Mario Kart Tour is shutting down in September after nearly seven years

Nintendo has announced that Mario Kart Tour, the mobile spin-off that launched in 2019, will end service on September 29, 2026. The game will be permanently taken offline with no offline mode planned, bringing the curtain down on one of the company's most prominent mobile titles.

The details:

• Mario Kart Tour will shut down at 11 p.m. Pacific on September 29, 2026, with servers going offline permanently at that point.
• Nintendo has confirmed there are no plans to release an offline version of the game after service ends.
• Sales of Rubies, the game's premium currency, have already been halted, and automatic renewals for the Gold Pass subscription have been cancelled.
• Current Gold Pass subscribers will retain most of their benefits for free until the shutdown date, while players without a subscription will gain access to Gold Pass benefits from August 4.
• Nintendo had already stopped adding new tours, tracks, and drivers back in 2023, shifting to rotating existing content rather than updating the game, which many saw as a sign the studio had moved on.
• The closure marks another chapter in Nintendo's rocky history with mobile gaming, following the shutdowns of Dr. Mario World and Dragalia Lost in previous years.