Mario Kart Tour

Not to be confused with Super Mario Kart Tour or Mario Tour.

Template:Infobox Mario Kart Tour is a mobile game in the Mario Kart series. Like Super Mario Run, it is free-to-start from the App Store and Google Play. Unlike Super Mario Run and similar to that of Dr. Mario World, the game more heavily incorporates a free-to-play microtransaction mechanic, having gacha elements in the form of items being launched out of pipes. The game reuses many assets from Mario Kart 7 and Mario Kart 8, as well as returning gameplay mechanics such as gliding and character-specific special items. In addition, the game introduces some features new to the Mario Kart franchise such as reversed courses and the ability to deploy a large amount of any item during a race, including Spiny Shells and Bullet Bills.

The game was first announced during a financial briefing on January 31, 2018. On April 23, 2019, Nintendo opened applications for participating in a closed beta test of the game to Android users in North America and Japan, which began on May 22, 2019, and ended on June 4, 2019. The game officially launched for both iOS and Android devices on September 25, 2019, in 163 territories, which covers nearly the same roster of availability as Super Mario Run, with the exceptions of Belgium and Vietnam, the former of which banned games with loot boxes in 2019 for violating gambling laws. Users who pre-registered acquired the game a day early. Unlike the previous Mario mobile games, a Nintendo Account is required for it to be playable.

On October 31, 2019, Nintendo announced the first multiplayer beta test exclusive to Gold Pass members, which began on December 18, 2019, 11:00 p.m. (PT) and ended on December 26, 2019, 9:59 p.m. (PT). On January 21, 2020, Nintendo announced a second multiplayer beta test for all players, regardless of whether they have a Gold Pass subscription or not, which began on January 22, 2020, 11:00 p.m. (PT) and ended on January 28, 2020, 9:59 p.m. (PT). The second multiplayer beta test allowed players to play with each other in their immediate vicinity based on their device's location data. Finally, on March 2, 2020, Nintendo announced that multiplayer would officially be implemented into the game on March 8, 2020, at 8:00 p.m. (PT).

Gameplay

Funky Kong racing on Los Angeles Laps R/T

The goal of the game is to be in first place at the end of each race, using items obtained by driving through Item Boxes. The game is played in a portrait or landscape position, while the phone's touch controls are used to play the game, such as dragging the finger across the screen to steer the kart. There are three ways the player can make turns. For the phones supporting it, the gyroscope can be used to steer. The player can choose what action is started when tapping and sliding the fingers on the main area of the screen, with the other action being performed by tapping a small circular button at the bottom and then sliding the fingers if needed. The main setting has the driver jumping every time the screen is tapped, allowing the kart to drift by sliding the fingers. In the other configuration, the kart does not jump when tapping the screen, which results in it steering when sliding the fingers on the screen. After steering for a while, the kart starts auto-drifting and charging Mini-Turbos and Super Mini-Turbos, but not Ultra Mini-Turbos that are only charged when drifting. Similarly to Mario Kart 8 Deluxe with auto-accelerate and smart-steering enabled, karts accelerate automatically and can steer players away from walls. The intensity of smart-steering can be changed in the game's settings.

The game's mechanics are based on Mario Kart 7 and most of the Retro Courses are also available as either normal or retro courses within the same game. A few features from Mario Kart 8 that required substantial changes to the game, such as Bikes, ATVs, anti-gravity, and 12-player races, are missing, while the 200cc class is present. Other features from Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, such as auto-accelerate, smart-steering, and Ultra Mini-Turbos return. Unlike previous games, the player cannot customize their tires.

When a race is completed, the player will be awarded with Grand Stars, experience points for the used driver, kart, and glider whose base points are not maxed out, and coins. If the player finishes in the top three places, the gauge to level up will be filled, while if the placement is 5th or lower, the gauge will be dropped. When the gauge is already empty, however, the player will not level down. Only the points gained in the specific course will be lost, meaning that the first race on each course won't make the player lose experience points even if they arrive in 8th place; similarly, each course has an experience points cap. The more experience points have already been gained on a specific course, the fewer experience points will be awarded by arriving in the first three places until the cap is reached. At that point, only the experience points lost due to arriving in 5th place or lower will be regained when arriving in the first three places. The total amount of experience points gained in a course is never reset and is carried to the following tours, forcing the player to drive in new courses to still keep gaining experience points and leveling up.

Grand Stars are awarded depending on whether a certain point threshold has been reached. Experience points for the driver, kart, and glider are awarded depending on the placement. The coins obtained are those collected during the race, plus one additional coin for every 1,000 points obtained during the race. Each day, it is possible to obtain up to 450 experience points for the drivers, karts, and gliders and up to 300 coins by racing (900 experience points and 600 coins when the player is subscribed to the Gold Pass starting with version 2.4.0). When those limits are reached the player cannot obtain experience points or coins by racing until the next day. In order to continue gaining experience points or collecting coins, the player can use point-boost tickets for the former and can play Coin Rush or get rewards from challenges for the latter. Filling up the gauge to level up gives a reward to the player, increases the points earned when reaching a specific placement in the race and, when level 7 or level 12 are reached, allows the player to buy more items in the shop. Currently, the maximum level the player can reach is 150.

Placement	Experience points for each non-maxed out driver, kart and glider that was used in the race
	50cc	100cc	150cc and 200cc
1	8	9	10
2	7	8	9
3	6	7	8
4	5	6	7
5	4	5	6
6	3	4	5
7	2	3	4
8	1	2	3

The game features Tour Challenges and Gold Challenges, which reward Grand Stars, and Standard Challenges, which reward rubies, the main premium currency of the game.

Another premium item, bought with real-life currency according to a monthly subscription model, is the Gold Pass, which grants access to the 200cc engine class, Gold Races (and multiplayer ranks S to S+6), additional items from Tour Gifts, and Gold Challenges.

Every driver, kart, and glider has favorite courses, on which they offer advantages if they are used. Each course has three tiers for each driver, kart, and glider. Third-tier drivers receive one item from every Item Box, second-tier drivers receive two items and first-tier drivers receive three items. Second-tier karts give a bonus points multiplier of 1.5 and first-tier karts give a bonus points multiplier of 2. Second-tier gliders increase the time between two point-gaining actions to count as a combo and give a combo bonus multiplier of 2 and first-tier gliders increase the combo-time even longer and give a combo bonus multiplier of 3. The player can enter a Frenzy by obtaining three of the same item at the same time, which allows the player to temporarily use that item an infinite amount of times in addition to granting them invincibility. Super and High-End drivers, karts, and gliders have a higher number of points gained when choosing them and more preferred courses. In addition, drivers have their own special items, similar to Mario Kart: Double Dash!!'s item system. Karts have their own driving-related bonus such as increasing the effectiveness of drifting, while gliders increase the likelihood of obtaining a certain item and the points gained when using said item. All drivers, karts, and gliders can be leveled up, and they all come with upgrades once this occurs. Since the 2.6.0 update, drivers, karts, and gliders are able to upgrade a favored course to a favorite course from being leveled up, with Normal items gaining one after reaching level 6, Super items gaining two after reaching levels 3 and 6, and High-End items gaining four after reaching levels 3 and 6.

