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Exploration Tour

The **Exploration Tour** was the twenty-second tour of *Mario Kart Tour*, which began on July 15, 2020 and ended on July 28, 2020. Due to its theme around exploration and treasure-hunting, Captain Toad and Toadette in her explorer gear from *Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker* were added as the new spotlight drivers of the tour, while also adding appropriately-themed kart parts such as the Clackety Kart and the Treasure Map. Choco Mountain from *Mario Kart 64* reappears as the signature course of the tour since its last appearance in *Mario Kart DS*. The menu's background featured the mountains from Choco Mountain as the landmark for this tour. This tour also featured a Heavy Hitters Pipe, a pipe that focused on heavyweight drivers, and became available on July 19, 2020 and ended on July 23, 2020.

## Spotlights

July 28, 2020, 10:59 p.m. (PT)

## Cups

*1* - Though Nabbit appeared as an opponent, he was not available in the game yet as a playable character during this tour.

## Profiles

* ***Mario Kart Tour* Twitter:**
	+ "*The Marine Tour is drawing to a close in #MarioKartTour. Have you had your fill of swimming? Starting Jul. 14, 11 PM PT, it's time to set your gaze on different sights. Pop #MKTQuiz: which course is this? Get ready for the Exploration Tour!*"
	+ "*It's time for the Exploration Tour! New course N64 Choco Mountain has come to #MarioKartTour, and there are many existing courses for you to explore too. Will you drive with the pack or go off the beaten path?*"
	+ "*We've assembled a collection of the game's heaviest hitters including Dry Bowser, Funky Kong, Wario, and Rosalina! The Heavy Hitters Pipe is available in #MarioKartTour from July 18, 11:00 PM PT, to July 23, 10:59 PM PT.*"
	+ "*A certain thieving troublemaker appears in the last cup of the Exploration Tour! A Mega-sized version is waiting to take you on in the Donkey Kong Cup's bonus challenge, so what are you waiting for?*"
	+ "*The Exploration Tour is almost over. Thanks for racing! It's not time to ride off into the horizon just yet, though. Next up in #MarioKartTour is the Wild West Tour!*"
Princess Tour

The Princess Tour is the ninety-seventh tour of Mario Kart Tour, which began on May 31, 2023 and ended on June 13, 2023. This tour introduced Daisy Circuit from Mario Kart Wii and Peach Circuit from Mario Kart: Super Circuit as new classic courses, the former making its series classic course debut. It is the second tour of 2023 to have a unique name, after the Spring Tour.
Sundae Tour

The **Sundae Tour** was the seventy-sixth tour of *Mario Kart Tour*, which began on August 10, 2022 and ended on August 23, 2022. As the tour's name indicates, it introduced Sky-High Sundae (making this the first tour since the Ninja Tour thirty-five tours prior to introduce a new course not based on a city, introducing Ninja Hideaway), which first appeared in Wave 2 of the Booster Course Pass for *Mario Kart 8 Deluxe* (which was released a day prior to the tour's announcement, on August 4) as a new course, making this the first course to debut in the aforementioned game and later make an appearance in *Mario Kart Tour*. The tour also introduced White Tanooki Mario from *Super Mario 3D Land* as a new driver and many dessert-related karts and gliders, as well as an ice cream-themed Mii Racing Suit as part of Mii Racing Suits Wave 12. The ? Block Mii Racing Suit returned as a ranked reward for this tour, while the Rosalina Mii Outfit appeared in the Mii Shop for the first time. This was the first tour to feature a trailer showing the new course before the title and banner, which would become a regular staple in future tour trailers. The menu's background featured various elements from Sky-High Sundae, including the giant ice cream sundae and the ice cream cone helicopter, as the landmark for this tour.

Continuing from the previous tour, the Summertime Celebration event concluded in this tour.

Starting from this tour, the White Snow Skimmer and the Calico Parafoil are available in regular tour pipes, including the All-Clear Pipe.
Mii Tour

The Mii Tour was the sixty-fifth tour of Mario Kart Tour, which began on March 9, 2022 and ended on March 22, 2022. As its name indicates, it introduced Miis as playable characters customizable through Mii Racing Suits, which are released in waves starting with Wave 1 in this tour. Due to the Miis' reappearance, as of this tour, all playable characters from Mario Kart Wii, Mario Kart 8, and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (excluding the other non-Mario characters) are present in the game. The tour also featured the return of Mushroom Gorge from the former game as a classic course. The menu's background featured a mountain with some Mushroom Platforms, trees, and clouds as the landmark for this tour. Races were played in two teams like in Team Rallies, but the player could only collect team tokens while racing as a Mii. This tour was the first to feature a bonus challenge that has been featured in three other tours before this tour, being the Glider Challenge in the Kamek Cup. It was also the first non-Team Rally tour in which the player can continue to collect tokens after buying out the Token Shop.

Starting from this tour, the Dreamy Egg, Pink Dozer, Gray Cat Cruiser, and Butterfly Prism are available in pipes, including the All-Clear Pipe.
List of City Tours in Mario Kart Tour

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## 2019

### New York

Main Page: New York Tour
City based on: New York, U.S.A
Landmark: Empire State Building
Spotlights: Pauline, Mario (Musician), Yellow Taxi, Blue Badwagon, Fare Flier, Bullet Bill Parachute.
No. of Cups: 16
No. of Courses: 11
Ranked Cups: Koopa Troopa Cup, Toad Cup

### Tokyo

Main Page: Tokyo Tour
City Based on: Tokyo, Japan
Landmark: Mount. Fuji
Spotlights:Peach (Kimono), Mario (Hakama), Quickshaw, Kabuki Dasher, Purple Oilpaper Umbrella, Full Flight
No. of Cups: 16
No. of Courses: 11
Ranked Cups: Bowser Jr. Cup, Mario Cup

