Do You Think That Mario Kart 9 Will Release on The Nintendo Switch or Its Successor?

@Towafan7 But they HAVE released a new Mario Kart game, just... not on a dedicated console. Say what you will about mobile games, but Mario Kart Tour is definitely a well-polished, high quality experience that offers plenty of content without even spending a SINGLE [your local currency]. Add the fact that tours rotate every two weeks, with each fresh set of cups bringing new goodies to unlock, and you have a mobile game that deserves its place in the franchise.

Perhaps I could write a review of it, as well as some of the other options, for the site? Nintendo's come a long way since Super Mario Run (which, by the way, isn't as bad as everyone claims, at least not for the reasons they believe), so it'd at least share the deets on the actually positive aspects of each rather than focus on the negative.

Plus, it'd be nice to play MKT with friends rather than random strangers I haven't met before...

@Staroceancrazy I'm sorry...

@Towafan7 It's funny because Cranky Kong isn't playable yet.

@Towafan7 Uh... Ask and ye shall receive, I guess?

@Towafan7 @Sneaker Nintendo's put a lot of effort into the updated retro courses in MKT, as well as adding a bunch of new characters, karts etc., some or all of which could very well be intended as future AOC for MK8 Deluxe.

Some noteworthy revisions and additions that come to mind include:
Courses
SNES Ghost Valley 1
SNES Vanilla Lake 1
N64 Frappe Snowland
N64 Choco Mountain
GBA Bowser Castle 2
DS DK Pass
DS Airship Fortress
3DS Rainbow Road

Characters
Captain Toad
Peachette
Dixie Kong
Pauline
Goomba
Monty Mole
King Bob-omb
Red Koopa Troopa
Hammer Bro
Boomerang Bro
Fire Bro
Ice Bro

And that's not counting the various alternate costume variants and returning characters, including Funky Kong ("Eee!" XD ) and new yellow and light-blue palette swaps for Birdo... hm... the more I consider the idea, the more convinced I become...

Oh yeah... my bad, heheh...

Classic pink Birdo’s back as well, and with newly recorded dialogue, no less. Nintendo has been busy keeping this installment fresh and exciting, with new content every two weeks, such as the recent team-based Mario vs. Luigi Tour!

@KokorOtaku I still feel that the revamped versions of Vanilla Lake 1, Choco Mountain, Sunset Wilds etc. are intended as part of the impending DLC content for MK8DX.

@Towafan7 Agreed wholeheartedly. Nintendo themselves have stated how they intend to focus more on Expansion Passes in future, to help reinvigorate already amazing Nintendo Switch games; in fact, I’m sure someone mentioned the idea of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe as a platform for expansion, as it’s already the absolute best MK experience on any console.

@KokorOtaku I support Nintendo’s decision to effectively double the scope of MK8DX as a way to keep the momentum going, especially after adding a whole extra Fighters’ Pass to SSBU, a whole extra game mode to ACNH, and regular new content in so many other games…

Also, the Expansion Pass in SwSh is easily an ingenious move on GAME FREAK’s part, as it means the base installments become the enhanced versions a year or so later, without needing to be released as a separate full priced game that must be played through all over again just to access the new content.

@KokorOtaku I forgot to mention that Level-5 already beat GAME FREAK to that strategy with the Western release of Yo-kai Watch Blasters, by releasing the Moon Rabbit Crew version as a free add-on for both Red Cat Corps (my version) and White Dog Squad (the other one). :usapyon:

@Towafan7 I anticipate Nintendo Switch as the first system since the original Game Boy (counting GBC) to last multiple console generations, perhaps even outpacing its ancestor by a year or more. If it ain’t broke, don’t replace it, right?