The courses the player can play depends on the tour, which changes every two weeks. Starting with the Baby Rosalina Tour, each tour has twelve cups, and adds new drivers, karts, gliders, and courses. During certain tours, mainly ones themed around real-world locations, the game includes one course that is new to the series. Each cup contains three races and one bonus challenge. Bonus challenges require the player to beat a certain goal with a certain character, kart, and glider. Once each of the courses and the bonus challenge are all played and enough Grand Stars are obtained, the player can move on to the next cup.

Every week, one of the tour's cups is a ranked cup. In a ranked cup, the player is placed on a leaderboard based on their overall score in the game against nineteen other players. The player gains a reward for finishing in the top 10 and will increase in tier at the end of the week if their end position is near the top, while they will lose one or two tiers if finishing poorly enough above tier 20. Since the Cooking Tour, tier 25 and up rewards points-cap tickets for the top few positions. These tickets, along with the corresponding point-boost tickets, rotate between driver, kart, and glider tickets on a weekly basis. Since the 2021 Yoshi Tour, drivers are included as rewards for moving to a higher tier.

Placement	Rewards										Tier change
	From tier 1	From tier 11	From tier 21	From tier 25	From tier 30	From tier 35	From tier 40	From tier 45	From tier 50	From tier 60	From tier 1	From tier 21	From tier 22	From tier 25	From tier 30	From tier 35	From tier 70
1	Rubies ×20 Coins ×1,000 Point-boost tickets ×3 of each type	Rubies ×25 Coins ×1,100 Point-boost tickets ×3 of each type	Rubies ×30 Coins ×1,200 Point-boost tickets ×3 of each type	Rubies ×30 Coins ×1,200 Point-boost tickets ×3 Points-cap tickets ×1 Normal	Rubies ×35 Coins ×1,500 Point-boost tickets ×3 Points-cap tickets ×1 Super, ×1 Normal	Rubies ×35 Coins ×1,500 Points-cap tickets ×1 High-End, ×1 Super, ×1 Normal	Rubies ×40 Coins ×2,000 Points-cap tickets ×2 High-End, ×2 Super, ×2 Normal	Rubies ×40 Coins ×2,000 Points-cap tickets ×4 High-End, ×4 Super, x4 Normal	Rubies ×40 Coins ×2,000 Points-cap tickets ×5 High-End, ×5 Super, ×5 Normal	Rubies ×40 Coins ×2,000 Points-cap tickets ×6 High-End, ×6 Super, ×6 Normal	+3	+3	+3	+3	+2	+1	0
2	Rubies ×15 Coins ×1,000 Point-boost tickets ×2 of each type	Rubies ×20 Coins ×1,100 Point-boost tickets ×2 of each type	Rubies ×20 Coins ×1,200 Point-boost tickets ×2 of each type	Rubies ×20 Coins ×1,200 Point-boost tickets ×2 Points-cap tickets ×1 Normal	Rubies ×20 Coins ×1,200 Point-boost tickets ×2 Points-cap tickets ×1 Normal	Rubies ×20 Coins ×1,200 Point-boost tickets ×3 Points-cap tickets ×1 Super, ×1 Normal	Rubies ×20 Coins ×1,200 Points-cap tickets ×1 High-End, ×1 Super, ×1 Normal	Rubies ×20 Coins ×1,200 Points-cap tickets ×4 High-End, ×4 Super, ×4 Normal	Rubies ×20 Coins ×1,500 Points-cap tickets ×5 High-End, ×5 Super, ×5 Normal	Rubies ×20 Coins ×1,500 Points-cap tickets ×6 High-End, ×6 Super, ×6 Normal		+2	+2	+2	+1
3	Rubies ×10 Coins ×1,000 Point-boost tickets ×1 of each type	Rubies ×15 Coins ×1,100 Point-boost tickets ×1 of each type	Rubies ×15 Coins ×1,200 Point-boost tickets ×1 of each type	Rubies ×15 Coins ×1,200 Point-boost tickets ×1 Points-cap tickets ×1 Normal	Rubies ×15 Coins ×1,200 Point-boost tickets ×1 Points-cap tickets ×1 Normal	Rubies ×15 Coins ×1,200 Point-boost tickets ×2 Points-cap tickets ×1 Normal	Rubies ×15 Coins ×1,200 Point-boost tickets ×3 Points-cap tickets ×1 Super, ×1 Normal	Rubies ×15 Coins ×1,200 Points-cap tickets ×3 High-End, ×3 Super, ×3 Normal	Rubies ×15 Coins ×1,200 Points-cap tickets ×4 High-End, ×4 Super, ×4 Normal	Rubies ×15 Coins ×1,200 Points-cap tickets ×5 High-End, ×5 Super, ×5 Normal		+1	+1	+1
4	Rubies ×5 Coins ×500	Rubies ×10 Coins ×600	Rubies ×10 Coins ×600	Rubies ×10 Coins ×600	Rubies ×10 Coins ×600 Point-boost tickets ×1	Rubies ×10 Coins ×600 Point-boost tickets ×1	Rubies ×10 Coins ×600 Point-boost tickets ×2 Points-cap tickets ×1 Normal	Rubies ×10 Coins ×600 Points-cap tickets ×2 High-End, ×2 Super, ×2 Normal	Rubies ×10 Coins ×600 Points-cap tickets ×3 High-End, ×3 Super, ×3 Normal	Rubies ×10 Coins ×600 Points-cap tickets ×4 High-End, ×4 Super, ×4 Normal	+2					0	-1
5
6															0	-1
7	Coins ×300	Rubies ×5 Coins ×400	Rubies ×5 Coins ×400	Rubies ×5 Coins ×400	Rubies ×5 Coins ×400	Rubies ×5 Coins ×400	Rubies ×5 Coins ×400 Point-boost tickets ×1	Rubies ×5 Coins ×400 Points-cap tickets x1 High-End, ×1 Super, ×2 Normal	Rubies ×5 Coins ×400 Points-cap tickets x1 High-End, ×2 Super, ×2 Normal	Rubies ×5 Coins ×400 Points-cap tickets x2 High-End, ×2 Super, ×2 Normal	+1			0
8													0		-1
9												0		-1
10													-1
11-15	?							Points-cap tickets ×1 Super, ×1 Normal	Points-cap tickets ×1 Super, ×1 Normal	Points-cap tickets ×1 High-end, ×1 Super, ×1 Normal	0	-1
16-19	No reward
20	No reward												-2	-2	-2	-2	-2

Each tour has three sets of Tour Challenges. The first one is unlocked from the tour's beginning, the second one unlocks after the first week, and the third one is exclusive to Gold Pass members.

Points

See also: Mario Kart Tour race points system

Points are collected during standard races and are used to gain Grand Stars and to rank players, both overall and in ranked cups. There are three ways of obtaining points in races: base points, bonus points, and position points.

Base points

Base points are given at the beginning of the race and are the sum of the base points of the character, kart and glider selected. They range from 800 to 2800 points. The base points can be increased through experience points obtained at the end of the races or through point-boost tickets that provide 50 experience points each. The experience points are used to fill a gauge that when filled will increase the base points until the maximum amount has been reached. The amount of experience points needed to fill the gauge increases every time the gauge is filled. Since the Cooking Tour, points-cap tickets are added to the game, making it possible to raise the maximum amount of base points of a driver, kart, or glider.