## Paris

Main Page: Paris Tour
City based on: Paris, France
Landmark: Eiffel Tower
Spotlights: Peach (Vacation), Shy Guy (Pastry Chef), Macharon, Carrot Kart, Strawberry Crêpe, Le Tricolore
No. of Cups: 18
No. of Courses: 11
Ranked Cups: Baby Daisy Cup, Yoshi Cup

### London

Main Page:London Tour
City based on: London, England
Landmark: Big Ben
Spotlights: Daisy (Holiday Cheer), Waluigi (Bus Driver), Ribbon Rider, Double Decker, Glitter Glider, Soaring Jack
No. of Cups: 18
No. of Courses: 13
Ranked Cups: Peach Cup, Shy Guy Cup

## 2020

### Vancouver

Main Page:Vancouver Tour
City based on: Vancouver, Canada
Landmark: 2019 Winter Olympics cauldron
Spotlights: Rosalina (Aurora), Wario (Hiker), Comet Tail, Snow Skimmer, Luma Parafoil, Raimbow Starchute
No. of Cups: 18
No. of Courses: 13
Ranked Cups: Baby Rosalina Cup, King Boo Cup
New Year's 2022 Tour

### High-End karts

Cat Cruiser, Tiger Cruiser, Grey/Gray (depends on region) Cat Cruiser and Black Cat Cruiser

### High-End gliders

Calico Parafoil, Toe-Bean Balloons, Black Toe-Bean Balloons and Black Cat Parafoil

### Next Tour

N/A

The New Year's 2022 Tour is the 60th tour of MKT, which begins on December 29, 2021, and will end on January 11, 2022. Referring to its name, it will celebrate the New Year. This tour concludes the Holiday Celebration, but replacing the challenges will be the New Year Challeges with Pauline as the reward for completing the Tour multiplayer challenges, Coins Aplenty and Token Aplenty events every day of the tour and better rewrds in the token shop. Cat Bowser (Maybe Meowser) and Cat Rosalina will be introduced in this tour. (Source: Mario Kart Tour in-game news and Twitter)
Sydney Tour (2021)

### Video

The **Sydney Tour** is the forty-second tour of *Mario Kart Tour*, which began on April 21, 2021 and will end on May 4, 2021. True to its name, the tour introduced a new course based in Sydney, Australia called Sydney Sprint, which was hinted at in two previous tours, the Marine Tour and the Ninja Tour, through the SNES Koopa Troopa Beach 2 Glider Challenge, which featured a boat designed like one of Sydney's famous Sydney Ferries. It also introduced a koala-themed variant of Baby Mario for the first week's spotlight while Mario (Swimwear) and Rosalina(Swimwear)'s return as part of the spotlight for the second week. The menu's background features　Sydney Harbour Bridge as the landmark for this tour.

This is the last tour to feature the fourth set of Expert Challenges, which started in the Peach vs. Daisy Tour.

## Profiles

* Mario Kart Tour Twitter:

* "The Ninja Tour is wrapping up in #MarioKartTour. Next up is the Sydney Tour, featuring a brand-new city course! Looks like we received a photo from Sydney... Is that Baby Mario touring the city with Rosalina?"[1]
Winter Tour (2020)

The **Winter Tour** was the thirty-second tour of *Mario Kart Tour*, which began on December 2, 2020 and ended on December 15, 2020. It was the second tour to share its name with a previous tour, and introduced a new course themed after the North Pole and Santa's workshop, aptly named Merry Mountain. A variant of Bowser in Christmas attire was introduced, while Mario (Santa) and Yoshi (Reindeer) reappeared as the second week's spotlights. For the duration of the tour, the Lakitu referee also wore a Christmas-themed costume, and the festive trees from the 2019 Winter Tour, the London Tour, and the Holiday Tour returned. A new bonus challenge called "Take them out quick!" was also introduced, where the player is tasked with taking out all of their Mega opponent's balloons before the time runs out. This tour's Coin Rush course was DK Pass, which was reused from 2019's Winter Tour. The menu's background featured the present tower of Merry Mountain as the landmark for this tour.

## Spotlights

December 15, 2020, 9:59 p.m. (PT)

## Profiles

* ***Mario Kart Tour* Twitter:**
	+ "*The Mario vs. Luigi Tour is wrapping up in #MarioKartTour. It looks like the stage has been set for the next tour... Look out for an announcement in the coming days!*"
	+ "*A brand-new course is ready in #MarioKartTour! Welcome to Merry Mountain! This is an original course appearing in a Mario Kart game for the first time. We hope you look forward to the Winter Tour that starts on Dec. 1!*"
	+ "*The Winter Tour starts today and it features the debut of Merry Mountain, a brand-new course lined with candy-like street lamps and gift boxes! And we've brought back the festive trees. They're hidden along courses in #MarioKartTour!*"
	+ "*It's time to shine! The Starry Gliders Pipe is here and it's full of star-themed gliders, including the new Silver Starchute! The pipe is available until Dec. 10 in #MarioKartTour.*"
	+ "*The Winter Tour is almost over. Thanks for racing! Next up in #MarioKartTour is the Rosalina Tour!*"
Fire Bro

Fire Bros. (or Fire Brothers) are a variety of Hammer Bro that first appeared in Super Mario Bros. 3 as a rare enemy. They have become more common in their following appearances, to the point of being fairly uncommon at most in some games. Instead of throwing hammers like their relatives, Fire Bros. have the unique ability to throw fireballs akin to Fire Mario. Ice Bros, a similar variant that were introduced more recently, act as their polar opposites.

A Fire Bro, alongside a Hammer Bro, Boomerang Bro, and Ice Bro, make their playable debuts in the Mario Kart series in Mario Kart Tour, starting with the Hammer Bro Tour. He is classified as a Super character and his special item is the Fire Flower. In addition to being in the second week's spotlight, he is also obtainable as a Gold Pass tour gift after obtaining 116 Grand Stars.

Starting with the Sunset Tour, Fire Bro also has his own self-named cup.

