You will soon be able to play Mario Kart on your phone

Bring on March 2019
Nintendo

Mario Kart – the game famed for brothers Mario and Luigi along with the Rainbow Road - will soon be available to play on your smartphone, Nintendo has revealed.

On Wednesday, the electronics giant confirmed they will be releasing Mario Kart Tour, a game for iOS and Android devices, in March 2019.

While not much information has been released, the brand tweeted, “The checkered flag has been raised and the finish line is near. A new mobile application is now in development: Mario Kart Tour! #MarioKartTour Releasing in the fiscal year ending in March 2019.”

Mario Kart has always had a large cult following, but it’s experienced somewhat of a resurgence in the past year after the release of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe hit Nintendo’s switch console and has since sold in excess of 7.33 million units.

This will be Nintendo’s fifth mobile game after Mario, Fire Emblem, Animal Crossing and Miitomo.

Predictably, Twitter users were ecstatic at the news with one user, Alex, tweeting, “MARIO KART IS GETTING AN APP AND I COULD NOT BE MORE EXCITED.”

It's been a busy few days for Nintendo, who have also announced that a Mario Kart movie is in production.

Mario Kart fans, get ready and set: just one more year before Mario Kart for mobiles are go...

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