The Mario saga is undoubtedly one of the most important in the video game sector thanks to each of the deliveries that have been seeing the light. The well-known plumber has been seeing how it evolved thanks to the fact that it did not stagnate in titles only for platforms.
Mario Kart Tour is a version for mobile devices that has achieved the milestone of more than 50 million downloads in the Play Store, on iOS the number is similar to that of the Google store. Today Mario Kart Tour can be downloaded and played on PC, thanks to emulators and certain applications.
PC users will be able to enjoy this popular title on a larger screen, in addition to an adequate resolution and driving the vehicles with the keyboard and even with a gamepad. Mario Kart Tour was released in 2019, but even today it is still one of the most played video games.
How to download Mario Kart Tour on PC
The only way to play this game is by downloading the APK, a file that is read by the Android operating system, but not uniquely. There are several Windows and Mac Os emulators that do it too, including some known as BlueStacks, MeMu, Nox Player, among others.
Another possibility to do it with the PC is through a Samsung phone and the Companion of Your Phone application, this is enough. Options increase with this option, all this having your phone installed in the terminal of the South Korean firm.
They are the only two ways to enjoy this fantastic game on PC, since there is no port of the mobile platform to Windows / Mac at the moment. Nintendo has not thought since its launch to bring it to the computer and it is ruled out at the moment that we see it.
With BlueStacks
BlueStacks is an emulator that allows any game to run on PC from the Android platform, also Mario Kart Tour. We only need the application for Windows / Mac and the APK, this file is downloadable from the Play Store once we login with our Google account.
It can be downloaded separately, also do it jointly if we look for Mario Kart Tour in Google Search, downloading the application first, after linking the account the title will be installed. Both options are good, it is a quick solution and above all easy to carry out.
The BlueStacks application has video game controls already preset for titles, MOBA mode, shooting mode, macros and the configuration can also be adjusted to our liking. In addition to using the keyboard, another possibility is to assign a controller to play much more comfortable.
First you have to download BlueStacks and do the following steps to carry it out:
- Download the application BlueStacks, essential to make Mario Kart Tour work on PC, do it from Official Site
- Once the application is downloaded, install and wait for the process to guide you through the different steps until its complete installation, this will take a few minutes, since it must connect to the server, accept everything and give it the corresponding permissions
- Download Mario Kart Tour now from the Play Store, the APK weighs around 129 megabytes
- Enter the details of the Play Store, You can do it with the linked one on your phone without problems, another option is to use another alternative, for this you can create a new Gmail account and take it to BlueStacks only to be able to play any title or install an application from those available in the Google store Play, they all work in 99% of cases
- Click on "Install APK" in the lower right corner from the Start screen to find the file on your PC, select the file and click on "Open" to finish
The second method to load the game without downloading the application from the Play Store on your PC is the following:
- Once BlueStacks is installed on your PC and synchronized the Play Store account, you already have access to the Google store, in it you have all the apps at your disposal, including Mario Kart Tour
- Launch BlueStacks and go to "My Games", then click on "Google Play Store"
- Once you click on Google Play Store you will access the store, you have a search engine, put the name of the title "Mario Kart Tour" and hit "Install", wait for it to take its time to download and install
- Once installed you must access «My games» and you will see it as one more icon than those that will be available from the first time
With MeMu Play
One of the methods to play it is using another emulator, it is not heavy as it does not consume many resources, among its requirements it asks for a mid-range processor, 4 GB of RAM, 4 GB of hard disk and DirectX 11 / Open GL 2.0 support. With Memu Play you can also emulate any type of Android game, as well as the different applications.
Mario Kart Tour performance on PC It will be the same as the experience with the phone, it also has similar requirements to the other emulator. Memu Play has been created to be able to run any APK, but remember to download from the official source.
Memu Play gives the same options to play Mario Kart Tour, with a previously configured controller and keyboard and mouse, the first option is always one of the best for adapting faster. The keyboard operation will almost always be identical, with the four movement keys, without removing the configurable buttons for different actions.
To install MeMu Play and Mario Kart Tour perform these steps:
- The first and fundamental thing is to download the Memu Play application, download the .exe from its official website here
- Install the app and avoid installing other applications suggested by MeMu, since they are apps that will not provide us with anything other than unnecessary files on our PC
- Start now Mario Kart Tour and once it asks you to enter the data from the Play Store put the ones you use on the phone or another new account to link, it is necessary to be able to play the racing game and others more available in the store, if you want to create an alternative you can make a new one in Gmail in just under two minutes, it is advisable if you want to play with emulators, either BlueStacks, Memu Play or Nox Player
With Your Samsung Phone Companion
If you have a Samsung device, you will only need the phone and an application to enjoy Mario Kart Tour on PC. The good harmony of Microsoft and Samsung has made them able to bring many of the characteristics of a phone to Windows, either to call or throw us a game from a larger screen.
If you currently use Windows 10 and want to play Mario Kart Tour on PC, you need to link it, a connection that will be made directly with our computer. With Your Samsung Phone Companion we can have an important experience and without having to use either of the two mentioned emulators.
With your Phone Companion we can make a call from the PC, as if you were making one from an application of those that are available. The pricing will be the one you have with your company, whether it is the contracted minutes, if we have an unlimited one we will not get any scare.
The process to carry out the synchronization is as follows:
- We download e We install the Your Phone Companion application from the Play Store
- Once installed, look for the shortcut by scrolling from top to bottom to locate it, in particular it says «Connection to Windows» and shows two icons, that of a phone and a screen, click on it to activate it
- Once the box is activated, we have to follow a few steps to link the device with the PC with Windows 10 as the operating system, it can only be done on this version, it does not work on previous ones such as Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 or Windows 8
- It's time to install on the smartphone, for this download the application from the Play Store (the link below)
- Once the Mario Kart Tour title has been installed, we go to the PC and start it from «Applications»
- When launched, it will show you the screen with the game, You can also use other applications at the same time, therefore you have the included option of talking on the phone if you want while you play, as well as making use of other apps without the need to stop
With your Phone Companion you can make use of your own mobile applicationsincluding answering text messages, making and receiving calls, and viewing all notifications. Also, forget about sending yourself photos by email, transfer all of them from the administrator.
For several Samsung models, you have the option of dragging and dropping files from the terminal to the PC, accessing installed applications, including video games. You can also copy and paste text, among many other things thanks to the connection between the app and Windows.
