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Trick Tour

The **Trick Tour** was the sixteenth tour of *Mario Kart Tour*, which began on April 22, 2020 and ended on May 5, 2020. It was the first tour to be named directly after a mechanic in the *Mario Kart* series, the second tour in a row that did not introduce any new courses, and also the first to feature only a specific variant of courses, in this case R/T variants. The tour therefore included nearly every retro and RMX course in their R/T variations, only excluding Rock Rock Mountain. Builder Mario and Builder Toad were announced as the new characters for the Trick Tour to coincide with the final major update for *Super Mario Maker 2*. The menu's background featured Peach's Castle from *Mario Kart 7'*s Mario Circuit as the landmark for this tour.

## Spotlights

May 5, 2020, 10:59 p.m. (PT)

## Profiles

* ***Mario Kart Tour* Twitter:**
	+ "*The Yoshi Tour is ending soon. But don't worry, there's another terrific tour on the way. Starting Apr. 21, 11 PM PT, the Trick Tour kicks off in #MarioKartTour! Hope you're ready to rack up some points, because every course included will be the Trick variant!*"
	+ "*It's time for the Trick Tour! True to its name, this tour is as tricky as they come, since every single course is an R/T course. Make your way through 12 cups as you've never seen them before!*"
Winter Tour (2019)

The **Winter Tour** was the fifth tour of *Mario Kart Tour*, which began on November 20, 2019 and ended on December 3, 2019. Reflecting its theme, DK Pass from *Mario Kart DS* made a return, and a variant of Mario in his Santa outfit from *Super Mario Odyssey* was introduced. In this tour, festive trees were added on all courses featured; hitting one with an item during a race would grant "Happy Holidays!" bonus points. The menu's background featured a backdrop for DK Pass and a festive tree as landmarks for this tour.

## Spotlights

December 3, 2019, 9:59 p.m. (PT)
Yoshi Cup

The **Yoshi Cup** is a cup that appears in the *Mario Kart* series. It debuts in *Mario Kart Arcade GP 2*, where it is the first of the two easy cups, as well as the first cup in the game overall. The cup contains two Yoshi-themed courses, both of which are numbered in the same way as the courses in *Super Mario Kart*. The layout of the two courses in this cup would later be reused for Peach Castle and Kingdom Way in *Mario Kart Arcade GP DX*.

The Yoshi Cup also appears in *Mario Kart Tour*. Here, courses featured in this cup are treated as Yoshi's favored or favorite courses.

## Names in other languages

Yosshī Sutēji
ヨッシーカップ (*Mario Kart Tour*)
Yosshī Kappu
Tokyo Blur 2

### Course map

**Tokyo Blur 2** is a race course in *Mario Kart Tour*. It is named after and inspired by Tokyo, Japan, and is the featured course of the New Year's Tour, where it made its debut. This is a reference to the course’s debut tour being themed to the Japanese New Year. The course also appears as **Tokyo Blur 2R** (reverse), **Tokyo Blur 2T** (with ramps), and **Tokyo Blur 2R/T** (reverse and with ramps). The course is a favorite of Pink Shy Guy, Mario (Happi), Baby Rosalina (Detective), and Nabbit.

## Course layout

In the standard layout, all of the racers start the course on the central span of the Rainbow Bridge. Just after the starting line, the road curves to the right through Ginza, then makes a slight right before the Wako store. After passing by two Thwomps, the course shifts left at a roundabout and continues straight (with a subway entrance and Akihabara shops visible on the left), then goes under an archway left of the Sensō-ji, where a kadomatsu can be found. As the player slights right then turns left at a signalized intersection, the road makes a wide right turn back onto Rainbow Bridge. Fuji TV's headquarters can be seen on the left.

## Appearances

### New Year's Tour

In the New Year's Tour, Tokyo Blur 2 served as the tour's signature course. It appeared as the first course in the Mario Cup, the second course in the Roy Cup, the location of the bonus challenges in the Baby Rosalina Cup, the Peach Cup, the Daisy Cup, and the Pauline Cup, and the location of the tour's Coin Rush. Its T variant appeared as the second course in the Lakitu Cup and the third course in the Morton Cup, its R variant appeared as the first course in the Diddy Kong Cup and the third course in the Wario Cup, and its R/T variant appeared as the second course in the Iggy Cup and the third course in the Pauline Cup.

### Summer Festival Tour

In the Summer Festival Tour, Tokyo Blur 2 appeared as the first course in the Monty Mole Cup. Its T variant appeared as the third course in the Morton Cup, and its R variant appeared as the third course in the Dry Bones Cup.

## Profiles

### *Mario Kart Tour*

* ***Mario Kart Tour* Twitter:** "*Japan's most famous city is back for for another lap with the Tokyo Blur 2 course. Those traditional kadomatsu decorations aren't just for show—hitting them with an item is a great way to rack up some extra points!*"

## References

1. **^** mariokarttourEN (January 1, 2020). *Twitter*. Retrieved March 13, 2020.
Animal Tour

The Animal Tour was the eighty-third tour of Mario Kart Tour, which began on November 16, 2022 and ended on November 29, 2022. This tour introduced Kitsune Luigi from Super Mario 3D Land as a new driver, as well as a Moo Moo-themed Mii Racing Suit, which players could retrieve by placing high in the tour's ranked cups. Like the Sky Tour, players could also earn Light-blue Shy Guy for placing high in the ranked cups.

