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Rosalina's Ice World

### Course map

**Rosalina's Ice World** is the second race course of the Special Cup in Mario Kart 7. Located on an icy road, it is the first and only course in the Mario Kart series to be owned by Rosalina, and as a result draws inspiration from the Super Mario Galaxy installments. The drivers can dive underwater where some Penguins swim, in an area which strongly resembles the main planet of Cosmic Cove Galaxy. This is the second Special Cup course to take place in a snow- or ice-themed area, the first being Vanilla Lake 2 in Super Mario Kart. The course returns in Mario Kart Tour, making its first appearance in the Rosalina Tour.

Rosalina's Ice World makes its classic course debut in *Mario Kart Tour*, starting with the Rosalina Tour. Like all other courses, Rosalina's Ice World has a reverse variant referred to as **Rosalina's Ice World R**, a trick variant known as **Rosalina's Ice World T**, and a reverse and trick variant known as **Rosalina's Ice World R/T**, which debuted in the 2021 Space Tour. Penguins now appear on top of the ice during the first lap, and move underwater for the second lap. It retains most of its appearance from *Mario Kart 7*, though with a few minor differences. Most notably, the planet seen in some areas is now a 3D model that is not based on the starting planet from Gateway Galaxy anymore. Trees were added to the background in spots, and the arrow signs in the first section are removed. In the reverse variant of this course, a Glide Ramp was added to the exit of the icy cavern with icicles. In the reverse and trick variant, this Glide Ramp is lowered down on lap 1. It is a favorite of Peach (Explorer), Fire Rosalina, Tanooki Rosalina, Penguin Toadette, Cat Rosalina, Nabbit, King Bob-omb, Shy Guy (Gold), Lakitu (Party Time), and Birdo (Black). It is also a favorite of Rosalina (Volendam) if she reaches level 3, Penguin Toad if he reaches level 6, and Mario (Santa) if he reaches level 8.
Flower Glider

The Flower Glider is a Super glider which has a variety of variants including the Pink Flower Glider, Blue Flower Glider and the Daisy Glider. It’s special ability is Banana plus.

## History

### *Mario Kart 7*

The glider first appears in *Mario Kart 7* as an unlockable glider. Here, it resembles a flower. It offers a small acceleration boost, while hindering the weight stat. Like all the other gliders, it allows karts to go airborne for a set period of time.

### *Mario Kart 8* / *Mario Kart 8 Deluxe*

In *Mario Kart 8*, the Flower Glider is given a new look, where it now resembles a sunflower. In Ribbon Road, a box for a 1/7 Scale Biddybuggy toy vehicle packaged with a Flower Glider can be seen in the background.

In *Mario Kart 8 Deluxe*, CPU Baby Daisy and Yoshi use this with the Wild Wiggler body.

### *Mario Kart Tour*

The Flower Glider returns in *Mario Kart Tour*. In this version, it keeps its redesign from *Mario Kart 8* and *Mario Kart 8 Deluxe*. It is classified as a Super glider. Hitting other racers with Bananas yields more points when using this glider. The game introduces a pink variant, simply named the Pink Flower Glider, a blue variant that is referred to as the Blue Flower Glider, and a white variant that resembles its *Mario Kart 7* appearance named the Daisy Glider.
Petey Piranha

Petey Piranha is a large mutant Piranha Plant who debuted in Super Mario Sunshine. Since then, he has become a recurring boss in the Mario series and has made frequent appearances in sports and spin-off games, occasionally as a playable character. He has multiple abilities that set him apart from other Piranha Plants, including spitting goop, flying using his leaf-like arms, and the ability to create tornadoes.

Petey Piranha is a loyal follower of Bowser, and it has been suggested in bios for Mario Superstar Baseball and Mario Party: Star Rush, as well as by his Japanese name, Boss Packun, that he is the ruler of his kind, with "Packun Flower" being the Japanese name for the Piranha Plant. This is confirmed in Mario Party Superstars where, in the encyclopedia, he is called the leader of the Piranha Plants.

Petey Piranha returns as a driver in Mario Kart Tour in the Piranha Plant Tour, being added to the game alongside a new Mii Racing Suit which is designed after him. His special skill is the Boomerang Flower.

A golden variant of Petey Piranha debuted in the 2022 Halloween Tour, and was available as a Ranked Cup reward. Unlike the regular Petey Piranha, his special skill is the Coin Box. Additionally, his weight class was erroneously set as medium until the 2022 Autumn Tour.

Stone Petey Piranha heads appear near a staircase in Piranha Plant Cove and Piranha Plant Cove 2, while a statue of Petey Piranha appears near another staircase in the latter course. His head is also depicted on the ground after the gliding section of Piranha Plant Cove 2.
Pirate Tour

The **Pirate Tour** was the twenty-fourth tour of *Mario Kart Tour*, which began on August 12, 2020 and ended on August 25, 2020. True to its name, the tour introduced a pirate variant of Bowser Jr. while also adding in new pirate-themed kart parts such as the Pirate Sushi Racer and the Great Sail, with Airship Fortress from *Mario Kart DS* acting as the signature course. The tour also marked King Bob-omb's playable debut in the *Mario Kart* series and the *Mario* series in general. The menu's background featured the airships from Airship Fortress as the landmark for this tour.

This was also the final tour that contained the first set of Expert Challenges for players, which started in the Cooking Tour.

