Mario Kart 9 Reportedly in Active Development, Will Feature a “New Twist”

Mario Kart 8 is one of the impressive "long-tail" success stories always. The game was beginning released in 2017, and yet, it was the top-selling game in the Great britain in 2021. Overall, the game has sold over 8 million copies on Wii U and 37 million on Switch, making it not only the most successful game in the serial, but one of Nintendo's biggest games e'er (taking pack-in games out of the equation, only the original Pokemon has sold more). Ironically, Mario Kart 8 has been such a success it kind of killed the momentum for a sequel – why make another one when the electric current game is however doing ridiculous numbers?

Well, information technology seems a new Mario Kart may finally exist happening. As part of a 2022 predictions article at GamesIndustry.biz, analyst and manufacture insider Dr. Serkan Toto let slip that he's heard Mario Kart 9 is in "active development" and may be at least teased this year…

I am enlightened Mario Kart eight Deluxe is still selling very well on the Nintendo Switch, but Mario Kart 9 is in agile development (and comes with a new twist) and Nintendo could tease information technology this yr.

Of course, accept this with a grain of common salt for now, but Dr. Toto has proven he has the goods in the past, particularly regarding Japanese companies. Toto also claims we'll probable meet another major Nintendo IP make the jump to mobile this year, following a couple years of Nintendo largely ignoring the market.

On mobile, Nintendo has been very silent since Mario Kart Tour'south launch in 2019, just I think 2022 is when nosotros volition run into an established IP arriving on smart devices again.

Mario Kart 8 will be a hard act to follow, as it's yet stands as i of the best arcade racers ever fabricated, just I'thousand eager to see what Nintendo is cooking up. What do you lot think? What might the new "twist" be?