This tour also introduced DK Mountain from Mario Kart: Double Dash!! and Riverside Park from Mario Kart: Super Circuit (the latter of which made its series debut as a classic course). Various other animal-themed drivers, karts, and gliders were also featured and introduced. This was the first tour since the introduction of Battle Mode in the Battle Tour to not introduce any new battle courses. The Chargin' Chuck Cup debuted in this tour, making this the first tour to introduce a new cup since the 2022 Cat Tour twelve tours prior, even though Chargin' Chuck had been playable since the 2022 Los Angeles Tour and had been available in regular pipes since the May 2022 Peach vs. Bowser Tour.

This tour's Coin Rush course was GCN Dino Dino Jungle, which was reused from the Hammer Bro Tour and the 2021 Autumn Tour. The menu's background featured the volcano from DK Mountain as the landmark for this tour.

Starting in this tour, weekly spotlight items can appear as daily spotlights in the week opposite to the one in which they appear as a weekly spotlight.
Samurai Tour

The Samurai Tour is the sixty-sixth tour of Mario Kart Tour which begins on March 23, 2022 and ends on April 5, 2022. As its name indicates, the tour will add in Mario wearing the Samurai helmet and armor from Super Mario Odyssey as a playable character, as well as introducing Peach in a heart-themed yukata, a pink-colored Shy Guy (Ninja), and Wave 2 of Mii Racing Suits. The tour also introduces many other Japanese-based items like a samurai-themed kart and a glider based on an origami kabuto. Ninja Hideaway also returns as the featured course of the tour. Although this tour will not introduce any new courses—the first to do so since the Space Tour nine tours prior—it will feature the debut of 3DS Wario Shipyard's R/T variant.

This will be the last tour to feature the eighth set of Expert Challenges, which started in the Singapore Tour.

The 2.5 Year Anniversary Celebration will start in this tour.
2nd Anniversary Tour

## Tour info

### Main course

New York Minute 4, Tokyo Blur, Paris Promenade, London Loop, Vancouver Velocity, Sydney Sprint, Los Angeles Laps, Berlin Byways,

### High-End drivers

Pauline, Mario (Hakama), [[Peach|Peach (Kimono)], Peach Vacation, Luigi (Painter), Waluigi (Bus Driver), Baby Rosalina (Detective)

### High-End karts

Red B Dasher Mk. 2, B Dasher Mk. 2, Pink B Dasher Mk. 2, Classic B Dasher Mk. 2, Sky-Blue B Dasher Mk. 2, Metal B Dasher Mk. 2, Cream B Dasher Mk. 2, and Green B Dasher Mk. 2

### Next Tour

Autumn Tour

The 2nd Anniversary Tour was the fifty-third tour of Mario Kart Tour, which began on September 22, 2021 and ended on October 5, 2021. As the tour's name indicates, it celebrated two years since the official launch of Mario Kart Tour on September 25, 2019. This tour introduced a new layout of the New York Minute course, named New York Minute 4, and it was also the first tour to consist of only city-themed new courses, making this tour the first one to not feature any classic courses, the first to not feature any SNES courses, and the second in a row to introduce a new city course. This was also the first tour since the Hammer Bro Tour thirty-nine tours prior to only introduce Super drivers, being Birdo (Blue), who was available as a reward for placing high in the ranked cups alongside the Blue Turbo Birdo, making this the first tour to feature a kart as a reward for placing high in the ranked cup. The tour also featured new unique challenges, as well as an upgraded Token Shop with some half-price items. Like the 1st Anniversary Tour twenty-five tours prior, this tour only featured ten base courses but totaled up to thirty-five courses including variants (similar to the Mario vs. Peach Tour four tours prior); the only recurring track was New York Minute 4R/T.

This tour's Coin Rush course was London Loop, which was reused from the London Tour. The menu's background featured the Empire State Building as the landmark for this tour, which was reused from the 2019 Holiday Tour and the 1st Anniversary Tour.
Variants

[outdated] character screen

Variants are new versions of certain Drivers. There are new variants in every tour. Since the Mii Tour there have been Mii variants introduced in waves. Each Mii has a special skill. The wave 1 Miis have Items identical to their Super Driver form.

## Mario

There are 24 Mario variants (including Baby Mario and Mii variants) with Cat Mario approaching in the Cat Tour (2022). Each variant is themed differently and is brought back frequently for other tours.

New York TourWedding TourNew York TourChef TourSky TourMii TourSuper Mario Kart Tour(not all variants are included)

## Luigi

There are 9 Luigi variants (including Baby Luigi and Mii variants) with Cat Luigi approaching in the Cat Tour (2022). Luigi has some of the least amount of variants in the whole game for a main character. However (unlike Mario) these variants are not brought back so frequently.

## Peach

There are 13 Peach variants (including Baby Peach and Mii variants). Each Peach variant is themed towards the tour it's introduced in or the ongoing events (such as the doctor festival)

(not all variants are included)

## Daisy

There are 7 Daisy variants (including Baby Daisy). As there are not many variants of Daisy, she is not brought back often. And although she doesn't have a High-End baby variant (unline Baby Peach and Rosalina with their Cherub and Detective variants) or a Mii, her variants are all High-End and are themed.
Metropolitan Tour

The **Metropiltan Tour** is the seventy-second tour of Mario Kart Tour. It began on June 14, 2022 and ended on June 28, 2022. The tour only uses City Courses (Paris Promenade, London Loop, Berlin Byways and Amsterdam Drift. The tour introduces Rosalina (Chef) and the Pastry Mii Suit. It brings back Rosalina (Volendam), Luigi (Painter) and Luigi (Lederhosen) as they are signature drivers of Amsterdam Drift, Paris Promenade and Berlin Byways. The Rosalina Mii Racing Suit also returns as a ranked reward, making this the first tour to reuse a Mii Racing Suit as a ranked reward, and the first tour since the 2021 Halloween Tour 17 tours prior to repeat a ranked reward. In a similar vein to the 2nd Anniversary Tour, the tour only features city courses. This is the first tour since the Summer Festival Tour where new city tracks do not debut with their R/T variants.
Vancouver Velocity

### Course map

**Vancouver Velocity** is a race track in *Mario Kart Tour*. It is named after and inspired by Vancouver, Canada, and makes its debut in the city's namesake tour, the Vancouver Tour. The course also appears as **Vancouver Velocity R** (Reverse variant), **Vancouver Velocity T** (Variant with ramps), and **Vancouver Velocity R/T** (Reverse variant with ramps). The course is a favorite of Birdo (Light Blue), Ice Bro, Rosalina (Aurora), and Dry Bones (Gold).

