Mario Kart Tour, part of Nintendo's top-selling franchise of go-kart style racing games, launched for iOS and Android on Wednesday. The series has been around for more than two decades. It has consistently ranked among Nintendo's top selling games across its devices going back to at least its DS handheld, according to the latest data published by Nintendo on its investor relations site.
Nintendo's Mario Kart Tour faces "sky high" expectations, Serkan Toto of Kantan Games tells CNBC.
"The expectations are sky high for Mario Kart Tour because it's such a big and it's such a big franchise," said Serkan Toto, CEO and founder of industry consultancy Kantan Games. "What's interesting in this particular game as well is that, you know, you will have a lot of opportunities to spend money on in-game content sales buying different cars or different characters," he said.
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