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Additional new and nostalgic courses will be coming to Mario Kart Tour on October 8th as part of the upcoming “Tokyo Tour”.

In addition, new characters are also confirmed as well. Specifically, the content is set to be available starting at 11pm PT on October 8th.

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We have several pieces of character art from Mario Kart Tour. Hit up the gallery below for a look at the likes of Mario and more.

Mario Kart Tour launches on mobile last week, and can be found on both iOS and Android.

Nintendo has started distribution of a new update for Mario Kart Tour. After applying version 1.0.2, a number of issues will be addressed.

Nintendo outlined the following as problems it intended to fix with today’s patch:

Sensor Tower has another report on Mario Kart Tour’s performance. One of the main highlights: the mobile game has seen 90 million unique downloads in its first week, and it’s by far Nintendo’s fastest mobile game launch in its history.

The next closest game is Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp, which saw 14.3 million downloads in its first week. Super Mario Run also had 13 million downloads when it initially came out.

Mario Kart Tour has kicked off Part 2 of the New York Tour. Players will find that ranking-eligible cups have changed and new Challenges have been added. Yoshi has been included as the featured tour gift, though you can also obtain Metal Mario through the Gold Pass.

In other Mario Kart Tour news, the Second Pipe is now live as well. Mario (Musician) is featured, whose special skill is Double Bob-ombs. The Blue Badwagon kart, which increases points earned for Mini-Turbos and the Bullet Bill Parachute, which increases your chances of getting the Bullet Bill item from Item Boxes are available.

Mobile market researchers SensorTower provided an update on Pokemon Masters and its performance during its first month on the market. Between August 29 and September 29, the game generated an estimated $33.3 million in player spending. Most of that money came from Japan, with Japanese players spending a total of $19.3 million. In second place is the US, with $6.3 million spent on the game. The estimated install base of Pokemon Masters is about 12 million players.

While this is certainly a good result, it doesn’t compare to Pokemon GO, which earned $302 million in its first month. Nonetheless, Pokemon Masters outperformed all other Pokemon mobile games in their first month, such as Pokemon Quest, Pokemon Duel or Magikarp Jump. You can see the full results on SensorTower here.

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The previously announced Hilda Spotlight Scout is now available in Pokemon Masters. Until October 17, you have a higher chance of getting Hilda & Tepig in this specific scout. For the same period, Hilda’s story event, The Girl in Black and White, is also available. 

Finally, Korrinna has been added to the training area as an opponent. Beat her EX Challenge battle to earn rewards like Fire Cloths and Upgrade Threads. To access this EX Challenge, you must have beaten the co-op battle Challenge Cheren & Hilbert & Hilda (Hard).

The next new sync pair coming to Pokemon Masters has been revealed: Hilda & Tepig. A Spotlight Scout as well as a Story Event featuring these two will be available starting on September 30, until October 17.

Additionally, a new update for the game is starting to roll out. Here’s what’s changed:

  • Recommended strength for areas containing battles is now displayed
  • You can now check the bonus strength your team gets when your sync pairs match the recommended type for each area
  • You can now check a sync pair’s details by tapping and holding down their profile icon in the Team menu
  • You may now skip sync pair scout animations
  • Usability of the Team menu has been improved
  • Names of training areas have been changed, and the main rewards you get from them are now displayed
  • When you return to the app after having it run in the background, a notice prompting you to resume the battle will now be displayed if you were in the middle of one when you left
  • You are now able to check the stat changes to each of your sync pairs as you’re equipping them with gear
  • Other minor bug fixes and improvements have been implemented

Also, some changes to the Exchange Items menu have been made:

  • You are now able to exchange multiple items at once
  • You can now switch displays between Simple View and Detailed View
  • Daily and Month.y categories have been added for items
  • The number of daily items that can be exchanged is reset daily
  • The number of monthly items that be exchanged is reset monthly
  • Some items that were in the General category have been moved to the Monthly category

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The Pokemon Company and DeNA have shared a new Japanese TV commercial for Pokemon Masters.

The ad is 15 seconds long and shows some gameplay footage along with a band. Those interested can view it below.

Earlier today, we heard that Mario Kart Tour had been downloaded over 20 million times. That number has already climbed to 20 million, based on a Sensor Tower report. Mario Kart Tour installs are almost triple those of Super Mario Run, which was Nintendo’s previous record holder for mobile launch downloads.

Additionally, player spending has already topped $1 million globally. That’s roughly 25 percent of Nintendo’s best performing title on mobile during its launch day, Fire Emblem Heroes, which earned about $4.3 million.

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