## Course layout

In the standard layout, the racers start the course in a street next to the Vancouver Convention Centre, with the Vancouver Olympics cauldron up ahead on the right. After driving underneath the Olympics cauldron, players can see Stanley Park (referred to as "Vancouver Park" on signage) with a little concessions building on the left and a suspension bridge area on the right, where numerous Swoops reside. After players make a sharp turn right onto the suspension bridge itself, they must make an S-curve on the bridge to a glider ramp, which takes them back behind the Convention Centre where Science World is visible in the background. Afterwards, taking a right turn brings the players to the street where the finish line awaits them. Goombas also appear in this course.

## Appearances

### Vancouver Tour

In the Vancouver Tour, Vancouver Velocity served as the tour's signature course. It appeared as the first course in the Rosalina Cup, the second course in the Lakitu Cup, the location of the bonus challenges in the Mario Cup, the Donkey Kong Cup, the Pauline Cup, and the Peachette Cup, and the location of the tour's Coin Rush. Its T variant appeared as the second course in the Baby Rosalina Cup and the third course in the Diddy Kong Cup, its R variant appeared as the third course in the King Boo Cup and the first course in the Wario Cup, and its R/T variant appeared as the second course in the Dry Bowser Cup and the third course in the Peachette Cup.

### 1st Anniversary Tour

In the 1st Anniversary Tour, Vancouver Velocity appeared as the first course in the Daisy Cup. Its T variant appeared as the first course in the Lakitu Cup and the location of the bonus challenge in the Bowser Cup, its R variant appeared as the first course in the Mario Cup, and its R/T variant appeared as the second course in the Bowser Jr. Cup.

## Profiles

### *Mario Kart Tour*

* ***Mario Kart Tour* Twitter:** "*Vancouver offers the perfect blend of natural and urban living, but don't slow down to smell the roses—this is a #MarioKartTour race, after all! Notice the magnificent aurora above and look for the suspension bridge as you put the pedal to the metal in Vancouver Velocity!*"
Piranha Plant Tour

The Piranha Plant Tour was the seventy-fourth tour of Mario Kart Tour, which began on July 13, 2022 and ended on July 26, 2022. As the tour's name indicates, it featured numerous Piranha Plant-themed content, including Piranha Plant Slide from Mario Kart 7 returning as a classic course, Petey Piranha as a new driver (marking his first playable appearance in the Mario Kart series since Mario Kart: Double Dash!! almost 19 years prior, and leaving Koopa Paratroopa as the only character from that game to not yet be playable in Tour), a Petey Piranha-themed Mii Racing Suit released as part of Wave 10, the Piranha Pipes kart from Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, and the new Piranha Plant Balloons glider. Additionally, most of the courses that have Piranha Plants in them, such as SNES Choco Island 2 and GCN Yoshi Circuit, were also included. The tour also took place during the 20th anniversary of Super Mario Sunshine, Petey Piranha's debut game, in Japan, July 19.

Starting from this tour, with the exception of coins, the bonus point boosts from glider special skills apply to items that appear in driver special skills, like the Lucky Seven. For example, if a player is to use a glider with the Mushroom Plus skill, the player will receive more bonus points from picking up Mushrooms shot out of a Mushroom Cannon, instead of the point boost strictly applying to Mushrooms received in Item Boxes.

This tour's Coin Rush course was SNES Choco Island 2. The menu's background featured the castle and some Warp Pipes from Piranha Plant Slide as the landmarks for this tour.

Starting from this tour, the Sunny Surf Sailer kart is available in regular tour pipes, including the All-Clear Pipe.

For unexplained reasons, despite posting a teaser image for the tour the Thursday before the tour started, the official Mario Kart Tour Twitter account did not post the trailers for the tour and the corresponding Mii Racing Suit on the Friday before the start of the tour like normal, instead posting it on the day of the tour itself. However, the trailers were viewable in the News section of the game itself on the Friday prior.
1st Anniversary Tour

### High-End drivers

Pauline, Mario (Hakama), Peach (Vacation), Waluigi (Bus Driver), and Rosalina (Aurora), Mario (Musician), Peach (Kimono), Shy Guy (Pastry Chef), Wario (Hiker), and Baby Rosalina (Detective)

### High-End karts

Yellow Taxi, Kabuki Dasher, Double-Decker, Macharon, Comet Tail, Blue Badwagon, Quickshaw, Carrot Kart, Snow Skimmer, Tea Coupe

### High-End gliders

Full Flight, Strawberry Crepe, Fare Flier, Soaring Jack, Luma Parafoil, Bullet Bill Parachute, Purple Oilpaper Umbrella, Le Tricolore, Rainbow Starchute

The **1st Anniversary Tour** was the twenty-eighth tour of *Mario Kart Tour*, which began on October 7, 2020, and ended on October 20, 2020. It celebrated the first anniversary since *Mario Kart Tour*'s release on September 25, 2019, and saw the return of four city-themed nitro courses while also introducing New York Minute 3. Log-in bonuses were extended from 10 days to all 14 days of the tour, as was the event tokens event. Anniversary Challenges were also added alongside the standard Tour Challenges and granted the player rubies as rewards for completing each of them. Additionally, the number of free pipes for this tour was increased from 4 to 6. The menu's background featured the Empire State Building as the landmark for this tour.

