{"id":50044,"date":"2020-07-21T15:35:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-21T15:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/?p=2663723"},"modified":"2020-07-21T15:35:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-21T15:35:00","slug":"almost-a-year-later-mario-kart-tour-gets-landscape-mode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/07\/21\/almost-a-year-later-mario-kart-tour-gets-landscape-mode\/","title":{"rendered":"Almost a year later, Mario Kart Tour gets landscape mode"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"233\" height=\"24\" src=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/4001-logo.png\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;\" link_thumbnail=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-entry-summary p-dek\">Landscape mode will also have a new control layout<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-entry-summary p-dek\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/FGUwAB-7FSE\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/FGUwAB-7FSE<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"XpRWGJ\"><em>Mario Kart Tour<\/em>&nbsp;is finally getting widescreen support&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2019\/9\/25\/20883103\/mario-kart-tour-available-subscription-price\">nearly a year after its initial launch<\/a>. The option to flip your phone into landscape mode was a key feature missing when the&nbsp;<em>Mario Kart<\/em>&nbsp;series&rsquo; mobile iteration came out last year.<\/p>\n<p id=\"FhhY6t\">Released in September 2019,&nbsp;<em>Mario Kart Tour<\/em>&nbsp;brought the popular go-kart racing series to smartphones. Unlike previous installments, the game&rsquo;s controls are simplified &mdash; you do not need to press any button to accelerate your character, you can just tap on your screen to use items, and you can slide your finger left or right or tilt your phone to steer.<\/p>\n<p id=\"C2wBuC\">Following its release,&nbsp;<em>Mario Kart Tour<\/em>&nbsp;became&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2019\/12\/3\/20992527\/apple-iphone-ipad-top-games-2019-mario-kart-call-of-duty-fortnite\">the most downloaded free game on iPhones in 2019<\/a>. At launch, the game felt underwhelming in part due to missing some key features that make the&nbsp;<em>Mario Kart<\/em>&nbsp;series enjoyable. That included the lack of real-time multiplayer, which&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2020\/3\/2\/21162314\/mario-kart-tour-multiplayer-ios-android-release-date-new-feature\">was added in March<\/a>. Before this, you could only race against computer-controlled opponents.<\/p>\n<div class=\"m-ad m-ad__dynamic_ad_unit m-ad__desktop_article_body_failsafe dfp_ad-wrapper--is-filled\" data-concert-ads-name=\"desktop_article_body_failsafe\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-desktop_article_body_failsafe\" class=\"dynamic-js-slot dfp_ad--rendered dfp_ad--is-filled\" data-google-query-id=\"CM6t_feT3uoCFQ3D3god0LsOAQ\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/172968584\/verge_13__container__\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"agOsM0\">My colleague Andrew Webster&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2019\/9\/26\/20884989\/mario-kart-tour-review-android-iphone\">wrote in his review<\/a>&nbsp;that while&nbsp;<em>Mario Kart Tour<\/em>&nbsp;does &ldquo;just enough to feel like&nbsp;<em>Mario Kart<\/em>,&rdquo; he felt it was focused more on microtransactions and in-app purchases than being a generally fun game. The game is free to download and play, but you can spend real money to access new features and items, such as a faster 200cc mode&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2019\/9\/25\/20883103\/mario-kart-tour-available-subscription-price\">if you purchased the &ldquo;Gold Pass&rdquo; subscription<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tags\">\n<div><strong>See Campaign: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2019\/12\/3\/20992527\/apple-iphone-ipad-top-games-2019-mario-kart-call-of-duty-fortnite\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2019\/12\/3\/20992527\/apple-iphone-ipad-top-games-2019-mario-kart-call-of-duty-fortnite<\/a><br \/><b>Contact Information:<\/b><br \/> Taylor Lyles<\/p>\n<p><b>Tags:<\/b><br \/><a href=\"\"><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/news-category\/wire\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Wire<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/global-regions\/united-states\/\" rel=\"category tag\">United States<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/language\/english\/\" rel=\"category tag\">English<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"image\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" class=\"cwdfimg\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Contact Information:<\/h3>\n<p> Taylor Lyles<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"233\" height=\"24\" src=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/4001-logo.png\" alt=\"\">Landscape mode will also have a new control layout https:\/\/youtu.be\/FGUwAB-7FSE Mario Kart Tour&nbsp;is finally getting widescreen support&nbsp;nearly a year after its initial launch. The option to flip your phone into landscape mode was a key feature missing when the&nbsp;Mario Kart&nbsp;series&rsquo; mobile iteration came out last year. Released in September 2019,&nbsp;Mario Kart Tour&nbsp;brought the popular go-kart &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/2020\/07\/21\/almost-a-year-later-mario-kart-tour-gets-landscape-mode\/\">Continue reading <span>Almost a year later, Mario Kart Tour gets landscape mode<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/07\/21\/almost-a-year-later-mario-kart-tour-gets-landscape-mode\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,22,54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english","category-united-states","category-wire"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Almost a year later, Mario Kart Tour gets landscape mode - Business<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/07\/21\/almost-a-year-later-mario-kart-tour-gets-landscape-mode\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Almost a year later, Mario Kart Tour gets landscape mode - Business\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Landscape mode will also have a new control layout https:\/\/youtu.be\/FGUwAB-7FSE Mario Kart Tour&nbsp;is finally getting widescreen support&nbsp;nearly a year after its initial launch. 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