Nintendo’s latest financial briefing confirmed a release window for the Nintendo Switch’s paid online service as well as the reveal of Mario Kart Tour coming to mobile phones.
#NintendoSwitch Online will launch in September 2018! pic.twitter.com/h3Rpeyymsx
— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) February 1, 2018
Nintendo Switch Online, the official moniker for the paid online gaming service, will launch this September. Details are promised soon, but for now it is known the service will cost users around $20 USD annually and offers a catalog of NES and Super NES games to play as long as you are a subscriber.
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. pic.twitter.com/8GIyR7ZM4z
— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) February 1, 2018
Mario Kart‘s mobile outing is entitled Mario Kart Tour and is scheduled to launch in the 2019 Fiscal Year beginning April 2018 and ending March 2019. Nothing else about the in-development app was detailed, from a pricing model to how Mario Kart will be adapted for mobile play.
The other major announcement from Nintendo’s briefing was the confirmation of a Super Mario movie made in collaboration with Illumination Entertainment. The full English transcript from the briefing include further tidbits about the 3DS’ future and user demographics.
