Almost eight years have passed since Nintendo launched Mario Kart 8 for Wii U, a game that was perfected on Nintendo Switch with a Deluxe version that today is unstoppable in sales with almost 39 million units sold Worldwide. With sales of the most sustained, many players have come to the conclusion that it is unlikely that Nintendo will launch a new game in the Mario Kart saga in the short term considering that Nintendo Switch “has its own delivery” of Mario Kart that above is unbeatable in sales.
However, the big N could end up surprising us all, as the portal collects GamesIndustry after speaking with various video game industry analysts to specify their predictions for the year 2022. Serkan Toto of Kantan Games stated that Mario Kart 9 is currently in development and, interestingly, that “it comes with a new twist.”
“I am aware that Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is still selling very well on Nintendo Switch, but Mario Kart 9 is in active development (and comes with a new twist) and Nintendo might announce it this year.“predicts Toto.
Nintendo to re-launch a mobile game
At the same time that he has anticipated the announcement of Mario Kart 9, Toto has also predicted that Nintendo will launch another of its well-known sagas on mobile devices sometime this year. “On mobile devices, Nintendo has been very quiet since the release of Mario Kart Tour in 2019, but I think in 2022 is when we will see an established IP that reaches smart devices again“, he mentioned. Will it be a saga known as Super Mario that will return to mobile? Or will a license like Zelda be the one that jumps to smart devices?
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