Animal Crossing: Pocket Camphas officially launched itsCompleteedition, and Nintendo should follow suit with one of its other big mobile games. After seven years of continuous support,Animal Crossing: Pocket Campreached its end of service on August 05, 2025. Shortly after, Nintendo launchedAnimal Crossing: Pocket Camp Complete, an offline version of the game with no microtransactions.
Pocket Campis far from Nintendo’s only foray into mobile gaming, however.Mario Kart Tourhas been running for several years now, and as it approaches the end of its lifespan,it should take a page fromPocket Camp’s playbook.
Mario Kart Tour Should Follow Pocket Camp’s Example
Both Games Have Value That’s Worth Preserving For Fans
BothAnimal Crossing: Pocket CampandMario Kart Tourhave been available for several years, withPocket Campbeing released in 2017 and Tour in 2019. In that span of time, both have raked in quite a bit of money for Nintendo. According toStatista,Pocket CampandTourstack up about the same in terms of revenue,while the profits of Nintendo’s other mobile offerings vary significantly.
Total Profits as of November 2024 (USD)
$879.34 million
$267.33 million
$264.71 million
$122.2 million
$69.97 million
$11.19 million
Miitomo
$3.61 million
Out of all Nintendo’s mobile games,Touris the best fit to followPocket Campin offering aCompleteedition.Fire Emblem Heroesfar outpaces them both in terms of profit and is likely to enjoy a long life before its end of service even comes into consideration. On the other end, games likeMiitomoandDragalia Lostsimply didn’t draw enough money to warrant the same kind of treatment.
Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp Complete Release Date, Pricing, & What’s Included
While Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp is closing its servers, the game itself isn’t going anywhere, with an exciting new future ahead for fans.
As demonstrated by thestrong sales ofMario Kart 8 Deluxe,theMario Kartfranchise is as popular as ever. The game is in a sweet spot betweenFire Emblem Heroes, which shows no signs of slowing down, and less successful properties that Nintendo might not invest in transitioning to a Complete version. As of October 2023, Nintendo ceased adding new content toTour, so its sunsetting is inevitable at this point. Many players would surely leap at the opportunity to play a Completeedition ofMario Kart Tour, one that didn’t require endless grinding to unlock all its content.
What Mario Kart Tour Complete Could Look Like
A Content-Rich Game That Doesn’t Pick Your Pocket
Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp Completeprovides players with thefull game experience offline, including all content previously released for the game (sans licensed material from official collaborations) without any microtransactions. Similarly,a hypotheticalMario Kart Tour Completecould offer its entire lineup of characters and racetracks from the start. With 103 courses, 265 playable characters, and thousands of kart and glider combinations,Touroffers more content than any other game in the series.
Nintendo has also promised an additional year of content after the release ofPocket Camp Complete, andTourcould follow suit as well. Despite its dizzying number of included courses,Tourincludes none pulled fromMario Kart 8. Since several original tracks fromMario Kart Tourhave beenported toMario Kart 8 Deluxevia DLC, it seems only fair to bring some back the other way.
Mario Kart Tour Characters That Deserve A Mario Kart 9 Roster Spot
Mario Kart Tour’s huge selection of characters includes some newcomers to the series that deserve a shot to appear in Mario Kart 9’s eventual roster.
There are also new characters that could be added, such as Mario and his friends’new elephant forms fromSuper Mario Bros. Wonder.But even without further additions,Mario Kart Tourhas more than enough content to justify the price tagfor aCompleteedition.Animal Crossing: Pocket CampCompletemay have paved the road, butMario Kart Tourhas the opportunity to really burn some rubber.
