Nintendo's Mario racer suffers launch day server overload

FILE PHOTO: Takuya Nishya shows Nintendo's "Super Mario Run" game on his smartphone by the request of a photographer in Tokyo, Japan, December 20, 2016. Picture taken on December 20, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon - Copyright Kim Kyung Hoon(Reuters)

By Reuters

Published on 25/09/2019 - 11:04•Updated 23/04/2024 - 19:52

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TOKYO (Reuters) - Nintendo Co Ltd's hotly-awaited mobile title Mario Kart Tour launched on Wednesday with many users complaining server overload meant they were unable to play the game - seen as a major test of the Kyoto-based company's mobile ambitions.

"The servers are experiencing heavy traffic. Your log-in request will be processed in the order it was received," reads a message that appears when the game is launched.