## Profiles

* ***Mario Kart Tour* Twitter:**
	+ "*The Wild West Tour is wrapping up in #MarioKartTour. Starting Aug. 11, 11 PM PT, you can set sail for the Pirate Tour! Speaking of which, is that a pirate hat? What seaworthy swashbuckler could it belong to?*"
	+ "*It's time for the Pirate Tour! The DS Airship Fortress course makes its debut in Mario Kart Tour. It's a long way down from this floating fortress, so make sure you stay on course!*"
	+ "*The Bowser's Minions Pipe is available from Aug 15, 11 PM PT, to Aug 20, 10:59 PM PT. You'll find Dry Bones (Gold), King Boo, and even the King of the Koopas himself in this limited-time pipe.*"
	+ "*Who would make a perfect portrait for #MKTPerfectShot in the Pirate Tour? Why, Bullet Bill, of course! You can find them everywhere you look in #MarioKartTour as a special item, being fired out of cannons, and even in the design of karts! What's your favorite Bullet Bill cameo?*"
	+ "*The Pirate Tour is almost over. Thanks for racing! Next up in #MarioKartTour is the Summer Festival Tour!*"
Wildfire Flyer

The **Wildfire Flyer** is a High-End kart that appears in *Mario Kart Tour*. Introduced in the 2019 Winter Tour, it is the signature kart of Pink Gold Peach, Peach (Vacation), and Peach (Wintertime). The kart is a white and pinkish-magenta variant of the Flame Flyer, resembling a color-inverted version of the female Mii's variant in *Mario Kart Wii*, except with a darker pink for the flames, and lavender engine blower flaps. Unlike the Flame Flyer, it uses the Pipe Frame's tires. Also unlike the Flame Flyer, this kart increases the duration of Jump Boost boosts and the points earned for performing Jump Boosts.

## Availability

For a while after its introduction, the Wildfire Flyer only appeared in some pipes. In the Exploration Tour, it became a regular High-End kart rather than being tour-exclusive. Below is a table comprising this kart's availability in tours.

 Winter Pipe 2
 Yoshi Tour (2020)
 Peach Tour
 Peach Pipe 2
 Cat Tour

## Names in other languages

*Raigā Hotto Roddo*
 Spanish
 French
 German
 Italian
 Portuguese
Ninja Tour (2023)

The Ninja Tour is the ninety-second tour of Mario Kart Tour, which began on March 22, 2023 and ends on April 4, 2023. As the name implies, the tour features the return of Ninja Hideaway. It also features the classic course debut of Dry Dry Ruins from Mario Kart Wii.

This tour marks the first appearance of the Baby Mario Cup since the Wario vs. Waluigi Tour, thirty tours prior, the first reappearance of N64 Koopa Troopa Beach since the 2022 Cat Tour, twenty tours prior, and the first tour to include a non-R/T variant of DS Waluigi Pinball since the Samurai Tour one year prior. This tour is also the third tour in a row to debut no High-End drivers other than Mii Racing Suits.

The Spring Celebration event will begin in this tour and will run for three consecutive tours.

The Coin Rush course for this tour is 3DS Shy Guy Bazaar, which was reused from the 2019 Holiday Tour and the Sunset Tour. The menu's background features Ninja Manor as the landmark for this tour, which was reused from the 2021 Ninja Tour and the Samurai Tour.

The twelfth set of Expert Challenges, which was made available in the 2023 New Year's Tour, lasts until the end of this tour.
Jungle Tour

The **Jungle Tour** was the eighteenth tour of *Mario Kart Tour*, which began on May 20, 2020 and ended on June 2, 2020. Reflecting its theme around jungles and the *Donkey Kong Country* series, Dixie Kong made her playable *Mario Kart* debut and Funky Kong returned after his only *Mario Kart* playable appearance in *Mario Kart Wii*, while also adding the Rambi Rider from *Mario Kart DS*. This was the first tour that did not add any new courses or any new course variants. The menu's background featured Noshi as the landmark for this tour. Despite being themed after Dino Dino Jungle, however, DK Pass appears as the tour's signature course.

Introduced in version 2.1.0, each of the cups' courses and bonus challenges are able to be completed in any order, without the need to complete the previous race beforehand. From this tour, the tier cap has been increased from tier 40 to tier 50.

## Profiles

***Mario Kart Tour* Twitter:**

* "*The Flower Tour is ending soon. But don't wilt, there's another green tour on the way. Starting May 19, 11 PM PT, the Jungle Tour kicks off in #MarioKartTour. Which familiar faces will join us for this one?*"
* "*It's time to celebrate the Jungle Tour's arrival! Which character are you most excited for? There are a few possibilities...*"[
* "*What kind of Jungle Tour would it be without these two? It's time for the #DonkeyKong family to shine in #MarioKartTour.*"
* "*Part 2 of the Jungle Tour will start soon in #MarioKartTour! Get hyped for a ton of new challenges too. Here's a head start—you'll have to do 50 jump boosts with a certain kind of driver. Good luck!*"
Sunset Balloons

The Sunset Baloons are High End Glider from Mario Kart Tour .True to its name, its was introduced in the Sunset Tour. It the signature Kart of Peach (Explorer),Yoshi (Kangaroo) and Bullider Toadette. Since the pipes including the All Cleal pipe .It is a variant of the Cloud Glider,Rainy Ballons and Blizzard Baloons.
Sydney Sprint

### Music

**Sydney Sprint** is a race course featured in *Mario Kart Tour*. It is named after and inspired by Sydney, Australia, and made its debut in the Sydney Tour, the city's namesake tour. This course is a favorite of Fire Rosalina, Cat Toad, Mario, Baby Mario (Koala), and Shy Guy (Gold).

