{"rewrite":{"id":"r_46e3e454872be14774fbb790","clusterId":"c_e1757d3e72cd3e997b108e6c","slug":"mario-kart-tour-to-end-service-on-september-29","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"Mario Kart Tour to End Service on September 29","summary":"Nintendo's Mario Kart Tour mobile game will end service on September 29, 2026. In-game ruby sales and Gold Pass subscriptions ended on July 7. The game has not received new content since 2023, with the final new tour being an Anniversary Tour in September 2023. The game launched in September 2019 after a delay, and was the first Mario Kart game for smartphones.","whyItMatters":"Mario Kart Tour's shutdown concludes a mobile title that had been in a content-free maintenance phase since 2023.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eMario Kart Tour launched in September 2019 after a delay from its initial announcement in February 2018. It was Nintendo\u0026#39;s first Mario Kart game for smartphones, developed with DeNA handling backend infrastructure. The game stopped receiving new courses, drivers, karts, and gliders in 2023, with the final new tour being an Anniversary Tour that September. Since then, tours have consisted of recycled content. In September 2022, the game removed its \u0026#39;Pipe\u0026#39; gacha feature, replacing it with a Spotlight Shop where players could directly purchase items. A Battle Mode was also added. The service will end on September 29 at 11:00 p.m. PDT. In-game ruby sales and Gold Pass subscriptions ended on July 7.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Mario Kart Tour, Nintendo's mobile Mario Kart game, will end service on September 29. In-game purchases already stopped. The game has been in maintenance mode since 2023 with no new content. It launched in 2019.","twitterPost":"Mario Kart Tour, Nintendo's mobile Mario Kart game, will end service on September 29. In-game purchases already stopped. The game has been in maintenance mode since 2023 with no new content. It launched in 2019.","threadsPost":null,"newsletterBlurb":"Nintendo's Mario Kart Tour mobile game will shut down on September 29, 2026. In-game ruby sales and Gold Pass subscriptions ended on July 7. The game has not received new content since 2023, with the final new tour being an Anniversary Tour that September.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-07-08/mario-kart-tour-game-ends-service-on-september-29/.239425\",\"title\":\"Mario Kart Tour Game Ends Service on September 29\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":3833,"outputTokens":1965,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1783547077,"createdAt":"2026-07-08T21:38:42.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-07-08T21:43:32.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-07-08T21:38:42.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_e1757d3e72cd3e997b108e6c","canonicalTitle":"News\nMario Kart Tour Game Ends Service on September 29","representativeArticleId":"a_4e2a772504458cc9481c2b6c","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Mario Kart Tour\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-07-08T20:41:45.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-07-08T20:41:45.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-07-08T21:43:32.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-07-08/mario-kart-tour-game-ends-service-on-september-29/.239425","title":"News\nMario Kart Tour Game Ends Service on September 29"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Mario Kart Tour"],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"news","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}