Base points of drivers and kart parts
Amount	Drivers			Kart and gliders
	Normal	Super	High-End	Normal	Super	High-End
Initial	400	450	500	200	220	250
Base cap	600	675	800	300	330	400
First raised cap	648	765	980	324	366	490
Second raised cap	704	870	1190	352	408	595
Top cap	760	975	1400	380	450	700

Bonus points

Larry obtaining bonus points by performing a Jump Boost as part of a combo

Bonus points are points awarded every time a special event happens during the race. Said event might be a Jump Boost, gliding for a certain amount of time, finishing the lap in a certain position, hitting opponents or hazards, or various other cases. If a further event happens before about two seconds have passed from the previous one, the combo indicator goes up and the points obtained are increased. The actual time that can pass between one event and the next can be increased by choosing a glider of a higher tier in the course, by choosing a glider of higher rarity, or by leveling up the glider. The number of points given is calculated as follows:

Points = (base points of the event × multiplier due to kart tiering in the course × multiplier due to kart rarity and skill level) + combo bonus + bonus point boosts + eventual increase from kart's special skill + eventual increase from glider's special skill

The combo bonus is calculated as follows:

Combo bonus = multiplier from glider's tiering in the course × Min{combo count - 1 ; (cc of the engine class) / 10}

For the purpose of the calculation, 200cc is considered the same as 150cc.

The bonus point boost is calculated separately for the driver, kart, and glider chosen that are in the first tier of the course, as follows:

Bonus point boost = base points × (skill level - 1) × [(cc of the engine class) / 30000]

In this case as well, 200cc is considered the same as 150cc. If more than 200 events happen, the bonus point boost is not applied from the 201st event onward.

Position points

Position points are awarded to the player depending on their placement at the end of the race. They are calculated as follows:

Position points = [(position points due to the level of the player + engine class bonus) × position multiplier] + bonus point boosts for position

The bonus point boost for position is calculated separately for the driver, kart, and glider chosen that are in the first tier of the course, as follows:

Bonus point boost for position = base points × (skill level - 1) × number of events that occurred in the race × position multiplier × [(cc of the engine class) / 30000]

As in the other cases, 200cc is considered the same as 150cc.

The engine class bonus is the following:

Engine class	50cc	100cc	150cc	200cc
Engine class bonus	0	200	400	400

The position multiplier depends on the placement at the end of the race and works as follows:

Placement	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Position multiplier	1	0.85	0.75	0.65	0.55	0.45	0.35	0.2

Additional internal data (RaceScoreParam)

The following internal data stems from the Peach Tour.

The engine class affects the obtained points in various other ways, as shown by the internal data:

Engine class dependent points-related parameters (mEngineLevelParams)
Parameter	50cc	100cc	150cc	200cc
AddScoreIntervalWhileGlide	2.5	2	1.5	1.2
AddScoreIntervalWhileWater	7.5	6	4.5	3.6
AddScoreIntervalWhileItemType018	2.5	2	1.5	1.2
AddScoreIntervalWhileDriftKeep	2.5	2	1.5	1.2
InterimRankBonusRate	0.5	1	2	2
ComboNumMax	5	10	15	15

The InterimRankBonus multiplied by the InterimRankBonusRate is the amount of points obtained at the end of the first lap or the first two sections of three-sectioned tracks. The InterimRankBonus has the following values:

InterimRankBonus
Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th
Points	100	80	60	50	40	30	20	10

Finally, the maximum time between events in a combo depends on the base points given by the last action of the combo, with no effect of the combo count, as shown by this combo-related data:

Combo-related parameters (Combo)
Score	5	10	20	30
Time	1.4	1.8	2.1	2.4
ComboScoreAdd	1
ComboScoreRate	0.1

The combo time is calculated as follows:

Combo time = Max{Remaining combo time; Combo time of the last action}

where the combo time of the last action is calculated as follows:

Combo time of the last action = Time × multiplier from glider's tiering in the course × multiplier due to glider rarity and skill level

where the multiplier from the tiering is around 1.45 if the course is one of the favorites of the glider and around 1.225 if the course is favored by the glider, being equal to 1 otherwise, and Time is based on the value reported in the table using intermediate values for intermediate scores (i.e. 1.95 seconds for 15 points and 2.25 seconds for 25 points) and either 1.4 seconds or 2.4 seconds for scores smaller than 5 points and greater than 30 points, respectively.

Auto Mode

File:MKT AUTO Cartoon.png

A screenshot taken in Auto mode with the cartoon filter applied.

Introduced in version 2.6.0, Auto mode is a new option in single-player races that allows the player to spectate in a race fully controlled by the AI. The driver, kart and glider chosen by the player will participate in said race and will be the default AI player followed. The player is able to choose the racer followed by the camera and has control on the relative positioning and zoom of the camera. A button at the bottom allows to take screenshots at the rendering resolution of the game rather than the display resolution of the device. Starting with version 2.8.0, additional filters can be applied to the camera. When the race ends, the Coins and event tokens (but not team tokens) collected by the chosen driver are given to the player, along with the obtained experience points of the driver, kart and glider. The experience points of the player will instead remain unaffected, regardless of the outcome of the race.

Collectibles and currencies

Grand Stars

Grand Stars are the main collectibles related to individual tours. Up to five of them can be earned by reaching certain point thresholds in each standard race and up to three of them can be earned by clearing specific goals in each bonus challenge. Furthermore, clearing the daily challenge each day will warrant a Grand Star, and clearing Tour Challenges and Gold Challenges will reward the players with Grand Stars as well. Finally, using a star ticket will reward a Grand Star per ticket used.

They are used to unlock items in the cup bar of the course selection screen, namely cups and gifts. When the last gift is obtained, coins are rewarded in place of Grand Stars, and when a new tour starts, the Grand Stars obtained are reset to 0.

Rubies

Rubies are the main premium currency of Mario Kart Tour. They can be purchased with real-life currency at the Shop, but can also be obtained as daily login bonuses, as a player level up bonus, as part of tour gifts, as a reward for the ranked cup, or as a reward for the Standard Challenges.

Rubies can be used in two different ways: to buy launch pipes and to play Coin Rush mode.

Coins

Gold Mario in Coin Rush during the Tokyo Tour

Coins are collected during a race and rewarded for the number of points obtained during said race, up to 300 per day. In a single race, the amount of coins earned is

Coins earned = coins obtained during the race + floor((total points earned in the race)/1000)

The coins obtained during the race are capped at 99, while no cap on the coins obtained through points is known as of now.

Besides the main way of obtaining coins, they can also be obtained in Coin Rush and in several rewards, such as obtaining three Standard Challenges, Tour Challenges or Gold Challenges in a row, column or diagonal line, in gifts, as daily login bonuses, as player level up bonuses, while waiting for Multiplayer races, and as rewards for ranked cup placements and friend ranking.

In Coin Rush, the player can spend Rubies to obtain a great number of coins. Over 300 coins are found in the course. For each tour, another course is available in Coin Rush. Gold Mario is the regular driver, and the Gold Standard is the regular kart driven. The coins obtained from Coin Rush are multiplied by a certain number, depending on how many rubies a player has spent.