## Appearances

### Sydney Tour

In the Sydney Tour, Sydney Sprint serves as the tour's signature course. It appears as the first course in the Toadette Cup, the third course in the Monty Mole Cup, the location of the bonus challenge in the Baby Mario Cup, and the location of the tour's Coin Rush. Its T variant appears as the second course in the Larry Cup, the third course in the Waluigi Cup, and the location of the bonus challenge in the Bowser Jr. Cup, its R variant appears as the second course in the Diddy Kong Cup and the first course in the Pauline Cup, and its R/T variant appears as the third course in the Luigi Cup.
Mario Tour (2021)

Not to be confused with *Mario Kart Tour*, *Mario Bros. Tour*, or *Mario vs. Luigi Tour*.
The **Mario Tour** was the thirty-ninth tour of *Mario Kart Tour*, which started on March 10, 2021 and ended on March 23, 2021. It is the sixth tour to be named directly after a character, the last one being the Rosalina Tour. A new Tokyo Blur course, namely Tokyo Blur 4, is introduced in this tour, while also introducing Mario in his racing helmet and outfit from *Super Mario Odyssey*. This tour began on Mario Day. The title screen was also changed in this tour to represent Team Peach's victory against Team Daisy in the Peach vs. Daisy Tour. Starting from this tour, a new 2-Player Challenge was added in which players can team up with friends and earn event tokens in the Multiplayer mode together. This tour's Coin Rush course is RMX Mario Circuit 1, which was reused from the Mario Bros. Tour. The menu background features Mount Fuji, the Tokyo Tower, and Kaminarimon as landmarks for this tour.

## Spotlights

March 23, 2021, 10:59 p.m. (PT)

## Cups

### Notes

The Mario Tour reuses the Toadette Cup's bonus challenge from the New York Tour for this tour's Wario Cup, the Baby Daisy Cup's bonus challenge from the 2019 Halloween Tour for this tour's Dry Bowser Cup, the Luigi Cup's bonus challenge from the Holiday Tour for this tour's Mario Cup (although the 1-star requirement was increased from 30 to 40), the Baby Peach Cup's bonus challenge from the Ice Tour for this tour's Baby Mario Cup (although the 1-star, 2-star, and 3-star requirements were increased from 1:50.00, 1:35.00, and 1:16.00 to 1:25.00, 1:18.00, and 1:12.00), the Wendy Cup's bonus challenge from the Mario Bros. Tour for this tour's Morton Cup (although the 1-star, 2-star, and 3-star requirements were changed from 5, 12, and 23 to 10, 15, and 22), the Lakitu Cup's bonus challenge from the 2020 Yoshi Tour for this tour's Birdo Cup (although the 3-star requirement was decreased from 22 to 14), and the Baby Peach Cup's bonus challenge from the Jungle Tour for this tour's Dry Bones Cup.

## Profiles

* ***Mario Kart Tour* Twitter:**
	+ *"The Snow Tour is wrapping up in #MarioKartTour. Next up is the Mario Tour featuring Tokyo Blur 4, a brand-new variant of the existing Tokyo-based course!"*
	+ *"The Snow Tour is almost over. Thanks for racing! Tomorrow is Mar10 Day, which means it's Mario Day! Naturally, the next tour in #MarioKartTour is the Mario Tour!"*
Peach vs. Daisy Tour

The **Peach vs. Daisy Tour** is the thirty-seventh tour of *Mario Kart Tour*, which began on February 10, 2021 and will end on February 23, 2021. This tour is the second to have a Team Rally event, pitting Team Peach against Team Daisy. As such, Peach (Wedding) and Daisy (Fairy) return as the spotlight characters for the first week, while Mario (Chef) and Shy Guy (Pastry Chef) return for the second week. A new Choco Island course, namely RMX Choco Island 2, is introduced as the signature course of this tour. Since the tour also runs through Valentine's Day, a variant of Pauline wearing a red and black dress with a bouquet of red roses is introduced, while Baby Peach (Cherub) returns for the tour's Special Pipe. The menu's background features the hills from Choco Island 1 and RMX Choco Island 2 as the landmark for this tour.

Team Peach, where players collected 65% of team tokens, won the Team Rally. Although those players received the specified rewards, the title screen of the game remained the same as the one after the 2.8.0 update, until it was changed in the Mario Tour.

The fourth set of Expert Challenges was also made available as this tour began.

## Spotlights

February 23, 2021, 9:59 p.m. (PT)

## Team members

Pink Gold Peach
Cat Peach
Peach Explorer
Peach Kimono
Peach Vacation
Peach Wintertime
Peach Halloween
Peach Wedding
Donkey Kong
Toad
Captain Toad
Toad Pit Crew
Cat Toad
Builder Toad
Toad Party Time
Mario
Metal Mario
Santa Mario
Mario Hakama
Mario Musician
Builder Mario
Mario Halloween
Mario Swimwear
Mario Sunshine
Mario Chef
Mario Classic
Ice Mario
Mario SNES
Yoshi
Black Yoshi
Red Yoshi
Yoshi Reindeer
Yoshi Egg Hunt
Bowser Jr.
Bowser Jr. Pirate
Baby Mario
Baby Peach
Baby Peach Cherub
Iggy
Larry
Lemmy
Ludwig
Morton
Roy
Wendy
Diddy Kong
Monty Mole
Dixie Kong
Funky Kong
Donkey Kong Jr. SNES
Daisy Holiday Cheer
Daisy Fairy
Daisy Yukata
Bowser
Dry Bowser
Dry Bowser Gold
Bowser Santa
Luigi
Penguin Luigi
Luigi Lederhosen
Builder Luigi
Koopa Troopa
Gold Koopa Freerunning
Red Koopa Freerunning
Shy Guy
Shy Guy Gold
Pink Shy Guy
Black Shy Guy
Shy Guy Pastry Chef
Lakitu
Lakitu Party Time
Dry Bones
Dry Bones Gold
King Boo
King Boo Luigi's Mansion
King Boo Gold
Toadette
Peachette
Toadette Explorer
Waluigi
Waluigi Bus Driver
Wario
Wario Cowboy
Wario Hiker
Rosalina
Fire Rosalina
Rosalina Halloween
Rosalina Swimwear
Birdo
Light Blue Birdo
Yellow Birdo
Pauline
Pauline Party Time
Pauline Rose
Nabbit
Ice Bro.
Hammer Bro.
Boomerang Bro.
Fire Bro.
King Bob-om
Baby Rosalina
Baby Rosalina Detective
Baby Daisy
Baby Luigi

## New content

### Gliders

Black Great Sail Silver Manta Glider Rose Parasol

## Profiles

* ***Mario Kart Tour* Twitter:**
	+ "*The Peach vs. Daisy Tour sparks friendly rivalry on Feb. 9! A retweet campaign is on until Feb. 7.* *We'll give in-game coins for every RT of this post!* *Note: Number of retweets based on combined total of Japanese & English accounts. 10,000 coins maximum.*"

## References

1. **^** mariokarttourEN (February 5, 2021). *Twitter*. Retrieved February 5, 2021.