Despite celebrating the game's first anniversary, the actual one-year anniversary fell in the previous tour, the Los Angeles Tour. Instead, the tour was announced on the day in question, three days after the Los Angeles Tour began, making this tour's announcement date the closest to its previous tour's starting date, though no information besides its name was given until the day the tour would have normally been announced.

## Spotlights

October 6, 2020, 11:00 p.m. (PT) –
October 20, 2020, 10:59 p.m. (PT)

October 13, 2020, 11:00 p.m. (PT) –

## Paid banners

* "*It's time for the 1st Anniversary Tour! Let's celebrate one full year since #MarioKartTour was released! Over the next two weeks, you'll race across 5 city courses including a new variant of New York Minute.*"[2]
* "*For the first half of the 1st Anniversary Tour, drivers that have been lighting up city courses around the world are back, including Pauline and Mario (Hakama)!*"[3]
* "*Log-In Bonuses have been upgraded for the 1st Anniversary Tour! In the second half of the tour, you can also receive a High-End level-boost ticket from the 11th day!*"[4]
Irish Reunification Party

Reformed party of Sinn Fein made by Jack Kernaghan. After Jack recognized the failure in Sinn Fein trying to reunite Ireland, he won a majority vote in the party and has turned it into a nationalist party set on securing Irish liberties and reuniting the Irish people. He also merged the party with Saoradh.
Tokyo Tour

The **Tokyo Tour** was the second tour of *Mario Kart Tour*, which began on October 9, 2019 and ended on October 22, 2019. Reflecting its theme, it introduced a new course, Tokyo Blur (temporarily retitled "Tokyo Blur 1"), as well as variants of Mario and Peach in traditional Japanese attire, with Mario's being his hakama from *Super Mario Odyssey*. The menu's background featured Mount Fuji as the landmark for this tour.

## Trivia

* This was the only tour to feature bonus challenges taking place in the same course back-to-back, the course being SNES Choco Island 2.
* Without counting the base game content added in the New York Tour, this was the tour that added the biggest amount of new content to the game, with fourteen new drivers, thirteen new karts, ten new cups, nine new gliders, seven new tracks and two new items.
* In the Baby Rosalina and Daisy Cups, SNES Mario Circuit 2 depicted Lakitu and GCN Yoshi Circuit T depicted Metal Mario on the icons despite them not being favorite courses. This was the first tour that had this oddity.
Funky Kong

Funky Kong is a recurring Kong in the Donkey Kong franchise. He first appears in Donkey Kong Country. In most of his appearances, Funky operates a transportation service for the Kongs.

Funky Kong returns in Mario Kart Tour as a High-End driver, being made available on May 20, 2020. He was part of the first week's spotlight of the Jungle Tour, alongside the Bolt Buggy and the Banana Wingtip. Funky also returned as part of the 2nd week spotlight of the 2020 Los Angeles Tour. Starting with the Cat Tour, he is now a regular High-End driver, and starting with the Bowser vs. DK Tour, he has his own self-named cup. Funky Kong’s special item is the Banana Barrels, which is shared with Diddy Kong.
Los Angeles Tour

The **Los Angeles Tour** was the twenty-seventh tour of *Mario Kart Tour*, which began on September 23, 2020 and ended on October 6, 2020. True to its name, the tour introduced a new course named after Los Angeles, California, aptly named Los Angeles Laps, marking the first instance of a tour taking place in the same country as a previous tour (the New York Tour; both cities are in the United States), and the sixth city-based nitro course overall (with the last one being Vancouver Velocity in the Vancouver Tour, eight months prior). However, the track itself takes place in Santa Monica as indicated by the Santa Monica Pier and the course flags welcoming players to Santa Monica.

This tour took place during the game's first anniversary, although the game did not commemorate it until the next tour, the 1st Anniversary Tour. It also introduced a new variant of Mario based on his Sunshine outfit from *Super Mario Sunshine* and *Super Mario Odyssey*. This tour also featured the first new R/T course since SNES Vanilla Lake 1R/T and GBA Bowser's Castle 2R/T in the Trick Tour, being Los Angeles Laps R/T. The menu's background featured the Santa Monica Pier as the landmark for this tour.

## Spotlights

October 6, 2020, 10:59 p.m. (PT)

## Profiles

* ***Mario Kart Tour* Twitter:**
	+ "*The Super Mario Kart Tour is wrapping up. Starting Sept. 23, 11 PM PT,1drive off into the sunset in the Los Angeles Tour! Great weather, a beach, and a ferris wheel. Time to enjoy the last days of summer in style on the track in #MarioKartTour.*"
	+ "*Cruise along the beach in style. It's time for the Los Angeles Tour!*"
	+ "*Sushi from Super Mario 64 is here as a kart! This kart will be featured alongside other beach-themed karts and gliders in the Beachside Pipe, which is available for a limited time from Sept. 26, 11 PM PT, to Oct. 1, 10:59 PM PT.*"
	+ "*You can find the new Sushi Racer kart and the Green Circuit kart in pipes, including the All-Clear Pipe that you can fire by clearing all of this tour's cups in #MarioKartTour.*"
	+ "*The Los Angeles Tour is almost over. Thanks for racing! Next up in #MarioKartTour is the long-awaited 1st Anniversary Tour!.*"

*1* - The date mentioned in the tweet is incorrect, as it is a day after the next expected tour starting date. The in-game news states the correct date: September 22 at 11:00 p.m. (PT).

