Mario Kart 8 Deluxe will go temporarily offline tomorrow
Nintendo megahit Mario Kart 8 Deluxe will be temporarily offline tomorrow during peak hours. It will take a few hours over Tuesday for the maintenance work to be done.
The Japanese company announced the news through Twitter on Monday, stating that Mario Kart 8 Deluxe will go offline from 4:30 PM to 9:00 PM Pacific Time tomorrow. No reason was given for the maintenance, but the developer did say that it was to “undergo expected and standard maintenance.”
As Nintendo is usually very polite, they ended the tweet saying that they “apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.” Let’s have a little one’s birthday party doesn’t fall during that time. If that’s the case for you, we have a list of alternatives that you can play instead; they’re all on Switch as well as the PS4 and PS5.
Recent rumors have claimed that Mario Kart 9 will be announced later this year, likely during E3. Mario Kart 9 is in active development and comes with a new twist,” said Kantan Games’ CEO Dr. Serkan Toto to GamesIndustry.biz.
As the most recent Mario Kart 8 Deluxe has sold over 38 million copies by March 2021, we’ll likely see a new game enter shortly to capitalize on the game’s popularity in the market in 2022. But like a blue shell to the face, you never truly know what Nintendo is planning until a game’s officially revealed by them.
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