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Nabbit

**Nabbit** is a recurring character that first appeared as an enemy in *New Super Mario Bros. U* and a playable character in *New Super Luigi U* and *New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe*. The name "Nabbit" being a play on the words "nab" and "rabbit"; Nabbit is a thief who steals items, particularly from Toad Houses, and runs away with them in his bag. He is a purple rabbit with round eyes, long ears, and black limbs. He also wears a white handkerchief with a drawing of a large mouth with sharpened teeth, similar to Bowser Jr.'s mask (though despite this he does not work for Bowser), as well as orange shoes and white gloves. A Play Nintendo article conjectures that Nabbit has buckteeth behind the handkerchief

## Quotes

* "I tell ya. I can outrun anything or anyone. Wanna play tag? Er...I mean, you wanna race in a special 100m event?" - Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (Nintendo 3DS)
* "Let’s go. You, me, 100m Plus. Whaddya say?" - Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (Nintendo 3DS)
* "Whoa. Very whoa. You got some legs on you! Next time ya wanna race, tell me. I’m here." - Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (Nintendo 3DS)
* "I'm Nabbit. I'm fast. Faster than you. That's all you need to know." - Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (Wii U)
* "Will you face me? In the 100m I mean? No one can keep up with my speed." - Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (Wii U)
* "You beat me. Good job. I’m… shocked. I’ll give my all next time we compete." - Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (Wii U)
* "I'll wrap up the 100m in a flash. I'll be winning. I won't need much time." - Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (Wii U)

### Mario Kart Tour

In Mario Kart Tour, Nabbit first appeared during the Exploration Tour as the opponent in the vs. Mega Nabbit bonus challenge of N64 Choco Mountain, in a similar vein to Hammer Bro's debut in the Baby Rosalina Tour. He made his playable debut in the Mario Kart series in the Wild West Tour, with the Lucky Seven as his special skill. He was first made available as part of the Wild West Tour's second week spotlight alongside the Carrot Kart (due to his likeness to a rabbit) and the Nabbit Oilpaper Umbrella. His emblem appears on a badge in Standard Challenges 1-3, which was available even before Nabbit's physical appearance in the game. Starting from the Bowser vs. DK Tour, Nabbit is available in regular tour pipes, including the All-Clear Pipe.
London Tour

The London Tour was the sixth tour of Mario Kart Tour, which began on December 4, 2019 and ended on December 17, 2019. Reflecting its theme, London Loop was introduced as a new course, and a variant of Waluigi in a bus driver outfit was introduced. Due to this tour also taking place close to Christmas, a variant of Daisy in a Christmas outfit also appeared as a spotlight character, and like the 2019 Winter Tour, festive trees were added on all courses featured; hitting one with an item during a race would grant "Happy Holidays!" bonus points. From this tour, the tier cap has been increased from tier 20 to tier 40. The menu's background featured the Big Ben as the landmark for this tour.

This was the first tour to not feature any new retro courses.

## Spotllights

December 17, 2019, 9:59 p.m. (PT)

## Profiles

* ***Mario Kart Tour* Twitter:**
	+ "*The London tour is on now! Grab yourself some tea and biscuits and settle in to watch!*"
	+ "*Even when she's not hitting the tracks, Daisy takes the opportunity to speed through the markets for a spot of window shopping! The Toads sure have their work cut out for them until the London tour ends on 12/17 at 9:59 PM PT. Don't let those treasures topple!*"
	+ "*Have you tried out the London tour in #MarioKartTour? Be sure to check it out while the tour is still on!*"
	+ "*Thanks for racing in the London Tour! It's hard to believe the holidays are already upon us and the London Tour is coming to a close...but that means it's time to get excited for the upcoming Holiday Tour! Get ready to rev your engine for the last tour of 2019!*"
Ice Bro

> Hope you like... cold stuff...
>
> -Ice Bro, Paper Mario Color Splash

Ice Bros. are a species of Hammer Bro that debuted in New Super Mario Bros. Wii. Ice Bros. resemble ordinary Hammer Bros., but with light cyan shoes, shells and helmets. Instead of throwing hammers, they will throw Ice Balls at their enemies (similar to how Fire Bros. throw Fireballs, except that their ice balls disappear upon hitting the ground after bouncing once).

Aside from recruitable allies in Minion Quest and Bowser Jr.'s Journey, an Ice Bro makes his overall first playable appearance in Mario Kart Tour, debuting alongside a Hammer Bro, Boomerang Bro, and Fire Bro as playable characters in the Mario Kart series, starting with the Hammer Bro Tour. He is classified as a Super character and his special item is the Ice Flower. His own cup debuted in the Space Tour.
Pipe Frame

The Pipe Frame (also formerly known simply as the Go-Kart until Mario Kart 7, also called Racing Kart in Super Smash Bros. Melee) is the original form of Kart that appears in the first three installments of the Mario Kart series and is the predecessor to the Standard Kart. Throughout the games it appears in, the kart has different colors depending on the driver. In its original appearances, the Pipe Frame acts as the one and only vehicle available. The abilities of the kart depend on the driver so the kart itself has no strong or weak points.

After a 10-year absence, the Pipe Frame returns in Mario Kart 7, Mario Kart 8, and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe as an unlockable kart body. It generally gives a boost in acceleration and handling while decreasing the weight and traction. The Pipe Frame also appears in Mario Kart Tour as the starting kart.

The Pipe Frame kart has a passing resemblance to an early '80s World Championship kart raced by Ayrton Senna, an icon in Japan due to his connections with Honda, and to modern micro karts known for their combination of small frames and powerful engines.

## *Mario Kart Tour*

The Pipe Frame returns in *Mario Kart Tour*, retaining its *Mario Kart 8* design and serving as the starter kart. It is classified as a Normal kart. It uses the same tires that it used in Google Maps. The Pipe Frame increases the duration of Slipstream boosts and the amount of points earned for performing Slipstreams. Like with the Landship and Koopa Clown, the Koopalings do not retain their unique color schemes from *Mario Kart 8* and *Mario Kart 8 Deluxe*, instead using the same color schemes as other drivers.

