Mario Kart Tour Should Not Dominate the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe DLC
Mario Kart Tour feels like the inevitable result of integrating games into mobile devices. An endless, simplified version of Mario Kart that can be played on the go is an appealing concept that reaches every possible demographic. However, with it comes the pile of burdens that usually accompany mobile games, from microtransactions to the mobile title overshadowing the game it spawned from. Pokemon GO is an example of a similar fate, shaping the public perception of the Pokemon franchise to the point where GO is the biggest phenomenon related to the series since the first generation’s release 25 years ago.
With it now being officially part of the Mario Kart series and being readily accessible compared to its predecessors, Mario Kart Tour has a chance of being the most recognizable and financially successful game in the series at the expense of its peers. This case gets more worrisome with the announcement of the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe “Booster Course Pass” DLC. The aforementioned downloadable content will include tracks from Mario Kart Tour as part of the remastered courses, officially elevating Tour to the same level as games like Mario Kart 64, Double Dash, and Wii. While giving Tour some spotlight is good, Nintendo should not go overboard with the Tour representation in the DLC.
Every Game Featured at The February 2022 Nintendo Direct
It is clear that Mario Kart fans have been asking Nintendo to reveal new content for years now. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe marked the first instance in the series aside from the awkward Virtual Boy era where a new game was not developed for a newly released Nintendo system, and was instead replaced by an updated version of an older game. In short, it has been eight years since the last new console
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