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Nintendo megahit Mario Kart 8 Deluxe will be temporarily offline tomorrow during peak hours. It will take a few hours over Tuesday for the maintenance piece of work to be done.

The Japanese company announced the news through Twitter, stating that Mario Kart 8 Deluxe will get offline from iv:thirty PM to 9:00 PM Pacific Time tomorrow. No reason was given for the maintenance, but the programmer did say that the game was to "undergo expected and standard maintenance."

Nintendo concluded the tweet past saying, "repent for any inconvenience this may cause." Let's hope a little i's birthday political party doesn't fall during that time. If that's the case for you, we have a listing of alternatives you can play instead; they're all on Switch, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation 5.

Recent rumors have claimed that Mario Kart 9 will be appear later this year, likely during E3. Mario Kart 9 is in active development and comes with a new twist," said Kantan Games' CEO Dr. Serkan Toto to GamesIndustry.biz.

As the most recent Mario Kart 8 Palatial has sold nearly 40 one thousand thousand copies by Nov 2022, we'll probable run into a new game enter shortly to capitalize on the game'due south popularity in the market in 2022.