Nintendo reps did not immediately respond to Inverse’s request for comment on the Mario Kart Tour error messages. Several attempts to relaunch and reinstall the app brought us back to the same aggravating error screen, over and over. After rolling our first racer and doing a practice run on the Mario Circuit, we encountered our error message the app was attempting to download additional data. We’ve been attempting to play the game on Android, and unfortunately, haven’t had any success in getting the game to work since initially downloading it Wednesday morning. Just when it seems like everything’s ticking along smoothly, at around 15 percent completion, you’ll see a blue pop-up window with a brief message reading: “An error occurred. Here’s the gist of what’s been happening: After successfully linking the app to a Nintendo account, you’ll be back at the title screen, with a loading bar progressing across the bottom.
Nintendo’s latest foray into the mobile space, Mario Kart Tour, sputtered across the starting line after its debut on iOS and Android Wednesday, with numerous users reporting an error message prevented them from actually playing the game.