Coins multiplier	Rubies
2	5
6	15
10	25

During the Cooking Tour, the Coins Aplenty Event was added to the game. This event gives the player 24 hours to obtain a large number of coins from a certain cup, which varies between players. 300 coins are awarded at the end of the first race on each course in the cup during the duration of the event, for a total of 900 guaranteed extra coins from the event; these coins do not count towards the daily cap of 300 coins from races. In addition, the daily cap is ignored on each of these three races, providing three extra opportunities to score coins beyond the cap if it has already been reached.

Coins are mainly used in the Daily Selects section of the shop.

Menu

Banners
Pipes	Special offers	Gold Pass

Main Menu
Multiplayer	Challenges	Tour Gifts	Shop
Drivers	Karts	Gliders	Tickets
Profile	Friends	News	Gifts
Settings

Banners

On the top of the menu, players can purchase special offers or subscribe to the Gold Pass.

Multiplayer

Example of progressing towards a higher multiplayer grade.

The grading system in multiplayer mode, which continues up to S+6.

Multiplayer mode was added to Mario Kart Tour on March 8, 2020, where up to eight human players can play against each other. There are three modes available: a mode to play with friends or other players nearby; Standard Races, a mode where the player competes against random players from around the world; and Gold Races, a mode exclusive to Gold Pass members where the player competes against other members. Players race against each other in three courses in a chosen cup of the current tour; the cup changes every 13 minutes. In the "With Friends or Others Nearby" mode, the player can set the rules themselves, including the engine class (50cc, 100cc, or 150cc), number of item slots (1, 2, or default), number of teams (none, 2, 3 or 4), number of races (3, 6, or 12), enabling teams, enabling Friendly-Fire Mode for teams, and inclusion of COM racers. The player can also create a Room and invite players to join it with a code.

In Standard Races, there are two sets of rules that interchange daily: 100cc with default item slots, and 100cc with two item slots. In Gold Races, there are four: 150cc with default item slots, 150cc with two item slots, 200cc with default item slots, and 200cc with one item slot. The Team Game rule can also appear in Standard Races and Gold Races. In both of these modes, there is also a grading system for players that changes depending on their performance. The grades range from F to A (S then S+1 to S+6 in Gold Races).

When the player is waiting for a multiplayer match to be found, they will earn coins. Up to 100 coins can be earned per day with this method.

Once every few tours the Kart Pro event will take place, in which the player can earn rewards like badges and rubies by completing challenges on a Kart Pro challenge card, including maintaining a streak of three multiplayer wins. The amount of rubies the player will get as rewards for completing this challenge card depends on their grade. Grades F to A will receive 5 to 10 rubies, and grades S to S+6 will receive 15 to 21 rubies. As of version 2.9.0, players can maintain their streak if they win 2nd or 3rd place.

Challenges

See also: List of challenge cards in Mario Kart Tour

Challenges are objectives the player can complete to earn various badges and rewards depending on the type, of which there are five: Standard Challenges, long-term challenges the player accomplishes throughout the course of the game; Multiplayer Challenges (added in the Baby Rosalina Tour), which are challenges for multiplayer mode; Tour and Gold Challenges, challenges that last for the duration of the tour, the latter of which are exclusive to Gold Pass members; and Expert Challenges (added in the Cooking Tour), which contain challenges that are harder to succeed than Tour, Gold, and Standard Challenges, and last for 12 weeks. In the 1st Anniversary Tour, Anniversary Challenges were added as a one-off. Completing Standard, Multiplayer, and Anniversary Challenges awards the player with rubies, while Tour and Gold Challenges award extra Grand Stars and Expert Challenges reward the player only with badges. Each challenge card holds nine challenges aligned in a 3×3 grid, and for every bingo the player acquires (i.e. any horizontal, vertical, or diagonal match), they earn a certain amount of coins. The player also receives a reward upon completing an entire challenge card.

Daily challenges

Each daily challenge rewarded a Grand Star. The player could have up to three daily challenges available at a time, and upon completing one, a new one would not appear until the following day. Upon entering a new tour, players would receive three daily challenges right away, resulting in a maximum of 16 daily challenges per two-week tour. The daily challenges were selected at random from the following options:

• Do a Rocket Start.
• Get 1st place in a race.
• Perform a Slipstream.
• Activate Frenzy mode.
• Use a Mushroom.
• Land a hit with a Banana.
• Land a hit with a Red Shell.
• Land a hit with a Green Shell.
• Land a hit with a Bob-omb.
• Land a hit with a Super Horn.
• Join a multiplayer race.

From the Snow Tour onwards, daily challenges are no longer featured.

Premium Challenges

The first Premium Challenge card in the Snow Tour.

As of the Snow Tour, players can purchase a card for $4.99 USD with additional challenges every tour, with the reward for completing all challenges being a high-end driver. Progress on the challenges is shown whether the player has purchased or not, and all completed challenges can be claimed immediately on purchase. Uncompleted challenge cards can be carried over to the next tour, with up to fifteen able to be held at once.

Total Points Challenge

As of the Snow Tour, the player's total points across all cups can be redeemed for rewards, up to 600,000 points. Among the top rewards are points-cap tickets of increasing levels.

Tour Gifts

Tour Gifts give the player items if enough Grand Stars are obtained, with the top rewards often being level-boost tickets of increasing levels. Part of the rewards can only be claimed by Gold Pass subscribers.

Shop

The shop consists of five different sections.

Pipes

Pipes can shoot out a driver, kart, or glider, all of which have their own rarities. A pipe contains a determined amount of Normal, Super, and High-End items, all of which are chosen randomly within their class and rarity, plus a featured driver, kart, and glider. The items are not ordered, so each item, including the featured ones, can be potentially found in any placement within the pipe. It is possible that a player obtains an item from a pipe that already has been obtained; when this happens, the level gauge of that item will be increased by one unit. The player can reset the pipe at any moment. A new pipe is introduced each week and, since the 2019 Halloween Tour, the pipes last until the end of the tour.

Usually, the pipe contains the following items, with the spotlight items frequently taking the spot of a Super or High-end item:

Items obtained from a typical new 100 items pipe
Item	Normal			Super			High-End
	Driver	Kart	Glider	Driver	Kart	Glider	Driver	Kart	Glider
Amount	32	26	16	9	7	4	2	2	2

Until the New Year's Tour, the pipe typically contained the following items:

Items obtained from a new pipe
Item	Normal			Super			High-End			Featured High-End
	Driver	Kart	Glider	Driver	Kart	Glider	Driver	Kart	Glider	Driver	Kart	Glider
Amount	32	26	16	9	7	4	1	1	1	1	1	1

Another common variant is the pipe holding 50 items, used in special events and frequently not featuring any spotlight item, but rather a slightly different distribution of items to take into account the peculiar items that can be obtained in it.

Items obtained from a typical new 50 items pipe
Item	Normal			Super			High-End
	Driver	Kart	Glider	Driver	Kart	Glider	Driver	Kart	Glider
Amount	15	11	9	5	4	3	1	1	1

The probability of obtaining a certain type of item from the pipe is (number of items of that type remaining in the pipe)/(total number of items remaining in the pipe) while the probability of obtaining a specific item is (probability of getting an item of the type of the desired item)/(number of available items of the same type of the desired item).

Token Shop

As of the Wild West Tour, the Token Shop (formerly known as the Event Shop) appears during events or Team Rallies. The player can buy items in this shop with event tokens.

