User blog comment:NgKQ/Asphalt Nitro is Asphalt 9?/@comment-26342864-20150430055404/@comment-1731233-20150501094201

If I remember properly, Fabien has replied saying that it is a brother game of Asphalt 8. This means it isn't Asphalt 9, but more of a spinof game. However, it plays like Asphalt 8 instead of Overdrive, but with a smaller size in file.