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Berlin Byways

### Course map

**Berlin Byways 2** is a race course in *Mario Kart Tour*. It is inspired by Berlin, the capital city of Germany; and made its debut in the city’s namesake tour, the Berlin Tour. The course is a favorite of King Bob-omb, Peach (Halloween), Luigi (Lederhosen), and Shy Guy (Pastry Chef). Despite being named "Berlin Byways 2", no Berlin-themed course appeared prior to this course, making it actually the first playable version of the course.

## Course layout

In the standard layout, the racers start the course in a street next to the Berlin Cathedral, with the Brandenburg Gate and a few Glide Pads up ahead on the right. After driving or gliding through the gate, players go down the Straße des 17. Juni, which is littered with cars that leads through the Tiergarten (formally referred to as "Großer Tiergarten" in Germany) to Großer Stern where the Berlin Victory Column resides. After players make a sharp turn right around the Victory Column, they must make an S-curve into the Bahnhof (German for train station), where they can either drive down the tracks, on the walkway, or take a small shortcut through the train car that leads them through another winding S-curve behind the Berlin Cathedral where the Berlin Television Tower is visible in the background. Afterwards, taking a right turn brings the players to the street where the finish line awaits them.

On the R/T variant of this course, the first red girder ramp redirects players onto the green train track leading out of the Bahnhof, before continuing on like normal. Thwomps also appear at the Brandenburg Gate.

When configured for Coin Rush, cars and fences will block off a lane in the highway and redirect Gold Mario through the train car, making the collection of coins easier.

## Appearances

### Berlin Tour

In the Berlin Tour, Berlin Byways 2 served as the tour's signature course. It appeared as the first course in the Luigi Cup, the third course in the Lakitu Cup, the location of the bonus challenges in the Birdo Cup, the Wario Cup, and the Wendy Cup, and the location of the tour's Coin Rush. Its T variant appeared as the second course in the King Boo Cup and the third course in the Metal Mario Cup, its R variant appeared as the second course in the Baby Mario Cup and the first course in the Koopa Troopa Cup, and its R/T variant appeared as the third course in the Wendy Cup.

## Profiles

### *Mario Kart Tour*

* ***Mario Kart Tour* Twitter:** "*It's time for the Berlin Tour in #MarioKartTour! Some heated races are about to ensue on Berlin Byways 2, the first city course of 2021!*"
Macharon

The **Macharon** is a High-End kart in *Mario Kart Tour*. It was introduced in the Paris Tour and is the signature kart of Peach (Vacation) and Shy Guy (Pastry Chef). The kart's name is derived from the Mach number and "Macaron", a type of dessert which also serves as a basis for the design of both the kart itself and its tires. Whipped cream serves as the fenders while the exhaust pipes are light-brown wafers with brown swirls. The emblem is located on the front and rear of the kart. The Macharon increases the duration of Jump Boost boosts and the number of points earned for performing Jump Boosts.

A brown variant known as the Choco Macharon, which is also classified as a High-End kart, appears in the game beginning with the Cooking Tour.

## Availability

Starting with the Rosalina Tour, the Macharon is availaible in all regular tour pipes, including the All-Clear Pipe. However, it is not currently part of the shop's Daily Selects. The table below shows this kart's special availabilities by tour.

 Valentine's Tour
 Tour gift
 Cooking Tour
 Cooking Pipe 2
 1st Anniversary Tour
 Halloween Tour (2020)
 Peach vs. Daisy Tour
 Trick Tour (2021)
Halloween Tour (2019)

The Halloween Tour was the third tour of Mario Kart Tour, which began on October 23, 2019 and ended on November 5, 2019. Reflecting the Halloween theme, Ghost Valley 1 from Super Mario Kart, and Luigi's Mansion and Waluigi Pinball from Mario Kart DS were introduced as classic courses, as well as Luigi, Baby Luigi, Waluigi, and King Boo as new drivers, while Rosalina in a witch outfit and King Boo in his Luigi's Mansion 3 appearance appeared as the spotlight characters. The tour also introduced a new bonus challenge, Time Trial. It was the first tour to not introduce a new city course, and thus the first tour to consist purely of classic courses. This tour's Coin Rush course was DS Luigi's Mansion. The menu's background featured Luigi's Mansion from DS Luigi's Mansion as the landmark for this tour. This was the final tour to feature sixteen cups, since the next tour would feature eighteen. It was also the first tour where the Week 1 Spotlights remained available during Week 2, which was maintained until the Battle Tour seventy-seven tours later, which removed pipes and restricted spotlights on a per-week basis once more.