Token Shop's items
Item			Priceab	Quantity (Event)	Quantity (Team Rally)
Item ticket			5	10	-
Point-boost ticket			10	3 each	-
Star ticket			20	3	-
Coin Rush ticket			20	1
Level-boost ticket	Normal		50	2	3 each
	Super		100	1	2 each
	High-End		250	-	1 each
Points-cap ticket	Normal		100	1
	Super		200	1
	High-End		400	-	1
Normal driver, kart, or glider			15	3	-
Super driver, kart, or glider			100 (Driver), 50 (Kart/Glider)	1	6
500 Coins			30	5	-
1000 Coins			50	-	10
3 Rubies			50	5

^a - In the Token Shop of the Summer Festival Tour, most of the items had lower prices, while Monty Mole was purchasable for 200 event tokens.
^b - In the Token Shops of the 1st Anniversary Tour, the New Year's 2021 Tour, and the Mario Tour, High-End items and level-boost tickets were available and most items had lower prices.

Daily Selects

The Daily Selects section of the Shop, before the base set was introduced.

The Daily Selects section is renewed each day. It consists of four rows, of which the first three each contain three items. The items in the left column are drivers or driver-related tickets, the items in the center column are karts or kart-related tickets, the items in the right column are gliders or glider-related tickets. The last row is Coin Rush. The first row is available to all players and contains only Normal items and point-boost tickets, the second row is available to players level 7 and above and contains Normal and Super items along with item tickets and quick tickets, and the third row is available to players of level 12 and above and contains only Super and High-End items. The first time an item's skill level is maxed out, it is replaced with other items of the same rarity, type and shop rarity until all the items of the corresponding rarity, type and shop rarity have their skill level maxed out, at which point a level-boost ticket of the same rarity is sold in place of these items. Furthermore, as soon as a High-End item sold in the Daily Selects is maxed out, the tickets of all rarities can replace the items of the maxed out category.

Daily Selects' items
Item			Price
Base set	Additional
Item ticket			50
Point-boost ticket			100
Quick ticket (no longer available since the Cooking Tour)			1,000	N/A
Normal	Kart or glider		500	1,000
	Driver		800	1,500
Super	Kart or glider		2,000	7,500
	Driver		3,000	9,000
High-End	Kart or glider		10,000	25,000
	Driver		12,000	30,000

Since the Paris Tour, in addition to tickets, only a subset of non-tour-exclusive items can be found as Daily Selects in all of the Tours, here referred to as "Base set". The listed items are most Normal items from the Tokyo Tour and most items from the New York Tour. The Quick Ticket was removed and more items were added in the Cooking Tour at an increased cost and shop rarity, appearing less frequently in the Daily Selects and being unable to replace the items of the same rarity and type when the skill levels of those were all maxed out. They are marked with an asterisk (*) and referred to here as "Additional". Since the Berlin Tour, "Additional" prices were reduced to the "Base set" price, but their shop rarity appears unchanged, with them still not being able to replace items of the same rarity and price when the skill levels of the latter are maxed out.

Type	Normal	Super	High-End
Drivers	Baby Mario, Baby Peach, Baby Daisy, Baby Rosalina, Baby Luigi*, Koopa Troopa, Shy Guy, Dry Bones, Iggy, Larry, Lemmy, Ludwig, Morton, Roy, Wendy	Mario, Peach, Yoshi, Daisy, Toad, Toadette, Rosalina*, Luigi*, Toad (Pit Crew)*, Bowser, Donkey Kong, Diddy Kong, Lakitu*, Bowser Jr.*, Wario*, Waluigi*, King Boo*	Metal Mario, Pauline*, Peachette, Dry Bowser
Karts	Pipe Frame, Birthday Girl, Mushmellow, Koopa Dasher, Biddybuggy, Cheep Charger, Bullet Blaster, Landship, Pipe Buggy*	Mach 8, Daytripper, Turbo Yoshi, Soda Jet, Super Blooper, Royale*, Cloud 9*, Poltergust 4000*, Streamliner*, Flame Flyer, Barrel Train, DK Jumbo*, Koopa Clown*	B Dasher, Circuit Special*, Bumble V*, Badwagon
Gliders	Super Glider, Parachute, Parafoil, Paper Glider, Droplet Glider, BBIA Parafoil, Piranha Plant Parafoil*	Peach Parasol, Flower Glider, Oilpaper Umbrella*, Lightning Oilpaper*, Bob-omb Parafoil, Shell Parachute, Wario Wing*, Waluigi Wing*, BaNaNa Parafoil*	Gold Glider, Swooper, Cloud Glider*

Tier Shop

Since the 2020 Halloween Tour, players can buy items in the Tier Shop. The items available in it are replaced every week, and the higher the player's tier, the more items are available for purchase. The items unlock based on the player's all-time highest tier and remain unlocked even if their tier drops. Some items can be bought multiple times, though the price increases after the first or second purchase.

Tier Shop's items
Item			Price
Initial price	After first purchase	After second purchase	Quantity
Level-boost ticket	Normal kart or glider		800	1,000	1,200	3
	Normal driver		1,000	1,200	1,400	3
	Super kart or glider		3,000	5,000	N/A	2
	Super driver		4,000	6,000	N/A	2
	High-End kart or glider		13,000	N/A	N/A	1
	High-End driver		15,000	N/A	N/A	1
Points-cap ticket	Normal		2,000	N/A	N/A	1
	Super		5,000	N/A	N/A	1
	High-End		20,000	N/A	N/A	1
Normal	driver		800	N/A	N/A	1
	kart or glider		500	N/A	N/A	1
Super	driver		3,000	N/A	N/A	1
	kart or glider		2,000	N/A	N/A	1
High-End	driver		12,000	N/A	N/A	1
	kart or glider		10,000	N/A	N/A	1

Ruby purchase

The player can purchase different amounts of rubies with real-life currency.

Profile

Players can visit profile pages of themselves and their friends. On a profile page, the player can choose their 8 favorite drivers out of the drivers they own and can see their records, which include the amounts of collected drivers, karts, and gliders, their highest score they earned on a single course in the current tour, their number of Standard Race and Gold Race wins, their highest multiplayer grade and their highest tier. Additionally, their current level, tier, and multiplayer grade are shown for the player and their friends.

Badges

The player can collect badges by completing challenges, and by ending in the top 1,000 in the All-Cup ranking. Sometimes badges will also be given in the Gift Box. Out of all their collected badges, the player can choose one that will be visible to other players on their profile, though players can view other players' full badge lists (which are sorted in order of when the player obtained the badges).

Friends

The player can become in-game friends with other players, see the points of their friends on the different cups, and invite them to join a multiplayer room.

Since the Baby Rosalina Tour, a cumulative reward is given to the player if the combined total cup points of the week's ranked cup of the player and all of their friends reach certain amounts. In the Flower Tour only, the reward was rubies instead of coins. Since the second week of the Wild West Tour, the coin amounts have changed.

Total points of player and friends	Coins (until August 5, 2020)	Coins (since August 12, 2020)	Rubies (Flower Tour)
50,000	100	100	2
80,000	500	300	3
150,000	1000	600	5

News

Every time that an announcement is being made, a new part of a tour starts, an update of the game is released, a new special offer or pipe is available or something else has been changed, the player receives a message with detailed information about what is new. Messages regarding known issues also appear here.

