Release of Mario Kart Tour delayed to summer 2019

First announced last year, the release of Mario Kart Tour has been delayed from a March 2019 release to sometime in summer of 2019. For the uninformed, this is the mobile version of Nintendo’s popular kart racing series based on the Mario franchise.

The company released a full statement below as follows:

In the smart-device business, Mario Kart Tour was scheduled to be released this fiscal year, but in order to improve quality of the application and expand the content offerings after launch, the release date has been moved to summer 2019. As we endeavor to develop future planned applications, we will also focus on continued service operations for applications that have already been released so that consumers can enjoy playing them for a long time.