New York Minute

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This article is about the first New York Minute layout featured in the New York Tour. For other layouts of New York Minute, see New York Minute 2, New York Minute 3, and New York Minute 4.
New York Minute
New York Minute in Mario Kart Tour
The finish line in Times Square
Information
Appears in Mario Kart Tour (2019)
Tour(s)
Based on New York City, United States
Music sample
Course map
Map of New York Minute from Mario Kart Tour

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 and the first tour overall, the New York Tour, therefore being the first new course released in the game. The name of the track comes from an American expression used to designate very short intervals of time. Like with New Donk City in Super Mario Odyssey, New York Minute features a number of references to Donkey Kong, including the Times Square jumbotron displaying the original arcade game.

A course combining the New York Minute courses together will appear in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe in the second wave of the Booster Course Pass.

In reference to her status as mayor of New Donk City (which is based on New York City), this course is a favorite of Pauline.

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).

Course layout

The city course's layout in
relation to its other layouts

In the standard layout, all of the racers start the course in front of Times Square, where many sponsors can be seen. 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, where a blocked out entrance to the Rockefeller Center and the building itself can be seen in front. There, the players turn left and 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.

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. New York Minute is the first course to have its variant debut before the original course.

  Mario Cup
New York Minute T
Drivers Karts Gliders
Favorite of       
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  Koopa Troopa Cup
New York Minute
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  Bowser Cup
New York Minute R
Drivers Karts Gliders
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  Toadette Cup
New York Minute R
Drivers Karts Gliders
Favorite of         
Favored by            
  Diddy Kong Cup
New York Minute
Drivers Karts Gliders
Favorite of        
Favored by             
  Shy Guy Cup
New York Minute R/T
Drivers Karts Gliders
Favorite of        
Favored by            
  Dry Bowser Cup
New York Minute T
Drivers Karts Gliders
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  Metal Mario Cup
New York Minute R/T
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Bonus challenges

Do Jump Boosts
Icon Course variant Chosen
driver
Chosen
kart
Chosen
glider
Grand Star scores Tour appearances
  Regular  
Yoshi
 
Pipe Frame
 
Super Glider
  • 5
  • 8
  • 12
New York Tour
Vs. Mega Donkey Kong
Icon Course variant Mega opponent information Tour appearances
Driver Kart Glider Items used
  Regular  
Donkey Kong
 
Yellow Taxi
TBD  
Bananas
150cc and lower only

 
Giant Bananas
150cc and higher only

 
Mushrooms
200cc only
New York Tour

Sponsors

Profiles

Mario Kart Tour

  • Mario Kart Tour Twitter: The course, New York Minute, makes its debut in blue! 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![1]

Gallery

Course icons

Sprites

Screenshots

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Japanese ニューヨークドリーム
Nyū Yōku Dorīmu
New York Dream

Chinese (simplified) 纽约分钟
Niǔyuē fēnzhōng
New York Minute

Chinese (traditional) 紐約分鐘
Niǔyuē fēnzhōng
New York Minute

German New-York-Speedway
New York Speedway
Italian Veduta di New York
View of New York
Korean 뉴욕 미닛
nyuyog minis
New York Minute

Portuguese Visita a Nova Iorque
Visit to New York
Spanish Visita a Nueva York
Visit to New York

Trivia

  • In a tweet about this course by the official Mario Kart Tour Twitter account, an image of the tunnel section of the city only visited in New York Minute 3 and New York Minute 4 is erroneously included.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b mariokarttourEN (September 16, 2019). Twitter. Retrieved March 12, 2020.