## Trivia

* In the Wendy Cup, RMX Rainbow Road 1 depicted Rosalina in its icon, even though it is only treated as a favored course.
* The Los Angeles Tour was the second tour to host a Vs. Mega (opponent) race on a variation of a course, namely Los Angeles Laps R/T. The first tour to do this was the Trick Tour, which took place on SNES Mario Circuit 3T.
	+ Coincidentally, both races had Bowser as the Mega opponent
Ninja Tour (2021)

The **Ninja Tour** is the 41st tour of *Mario Kart Tour*, which began on April 7, 2021 and will end on April 20, 2021. This tour introduced a brand new course based on a Japanese dojo, Ninja Hideaway, and drivers Shy Guy (Ninja), Green Shy Guy, and a golden variant of King Bob-omb. Peach (Kimono) and Daisy (Yukata) also return as spotlight drivers for the second week. This tour's Coin Rush course is SNES Rainbow Road, which was reused from the beta test and the Tokyo Tour. The menu's background features the dojo from Ninja Hideaway as the landmark for this tour.

## Challenges

 600,000

Item tickets ×5
Level-boost ticket (High-End glider) ×1
 550,000

Item tickets ×5
Level-boost ticket (Super glider) ×1
 500,000

Item tickets ×5
Level-boost ticket (Normal glider) ×1
 400,000

 300,000

 150,000

Point-boost tickets (glider) ×3
Dash Ring

Rosalina Halloween

Baby Rosalina Detective

Mario Swimwear

Penguin Toad

The **Dash Ring** is the special item of Rosalina, Ludwig, Rosalina (Halloween), Peach (Wintertime), Baby Rosalina (Detective), Mario (Swimwear), and Penguin Toad in *Mario Kart Tour*. When used, it follows the track to produce three rings that the player and opponents can use to gain temporary speed boosts, similarly to Dash Panels. The item can also pass by opponents to give them premature bursts of speed. When Dash Ring+ is active, two extra rings are tossed, allowing use for more speed.

## Profiles

### *Mario Kart Tour*

* **Special Skill bio:** "*Pass through this for a burst of speed. Your opponents can use it too, so make it count!*"
* **Tips & Tricks:** "*Tosses out three rings in front of you along the track. Pass through them for a speed boost!*"
* ***Mario Kart Tour* Twitter:** "*Drive through dash rings for an extra boost of speed! If you're having trouble maneuvering through them, practice your steering in the Ring Race bonus challenge! Try to pass through as many as you can!*"

## References

1. **^** https://twitter.com/mariokarttourEN/status/1184982422934310912 *Mario Kart Tour* Twitter
Scottish National Party

Founded in 1934 with the amalgamation of the National Party of Scotland and the Scottish Party, the party has had continuous parliamentary representation in Westminster since Winnie Ewing won the 1967 Hamilton by-election. With the establishment of the devolved Scottish Parliament in 1999, the SNP became the second-largest party, serving two terms as the opposition. The SNP gained power at the 2007 Scottish Parliament election, forming a minority government, before going on to win the 2011 Parliament election, after which it formed Holyrood's first majority government. It was reduced back to being a minority government at the 2016 election.
Luma Parafoil

### Tours

Vancouver Tour, Marine Tour , 1st Anniversary Tour, Winter Tour (2020) (Starry Gliders Pipe)

### Tour Exclusive?

Yes

The **Luma Parafoil** is a High-End glider that appears in *Mario Kart Tour*. Introduced in the Vancouver Tour, it is the signature glider of Rosalina (Aurora) and Rosalina (Swimwear). The glider is a variant of the Parafoil with an image of a Luma and images of stars on it. Unlike the Parafoil, this glider increases the chances of getting Lightning from Item Boxes and the number of points awarded for landing hits with it.

## Availability

The Luma Parafoil has only appeared in certain pipes and isn't part of the Daily Selects set.

 Marine Tour
 1st Anniversary Tour
 Winter Tour (2020)
Doctor Tour (2022)

The Doctor Tour is the sixty-ninth tour of Mario Kart Tour, which will begin on May 4, 2022 and will end on May 17, 2022. As the tour's name indicates, it introduces Dr. Mario and Dr. Luigi as new drivers, as well as introducing doctor-themed items such as two karts based on Capsules. It also features the return of Coconut Mall from Mario Kart Wii as the signature course of the tour since its last appearance in the Booster Course Pass DLC for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. This tour released Wave 5 of Mii Racing Suits, which, like the previous tour, introduces only one suit.

The Doctor Fest event begins in this tour and will run through this tour and the following tour.

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Amsterdam Tour

The Amsterdam Tour is the sixty-eighth tour of Mario Kart Tour, which will begin on April 20, 2022 and will end on May 3, 2022. The tour features a new city course themed after Amsterdam, the Netherlands, named Amsterdam Drift. The tour was first hinted at through a gold badge released in the Peach vs. Daisy Tour thirty-one tours prior. With its main theme around flowers and gardening, it introduces Rosalina in a traditional Volendam outfit and Daisy in a farmer's outfit as drivers, while also introducing a flower wagon-themed kart and the Dragonfly from Mario Kart DS. This tour will also release Wave 4 of Mii Racing Suits, which, for the first time, will introduce only one suit.

