Overview
- Nintendo announced Wednesday that it will end Mario Kart Tour service at 11:00 p.m. Pacific on September 29, 2026, and thanked players in an official end‑of‑service notice.
- The company has already stopped selling Rubies and disabled new Gold Pass subscriptions and auto‑renewals so that no new purchases can be made before servers close.
- Nintendo said current Gold Pass subscribers will keep premium benefits until shutdown and that all players will receive Gold Pass perks free starting August 4 through the end of service.
- When servers go dark the game will become unplayable and players will lose access to progress, drivers, karts, gliders, and other Tour‑exclusive content because no standalone offline release is planned.
- The shutdown follows a multi‑year winding down of development, partial migration of some Tour tracks into other Nintendo titles, and has reignited debates about digital ownership and game preservation for live‑service titles.