## Tracks

Image from ACR Bot on the Mario Kart Tour Wiki's official server

## New content

### Cups

Luigi CupMKT Icon Lemmy Cup.pngLemmy CupMKT Icon Waluigi Cup.pngWaluigi CupMKT Icon Baby Luigi Cup.pngBaby Luigi CupMKT Icon Morton Cup.pngMorton CupMKT Icon King Boo Cup.pngKing Boo Cup
### Drivers

LuigiKing BooKing Boo (Luigi's Mansion)Baby Luigi
### Karts

TricksterGhost Ride

Pipe Buggy

Warship

Poltergust 4000

Dark Clown

Bumble V

Queen Bee

### Gliders

Rainy BalloonsWicked Wings

Pirahana Plant Parafoil

Waluigi Wing
Quickshaw

### Spotlight Tours

Tokyo Tour, Mario Tour, Mario vs. Peach Tour, 1st Anniversary Tour, Summer Festival Tour, New Year's Tour

### Colour

Black

The Quickshaw is a High-End kart in Mario Kart Tour. Introduced in the Tokyo Tour, it is the signature kart of Peach (Kimono) and Mario (Happi). Its name is a portmanteau of the words "quick" and "rickshaw", which the vehicle is designed after. It uses a new set of tires which appear to resemble the wheels on a bicycle. The emblem is located on the front of the kart. The Quickshaw increases the duration of Rocket Start boosts and the number of points earned for performing Rocket Starts.

A dark pink variant of this kart called the Sakura Quickshaw is introduced in the Ninja Tour, which also has the High-End classification.

## Mario Kart Tour Twitter:

* The Quickshaw is the perfect way to cruise through the Tokyo tour! It's a High-End kart designed to look like a traditional rickshaw! Speed past your opponents and take in the sights the old-fashioned way![1]
* Mario (Happi) looks dapper in his traditional Japanese garb! He also brought along his Bob-omb Cannon to add a little flare to the festivities. The Quickshaw may hearken back to a simpler time, but don't underestimate its speed![2]
Strawberry Crêpe

The **Strawberry Crêpe** is a High-End glider in *Mario Kart Tour*. First appearing in the Paris Tour, it is the signature glider of Peach (Vacation) and Shy Guy (Pastry Chef). The glider resembles a strawberry crêpe, as what the name shows, and the emblem is located on the center of the glider. Hitting racers with Red Shells grants more points when using this glider.

The glider was featured as the spotlight glider during the first week of the Paris Tour. It became available during the Valentine's Tour as a Gold Pass tour gift and the Cooking Tour as part of the second week's spotlight. A brown variant known as the Chocolate Banana Crêpe, which is also classified as a High-End glider, appears in the game beginning with the Cooking Tour.
Los Angeles Laps

### Course map

**Los Angeles Laps** is a race course in *Mario Kart Tour*. It is named after the city Los Angeles, California, and as such it makes its debut in the city's namesake tour, the Los Angeles Tour. However, the track itself takes place in Santa Monica and the landmark Santa Monica Pier; the track itself has flags that write out "Welcome to Santa Monica". The course is favored by Pauline (Party Time), Toad (Party Time), Mario (Swimwear), and Mario (Sunshine).

## Course layout

In the standard layout, all of the racers start the course on the Santa Monica Pier. Just after the starting line, the road curves to the left through a couple shops and onto the beach, then makes a slight left through a blue lifeguard tower. After continuing left, the course shifts right into a skatepark and shifts left underneath an elongated lifeguard tower bridge; the course then curves to the left where the rest of the beach is littered with a few Sidesteppers, with players making a slight S-motion into a double-lane road through the street, where they can alternate between the two lanes at will. After a wide turn left, the player then drives straight and back onto the pier, where the finish line awaits.

When configured for Coin Rush, signs will direct Gold Mario up the highest skate ramp while cars and buses will block off a lane in the double-lane road, making the collection of coins easier.

## Appearances

### Los Angeles Tour

In the Los Angeles Tour, Los Angeles Laps served as the tour's signature course. It appeared as the first course in the Mario Cup, the second course in the Monty Mole Cup, the location of the bonus challenges in the Wendy Cup and the Pauline Cup, and the location of the tour's Coin Rush. Its R/T variant appeared as the third course in the Hammer Bro Cup and the third course and location of the bonus challenge in the Larry Cup, its R variant appeared as the first course in the Toad Cup and the third course in the Peach Cup, and its T variant appeared as the second course in the Donkey Kong Cup and the first course in the Roy Cup.

## Names in other languages

 German
 Italian
 Portuguese
New York Minute

The skyscraper section

### Course map

*This article is about the original New York Minute course featured in the New York Tour. For the second variation of New York Minute, see New York Minute 2. For the third variation of New York Minute, see New York Minute 3.*
**New York Minute** (referred to as **New York Minute 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 New York City set in nighttime, and makes its debut in the city’s namesake tour, the New York Tour. The course also appears as **New York Minute R** (reverse), **New York Minute T** (with ramps), and **New York Minute R/T** (reverse and with ramps). The name of the track comes from an American expression used to designate very short intervals of time. The course is favored by Pauline.

## 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 Empire State Building and St. Patrick's Cathedral in Manhattan. After another turn to the right, the players are back at the starting line. In New York Minute R, this layout is reversed.

In Times Square, many billboards can be seen. There are ads for Galaxy Air, Banana Boy ("The Smash Hit Musical!"), Broadway Musical Entertainment, Donkey Kong ("The Best Musical!"), Burning DK, Barrel Travel, 1-UP Mushroom Car Insurance Group, Mario Work Gear, and Shy Guy Metals.

## Appearances

### New York Tour

In the New York Tour, New York Minute served as the tour's signature course. It appeared as the second course in the Koopa Troopa Cup, the third course in the Diddy Kong Cup, the location of the bonus challenges in the Yoshi Cup and the Metal Mario Cup, and the location of the tour's Coin Rush. Its T variant appeared as the first course in the Mario Cup and the third course in the Dry Bowser Cup, its R variant appeared as the third course in the Bowser Cup and the second course in the Toadette Cup, and its R/T variant appeared as the second course in the Shy Guy Cup and the third course in the Metal Mario Cup.

