Nintendo Announces Smartphone-Compatible Web Service for Mario Kart 8

Posted by Tre Lawrence on May 8th, 2014

Nintendo has announced a new feature especially geared towards smartphone-using fans of its upcoming Wii gamem Mario Kart 8. The web service, tentatively known as Mario Kart TV, builds upon the ability of players to share race footage on the internet; the mobile device-ready video feature should be available to right around the official release of the game.

According to investor information presented by Nintendo, the service "will enable more people to easily watch Nintendo’s official videos, view rankings, watch videos that their friends have shared and videos of tournaments in which they have participated. We will work on providing this type of service so that players can enjoy video games more and be in contact with them even when they are not in front of a video game system."

No release date has been confirmed but, as noted, the service should go live at the end of the month (5/30) - around the time Mario Kart 8 is released.