Gifts

Sometimes the player receives additional gifts, which can be rubies, coins, or badges. Mainly, these gifts are given at celebration occasions such as celebration days, the start of a new tour, or the launch of Multiplayer mode. Sometimes it happens that the player does not receive a reward due to a technical problem in the game. These rewards can appear as gifts at a later time. Gifts remain available for 14 days.

Skill level point and points cap raising requirements

The following table lists the amount of skill level points needed to bring an acquired driver, kart, or glider to a certain skill level. Raising the skill level of a driver, kart or glider requires obtaining duplicates of them as Tour Gifts, from the Pipe or the Shop, or from using level-boost tickets that match the type and rarity.

Skill level	2	3	4	5	6	7
Normal	2	5	8	11	14	20
Super	1	2	3	4	5	8
High-End	1	1	2	2	3	5

The following table lists the amount of points-cap tickets needed to raise the maximum amount of base points of a driver, kart or glider to a higher cap.

Cap	1	2	3
Amount of tickets	1	5	10

Courses

See also: List of favored and favorite courses in Mario Kart Tour

Mario Kart Tour currently features 59 racecourses, the most of any Mario Kart game to date. Of these, 17 are new courses and 37 are classic courses, giving Mario Kart Tour the distinction of having the most classic courses as well. Furthermore, a new course category is added in this game, named remix. The 5 courses in this category have the RMX term prepended to the name. They are based on classic courses from which they derive the base design elements and setting, but feature a completely new layout. Most of the new courses are based on real-world cities, these being New York City, Tokyo, Paris, London, Vancouver, Los Angeles, Berlin, and Sydney. Notably, Mario Kart Tour introduces course variations; each course has both an "R" (Reverse) and "T" (Trick) variant. Courses marked with "R" are driven in reverse orientation, and mostly just have alterations to make this possible if necessary. Courses marked with "T" feature many additional ramps and trickable obstacles, but are usually otherwise the same. Some specific instances do change up other things like adding ramps to replace glider sections (like in DS Airship Fortress T), changing the way the course is raced on (like in Kalimari Desert 2T), or even changing the starting location (like in 3DS Rock Rock Mountain T). "R/T" (Reverse/Trick) variants feature the elements of both reverse and trick courses. While R/T variants of city courses were generally introduced in the same tour as that particular city course, R/T variants of classic courses were not introduced until the 2019 Winter Tour, after which each tour saw two to four of them added until the 2020 Trick Tour. Since then, R/T variants of classic courses have been added sporadically, generally in tours that do not introduce a course to the game.

New

Course	Debut tour	Normal version	Reverse variation	Trick variation	Reverse/Trick variation
New York Minute	New York Tour
Tokyo Blur	Tokyo Tour
Paris Promenade	Paris Tour
London Loop	London Tour
New York Minute 2	Holiday Tour
Tokyo Blur 2	New Year's Tour
Paris Promenade 2	Valentine's Tour
Vancouver Velocity	Vancouver Tour
London Loop 2	Baby Rosalina Tour
Tokyo Blur 3	Summer Festival Tour				N/A
Los Angeles Laps	Los Angeles Tour
New York Minute 3	1st Anniversary Tour
Merry Mountain	Winter Tour (2020)				N/A
Berlin Byways 2	Berlin Tour
Tokyo Blur 4	Mario Tour
Ninja Hideaway	Ninja Tour				N/A
Sydney Sprint	Sydney Tour

Remix

Course	Debut tour	Normal version	Reverse variation	Trick variation	Reverse/Trick variation
RMX Mario Circuit 1	Mario Bros. Tour Yoshi Tour (2020) (R/T)
RMX Choco Island 1	Flower Tour Trick Tour (2021) (R/T)
RMX Rainbow Road 1	Super Mario Kart Tour Mario vs. Luigi Tour (R/T)
RMX Rainbow Road 2	New Year's 2021 Tour				N/A
RMX Choco Island 2	Peach vs. Daisy Tour				N/A

Classic

Super Mario Kart (SNES)

Course	Debut tour	Normal version	Reverse variation	Trick variation	Reverse/Trick variation
Mario Circuit 1	New York Tour Holiday Tour (R/T)
Donut Plains 1	Hammer Bro Tour Yoshi Tour (2020) (R/T)
Ghost Valley 1	Halloween Tour (2019) Valentine's Tour (R/T)
Mario Circuit 2	Tokyo Tour New Year's Tour (R/T)
Choco Island 1	Cooking Tour				N/A
Donut Plains 2	Cat Tour Yoshi Tour (2021) (R/T)
Mario Circuit 3	Paris Tour Vancouver Tour (R/T)
Choco Island 2	Tokyo Tour Ice Tour (R/T)
Vanilla Lake 1	Ice Tour Trick Tour (2020) (R/T)
Koopa Troopa Beach 2	Marine Tour				N/A
Rainbow Road	Tokyo Tour Winter Tour (2019) (R/T)

Mario Kart 64 (N64)

Course	Debut tour	Normal version	Reverse variation	Trick variation	Reverse/Trick variation
Koopa Troopa Beach	New York Tour Vancouver Tour (R/T)
Kalimari Desert	Tokyo Tour Holiday Tour (R/T)
Kalimari Desert 2	Wild West Tour				N/A
Frappe Snowland	Ice Tour Vancouver Tour (R/T)
Choco Mountain	Exploration Tour				N/A
Royal Raceway	Peach Tour Yoshi Tour (2021) (R/T)

Mario Kart: Super Circuit (GBA)

Course	Debut tour	Normal version	Reverse variation	Trick variation	Reverse/Trick variation
Bowser's Castle 1	New York Tour London Tour (R/T)
Bowser's Castle 2	Hammer Bro Tour Trick Tour (2020) (R/T)
Sunset Wilds	Sunset Tour Mario vs. Luigi Tour (R/T)

Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (GCN)

Course	Debut tour	Normal version	Reverse variation	Trick variation	Reverse/Trick variation
Yoshi Circuit	New York Tour London Tour (R/T)
Dino Dino Jungle	New York Tour Valentine's Tour (R/T)

Mario Kart DS (DS)

Course	Debut tour	Normal version	Reverse variation	Trick variation	Reverse/Trick variation
Luigi's Mansion	Halloween Tour (2019) London Tour (R/T)
Waluigi Pinball	Halloween Tour (2019) Valentine's Tour (R/T)
DK Pass	Winter Tour (2019) Ice Tour (R/T)
Airship Fortress	Pirate Tour Trick Tour (2021) (R/T)

Mario Kart Wii (Wii)

Course	Debut tour	Normal version	Reverse variation	Trick variation	Reverse/Trick variation
DK Summit	Snow Tour				N/A
Maple Treeway	Halloween Tour (2020)				N/A

Mario Kart 7 (3DS)

Course	Debut tour	Normal version	Reverse variation	Trick variation	Reverse/Trick variation
Toad Circuit	New York Tour New Year's Tour (R/T)
Daisy Hills	New York Tour Winter Tour (2019) (R/T)
Cheep Cheep Lagoon	New York Tour Holiday Tour (R/T)
Shy Guy Bazaar	New York Tour Ice Tour (R/T)
Mario Circuit	Tokyo Tour Winter Tour (2019) (R/T)
Rock Rock Mountain	New York Tour				N/A
Neo Bowser City	Tokyo Tour New Year's Tour (R/T)
Rosalina's Ice World	Rosalina Tour				N/A
Rainbow Road	Holiday Tour Baby Rosalina Tour (R/T)

Other

• SNES Ghost Valley 2

Tours

Main article: List of tours in Mario Kart Tour

Each tour consists of a series of cups, with each cup containing three courses and a bonus challenge. The featured character of the cup has the preference for every course in it increased by one tier.