The game introduces a voxelized counterpart named the 8-Bit Pipe Frame and a variant which uses the gold color scheme, including golden versions of the regular Pipe Frame's tires, named the Gold Pipe Frame. Both are classified as High-End karts. The Pipe Buggy also belongs to the Pipe Frame family, but it has a different appearance.

In the screenshot used for the New York Tour's Coin Rush mode, Gold Mario also used the Pipe Frame, but it was equipped with the Gold Tires instead of its regular tires, making it resemble the Gold Pipe Frame. However, Gold Mario uses the Gold Standard in-game. In a screenshot for the Bob-omb Cannon item, it showed King Boo (Luigi's Mansion) driving a black Pipe Frame instead of a purple Pipe Frame. Similarly, in a screenshot used for the Event in the Super Mario Kart Tour, Pauline is shown driving a white Pipe Frame instead of a magenta Pipe Frame.
Rainbow Starchute

**Rainbow Starchute** is a High-End glider that appears in *Mario Kart Tour*. Introduced in the Vancouver Tour, it is the signature glider of Wario (Hiker), Wario (Cowboy) and Builder Mario. The glider is a variant of the Starchute that resembles the Rainbow Star from *Super Mario Galaxy* and *Super Mario Galaxy 2* but with eyes. Unlike the Starchute, hitting opponents while under the effects of a Mega Mushroom yields more points when using this glider.
Winter Tour (2023)

The Winter Tour was the eighty-eighth tour of Mario Kart Tour, which began on January 25, 2023 and ended on February 7, 2023. The tour introduced three city courses, namely Singapore Speedway 3, Bangkok Rush 2, and Bangkok Rush 3, making this the first tour since the 2019 Halloween Tour (eighty-five tours prior) to introduce three race courses in the game, the first to introduce three city courses, and the first to introduce multiple routes of the same city together. Like the Summer Festival Tour and the Mario vs. Peach Tour, the tour featured the return of Tokyo Blur courses while also seeing the return of R/T variants of Tokyo Blurs 2, 3, and 4 for the first time. The tour's inclusion of the three Asian cities in the game, as well as Singapore Speedway 3 taking players through the Chinatown section, may be a reference to the Lunar New Year. This tour is one of three tours to have all its race courses be city courses all set in the same continent, after the Metropolitan Tour and the 2022 Autumn Tour, which were set in Europe and North America respectively. The Do Jump Boosts bonus challenge on Tokyo Blur, which was last seen in the Tokyo Tour, the second tour of the game, returned in this tour, making it the longest gap between the challenge's first appearance and its return.

The Big Reverse Race vs. 100 bonus challenge, which was announced fifteen tours prior, debuted in this tour.

A Winterfest began in this tour and lasts until the end of the following tour.

The Coin Rush course of this tour was Singapore Speedway, which was reused from the Singapore Tour. The menu's background featured Marina Bay Sands and the Singapore Flyer as the landmarks for this tour, which were also reused from the aforementioned tour.
Snow Crystals

The Snow Crystals are a High-End glider appearing in Mario Kart Tour. First appearing in the Snow Tour, they are a glider forming of a set of three large snowflakes. The Snow Crystals increase the chances of getting Green Shells from Item Boxes and the number of points awarded for landing hits with them.
Cat Tour (2022)

### High-End drivers

Cat Mario ,Cat Luigi, Baby Mario (Koala), Baby Peach (Cherub), Cat Peach, Meowser, Cat Toad, Cat Rosalina

### High-End karts

Cream Cat Cruiser, Goo-Goo Buggy, Green Cat Cruiser, Goo-Goo Pink, Tiger Bruiser, Cat Cruiser, Gray Cat Cruiser, Black Cat Cruiser.

### High-End gliders

Cream-Toe Bean Balloons, Galaxy Glider, Green Cat Parafoil, Wonderful Wings, Calico Parafoil, Toe-Bean Balloons, Black Cat Parafoil.

### Next Tour

Metropolitan Tour

The Cat Tour (2022) was the seventy-first tour of Mario Kart Tour, which began on June 1, 2022 and ended on June 14, 2022. As the tour's name suggests, it introduced Cat Mario and Cat Luigi as new drivers, new cat-themed karts and gliders such as the Cream Cat Cruiser and the Cream Toe-Bean Balloons, as well as a cat-themed Mii Racing Suit as part of Wave 7 of Mii Racing Suits. The tour also introduced Baby Park from Mario Kart: Double Dash!! as a new course, making it the first course from that game to be added to Mario Kart Tour since the New York Tour and the game's launch introducing GCN Yoshi Circuit and GCN Dino Dino Jungle seventy tours prior. The tour also introduced the Goo-Goo Buggy from the aforementioned game, and was the first tour since the 2022 Los Angeles Tour to introduce five new karts. Also, this was the first tour since the Penguin Tour twelve tours prior with a new Vs. Mega bonus challenge, being a race against Mega Bowser on RMX Choco Island 1.

The Nabbit Cup debuted in this tour, even though Nabbit had been available since the Wild West Tour and has been obtainable from all regular pipes starting with the Bowser vs. DK Tour.

This tour's Coin Rush course was N64 Koopa Troopa Beach, which was reused from the Marine Tour. The menu's background featured a green hill and several attractions from Baby Park as the landmark for this tour.

