Mario Kart Tour
■ Mario Kart takes a world tour!
Mario and friends go global in this new Mario Kart as they race around courses inspired by real-world cities in addition to classic Mario Kart courses! These destinations will be featured in tours that rotate every two weeks! In addition to courses based on iconic locales, some of your favorite Mario Kart characters will get variations that incorporate the local flavor of cities featured in the game!
■ Endless Mario Kart fun at your fingertips!
The Mario Kart series known and loved by many is ready to take the world by storm – one smart device at a time! With just one finger, you can steer and drift with ease and sling devastating items as you go for the gold in cups filled with new and classic Mario Kart courses.
■ Nab 1st place with items and Frenzy mode!
In Mario Kart Tour you have access to an arsenal of powerful items that can mix things up on the racetrack! Turn up the heat by activating the new Frenzy mode, which gives an unlimited supply of a certain item and makes you invincible! Make the most of the ensuing chaos, as Frenzy mode only lasts a short time!
■ Collect drivers, karts, badges, and more!
Earn Grand Stars by racing or fire off the featured pipe to receive more drivers, karts, and gliders! You can also proudly display badges, earned by completing certain challenges, next to your in-game name!
■ Bonus challenge courses put a twist on traditional races!
In certain races, 1st place isn’t always the goal. With names like “Vs. Mega Bowser” and “Goomba Takedown,” these bonus challenge courses demand a different approach to gameplay and strategy!
■ Race to increase your online rank!
Boost with the best of ’em! Your high scores will determine how you compare to other players all over the world. Keep practicing and trying out different combinations of drivers, karts, and gliders to increase your score and rise to the top!
Mario Kart Tour Review
et’s look at the basics first, though. Mario Kart Tour is based on the modern Mario Kart games and were it not for its insistence on being played in portrait mode (you can’t turn the screen sideways for this one) you’d be forgiven for thinking it was a straight mobile port of Mario Kart Wii, 7, 8 or the like. Once you start playing it, though, it’s immediately clear that this is a very different Mario Kart experience: for starters, its controls are very different to what you’re used to.
Your kart accelerates automatically, and is controlled by swiping your finger left or right. There are two variations on this: a beginner control scheme where swiping simply turns in that direction (essentially acting like an analogue stick), and an advanced one where swiping makes your kart hop and start powersliding in that direction. This means the advanced set-up is the only way to get speed boosts by sliding round corners, so naturally it’s the best one to go for if you want the best chance of winning races.
The only issue here is that the controls can take a little longer to get used to than other Mario Kart games. Because this advanced method uses power slides and nothing else, moving slightly left or right can be tricky since a power slide usually starts with the kart swinging out in the opposite direction. The result is a feel similar to Mario Kart 64 in a way, where the best way to collect something that’s slightly to the right of you is by actually moving left. It’s initially counter-intuitive (and one of the main reasons you may be seeing people online saying it controls terribly) but stick with it and after a couple of hours it becomes a lot easier to handle. It’s never going to be as intuitive as a normal controller, of course, but it’s passable enough to win races.
Get used to Mario Kart Tour’s unconventional control system and ignore its overpriced and unnecessary subscription service and you’re left with a fun, free mobile take on the series. It was never going to replace Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, but by not including an energy system and promising regular new content Nintendo is at least offering a decent alternative to pass the time when you’re out and about without your Switch.
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