2023-09-13T03:54:12","date_gmt":"2023-09-13T07:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=306264"},"modified":"2025-07-01T18:15:24","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T01:15:24","slug":"from-madrid-to-nowhere-its-over-mario-kart-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/from-madrid-to-nowhere-its-over-mario-kart-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"From Madrid to nothing: Mario Kart Tour is over!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There&#8217;s a game that has managed to break through the walls of hardcore gaming and become part of popular culture. Phrases like &#8220;You get hit by a shell&#8221; or &#8220;Watch out for the banana&#8221; are notably popular on any road trip worth its salt. Now, <strong>&#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/the-game-you-ever-dreamed-of-exists-el-chavo-kart\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mario Kart<\/a>&#8216; is concluding its latest major project, &#8216;Mario Kart Tour,&#8217;<\/strong> perhaps paving the way for that long-awaited ninth installment for the Nintendo Switch\u2026 or its successor.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Mario Kart Tour\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/2b0b647d-9b20-43d7-9d7f-a1a053ed1a50\/502238912\/mario-kart-tour-logo\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Mario Kart Tour<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/mario-kart-tour.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/mario-kart-tour.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Luigi wins!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Since &#8216;Mario Kart Tour&#8217; was launched on September 25, 2019, it has received all sorts of free updates every fifteen days, <strong>constantly changing the game to prevent it from becoming stagnant<\/strong>. Among the extra tracks, we&#8217;ve had locations like <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/mario-kart-arrives-in-madrid-although-not-in-the-way-you-expect-it?ex=CS-1537.0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Madrid<\/a>, Rome, and Athens, among other places we never thought we&#8217;d see invaded by Goombas and other Mushroom Kingdom creatures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, there are two tours left: the anniversary tour starting on November 20, and the battle tour starting on October 4. After that, <strong>they will begin to replay the best tours, starting with a special <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/create-photos-videos-apps-terror-halloween\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Halloween<\/a> tour<\/strong>. Additionally, &#8216;Mario Kart Tour&#8217; will abandon the gacha game model and sell items in a dedicated in-game store.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Paseo por Madrid \/ Madrid Drive - Mario Kart Tour Gameplay &amp; OST\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kh0wdU1GROc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Not all of Nintendo&#8217;s attempts to conquer the mobile game market have been successful, that&#8217;s for sure. Titles like &#8216;Miitomo,&#8217; &#8216;Dragalia Lost,&#8217; or &#8216;Dr. Mario World&#8217; no longer receive updates, and <strong>since 2021, Nintendo hasn&#8217;t tried its luck with a new mobile game release<\/strong>. During that time, they released &#8216;Pikmin Bloom,&#8217; a kind of &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/paldea-gets-to-pokemon-go-its-time-to-go-back?ex=CS-1537.0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pok\u00e9mon Go<\/a>&#8216; spinoff based on the popular Nintendo game, but it hasn&#8217;t had much impact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s possible that the Japanese company has decided to focus on what truly works for them, console titles, or that they are simply regrouping to come back with a &#8216;Mario Kart Tour 2&#8217; or a similar application. After all, <strong>who can resist the idea of driving a kart with Yoshi through <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/the-failure-of-the-atletico-madrid-shield-is-all-a-lesson-of-marketing?ex=CS-1537.0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Madrid<\/a>&#8216;s Plaza Mayor?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Mario Kart Tour\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/2b0b647d-9b20-43d7-9d7f-a1a053ed1a50\/502238912\/mario-kart-tour-logo\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Mario Kart Tour<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/mario-kart-tour.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/mario-kart-tour.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;Mario Kart&#8217; 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