Starting from this tour, the Candlelight Flight and Wonderful Wings are both available in regular tour pipes, including the All-Clear Pipe.
Frappe Snowland

* Frappe Snowland
* Top Shelf

### Tours

Ice Tour, Valentine's Tour, Vancouver Tour, Hammer Bro Tour, Yoshi Tour (2020), Trick Tour (2020), Cooking Tour, Peach Tour, Marine Tour, Pirate Tour, Halloween Tour (2020), Sunset Tour, Mario vs. Luigi Tour (2020), Winter Tour (2020), Rosalina Tour, Snow Tour, Trick Tour (2021), Wedding Tour, Frost Tour, Kamek Tour, Toad vs. Toadette Tour, Los Angeles Tour (2022), Sky Tour, Cat Tour (2022), Holiday Tour (2022)

### Course map

Frappe Snowland (named Frappesuno Land on one occasion) is the second racetrack of the Flower Cup of Mario Kart 64. It takes place in a softly snowing region of hills. Its obstacles include many snowmen scattered around the edges of the course. There is also a giant snow statue of Mario and one of Yoshi. This course shares its music with Sherbet Land.

Frappe Snowland reappears in Mario Kart DS as the second course of the Banana Cup, and in Mario Kart Tour starting from the Ice Tour.

Frappe Snowland reappears in Mario Kart Tour, starting with the Ice Tour. The Mario and Yoshi snowmen now look more lifelike and a glide ramp shortcut was added in behind the glaciers, a wooden bridge is added after the jump before the snowman section, and the starting banner has been changed to a wooden sign with a blue, three-dimensional Mario Kart logo. Another shortcut has also been added after the Yoshi snowmen, which features several log ramps. This course is a favorite of Pink Shy Guy, Ice Bro, Birdo (Blue), Light-blue Shy Guy, Peach (Wintertime), Baby Rosalina (Detective), Peach (Halloween), White Yoshi, Nabbit, Bowser (Santa), and the Gold Mii Racing Suit. It is also a favorite of Rosalina (Aurora) and Mario (Halloween) if they reach level 3, and Yoshi (Reindeer) and Luigi (Golf) if they reach level 6.

As with other courses in the game, Frappe Snowland has a reversed variant, a trick variant, and a reversed/trick variant referred to as Frappe Snowland R, Frappe Snowland T, and Frappe Snowland R/T respectively, with the latter being added in the Vancouver Tour.
New Year's Tour

*This article is about the tour that took place to celebrate the year 2020. For the similarly named tour that took place to celebrate the year 2021, see New Year's 2021 Tour.*
The **New Year's Tour** was the eighth tour of *Mario Kart Tour*, which began on January 1, 2020 and ended on January 14, 2020. The tour celebrated the new year of 2020 and introduced a new variation of Tokyo Blur known as Tokyo Blur 2, while also introducing a new variant of Mario in his happi outfit from *Super Mario Odyssey* and Toad in a celebratory costume as spotlight characters. Similar to the festive trees in the previous three tours, kadomatsu were added throughout many of the courses; hitting one with an item during a race granted "Happy New Year!" bonus points. The 10 daily log-in bonuses for this tour rewarded the player with 5 rubies each day, for a total of 50 rubies. The menu's background featured Mount Fuji, the Tokyo Tower, and Kaminarimon as landmarks for this tour.

## Spotlights

January 14, 2020, 9:59 p.m. (PT)

## Profiles

* ***Mario Kart Tour* Twitter:**
	+ "*The first tour of 2020 is the aptly named New Year's Tour! And it starts Dec. 31, 10 PM PT!*"
	+ "*New year, new tour...and a new Log-In Bonus! Start 2020 off right with the New Year's Log-In Bonus. You can get up to 50 rubies just by logging in! Here's a challenge to start the new year off with: try to find all six Yoshis hidden in this picture!*"
	+ "*Thanks for racing in the New Year's Tour, the very first of 2020! This tour may be coming to a close, but the year is just getting started. The Ice Tour starts Jan. 14, 10 PM PT! Are you ready for some heated wintertime battles?*"
Holiday Tour (2021)

The Holiday Tour is the fifty-eigth tour of Mario Kart Tour, which begins on December 1, 2021, and will end on December 15, 2021. It is the eigth tour to have the same title as a previous tour. Being themed around the holidays, it features the return and the debut of various Christmas- and Santa-themed items, while also marking the return of Merry Mountain since its last appearance in the Cat Tour, becoming the signature course of this tour. Additionally, this tour marks the debut of SNES Vanilla Lake 2, making this tour the first to introduce a new classic course since the Summer Tour eleven tours prior, while also appropriately marking the debut of the R/T variant of Merry Mountain.

The Holiday Celebration event started on this tour, which similarly to previous events like the Summertime Celebration from the Summer Tour and the Autumn Celebration from the Autumn Tour, it featurde new unique challenges as well as better rewards on the Tour Multiplayer Challenges. The event, just like the previously mentioned events, lasted for three tours, ending on the tour starting on December 29, 2021.
Galaxy Glider

The Galxy Glider is a high-end glider from Mario Kart Tour. It was introduced in the Space Tour. It is a space themed Plaid Ribbon (which was introduced in the Baby Rosalina Tour), similar to the Planet Glider and a variant of the Glitter Glider. Its color scheme is similar to Rosalina (Aurora)'s dress.
Clackety Kart

The **Clackety Kart** is a High-End kart in Mario Kart Tour. It was introduced in the Exploration Tour and is the signature kart of Toadette (Explorer) and Builder Mario. The kart is a gray-colored variant of the Clanky Kart, including the tires, and it also has light-brown wood. It has the same color scheme as the Mine Carts from Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker. Unlike the Clanky Kart, this kart increases the duration of Mini-Turbo speed boosts and the amount of points earned for performing Mini-Turbos.