## Spotlights

May 3, 2022, 10:59 p.m. (PT)

## Today's Challenge

Players' most recently used kart and glider are chosen, and favorite and favored ones have extra priority. Opponents are arranged randomly. On day 1 of this tour, players finish a race in RMX Rainbow Road 2 in the Monty Mole Cup using Cat Peach for a free pipe launch. Starting from day 2, players have to finish a race in the earliest incomplete course that is not in any of the ranked cups using the driver shown on the course's thumbnail every day to obtain the corresponding reward in the table below. Once all of the courses are completed, the courses are selected at random.

 5, 10
 14
Rose Taxi

The Rose Taxi is a High-End kart appearing in Mario Kart Tour, which was added in the Peach vs. Daisy Tour. Based on the Yellow Taxi, it has a rosey-red color scheme, a heart design on the hood and roses adorning the body. The kart is also slightly similar to the Red Taxi, though the silver parts have a bronze color scheme on this kart. Unlike the Yellow Taxi, the emblem does not appear on the hood ornament. It uses brass-rimmed versions of the Off-Road tires from Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. The Rose Taxi raises the duration of Slipstream boosts and the amount of bonus points awarded for performing Slipstreams. This kart is Pauline (Rose)'s signature Kart.
Vacation Tour

The Vacation Tour was the hundred-and-second tour of Mario Kart Tour, which began on August 9, 2023 and ended on August 22, 2023. This tour introduced Squeaky Clean Sprint.

This tour also featured the first reappearances of Athens Dash (the original and 2), Bangkok Rush 2, GBA Peach Circuit, GCN Mushroom Bridge, and GBA Bowser's Castle 4 since their debuts in the Spring Tour, the 2023 Winter Tour, the Princess Tour, the 2023 Mii Tour, and the 2023 Bowser Tour, respectively. The Boomerang Bro Cup also debuted in this tour, making it the first tour since the 2021 Space Tour where the new cup is for a non-High-End driver, and marking the longest gap between the cup's character's addition to the game and the debut of their respective cup. This was the first tour since the Peach Tour where the new cup does not fall on the ranked week.

This was the second tour in a row where the Daisy Cup is a ranked cup, being in the second week.

As of this tour, all Birdo colors from the Booster Course Pass are present in Mario Kart Tour. Additionally, all of the Koopalings now have a Mii Racing Suit as of this tour.

The Summertime Celebration that started in the Sunshine Tour continued in this tour, and will end in the 2023 Summer Tour.

The Coin Rush course for this tour was Squeaky Clean Sprint. The menu background featured the lawnchair, front-load washer and laundry basket, suitcase, and potted plant from Squeaky Clean Sprint as the landmark for the tour. This tour's trailer featured floating bubbles during its opening splash screen.

This was the first tour to repeat a Big Reverse Race vs. 100 bonus challenge. It was also the first tour to give favorite courses to Koopa Troopa, Birdo (Light Blue), Rosalina (Swimwear), the Koopa Dasher, the Super Blooper, the Light-blue Turbo Birdo, and the Great Sail since the Anniversary Tour, Hammer Bro Tour, Sundae Tour, New York Tour, Tokyo Tour, Marine Tour, and 2022 Los Angeles Tour, respectively.

Despite Paris Promenade being featured in this tour, the Battle map is not present. The Daisy Mii Racing Suit appears in the course icon for GCN Baby Park, despite not being available this tour.
Items

### Frenzy

Depending on the selected driver and course they are used on, players can get one to three items at once. In the case that a character gets three of the same item, they will activate the new Frenzy Mode, in which they immediately activate Super Star power, and can charge all the Mini-Turbo stages much more quickly and can use unlimited supplies of the respective item until the invincibility runs out. Any item can appear in Frenzy Mode, except for the Star, which is exclusive to certain bonus challenges.

The probability of obtaining a Frenzy depends on the current position and lap and on the driver chosen. In particular, the current position and lap define a base probability that is then summed to a bonus depending on the rarity and skill level of the driver chosen. The resulting probability is capped at 50%, even if the sum exceeds said value.

### Item Box items

Items function mostly the same as in previous installments in the series. As in *Mario Kart: Double Dash!!*, every character has their own special item that most other characters cannot obtain. By upgrading drivers to certain levels, they can obtain improved special items: Normal drivers to level 7, Super drivers to level 5 or higher, and High-End drivers to level 4 or higher.

The game introduces eleven new items to the series: the Double Bob-ombs, the Ice Flower, the Bubble, the Banana Barrels, the Mushroom Cannon, the Coin Box, the Dash Ring, the Bob-omb Cannon, the Giga Bob-omb, the Super Bell, and the Capsule, all of which are character-exclusive items. Several items also return in this game after a long absence from the series, including Bowser's Shell, Yoshi's Egg/Birdo's Egg, the Giant Banana, the Heart, and the Mega Mushroom from *Mario Kart Wii*; the former four (from *Mario Kart: Double Dash!!*) are all special items, while the lattermost is a regular item. Additionally, the Hammer item from the *Mario Kart Arcade GP* series appears in this game for the first time in a non-arcade *Mario Kart* game as a special item, though its functions are different. The Lucky Seven and Super Leaf, which were both absent in *Mario Kart 8* and *Mario Kart 8 Deluxe*, also return in this game as special items.

