Overview
- Nintendo turned off Mario Kart Tour’s servers on Tuesday, September 29 at 11:00 p.m. PT, making the app unplayable for all players.
- The company confirmed there will be no offline release and said players can only view Past Tours’ stats and All‑Cup rankings and relink Nintendo Accounts to recover save data through the end of September 2027.
- The shutdown followed an orderly wind‑down that began in July, when Nintendo stopped Ruby sales on July 7 and halted Gold Pass auto‑renewals after announcing the end of service on July 8.
- Market intelligence firm AppMagic estimates the game reached roughly 276 million downloads and generated about $268.5 million in lifetime in‑app purchase revenue, with monthly IAP falling to around $650,000 by the closure announcement.
- Nintendo closed the mobile chapter while preserving franchise continuity on consoles, and its Final MKT Report summarized the game’s collected content — including hundreds of drivers, karts, gliders and 546 courses — which will become inaccessible for play now that servers are offline.