## In other languages

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Valentine's Tour

The **Valentine's Tour** was the tenth tour of *Mario Kart Tour*, which began on January 29, 2020 and ended on February 11, 2020. It was the first tour to introduce only one spotlight driver: Baby Peach in a Cupid-like cherub outfit, reflecting the tour's theme of Valentine's Day; while both Peach (Vacation) and Shy Guy (Pastry Chef) returned from the Paris Tour as the spotlight drivers for the second week. Paris Promenade was once again the featured course of the tour through the new course Paris Promenade 2, a reference to Paris being commonly known as the "City of Love". The menu's background featured the Eiffel Tower as the landmark for this tour

## Spotlights

February 11, 2020, 9:59 p.m. (PT)

## Profiles

* ***Mario Kart Tour* Twitter:**
	+ "*What better course to represent the Valentine's Tour than Paris? The city of love is back for even more heated races on the promenade.*"
	+ "*The Valentine's Tour is drawing to a close, but don't let that break your heart! Starting Feb. 11, 10 PM PT, you can take a spin through the city of Vancouver and enjoy its natural beauty. What sights are you looking forward to?*"
	+ "*The Valentine's Tour is almost over. Thanks for racing! Next up in #MarioKartTour: commune with nature in the majestic landscapes of Vancouver. The Vancouver Tour starts Feb. 11, 10 PM PT!*"
Hammer Bro. Tour

The Hammer Bro Tour was the fourteenth tour of Mario Kart Tour, which began on March 25, 2020 and ended on April 7, 2020. It was the second tour to be named directly after a character. The featured course of the tour was Donut Plains 1 from Super Mario Kart, while also bringing back Bowser's Castle 2 from Mario Kart: Super Circuit, making it the first tour to introduce a new Retro Course since the Ice Tour. Hence the name, the tour marked the playable debut of Hammer Bro (who was originally going to be playable in Mario Kart Wii), Boomerang Bro, Ice Bro, and Fire Bro, in which they also acted as the spotlight characters for the tour. Additionally, unlike the previous two tours, each week's respective pipes reverted to having 100 items in the pipe instead of 50. The menu's background featured the hills from Donut Plains 1 as the landmark for this tour.

A datamine revealed a string containing emergency\_secondTour associated to the Hammer Bro Tour. It was later determined that emergency\_ is a prefix for in-game news items that open automatically upon launch.

## Spotlights

April 7, 2020, 10:59 p.m. (PT)

## Profiles

* ***Mario Kart Tour* Twitter:**
	+ "*The Baby Rosalina Tour is drawing to a close. But don't worry, there's another awesome tour on the way. Starting Mar. 24, 11 PM PT, the Hammer Bro Tour kicks off in #MarioKartTour!*"
	+ "*The Baby Rosalina Tour is almost over. Thanks for racing! Next up in #MarioKartTour: watch out for flying hammers! The Hammer Bro Tour starts Mar. 24, 11 PM PT!*"
	+ "*The tranquil peace of Donut Plains is no more as tires screech and engines roar! The Hammer Bro Tour is here, featuring this infamous foe and his elite crew. Just watch out for angry hammers...*"
	+ "*The Hammer Bro Tour is almost over. Thanks for racing! Next up in #MarioKartTour: everyone's favorite mean green racing machine is here! The Yoshi Tour starts Apr. 7, 11 PM PT!*"
Yoshi Tour (2023)

The Yoshi Tour is the ninety-third tour of Mario Kart Tour, which begins on April 5, 2023 and ends on April 18, 2023. The tour introduces Yoshi's Island, which first appeared in Wave 4 of the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass, and the classic course debut of Yoshi Desert from Mario Kart: Super Circuit as new courses as well as the R/T variant of N64 Yoshi Valley. In addition to the Yoshi's Island course being themed around the Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island game, many other Yoshi franchise items are also introduced in this tour, including Poochy's first playable appearance in the Mario Kart series and a Yoshi Cookie-themed glider.

The introduction of Poochy makes this the first tour since the Piranha Plant Tour to introduce a brand new driver, as well as the first tour since the 2022 Los Angeles Tour over a year prior to introduce a new character to the Mario Kart series. This is the first tour since Super Mario Kart Tour to include different ending music after the trailer's music, which is an arrangement of the "Goal & Score" fanfare from Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island. This is also the first tour since the Sundae Tour, 17 tours prior, to not introduce any new gold item.

The Spring Celebration event that began in the previous tour continues through this tour.

The thirteenth set of Expert Challenges begins in this tour. Extreme Challenges also debut in this tour.

This is the tenth tour in a row to share the same name with another tour.
Yoshi Tour (2020)

The **Yoshi Tour** was the fifteenth tour of *Mario Kart Tour*, which began on April 8, 2020 and ended on April 21, 2020. Set around Easter, the tour introduced an Easter-themed variant of Yoshi that appears to have hatched inside an Easter egg, along with assorted egg-themed kart parts such as the Egg 1 from *Mario Kart DS* and *Mario Kart 7*, which was available in the closed beta. This was the first tour to not introduce any new courses besides R/T variations, as well as the first to feature a special, third pipe which included several returning spotlight characters, karts, and gliders from previous tours. The menu's background featured the lighthouse from Yoshi Circuit as the landmark for this tour.

## Spotlights

April 21, 2020, 10:59 p.m. (PT)
 Yoshi (Egg Hunt)

## Profiles

***Mario Kart Tour* Twitter:**

* "*The Hammer Bro Tour is ending soon. But don't worry, there's another terrific tour on the way. Starting Apr. 7, 11 PM PT, the Yoshi Tour kicks off in #MarioKartTour! What better course to feature than one shaped like the star of the show?*"
* "*It's time for the Yoshi Tour! This tour promises to be filled with brilliant colors and lively races. By the way, the object you saw in the #MKTQuiz was none other than Yoshi (Egg Hunt)'s egg shell!*"
* "*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!*"

## References

1. **^** mariokarttourEN (April 3, 2020). *Twitter*. Retrieved April 3, 2020.
2. **^** mariokarttourEN (April 8, 2020). *Twitter*. Retrieved April 8, 2020.
3. **^** mariokarttourEN (April 17, 2020). *Twitter*. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
Mario Bros. Tour

The **Mario Bros. Tour** was the twelfth tour of *Mario Kart Tour*, which began on February 26, 2020 and ended on March 10, 2020. It introduced a new Mario Circuit course, RMX Mario Circuit 1, as well as variants of Mario and Luigi in outfits based on their appearances and artwork for older games such as *Donkey Kong* (for Mario) and *Super Mario Bros. 2*, and similar to their appearances in the three DIC *Mario* cartoons, respectively. Additionally, for the first time, Mario, Luigi, and two Super karts called the Super 1 and Dasher II were made available as the first Super spotlight items. This is also the first tour to have only 50 pipe pulls in a pipe rather than the usual 100. The end date of the Mario Bros. Tour also marked Mario Day. Despite the tour being themed around RMX Mario Circuit 1, 3DS Mario Circuit acts as the tour’s signature course. The menu's background featured the hills and the block formation from World 1-1 as landmarks for this tour.