The probabilities used in single player mode outside of Frenzies are reported. It is possible that the first item boxes of the races use different probabilities. The probability of common items can be increased by using gliders with the respective item skill. The actual probability is calculated as (item probability + glider bonus)/(sum of the probabilities of the eligible items); when no item can be obtained, a Coin is obtained instead.
Springtime Crane

The Springtime Crane is a High-End glider in Mario Kart Tour. It was introduced in the Mario vs. Peach Tour as the signature glider of Peach (Happi). It is a light pink variant of the Crimson Crane decorated with cherry blossom flowers and petals. Unlike the Crimson Crane, hitting racers while under the effects of a Bullet Bill grants more points when using this glider.
Professor James Hess

**Age-**53

**Height-**6'0"

**Weight-**247 Lbs

**Gender-**male

**Hair/Fur Color-**greyish-white

**Eyes Color-**blue

**Species-**human

**Goal-**resurrect Primess Undoer and destruction of Semia

**Alignment-**evil, the Hess Supremacy and the Hess family

**Family-**

Joseph Vance-(Grandson)

Elissa Hess-(daughter)-mentioned only

William Hess-(son in law)-mentioned only

Molly Hess-(wife)-mentioned in memories
Paris Promenade 3

**Paris Promenade 3** is a race course in *Mario Kart Tour*. It is named after and inspired by Paris, France and made its debut in the city’s namesake tour, the 2021 Paris Tour. The course also appears as **Paris Promenade 3R** (reverse), **Paris Promenade 3T** (with ramps), and **Paris Promenade 3R/T** (reverse and with ramps). The course is a favorite of Rosalina (Halloween), Peach (Halloween), Cat Toad, White Yoshi, and Luigi (Painter).

## Appearances

### Paris Tour (2021)

In the 2021 Paris Tour, Paris Promenade 3 served as the tour's signature course. It appeared as the first course in the Luigi Cup, the third course in the Toad Cup, and the location of the bonus challenge in the Ludwig Cup. Its R/T variant appeared as the second course in the Rosalina Cup, the third course in the Ice Mario Cup, and the location of the bonus challenge in the Monty Mole Cup, its R variant appeared as the second course in the Mario Cup and the first course in the Fire Bro Cup, and its T variant appeared as the first course in the Baby Luigi Cup and the third course in the Pink Gold Peach Cup.

## Profiles

### *Mario Kart Tour*

* ***Mario Kart Tour* Twitter:** *"The Wedding Tour is almost over. Thanks for racing! Next up in #MarioKartTour: Paris Promenade 3 takes center stage in the Paris Tour!"*

## Gallery

### Course icons

The course icon with Luigi (Painter)The course icon with White YoshiThe course icon of the Reverse variantThe course icon of the Trick variantMKT Icon ParisPromenade3T WhiteYoshi.pngThe course icon of the Trick variant with White YoshiThe course icon of the Reverse/Trick variantMKT Icon ParisPromenade3RT PaulineRose.pngThe course icon of the Reverse/Trick variant with Pauline (Rose)The course icon of the bonus challenge in the Monty Mole Cup (2021 Paris Tour)The course icon of the bonus challenge in the Ludwig Cup (2021 Paris Tour)
### Screenshots

View of the parallel turns around the Luxor ObeliskPeach (Vacation), Pauline (Rose), and Luigi (Painter) racing on the courseLuigi (Painter) gliding in the Paintster with the Flying Easel on the Reverse variant

## Trivia

* A painting of this course can be seen on the Flying Easel glider.

## References

1. ↑ @mariokarttourEN. (June 15, 2021) *Twitter* Received June 15, 2021.
Green Apple Kart

The Green Apple Kart is a High-End kart in Mario Kart Tour. It was introduced in the Flower Tour and is a green variant of the Apple Kart with teal highlights on the taillights. Unlike the Apple Kart, it uses golden versions of the Wood tires from Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. Also unlike the Apple Kart, this kart increases the duration of Slipstream boosts and the number of points earned for performing Slipstreams.
Diddy Kong

> “I am the brave Diddy Kong. Show yourself, if you are friendly. If not, then get ready for the fight of your life!"
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Diddy Kong, also known simply as Diddy, is the deuteragonist of the Donkey Kong franchise and Donkey Kong's sidekick. He is a creation of the British company Rare Ltd., which was sold to Microsoft. The rights of Donkey Kong series characters, including Diddy Kong, were kept with Nintendo. Diddy sports a red shirt with yellow stars and a red hat with the Nintendo logo printed on it. After Rare lost their rights to the Donkey Kong franchise due to Microsoft purchasing the company from Nintendo, Diddy Kong went on to become a regular character in spin-off Mario franchise titles.

The name "Diddy" is a slang word used in some parts of northern England for "small," as Diddy Kong is. Diddy Kong has gone on many adventures by himself, occasionally with his girlfriend Dixie Kong, and has even starred in his own racing game for the Nintendo 64 and later in its remake for the Nintendo DS.

> ***This page is under construction, please excuse it's lack of information.***
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Blue Soda

The **Blue Soda** is a High-End kart in *Mario Kart Tour*. It was introduced in the Marine Tour and is the signature kart of Rosalina (Swimwear) and Cat Toad. Like its name indicates, the Blue Soda is a blue variant of the Soda Jet. Unlike the Soda Jet, it uses red versions of the Slick tires from *Mario Kart 8* and *Mario Kart 8 Deluxe*. Also unlike the Soda Jet, this kart increases Dash Panel boost duration and the amount of points earned for using Dash Panels.

## Availability

The Blue Soda has only appeared in certain pipes and is not a part of the Daily Selects set.

