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Nintendo of America has confirmed this morning that the hugely popular Switch game Mario Kart 8 Deluxe will be undergoing online maintenance today. The maintenance is scheduled to happen from 4.30pm PT until 9pm PT which is 12.30am to 5am UK time. During this extended maintenance you will be unable to play any of the Mario Kart… Continue reading Mario Kart 8 Deluxe will be undergoing online maintenance later today
Nintendo of America has invited all Mario Kart fans in North America and Mexico to participate in the upcoming Mario Kart North American Open, which will kick off on 21st January. The event will determine the best players at Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and the top eight players from each day of the tournament will be lavished… Continue reading Mario Kart North American Open starts January 21st 2022
Nintendo’s Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is seemingly unstoppable as it takes the No.1 position for a second week in the first boxed UK video game software charts for 2022. Admittedly the charts have been rather quiet this week with no new releases cracking the top ten, but it is clear that the Switch proved to be a… Continue reading UK charts: Mario Kart 8 Deluxe reigns supreme in first charts of 2022
It appears as though the next tour in the ultra successful Mario Kart Tour will based on a new city-state which is none other than Singapore in South East Asia. The news was revealed during a special campaign by Nintendo and the new track for Mario Kart Tour this time round is the Singapore Speedway Course. A… Continue reading Next Tour in Mario Kart Tour will be the Singapore Tour
Video gaming analyst Dr. Serkan Toto of Kantan Games has mentioned in a recent article that the next instalment in the immensely popular Mario Kart franchise is progressing in development and that he believes that the Kyoto-based company could tease it later this year. The current Mario Kart game on the Nintendo Switch, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, which… Continue reading Analyst says Mario Kart 9 “ is in active development” & features ”new twist”
The last week of 2021 saw Nintendo's highly popular Mario Kart 8 Deluxe dethrone EA's FIFA 22 and claim the No.1 spot in the boxed-software charts. All in all there were six Nintendo Switch games in the top ten including Animal Crossing: New Horizons at No.3 and Pokémon Brilliant Diamond at No.6. Here's the final GfK UK Boxed Top Ten for… Continue reading Nintendo’s Mario Kart 8 Deluxe No.1 for the final week of 2021
Nintendo recently announced a friendly online competition for fans and family in the excellent Mario Kart 8 Deluxe for the Switch system. The challenges are called the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - Holiday Fun Run and they are free to join and participate in. Your skill level doesn't really matter as it is a casual… Continue reading Test your Mario Kart skills during December with these friendly online races
Nintendo has lifted the lid on what's next for the popular Mario Kart Tour for iOS and Android devices. The Penguin Tour is in the process of wrapping up right now and the next tour will be the New Year's 2022 Tour which is bound to feature a number of surprises. Nintendo has revealed that the new… Continue reading Mario Kart Tour New Year’s 2022 Tour announced
It is finally time for the Holiday Tour to kick off in Mario Kart Tour and it promises to be quite an event. There’s some lovely Christmas-themed outfits for some of your favourite characters to wear including a snazzy one for Mario and one for Bowser, along with some turbo-charged festive themed karts, and finally Toadette (Penguin… Continue reading The Holiday Tour has started in Mario Kart Tour
We have just had Black Friday which saw a number of video games discounted across all-formats in the United Kingdom. The game which came away with the most sales during the sales period was Mario Kart 8 Deluxe which shot to No.1 on account of boxed-software discounts and the Nintendo Switch Mario Kart 8 Deluxe console bundle.… Continue reading UK charts: Mario Kart 8 Deluxe was No.1 for Black Friday 2021 and sales have jumped 567% week-on-week
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