Mario Kart Tour: Nintendo removes controversial loot box system

Regardless of what you playfully from Mario Kart Tour contains, the title, like all mobile games, suffers from the typical platform diseases: confusing in-game shops with all sorts of premium currencies microtransactions can be made and which obscure the precise overview of the actual costs of the items.

The core of Mario Kart Tour is based on a monthly premium subscription for 5 euros, the so-called Gold Pass, and the loot boxesthat you in the form of tubes Spit out drivers, cars and gliders in exchange for rubies purchased with real money. Both forms of payment options were not only criticized in our test of the game, but also by numerous users.

New update for Mario Kart Tour: targeted purchases instead of gambling

Three years later it seems Nintendo now finally respond to the allegations and removed with one new update At the end of September, the tubes from the game and instead introduces a shop where you can buy specific drivers and karts. Due to the time span, Nintendo’s current decision will not be based on the criticism, but will have other reasons. Nevertheless, this reaction is cause for celebration.

The was announced removal of the tubes on Twitterwhere it says: “Here’s a first look at the Mario Kart Tour update coming at the end of September! A Battle mode will be added, along with a Spotlight shop where you can spend rubies on drivers, karts, and gliders. Tubes, the you can cheer with rubies is removed from the game.”

What the decision means for your wallet as a Mario Kart Tour player has Video game chronicle listed. With his 193 playable characters, 246 karts other 172 glidersof which some limited variants are only available in tubes, players have had to invest a lot of money to have a chance on certain characters.