 Los Angeles Tour
 Rosalina Tour
 Rosalina Pipe 2
 Cat Tour
 Cat Pipe 2
(spotlight)

## Gallery

Penguin Toad approaching a half-pipe in the Blue Soda on Wii DK Summit
## Names in other languages

*Burū Saidā*
 German
 Italian
 Portuguese
 Chinese (Traditional)
*Lán sè sūdǎ*
King Boo

* King Boo
* King Boo (Luigi's Mansion)
* King Boo (Gold)

King Boo is the leader of the Boos and ghosts, the main antagonist of the Luigi's Mansion series, and the arch-nemesis of Luigi. He is also an ally of Bowser and has aided him in his various schemes. He has succeeded in capturing Mario in the Luigi's Mansion games as well as capturing Toads, Professor E. Gadd, and Princess Peach. Although not the biggest Boo, King Boo has some powers throughout the series, including materializing objects and spitting fire. King Boo's power is often directly proportional to the number of Boos in his vicinity.

King Boo reappears as a playable character in Mario Kart Tour, available as of the 2019 Halloween Tour. He is classified as a Super driver, and his special skill is the Lucky Seven.

The game also features two other playable variants of King Boo. King Boo (Luigi's Mansion), also introduced to the game in the 2019 Halloween Tour, uses his design from Luigi's Mansion 3, marking the first time King Boo is playable using his appearance from the Luigi's Mansion series. This variant is listed as a High-End character and has the Bob-omb Cannon special skill. King Boo (Gold) was introduced for the 2020 Halloween Tour, sporting a golden body and blue-jeweled silver crown. Also listed as a High-End driver, he uses the Coin Box as his special skill and, like other metallic characters, a distorting filter is applied to his voice. Unlike most characters, King Boo's head icon is recycled from Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, rather than having a new one that uses his in-game model. Similarly, the head icons for his Luigi's Mansion and gold counterparts also use their in-game artwork.

In pre-release materials, including the beta test, King Boo was classified as a Super Rare (High-End) driver and his special skill was the Double Bob-ombs, sharing his change in classification between the beta test and final game with Rosalina.
General Joseph Vance

**Age-**20

**Height-**5'9"

**Weight-**172 Lbs

**Gender-**male

**Hair/Fur Color-**red

**Eyes Color-**blue

**Species-**human

**Goal-**protect Semia from Stradius forces and train new trainees

**Alignment-**Semian Citizen Renegades and the Hess family

**Family-**

Samuel Vance-(Adoptive father)

Emily Vance-(Adoptive mother)

Professor James Hess-(Grandfather)

Molly Hess-(Grandmother)

Elissa Hess-(birth mother)

William Hess-(biological father)
Toad vs. Toadette Tour

The Toad vs. Toadette Tour is the fifty-sixth tour of Mario Kart Tour, which begins on November 3, 2021 and will end on November 16, 2021. This tour will be the fifth to feature a Team Rally event, pitting Team Toad against Team Toadette, making this the first Team Rally tour to include new teams since the third Team Rally, the Bowser vs. DK Tour, and the first Team Rally tour overall to not start alongside a new Expert Challenges set.

This tour will conclude the Autumn Celebration event that started two tours prior on the Autumn Tour. In addition to keeping the Autumn Challenges 2 introduced in the previous tour, it features better rewards on the Token Shop, which include High-End drivers like Ice Mario and Peachette and High-End karts like the Dozer Dasher and the Green Circuit. Also as part of the event, the tour introduces a yellow-colored variant of Toad (Pit Crew) which will be available as a reward for placing high in this tour's ranked cups.
Paris Promenade

### Course map

**Paris Promenade** (referred to as **Paris Promenade 1** from version 1.2.0 to 1.4.0) is a race course in *Mario Kart Tour*. It is named after and inspired by Paris, France, and makes it debut in the city's namesake tour, the Paris Tour. The course also appears as **Paris Promenade R** (reverse), **Paris Promenade T** (with ramps), and **Paris Promenade R/T** (reverse and with ramps). The course is a favorite of Peach (Vacation), Mario (Santa), Luigi (Classic), and Waluigi (Bus Driver).

## Course layout

The course begins at a road facing the Arc de Triomphe. One bypass road for the Arc appears on the left side, though the player can also use a shortcut inside the Arc by breaking through two Piranha Plant wooden cutouts. After a gradual left, the player encounters a Glide Ramp that sends them over the Jardins du Trocadéro and underneath the Eiffel Tower, where some Goombas reside. Afterwards, the player must make a sharp left, followed by another left next to a Big Piranha Plant and a bypass of the Luxor Obelisk leading to the finish line.

## Appearances

### Paris Tour

In the Paris Tour, Paris Promenade served as the tour's signature course. It appeared as the first course in the Peach Cup, the third course in the Donkey Kong Cup, the location of the bonus challenges in the Diddy Kong Cup, the Baby Rosalina Cup, and the Metal Mario Cup, and the location of the tour's Coin Rush. Its T variant appeared as the second course in the Yoshi Cup and the second course in the Bowser Cup, its R variant appeared as the third course in the Toad Cup and the second course in the Daisy Cup, and its R/T variant appeared as the second course in the Waluigi Cup and the third course in the Peachette Cup.

### 1st Anniversary Tour

In the 1st Anniversary Tour, Paris Promenade appeared as the second course in the Bowser Cup and the location of the bonus challenges in the Mario Cup and the Diddy Kong Cup. Its T variant appeared as the third course in the Lakitu Cup, its R/T variant appeared as the third course in the Larry Cup, and its R variant appeared as the third course in the Dry Bones Cup.

## Profiles

### *Mario Kart Tour*

* ***Mario Kart Tour* Twitter:** "*We're excited to introduce a new course in #MarioKartTour, Paris Promenade! Take in the sights as you race through the French capital. But don't get too close to the edge of the road—some of the greenery is out to get you!*"