## Spotlights

March 10, 2020, 10:59 p.m. (PT)

## Profiles

### *Mario Kart Tour*

* ***Mario Kart Tour* Twitter:**
	+ "*The Vancouver Tour is drawing to a close in #MarioKartTour. Did you get your fill of beautiful scenery? Starting Feb. 25, 10 PM PT, we will recognize a legendary pair of brothers who need no introduction. Get ready for the Mario Bros. Tour!*"
	+ "*The Vancouver Tour is almost over. Thanks for racing! Next up in #MarioKartTour: It wouldn't be Mario Kart without this special pair of brothers. The Mario Bros. Tour starts Feb. 25, 10 PM PT!*"
	+ "*The very first Mario Kart track is back and better than ever. Tear up the remixed version of Mario Circuit with your favorite duo in the Mario Bros. Tour!*"
Maple Treeway

**Maple Treeway** is the third race course in the Star Cup in *Mario Kart Wii*. It takes place in a large forest during autumn. The track consists of racing on tree branches, on the treetops and even within the trees themselves. Wigglers make their home on the treetops, and driving into them will hinder any racer. Leaf piles flank various parts of the track, and driving through them reveals Mushrooms and Bananas, and rarely, Stars. The course's name may be a portmanteau of the words "tree" and "freeway."

The course reappears in *Mario Kart 7*, and in *Mario Kart Tour* starting with the 2020 Halloween Tour, making it the first course from *Mario Kart Wii* to reappear in that game.

Despite not sharing much similarity, the music used for Maple Treeway is also used for

, albeit rearranged into a slower, lower-pitched, and more sinister version. Additionally, another arrangement of it is heard in the second half of the credits music along with Luigi Circuit/Mario Circuit and Moo Moo Meadows. In *Paper Mario: The Origami King*, a slower-paced Eastern rendition of Maple Treeway's music plays in the Tranquil Pipes Teahouse of Shogun Studios.

## *Mario Kart Wii*

### Description

The race takes place in an autumn setting, with orange leaves and the sun a little low in the sky. It appears to be loosely based on or a reference to Wiggler's lair in *Super Mario 64 DS*, which features autumn leaves bunched together to form the walls and ceiling, and a net on which the battle took place. It also resembles the Forest of Illusion overworld levels from *Super Mario World*, which debut Wigglers as enemies. In Maple Treeway, the players race on gigantic trees. Interesting elements of this track are the Barrel Cannon at the beginning, the thin branches during the middle of the course, and the bouncy netting towards the end. Wigglers act as the only obstacles, unless one counts the bananas that get released from leaf piles. It is very easy to fall off when racing on the branches if the players drift incorrectly, either too tightly or too loosely, or does not drift at all.
Baby Luigi

*“Uh-oh, Baby Luigi time!”*
—**Baby Luigi**, *Mario Kart: Double Dash!!*
**Baby Luigi** is the infant form of Luigi. In the *Yoshi's Island* series, he is kidnapped several times by Kamek, where Yoshi, who is protecting Baby Mario, is required to rescue him. Besides the *Yoshi* series, he has appeared as a playable character alongside his older self in various spin-off titles such as the *Mario Kart* series, as well as being one of the major protagonists of *Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time*. He is voiced by Charles Martinet, as with his adult counterpart, Mario, Baby Mario, and other characters.

## History

### *Yoshi's Island* series

Baby Luigi and the Stork after being found by Yoshi and Baby Mario.
Baby Luigi appears with Baby Mario during his debut in *Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island* (and its remake *Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3*) when he and the Stork carrying him are captured by Kamek and taken to Bowser's Castle. After he is rescued by Yoshi and Baby Mario, the stork safely delivers Baby Mario and Baby Luigi to their parents.

### *Mario Kart Tour*

Baby Luigi appears as a playable character in *Mario Kart Tour*, available from the 2019 Halloween Tour. Baby Luigi is classified as a Normal character, and his special item is the Boomerang Flower.

In pre-release material, including the beta test, Baby Luigi was a common character (early name of Normal) and his special item was the Boomerang Flower. His most preferred course was DS Luigi's Mansion in that he receives three items if he races on there. SNES Mario Circuit 1 was another preferred course though there he receives two items.

