Mario Kart Tour Deluxe

Mario Kart Tour Deluxe is a racing game developed by Nintendo EPD and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch. The game is an enhanced port of the 2019 Mobile game, Mario Kart Tour, featuring the same game engine seen in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and the same mechanics from said game, such as Grand Prix cups, a 12 player racing system, the addition of bikes and the addition of anti gravity. 
==Differences from Mario Kart Tour==
As an enhanced port, Mario Kart Tour Deluxe does away with buying characters online either with the player's own money or in game points, and features the same gameplay modes seen in the previous Mario Kart games, most notably the Grand Prix, featuring the same two groups of cups (Nitro and Retro) and the same lineup of cups in both groups. For the most part, the game plays identically to Mario Kart 8, and includes 12 racers at once, as a result, the point spread is identical to how it is in Mario Kart 8. In addition to these changes, the game's Battle Mode features all five of the game modes present in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe in order to showcase this game's Battle Mode in a similar way. Another difference is the addition of two person Kart racing, akin to Mario Kart: Double Dash!!. Unlike the aforementioned game however, there are no Special Items limited to the characters.
==Drivers==
The playable characters no longer have their special skills and the number of characters has been reduced from 193 to 26.
==Grand Prix Cups==
All the nitro tracks that was were placed into the Booster Course Pass in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, retain their appearance and functionality from that said game.
== Vehicle Parts and Fully Built Karts ==
For the first in the series, Vehicles are sorted into two categories, Buildable and Buyable. Buildable vehicles, like in Mario Kart 7, are vehicles that players can make to their standards before going into the race. By collecting many Coins from winning Grand Prix cups in the five classes, 50cc, 100cc, 150cc, Mirror and 200cc, players can unlock new bodies, new tires and new gliders. 
53 of the 267 original Karts return and like the vehicle parts, they are unlockable by earning coins via winning cups in the Grand Prix classes and buying them in the Super Shop. Their stats from the mobile game remain unchanged as well.
== Items ==
== Battle Mode ==
Mario Kart Tour Deluxe features the same five modes from Mario Kart 8 Deluxe's Battle Mode, the modes being Balloon Battle, Coin Runners, Bob-omb Blast, Shine Thief, and Renegade Roundup. 
* Balloon Battle: The classic mode where players use items to pop opponents' five balloons or steal them in order to score points. The mode uses the survival set-up of Mario Kart 8 and earlier installments prior to Mario Kart Wii. 
* Bob-omb Blast: Players throw Bob-ombs at each other to score stars to win, any vehicle that makes contact with an opponent's bomb or gets blown up by the explosion loses stars. Players can hold up to ten Bob-ombs. In the meantime, a clock ticks down to zero. Anyone with or tied with the lowest Stars is eliminated from the game. The clock resets itself to a lower time and the battle continues until at least one is left. In Team play, all the stars that each player gets from hitting their opponents, is added to the overall number of stars each team member has, meaning that the team with the lowest number of stars is eliminated when the clock reaches zero.
* Shine Thief: Players must retrieve a Shine Sprite dropped on the course and keep it in hand for 50 seconds and avoid getting hit by their opponents. The driver holding the shine sprite has a slightly reduced top speed. In Team play, one team must collectively manage to hold on to the Shine for about 30 seconds. 
* Coin Runners: Players must collect Coins scattered across the course in order to have the most by the end of the match. 
* Renegade Roundup: One team, known as "The Authorities", has to use Piranha Plants in order to capture players from the other team, known as "The Renegades". Captured Renegades are placed into one of several jail cells floating above various points on the stage. Remaining Renegades can free their teammates by driving over a key switch placed below the jail cells. The Renegades win if at least one member is still running free when time runs out, and the Authorities win if all of the Renegades get captured. All Authority team members also temporarily lose their ability to capture Renegade members after being hit by an item and Renegades receive a speed boost and temporary immunity when they are freed from the cells. 
=== Battle Courses ===
== Gallery ==
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