## Profiles

### *Mario Kart Tour*

* ***Mario Kart Tour* Twitter:** "*The course, New York Minute, makes its debut in #MarioKartTour! Zoom past towering skyscrapers illuminated by the neon glow of Times Square in this Big Apple-inspired course. Start your engine and get ready to race on 9/25!*"

## Trivia

* Pauline being affiliated with this course is an indirect reference to her status as mayor of New Donk City, which is based on New York City.
Penguin Tour

The **Penguin Tour** is the fifty ninth tour of *Mario Kart Tour*, which begins on December 15 2021 and will end on December 28 2021, which is three days befor the new year. Referring to its name, Penguin Tour, the tour features the return of penguin-themed items as well as the return of Penguin Toadette from *New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe* as a new power-up driver variant. Additionally, the tour introduces a second variant of Vancouver Velocity named Vancouver Velocity 2. The tour will continue the Holiday Celebration event that started in the previous tour, Holiday Tour, which means that the Holiday Challenges will remain throughout this tour.
Summer Festival Tour

Summer Festival Tour

*Not to be confused with Summer Tour*

The **Summer Festival Tour** was the twenty-fifth tour of *Mario Kart Tour*, which began on August 26, 2020 and ended on September 8, 2020. Reflecting its theme, the tour introduced a variant of Daisy in a yukata outfit and saw the return of Tokyo Blur's setting with a new layout, as well as the return of Tokyo Blur and Tokyo Blur 2. It was the first tour since the Baby Rosalina Tour to feature a course from a real-life location as well as the first tour overall to see the return of past real-life location tracks. The menu's background featured Mount Fuji, the Tokyo Tower, and Kaminarimon as landmarks for this tour.

## Spotlights

August 25, 2020, 11:00 p.m. (PT) –
September 8, 2020, 10:59 p.m. (PT)
September 1, 2020, 11:00 p.m. (PT) –

## Notes

The Summer Festival Tour reuses the Baby Daisy Cup's bonus challenge from the Paris Tour for this tour's Yoshi Cup, the Mario Cup's bonus challenge from the Winter Tour for this tour's Bowser Cup, and the Toadette Cup and Bowser Jr. Cup's bonus challenges from the Ice Tour for this tour's Lakitu Cup and Baby Rosalina cup.

## References

1. **^** mariokarttourEN (August 21, 2020). *Twitter*. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
2. **^** mariokarttourEN (August 26, 2020). *Twitter*. Retrieved August 26, 2020.
3. **^** mariokarttourEN (August 30, 2020). *Twitter*. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
4. **^** mariokarttourEN (September 2, 2020). *Twitter*. Retrieved September 2, 2020.
5. **^** mariokarttourEN (September 8, 2020). *Twitter*. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
Pipe

A Warp Pipe (or warp pipe), also known as simply a Pipe (or pipe), is the most common mode of transportation in the Mario franchise. Generally speaking, a Warp Pipe is a pipe that does not always appear to be connected to a second pipe physically, although traveling through it transports the traveler to the other end. In many cases, Warp Pipes can be used to cross great distances (and even worlds) instantly, while some pipes cannot even transport anything. The size of Warp Pipes can vary greatly. While some are too narrow for a human to enter, others are large enough for a kart or Bowser's airship to travel through. They are typically green, but they have appeared in many other colors less frequently.

In the Mario Kart series, Warp Pipes (usually referred to as simply pipes) appear as simple obstacles on the courses, especially on the Mario Circuits. Piranha Plants can also be in pipes in courses like GCN Yoshi Circuit. Pipes can also release obstacles in courses such as 3DS Toad Circuit. On some occasions, mostly in Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, the player can enter a pipe and get warped to another area, which is mainly for the purpose of collecting Item Boxes. This also happens in Mario Kart DS, but only in Pipe Plaza, since it is a battle course that originated in Mario Kart: Double Dash!!.

In Mario Kart Tour, pipes are also used as obstacles and ramps. In some Break Item Boxes bonus challenges, Item Boxes can come out of pipes, and in some courses, pipes are used to release wind. Pipe Cannons, referred to simply as pipes, appear and fire out characters, karts, and gliders, either as new additions or duplicates. It costs five rubies to fire the pipe once and forty-five to fire the pipe ten times. There are also gold pipes, which feature at least one High-End item, including drivers, karts, gliders, and tickets.

As of the **Battle Tour**, Pipes are no longer available to purchase with rubies.

## Types

Pipes in Mario Kart Tour can appear in two forms: green (most commonly) or gold (rare).

### Green Pipe

From a green pipe, the player can obtain normal and super variants of drivers, karts and gliders.

### Golden pipe

When a player buys a pipe, there is around a 5% chance of it being gold (this goes up as long as you buy pipes without getting gold pipes). From this pipe, the player can obtain High-End class rewards. It will grant either a High End driver, kart and glider. However, the content will vary.

## Update as from the Battle Tour

Since the Battle Tour, Pipes are no longer able to be purchased using rubies, being replaced with a section in the Shop having High-End drivers, gliders and karts being able to purchase with rubies. Pipes can still be obtainable by unlocking with Grand Stars and in Multiplayer.
Coin Box

### Drivers

Peach Vacation, Rosalina Swimwear, Mario Hakama, Pauline Party Time, Bowser Santa, King Boo Gold, Pink Gold Peach, Gold Koopa Freerunning

Coin Boxes, (also known as ? Boxes), are objects introduced in Super Mario 3D Land. Players that use them will receive a great but limited amount of coins as they move.

## Mario Kart Tour

Coin Boxes reappear exclusively under their current name in Mario Kart Tour as the special item of Mario (Hakama), Peach (Vacation), Pink Gold Peach, Pauline (Party Time), Rosalina (Swimwear), Mario (Tuxedo), Gold Koopa (Freerunning), Dry Bones (Gold), King Boo (Gold), Bowser (Santa), King Bob-omb (Gold), and Gold Mario exclusively in Gold Rush during the Valentine's Tour. They widely spew 40 coins onto the track when used. During a Coin Box Frenzy, coins surround the player. When Coin Box+ is active, it will additionally spray Red Coins out as well. Coin Boxes received a minor redesign in that their edges and corners are more flat rather than rounded, and the holes in their sides' corners are absent.