## Quotes

* *"Checkered blankie for Luigi! Woo-hoo!"* – *Mario Kart: Double Dash!!*
* *"Uh-oh, Baby Luigi time!"* – *Mario Kart: Double Dash!!*
* *"Baby Luigi number not one."* – *Mario Kart: Double Dash!!*
* *"Thank you very much!"* – *Mario Kart: Double Dash!!*
* *"Baby power! Baby power!"* – *Mario Kart: Double Dash!!*
* *"Way nice! Way nice!"* – *Mario Kart: Double Dash!!*
* *"Oh boy! Oh boy!"* – *Mario Kart: Double Dash!!*
* *"Haha, Luigi, Luigi, Luigi number one!"* – *Mario Kart: Double Dash!!*
* *"Baby Luigi!"* – *Mario Kart Wii*
* *"Vroom vroom! Hehe."* – *Mario Kart Wii*
* *"He-he-he-he!"* – *Mario Kart Wii*
* *"Okey dokey!"* – *Mario Kart Wii*
* *"Let's-a go!"* – *Mario Kart Wii*
* *"Baby on the Blue Team!"* – *Mario Kart Wii*
* *"Go Red Team!"* – *Mario Kart Wii*
* *"Oh yeah, Baby Luigi!! Yeeaaahhooo!"* – *Mario Kart Wii*
* *"Yeah! Baby Luigi almost win!"* – *Mario Kart Wii*
* *"Ohhh, I don't win."* – *Mario Kart Wii*
* *"Mama!"* – *Mario Kart: Double Dash!!*, *Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time*
* *"Mario!"* – *Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time*
* *"Go Luigi! Go Luigi!"* – *Mario Kart 8*
* 「おまえらよくもー!!」 ("*You're next!*") -*Super Mario-Kun*, volume 36, page 81
* 「やっぱり,ボクじゃダメだ...。」 ("*I'm useless after all...*") - *Super Mario-Kun*, volume 36, page 81
* 「ねーねー。ボクすごいでしょー!!」 ("*Hey hey. I'm amazing!*") - *Super Mario-Kun*, volume 36, page 83
* 「うーあと5分ねかせてー。」 ("*Uhh, let me sleep another 5 minutes.*") -*Super Mario-Kun*, volume 36, page 102
New York Minute 3.

View of the Statue of Liberty in the course's tunnel section

### Course map

**New York Minute 3** is a race course in *Mario Kart Tour*. It is named after and inspired by New York City, New York set in nighttime, and due to New York being the theme of the game’s first tour, it is the featured course of the 1st Anniversary Tour. The course also appears as **New York Minute 3R** (reverse), **New York Minute 3T** (with ramps), and **New York Minute 3R/T** (reverse and with ramps). The course is a favorite of Pauline, Pauline (Party Time), Mario (SNES), Waluigi (Bus Driver), and Dry Bones (Gold).

## Course layout

In the standard layout, all of the racers start the course in front of Times Square. Just after the starting line, the road bends in a slight curve to the right through Broadway and ends in a bridge that leads into Central Park. In the park, the road takes a sharp turn to the left and circles back under the bridge where the racers entered the park. After the bridge, the road continues straight until it turns sharply to the right back into the city. There, the players pass the Rockefeller Center and enter 30 Rockefeller Plaza. After this, racers follow a tunnel where they can see the Statue of Liberty. After a light turn to the left, they arrive at the finish line. In New York Minute R, this layout is reversed.

## Appearances

### 1st Anniversary Tour

In the 1st Anniversary Tour, New York Minute 3 served as the tour’s signature course. It appeared as the first course of the Bowser Cup, the location of the bonus challenges in the Koopa Troopa Cup, the Larry Cup, and the Shy Guy Cup, and the location of the tour's Coin Rush. Its R/T variant appeared as the third course in the Mario Cup and the first course in the Shy Guy Cup, its R variant appeared as the first course in the Bowser Jr. Cup, and its T variant appeared as the second course in the Daisy Cup.
Wild West Tour

The **Wild West Tour** was the twenty-third tour of *Mario Kart Tour*, which began on July 29, 2020 and ended on August 11, 2020. Due to its theme around the Wild West, the tour introduced a cowboy variant of Wario, while also adding in the Cact-X from *Mario Kart 7*, with N64 Kalimari Desert 2 acting as the signature course. The tour also marked Nabbit's playable debut in the *Mario Kart* series. The menu's background featured the mountainous train tunnel from Kalimari Desert 2 as the landmark for this tour.

Starting with this tour, the last two free pipe launches are reserved for the second week's spotlight pipe, instead of all pipe launches used for the first week's spotlight pipe. After clearing every cup within a tour, an ending movie plays with several results from the player's gameplay showing. After the movie, the player is rewarded with an All-Clear Pipe that, while similar to previous free pipe launches, only fires a High-End character, kart, or glider at random. Additionally, it also introduced a limited-time event for the second half, where players can collect event tokens throughout all available courses within the tour for items in its Event Shop. Support for the All-Cup Ranking, previously displayed in the game's official site, is fully integrated into the game where badges can be obtained for the player's ranking. When the player is placed either in the Top 10, Top 100 or Top 1000, a badge is later sent to the gift box in the next tour.

## Spotlights

August 11, 2020, 10:59 p.m. (PT)

## Cups

*1* - Though King Bob-omb appeared as an opponent, he was not available in the game yet as a playable character during this tour.

## Profiles

* ***Mario Kart Tour* Twitter:**
	+ "*The Exploration Tour is drawing to a close in #MarioKartTour. Did you discover anything new? Starting Jul. 28, 11 PM PT, it's time to venture into the Kalimari Desert for the Wild West Tour!*"
	+ "*It's time for the Wild West Tour! What says "Wild West" more than the N64 Kalimari Desert 2 course? Trek through the tunnel or coast along train tracks. Just ensure the sandstorm doesn't choke your engine!*"
	+ "*Starting with the Wild West Tour, an ending movie will play after you clear every cup in a tour. It includes a ton of interesting stats like your highest combo count. Did you manage to set a new personal record in #MarioKartTour? Share a picture with the hashtag #MKTPerfectShot!*"
	+ "*The Wild West Tour is almost over. Thanks for racing! Next up in #MarioKartTour is the Pirate Tour!*"
Glitter Glider

The Glitter Glider is a High-End glider in Mario Kart Tour. It first appeared in the London Tour and is the signature glider of Daisy (Holiday Cheer). The glider is a red, green and gold Christmas-themed bow with white ruffles and adorned with glitter. Hitting racers with Lightning grants more points when using this glider.

The Glitter Glider has two other variants; a brown plaid variant introduced in the Baby Rosalina Tour called the Plaid Ribbon, and an orange variant based on Daisy (Yukata)'s outfit introduced in the Mario vs. Peach Tour called the Yukata Ribbon. The former is classified as a Super glider, and the latter is classified as a High-End glider.