One of Nintendo Switch’s killer apps came out in vain on its predecessor, the new version was even more successful, so it’s no wonder the Japanese company is breaking its head on the sequel, Mario Kart 9.
Mario Kart is a franchise that has been almost unstoppably successful since its launch at SNES. In fact, there weren’t so many outstanding acts in the series, but it still had such an impact on the gaming industry that Crash Bandicoot, for example, also got a go-kart spinoff (which Naughty Dog did in 1999 for PS1), not to mention many on other attempts.
Mario Kart 8 was released for the Nintendo Wii U in May 2014, which can be said to be far from successful, especially after the Wii, which opened up to its casuary gamers. No wonder, therefore, that the big N ported several of its games designed to be Wii U-exclusive, expanding them and then storing them on the Nintendo Switch (there are plenty of examples to mention here). These include Mario Kart 8, which comes with an anti-gravity (or momentarily boosting pace) twist: the Deluxe sub-release came out on the Switch in April 2017, bringing in just over forty million in sales alone. In short, this is Switch’s best-selling game. And it deserves it.
Dr. Serkan Toto, an analyst at Kantan Games, a consulting firm focusing on the Japanese game industry, a Gamesindustrynak stated that Mario Kart 9, which may be available this year, is already under active development (for Nintendo Switch, maybe we shouldn’t mention that…?), and Nintendo is adding a new twist. Sure, he didn’t say what (then an insider’s relationship with Nintendo would probably be fired), but that was to be expected somewhere, since if a franchise is downright successful, you can’t skip the next act (or the sequel if you have a new IP). we are talking about).
Nintendo, on the other hand, is a company from which almost nothing is used to leak more seriously (while we hear almost non-stop from Western publishers…), so maybe we should wait until June for Nintendo Direct on E3. must for notification…
Source: VG247
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