Rumor: Mario Kart Tour May Be Coming to PC
Nintendo games have had somewhat of a muddled history with the PC platform. While many PC gamers would love to play titles like The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Super Mario Odyssey with a mouse and keyboard, there aren't any legitimate ways to do that because Nintendo rarely allows its games to be played on any platform that isn't a Switch or older Nintendo console. There are plenty of emulators that allow Nintendo titles to be played on PC, but now it seems that the gaming giant may finally be about to give fans an official port of one of its titles.
The title in question is Mario Kart Tour, a mobile game released in 2019. Like the rest of the Mario Kart franchise, Mario Kart Tour is a racing game containing tracks based on real-world locations as well as some series favorites. The game was well received by fans and Mario Kart Tour even featured in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe DLC. Now, due to a datamine discovered by fans of Mario Kart Tour and then shared on its community Discord, it is believed that the game could be on its way to PC.
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The main evidence for the mobile Mario Kart title being on its way to PC players is in the discovery of mouse inputs in Mario Kart Tour's data, as well as a set of data strings implying that the game is being emulated. Both of these findings point to a potential PC port of Mario Kart Tour, perhaps opening the gateway for other Nintendo titles to be officially brought onto the platform.
However, some fans are skeptical whether these strings of data really imply an official PC port. As a mobile title, it is likely that Mario Kart Tour could be involved with Google Play Games. Currently in beta, a
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