Tour	Dates	Week 1 spotlights	Week 2 spotlights
New York Tour	September 25, 2019 - October 8, 2019
Tokyo Tour	October 9, 2019 - October 22, 2019
Halloween Tour (2019)	October 23, 2019 - November 5, 2019
Paris Tour	November 6, 2019 - November 19, 2019
Winter Tour (2019)	November 20, 2019 - December 3, 2019
London Tour	December 4, 2019 - December 17, 2019
Holiday Tour	December 18, 2019 - December 31, 2019
New Year's Tour	January 1, 2020 - January 14, 2020
Ice Tour	January 15, 2020 - January 28, 2020
Valentine's Tour	January 29, 2020 - February 11, 2020
Vancouver Tour	February 12, 2020 - February 25, 2020
Mario Bros. Tour	February 26, 2020 - March 10, 2020
Baby Rosalina Tour	March 11, 2020 - March 24, 2020
Hammer Bro Tour	March 25, 2020 - April 7, 2020
Yoshi Tour (2020)	April 8, 2020 - April 21, 2020
Trick Tour (2020)	April 22, 2020 - May 5, 2020
Flower Tour	May 6, 2020 - May 19, 2020
Jungle Tour	May 20, 2020 - June 2, 2020
Cooking Tour	June 3, 2020 - June 16, 2020
Peach Tour	June 17, 2020 - June 30, 2020
Marine Tour	July 1, 2020 - July 14, 2020
Exploration Tour	July 15, 2020 - July 28, 2020
Wild West Tour	July 29, 2020 - August 11, 2020
Pirate Tour	August 12, 2020 - August 25, 2020
Summer Festival Tour	August 26, 2020 - September 8, 2020
Super Mario Kart Tour	September 9, 2020 - September 22, 2020
Los Angeles Tour	September 23, 2020 - October 6, 2020
1st Anniversary Tour	October 7, 2020 - October 20, 2020
Halloween Tour (2020)	October 21, 2020 - November 3, 2020
Sunset Tour	November 4, 2020 - November 17, 2020
Mario vs. Luigi Tour	November 18, 2020 - December 1, 2020
Winter Tour (2020)	December 2, 2020 - December 15, 2020
Rosalina Tour	December 16, 2020 - December 29, 2020
New Year's 2021 Tour	December 30, 2020 - January 12, 2021
Berlin Tour	January 13, 2021 - January 26, 2021
Cat Tour	January 27, 2021 - February 9, 2021
Peach vs. Daisy Tour	February 10, 2021 - February 23, 2021
Snow Tour	February 24, 2021 - March 9, 2021
Mario Tour	March 10, 2021 - March 23, 2021
Yoshi Tour (2021)	March 24, 2021 - April 6, 2021
Ninja Tour	April 7, 2021 - April 20, 2021
Sydney Tour	April 21, 2021 - May 4, 2021
Bowser vs. DK Tour	May 5, 2021 - May 18, 2021
Trick Tour (2021)	May 19, 2021 - June 1, 2021

Drivers

Main article: List of drivers in Mario Kart Tour

See also: Mario Kart Tour in-game statistics

There are currently 120 playable characters (121 if including Gold Mario, who appears exclusively in Coin Rush mode) in Mario Kart Tour, the largest amount of playable characters in a Mario game. Notable new playable characters in the series include Peachette, Pauline, Hammer Bro, Boomerang Bro, Fire Bro, Ice Bro, Monty Mole, Dixie Kong, Captain Toad, Nabbit, and King Bob-omb. Upon launching the game for the first time, player will be given either Toad, Toadette, or Peachette. After the tutorial they are granted a free pipe launch which grants either Peach, Bowser, Metal Mario, or Dry Bowser. Unlike the other Mario Kart games, characters are sorted by their rarity of unlocking them, via opening up randomized green or gold pipes with rubies. There are three tiers of rarity: Normal, Super, and High-End. While the Normal drivers are generally easier to obtain from pipes, tour gifts, or the shop, rarer drivers have a greater amount of base points, higher chances to activate Frenzy mode, and more favored and favorite courses. By using a driver on favored or favorite courses, they can obtain up to three items at one time from Item Boxes.

The driver list as it appears in-game for the Bowser vs. DK Tour.

Karts, gliders, and tires

Main article: List of karts, gliders, and tires in Mario Kart Tour

There are currently 159 karts (160 if including the Gold Standard, which appears exclusively in Coin Rush mode) and 113 gliders in Mario Kart Tour, the most of any Mario Kart game. Several karts and gliders return from previous installments, though new ones also appear alongside variants of existing ones; these variants share their in-game model, differing by textures, and are grouped together within the internal files. Like drivers, karts and gliders are organized by three tiers of rarity: Normal, Super, and High-End. Each kart and glider has its own special skill that provides specific benefits during a race; karts give bonus points for performing a particular technique while gliders increase the chance of obtaining a particular item from Item Boxes as well as the points gained from using that item. Each kart and glider also has its own favored and favorite courses, and using a kart or glider on such courses increases their bonus points multiplier, or combo bonus and combo-time, respectively.

Unlike in Mario Kart 7, Mario Kart 8, and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, tires are not customizable, being set to a specific kart, and have no effect on stats.

Items

Frenzy

Main article: Frenzy

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

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

The following is the base probability of a Frenzy in single player races used in the 2020 Halloween Tour,. Since only two laps are coded, three-sectioned courses presumably reuse one of those two rows for one of their sections.

Base probability of a Frenzy in single-player races
Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th
First lap	5	6	7	9	13	15	18	22
Second lap	6	7	11	12	18	22	29	41

Multiplayer races use different Frenzy probabilities.

Base probability of a Frenzy in multiplayer races
Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th
First lap	1	2	4	6	10	14	17	21
Second lap	3	4	8	9	15	22	32	50

Item Box items

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

The game introduces ten new items to the series: the Double Bob-ombs, the Ice Flower, the Bubble, the Banana Barrels, the Mushroom Cannon, the Coin Box, the Dash Ring, the Bob-omb Cannon, the Giga Bob-omb, and the Super Bell, all of which are character-exclusive items. Several items that have been absent from recent entries in the series also return in this game, including Bowser's Shell, Yoshi's Egg/Birdo's Egg, the Giant Banana, the Heart, and the Mega Mushroom from Mario Kart Wii; the former four (from Mario Kart: Double Dash!!) are all special items, while the lattermost is a regular item. Additionally, the Hammer item from the Mario Kart Arcade GP series appears in this game for the first time in a mainline Mario Kart game as a special item.

The probabilities used in single player mode outside of Frenzies are reported. It is possible that the first item boxes of the races use different probabilities. The probability of common items can be increased by using gliders with the respective item skill. The actual probability is calculated as (item probability + glider bonus)/(sum of the probabilities of the eligible items); when no item can be obtained, a Coin is obtained instead. For the detailed probabilities of obtaining an item when an Item Box is opened, see Mario Kart Tour item probability distributions.

