Nintendo recently announced that their next mobile title will be a new entry in the Mario Kart series and is titled Mario Kart Tour. Wall Street Journal tech reporter Takashi Mochizuki reports that the CEO of developer DeNA has said that when the mobile game launches in FY18 it will be free-to-start.
DeNA CEO said "Mario Kart Tour," a Nintendo-DeNA smartphone game planned for FY18, will be free-to-start.
— Takashi Mochizuki (@6d6f636869) February 8, 2018
Thanks to Nintendo First Order Reaver for the news tip!
What does free to start actually mean? A la FE Heroes or Super Mario Run? Because I’m also sure as hell they used the term free to start for a completely free to play game like Heroes or AC.
It means Mario Run, unfortunately
Fortunately*. That means no microtransactions.
you are wrong, look at this. mario run was the only nintendo mobile game that was not ‘free to start’ according to nintendo’s definition https://twitter.com/oscarlemaire/status/961513586555318272
No, its more like Kirby Team Clash Deluxe, that one was free to start
yay i download the new mario kart time to play it
10 min later of tutorial
fina-
i have to pay?!
Welp, time to pass this game and wait for a true Mario Kart 9 that’s free-to-play. Still waiting on at least some gameplay, maybe E3 or later.
You still have to buy MK9. How is that free-to-play?
http://youtu.be/G2y8Sx4B2Sk
MK9 wouldn’t be free-to-play you need to buy then also pay for the online each year