Nintendo has announced a handful of recent updates coming to its cell racing recreation, Mario Kart Tour, all through September. However one large change — coming in October — is that the sport will now not have gacha components, as an alternative choosing what it is calling a ‘Highlight Store’.
In case you’ve ever used a capsule toy machine or a gachapon machine, then you could have a fairly good thought of what gacha video games are like. They entice you to spend in-game foreign money — which you’ll be able to both earn by taking part in the sport or get by spending actual cash — to purchase random in-game gadgets. Fashionable video games that use gacha embody Genshin Impression, Dragalia Misplaced (which is unfortunately closing down in November), Fireplace Emblem Heroes (which is Nintendo’s most-popular cell recreation) and Pokémon Masters EX.
YouTuber Jenny Geist shared an in-game notification she acquired when booting up Mario Kart Tour earlier right this moment, which indicated that from 4th October, a brand new retailer could be accessible in-game, and it’ll have new and returning gadgets.
You’ll use the rubies you get in-game on the retailer to get new drivers, karts, and gliders, and it feels like the shop can have a rotating inventory. So the monetisation facet continues to be a part of the sport, however the random ingredient will likely be eliminated.
Earlier than the Highlight Store opens its doorways, Battle Mode can also be coming to Tour later this month! You will, ultimately, have the ability to duke it out with others on-line from the consolation of your cellphone.
Extra info on all of those upcoming updates will likely be introduced on the official Mario Kart Tour Twitter, however we expect that is no less than a step in the suitable course. The following Tour coming to the cell recreation kicks off on sixth/seventh September (timezone dependent), and it pits the Mario brothers in opposition to one another!
How do you’re feeling about this announcement? Do you favor an in-game store to random gacha components? Race on all the way down to the feedback!