## Profiles

### Mario Kart Tour

Tips & Tricks: "A box with a golden sheen. Generates a large amount of coins in front of your kart for a set time."

Mario Kart Tour Twitter: "The Coin Box glows gold, and it's overflowing with coins! Collect as many as you can before your opponents pick them up instead!"

## Names in other languages

1. ↑ Shogakukan. 2015. *Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook*, *Super Mario 3D Land* section, page 186.
2. ↑ Shogakukan. 2015. *Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook*, *Super Mario 3D Land* section, page 232.
3. ↑ *Super Mario 3D Land* internal filename (CoinBox)
4. ↑ *Super Mario 3D World* internal filename (BoxCoin)
5. ↑  Nintendo Portugal (January 13, 2021). Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury! - Explorem um mundo de diversão Mario em conjunto. *YouTube*. Retrieved January 13, 2021.
Plaid Ribbon

The Plaid Ribbon is a Super glider in Mario Kart Tour. It first appeared in the Baby Rosalina Tour and is the signature glider of Baby Rosalina (Detective). The glider is a brown plaid variant of the Glitter Glider and the Yukata Ribbon with turquoise frills and stars adorned on the bow. Unlike the Glitter Glider, hitting opponents with Green Shells grants more points when using this glider.
Autumn Tour (2022)

The Autumn Tour was the eighty-second tour of Mario Kart Tour, which began on November 2, 2022 and ended on November 15, 2022. Much like the 2nd Anniversary, Metropolitan, and Anniversary Tours, the tour only featured city courses (with the exception of the DS Twilight House battle course), namely the three city courses that are set in North America, being New York Minute, Vancouver Velocity, and Los Angeles Laps, with a new variant of Vancouver Velocity (known as Vancouver Velocity 3) and a new battle course set in New York Minute (called New York Minute B) debuting in the tour. This was the first tour to feature the return of a New York Minute course after its debut tour, as all four variants of the course returned for the first time since their respective debut tours (the New York Tour, 2019 Holiday Tour, 1st Anniversary Tour, and 2nd Anniversary Tour). This tour also marked the longest gap between a course's debut and second appearance, with New York Minute's first appearance since the game's very first tour, the New York Tour; as well as the longest gap between a bonus challenge's debut and second appearance, the challenge being New York Minute's Do Jump Boosts. This was also the first tour to feature its debut trailer in the landscape orientation instead of portrait.

This was the second tour to include a track with one of the variants missing (with both the regular variant of New York Minute and the R variant of New York Minute 2 being missing), the first one being Anniversary Tour, with the absence of Tokyo Blur T. To accommodate this, New York Minute R and New York Minute 2T repeat.

The Autumn Celebration event that started in the Battle Tour ended in this tour. This tour finished the second set of Autumn Challenges cards, which started in the previous tour. In addition, players could earn Orange Yoshi and the Orange Turbo Yoshi as a reward for placing high in the ranked cup of the first half of the tour, and Blue Yoshi and the Blue Turbo Yoshi for placing high in that of the second half. This tour was originally going to feature a new set of Kart Pro challenges, but it was ultimately canceled.[1]

With Pauline appearing on the All-Cup Ranking badges for players with total tour scores in the Top 10, 100, and 1000, this was the first tour to reuse ACR badges from a previous tour (these same badges were distributed after the 1st Anniversary Tour).

This tour's Coin Rush course was New York Minute, which was reused from the New York Tour. The menu's background featured the Empire State Building as the landmark for this tour, which was reused from the 2019 Holiday Tour, the 1st Anniversary Tour, and the 2nd Anniversary Tour.
Paris Tour (2021)

The Paris Tour was the forty-sixth tour of Mario Kart Tour, which began on June 16, 2021 and ended on June 29, 2021. It is the fifth tour to have the same title as a previous tour and the first city tour to do so. True to its name, the tour introduced the Paris Promenade 3 course, being the first tour to introduce a new course since the Sydney Tour four tours prior, while also introducing a new variant of Luigi in a painter outfit from Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit which in turn is similar to Mario's painter cap and outfit from Mario Paint and Super Mario Odyssey.

Starting from this tour, the Choco Macharon became a permanent item in pipes.

## Spotlights

June 29, 2021, 10:59 p.m. (PT)

## Today's Challenge

Players' karts, gliders and opponents were chosen or arranged at random. On day 1 of this tour, players had to finish a race in 3DS Rock Rock Mountain in the Monty Mole Cup using Donkey Kong for a free pipe launch. Starting from day 2, players had to finish a race on the earliest uncleared course that was not in either of the ranked cups using the driver appearing on the course's thumbnail every day to obtain the reward listed in the table below.

## Profiles

* ***Mario Kart Tour* Twitter:**
	+ "*The Wedding Tour is wrapping up in #MarioKartTour. The next tour will take place in the city of art: it's the Paris Tour! Rumor has it that an approaching driver is ready to make some art of their own.*"

## References

1. ↑ @mariokarttourEN. (June 11, 2021). *Twitter*. Retrieved June 11, 2021.
Heart Balloons

The Heart Balloons are a High-End glider in Mario Kart Tour. They were introduced in the Valentine's Tour and became the signature glider of Monty Mole and Pauline (Party Time) in the Flower Tour and New Year's 2021 Tour respectively. The glider is a set of multi-colored heart-shaped balloons. The Heart Balloons increase the chances of getting Red Shells from Item Boxes and the number of bonus points awarded for landing hits with them.

This glider has two variants; a gold and silver variant called the Silver-and-Gold Hearts, and an Easter-themed variant called the Bright Balloons. Both gliders also have the High-End classification.
Tokyo Blur 3

### Course map

**Tokyo Blur 3** is a race course in *Mario Kart Tour*. It is inspired by Tokyo, and due to the city's reputation of hosting big summer festivals nearly every year, it is the signature course of the Summer Festival Tour, where it made its debut. The course is a favorite of Yoshi (Reindeer), Mario (Happi), Mario (Chef), and Daisy (Yukata).

