{"id":67820,"date":"2026-07-11T09:19:44","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T01:19:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=67820"},"modified":"2026-07-11T09:19:44","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T01:19:44","slug":"garfield-craps-on-mario-over-upcoming-mario-kart-game-shutdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=67820","title":{"rendered":"Garfield Craps On Mario Over Upcoming Mario Kart Game Shutdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Garfield-Kart-Furious-Racing.jpg?w=300\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the kart-racing genre, Mario Kart&#8217;s reigns supreme. But the social media team behind Garfield Kart: Furious Racing and Garfield Kart 2: All You Can Drift didn&#8217;t miss a chance to dunk on Nintendo&#8217;s decision to sunset Mario Kart Tour this fall.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On X, the official account for Garfield Kart declared its superiority to Mario Kart because it &#8220;will not randomly kill your game license.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is why garfield kart is better we will not randomly kill your game license <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xyFGOFdc4x\">https:\/\/t.co\/xyFGOFdc4x<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Garfield Kart X (@GarfieldKartX) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GarfieldKartX\/status\/2074947859644809275?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 8, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the Garfield Kart games are far behind Mario Kart in terms of popularity, the title characters do share a connection on the big screen. Guardians of the Galaxy&#8217;s Chris Pratt is the voice of Mario in The Super Mario Bros. Movie and its sequel, while also portraying Garfield in the most recent animated film. That&#8217;s about as close as these two franchises will come to a crossover short of another Smash Bros. sequel that may seek lasagna-craving felines for its roster.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mario Kart Tour will be shut down on September 29, seven years after Nintendo began its push into mobile. Most of Nintendo&#8217;s other mobile games from that era have also shut down, with a few exceptions including Super Mario Run, Fire Emblem Heroes, and Pikmin Bloom.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On consoles, Mario Kart World is currently the best-selling game on Switch 2, and it dropped a new update earlier this month. Two additional Knockout Tour routes were included in that update, with at least six more routes slated to be added in future updates.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/garfield-craps-on-mario-over-upcoming-mario-kart-game-shutdown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the kart-racing genre, Mario Kart&#8217;s reigns supreme. 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