{"id":110080,"date":"2020-03-09T09:30:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-09T09:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/03\/mario_kart_tour_multiplayer_modes_are_now_live"},"modified":"2020-03-09T09:30:00","modified_gmt":"2020-03-09T09:30:00","slug":"mario-kart-tour-multiplayer-modes-are-now-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/03\/09\/mario-kart-tour-multiplayer-modes-are-now-live\/","title":{"rendered":"Mario Kart Tour Multiplayer Modes Are Now Live"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/fb90478b02f60\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/fb90478b02f60\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"Mario Kart Tour\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/fb90478b02f60\/mario-kart-tour.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/fb90478b02f60\/mario-kart-tour.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Mario Kart Tour\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Update (Mon 9th Mar, 2020 09:30 GMT):<\/strong> The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/mobile\/mario_kart_tour\"><strong>Mario Kart Tour<\/strong><\/a> multiplayer content has now officially arrived. Nintendo is celebrating the launch with a retweet campaign on Twitter which could end up seeing each and every player receive 30 rubies and an in-game badge.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" align=\"center\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MarioKartTour?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MarioKartTour<\/a> multiplayer is here! Let&#8217;s celebrate with a retweet campaign. If this tweet and the corresponding one on the Japanese account reach a combined 30,000 RTs, all current players will be gifted 30 rubies and an in-game badge! Watch the video for more info. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/z4pVpcjkn3\">pic.twitter.com\/z4pVpcjkn3<\/a><\/span>\u2014 Mario Kart Tour (@mariokarttourEN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mariokarttourEN\/status\/1236849605884530689?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 9, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" align=\"center\" readability=\"2.6367713004484\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" readability=\"1.2544378698225\">Ready your friends or take on the world \u2013 multiplayer modes have arrived in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MarioKartTour?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MarioKartTour<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfc1 Race to the details: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0y8mE0mBcf\">https:\/\/t.co\/0y8mE0mBcf<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7Fab3Yzzs3\">pic.twitter.com\/7Fab3Yzzs3<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/span>\u2014 Nintendo of Europe (@NintendoEurope) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NintendoEurope\/status\/1236941618160250880?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 9, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>Original Article (Tue 3rd Mar, 2020 03:05 GMT):<\/strong> When the beta of <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/mobile\/mario_kart_tour\">Mario Kart Tour<\/a><\/strong> arrived on mobile devices last May, it didn&#8217;t take long for players around the world to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/05\/the_beta_for_mario_kart_tour_doesnt_seem_to_include_proper_multiplayer_racing\">work out<\/a> that it didn&#8217;t actually include proper match-making. As we now know, the game grabs profiles of other players, which are then represented as CPU during a race.<\/p>\n<p>Now, on 8th March, Mario Kart&#8217;s mobile outing on Android and iOS devices will finally add <em>real<\/em> multiplayer. This follows on from a Gold Pass subscriber <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/11\/mario_kart_tours_multiplayer_beta_test_starts_this_december_but_youll_need_a_gold_pass_to_race\">beta test<\/a> last December. This new mode will allow you to compete against seven other players (with friends or others nearby, or with racers from around the world).<\/p>\n<p>Here are the full details from the official Mario Kart Tour Twitter account:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"Mario Kart Tour\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/a9d143b423a28\/mario-kart-tour.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/static.nintendolife.com\/blank.gif\" data-original=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/a9d143b423a28\/mario-kart-tour.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Mario Kart Tour\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"Mario Kart Tour\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/9e2a855085bf1\/mario-kart-tour.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/static.nintendolife.com\/blank.gif\" data-original=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/9e2a855085bf1\/mario-kart-tour.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Mario Kart Tour\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p><em>Will you be trying out this new mode in the game when it arrives on 8th March? Are you still playing Mario Kart Tour on a regular basis? Tell us below.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Update (Mon 9th Mar, 2020 09:30 GMT): The Mario Kart Tour multiplayer content has now officially arrived. Nintendo is celebrating the launch with a retweet campaign on Twitter which could end up seeing each and every player receive 30 rubies and an in-game badge. #MarioKartTour multiplayer is here! Let&#8217;s celebrate with a retweet campaign. 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