## 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 some Thwomps, the course shifts left at a roundabout and continues straight to the Shuto Expressway, which is built along the Nihonbashi River. The toll plaza bar only opens when a driver passes through; the course then curves to the right. After passing by two Thwomps and after a wide turn up the spiral loop around the Tokyo Big Sight, a Glide Ramp enables the driver to fly out of Shuto Expressway and back onto Rainbow Bridge. Fuji TV's headquarters can be seen on the left.

When configured for Coin Rush, cars and buses will block off a lane in the highway and toll booth, making the collection of coins easier.

## Appearances

### Summer Festival Tour

In the Summer Festival Tour, Tokyo Blur 3 served as the tour's signature course. It appeared as the first course in the Daisy Cup, the second course and location of the bonus challenge in the Peachette Cup, the location of the bonus challenge in the Morton Cup, and the location of the tour's Coin Rush. Its T variant appeared as the third course in the Lakitu Cup and the second course in the Birdo Cup, and its R variant appeared as the second course in the Yoshi Cup and the first course in the Bowser Cup.

## Profiles

### *Mario Kart Tour*

* ***Mario Kart Tour* Twitter:** "*It's time for the Summer Festival Tour! Return to the sizzling streets of Tokyo for some sunny fun. Blaze new paths in the Tokyo Blur course, but don't overheat*!"

## References

1. **^** mariokarttourEN (August 26, 2020). *Twitter*. Retrieved August 26, 2020.
Wedding Tour

The Wedding Tour is the forty-fifth tour of Mario Kart Tour, which began on June 2, 2021 and will end on June 15, 2021. True to its name, this tour introduced a variant of Mario in his wedding hat and tuxedo from Super Mario Odyssey. This is the third tour in a row to not add any new courses, though it did introduce the R/T variant of N64 Choco Mountain. Pauline (Party Time), Toad (Party Time), and Peach (Wedding) also make a return as part of the second week's spotlight. A new mode called "Today's Challenge" was also introduced, which consists of a daily race with a preselected driver on a preselected course that, once completed, grant rewards such as free pipe pulls or rubies. This tour's Coin Rush course is N64 Choco Mountain, which was reused from the Exploration Tour. The menu's background features Peach's Castle from Royal Raceway as the landmark for this tour, which was reused from the Peach Tour.

In this tour, the title screen image was changed to an image representing Team Bowser's victory against Team Donkey Kong in the Bowser vs. DK Tour.

## Spotlights

June 15, 2021, 10:59 p.m. (PT)

## Today's Challenge

The player's kart, glider, and opponents are chosen at random.

### Update Log-in Bonus

To commemorate the version 2.9.1 update, "Update Log-In Bonus" serves as the log-in bonus of this tour.

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## New content

### All-Clear Pipe

The All-Clear Pipe randomly shot out one of the following regular High-End items.

 High-End karts
 High-End gliders

### Wedding Pipe 1

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## Profiles

* ***Mario Kart Tour* Twitter:**
	+ "*The Trick Tour is wrapping up in #MarioKartTour. Next up is the Wedding Tour! Who's going to tie the knot?*"

1. ↑ @mariokarttourEN. (May 28, 2021). *Twitter*. Retrieved May 28, 2021.
Frenzy

> “And if you collect three of the same item, you'll start what we call a Frenzy! And that's like yahoo!”
>
> -Lakitu, Mario Kart Tour News Vol.1 (New York Tour)

Frenzy mode (known in the "Tips & Tricks" as an item frenzy) is a state in Mario Kart Tour that the player enters when they have three of the same items. For the duration of a Frenzy, the player is invincible for nine seconds, they can use an indefinite amount of the acquired item, and, for most items, six of that item orbits around them. The orbiting items act as a timer, and vanish when the Frenzy ends. When the player uses an item during a Frenzy, they gain points. The player can also perform Ultra Mini-Turbos much faster during a Frenzy. Only one player can be in a Frenzy at the same time. The higher the driver's level and rarity is, the higher their chance of getting an Item Frenzy. Both human and computer players can get a Frenzy, and their icon will turn gold on the map during a Frenzy. Frenzies can happen from either items from one Item Box, or items from past and current Item Boxes. Players can get a maximum of **three Frenzies** each race. The second lap has a **higher** chance of getting Frenzies. In previous games, the Frenzy could be achieved with the Super Star item, an item that is not available in normal races in the game.

Items that last for a certain period of time, such as Bullet Bills, start the Frenzy used and only give extra points when reused during a Frenzy. A Frenzy that leave items on the track is limited to six items on the track at once. If more than six items are on the track from a current Frenzy, the oldest will be removed when another is used. A Frenzy that releases multiple items at once count each item individually towards the limit, but a Frenzy that produces items as an effect on hit, such as Yoshi's Egg, will not have these secondary items count towards the limit. Certain Tour Challenges require the player to start a Frenzy.

## Effects

Different items have different effects, with some having similar ones.

## Profiles

### *Mario Kart Tour*

* **Tips & Tricks:** *You'll activate a Frenzy mode when all three item slots are holding the same item. You'll be able to use the item as many times as you want during a Frenzy. It'll be easier to perform Mini-Turbos during this time, and your kart will be invincible for the duration!*
* ***Mario Kart Tour* Twitter:** *Start a Frenzy by collecting three of the same item! When you take the right racer on a course, you'll get three items from a Single Item box. Get three matching items and let the frenzy begin! Fling a flurry of items and rack up a high score with Mini-Turbos!*

1. ↑ mariokarttourEN (October 7, 2019). *Twitter*. Retrieved March 14, 2020.