Image	Name	Description	Drivers	Single player base probability
				1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th
	Banana	"Don't let this one give you the slip! Your kart will spin out if you hit one. You can carry one behind your kart to protect yourself from a single attack."	All	35	12	20	15	0	0	0	0
	Triple Bananas	"Three bananas revolve around your kart. Tap the screen to throw them all at once and they'll land all lined up in a nice, tidy row!"		20	15	35	30	25	0	0	0
	Triple Bananas+	"Increases your chances of getting Triple Bananas. Plus, the bananas revolve faster!"
	Giant Banana	"Not only does this big banana spin out karts that hit it, but after being struck it breaks into three regular-sized Bananas. The only banana split you'll be sad to see!"		20	15	35	30	25	0	0	0
	Giant Banana+	"Boosts your chances to get a Giant Banana. And when you do, it splits into even more bananas!"
	Green Shell	"Flies straight and crashes any kart it hits. Keep it behind your kart to protect yourself from a single attack."	All	20	15	20	18	8	8	0	0
	Triple Green Shells	"Three Green Shells revolve around your kart. Tap the screen to throw all of them at once and they'll fly in a straight line."		0	30	20	25	35	15	0	0
	Triple Green Shells+	"Increases your chances of getting Triple Green Shells. The shells will revolve faster."
	Red Shell	"Homes in on a kart in front of you and crashes whatever it hits. Keep it behind your kart to protect yourself from a single attack."	All	0	48	20	20	25	17	0	0
	Spiny Shell	"Chases down the kart in 1st place, crashing through anyone it hits before reaching its target. This will make you regret being in 1st place! Or even near the kart in 1st place..."	All	0	0	0	0	5	5	3	0
	Bowser's Shell	"This big ol' shell on loan from Bowser will crash any karts it hits and keep on going. It can only be thrown forward."		0	0	15	35	40	30	30	0
	Bowser's Shell+	"Bowser's Shell is bigger and a little better at tracking opponents."
	Bob-omb	"This will walk towards opponents who get too close, and then explode when it touches a kart or when some time has passed. Karts caught in its blast will crash."	All	1	3	10	15	10	10	0	0
	Double Bob-ombs (new)	"Two Bob-ombs will revolve around your kart. Tap the screen to throw them both at once. Two is better than one, right?"		0	30	20	25	35	15	0	0
	Double Bob-ombs+	"Adds a Bob-omb so you can attack with 3 Bob-ombs."
	Mushroom	"This classic item gives your kart a speed boost. Doesn't get much simpler than that!"	All	5	12	25	29	20	25	30	21
	Triple Mushrooms	"Why use just one Mushroom when you can use three? Tap the screen to use them all at once for a longer-lasting speed boost."		0	0	15	35	40	30	30	0
	Triple Mushrooms+	"Increases your chances of getting Triple Mushrooms and extends the dash time by a little."
	Mega Mushroom	"Increases your kart's size, allowing you to crash any opponents you hit. You'll return to regular size after some time or when you're hit by an item."	All	0	0	0	0	27	30	40	30
	Bullet Bill	"Transforms you into a Bullet Bill for a set amount of time. You'll dash forward with all the power of a Bullet Bill and crash any opponents that you hit."	All	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	40
	Blooper	"Squirts ink onto the karts in a higher position than yours, blinding the other drivers for a set amount of time. You can wipe the ink off by swiping the screen."	All	0	0	0	3	5	5	0	0
	Lightning	"Calls down lightning to spin out your opponents and destroy the items they hold. Those struck will be smaller and slower for a set amount of time."	All	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	9
	Fire Flower	"Three fireballs will revolve around your kart. Tap the screen to throw them all at once, spinning out any kart they hit. You're really burning up the track now!"		0	30	20	25	35	15	0	0
	Fire Flower+	"Adds another fireball, allowing you to throw four total."
	Boomerang Flower	"Tap the screen to throw a boomerang. Not only will it spin out any karts it hits, but it will collect any surrounding Coins for you, too."		0	30	20	25	35	15	0	0
	Boomerang Flower+	"Adds another Boomerang, allowing you to throw two total!"
	Ice Flower (new)	"Three balls of ice will revolve around your kart. Tap the screen to throw them all at once and they'll freeze any kart they hit, causing them to slide."		0	30	20	25	35	15	0	0
	Ice Flower+	"Adds another iceball, allowing you to throw four total!"
	Super Horn	"The loudness of this horn will blow away any surrounding items and karts. It can repel Bloopers, and even Spiny Shells!"	All	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Coin	"This gives you two Coins. It's used automatically once you pick it up."	All	35	10	5	0	0	0	0	0
	Heart	"This protective Heart revolves around your kart for a set amount of time, shielding you from attacks. It will vanish upon taking damage. You can stack up to five at once."		0	0	15	35	40	30	30	0
	Heart+	"You get 1 additional Heart! The additional Heart runs out quickly so make it count!"
	Yoshi's Egg	"Homes in on the kart in front of you and crashes once it hits. Three more items will fly out when it breaks. It's the item that keeps on giving!"		0	30	20	25	35	15	0	0
	Yoshi's Egg+	"Yoshi's Egg is bigger and it releases an additional item."
	Birdo's Egg	"Homes in on the kart in front of you and crashes once it hits. Three more items will fly out when it breaks. It's the item that keeps on giving!"		0	30	20	25	35	15	0	0
	Birdo's Egg+	"Birdo's Egg is bigger and it releases an additional item."
	Bubble (new)	"Briefly envelops your kart and protects you from damage for a set time. While in the bubble, you will get a speed boost and float in the air. Watch out, because it will vanish upon taking damage!"		0	0	15	35	40	30	30	0
	Bubble+	"Increases the Bubble's movement speed."
	Banana Barrels (new)	"Arm your kart with two fully-loaded barrels of Bananas! Continually shoots out Bananas in front of your kart for a set time."		0	0	15	35	40	30	30	0
	Banana Barrels+	"The barrels will sometimes fire Giant Bananas."
	Mushroom Cannon (new)	"A cannon designed to resemble a Mushroom. Continually shoots out Mushrooms in front of your kart for a set time."		0	0	15	35	40	30	30	0
	Mushroom Cannon+	"Fires a larger payload of Mushrooms in three directions."
	Lucky Seven	"Seven items (Red Shell, Banana, Green Shell, Bob-omb, Super Horn, Mushroom, and Blooper) revolve around your kart. Tap the screen to use all seven items at once."	Luigi (Classic)	0	0	15	35	40	30	30	0
	Lucky Seven+	"3 coins are added to the items that appear."
	Coin Box (new)	"A box with a golden sheen. Generates a large amount of Coins in front of your kart for a set time."	(Coin Rush)	20	15	35	30	25	0	0	0
	Coin Box+	"This will sometimes spit out red coins."
	Dash Ring (new)	"Tosses out three rings in front of you along the track. Pass through them for a speed boost!"		0	0	15	35	40	30	30	0
	Dash Ring+	"Gives you two more rings for five total, increasing your total boost potential."
	Bob-omb Cannon (new)	"A dangerous cannon fueled by red-hot coals! Continually shoots out Bob-ombs in front of your kart for a set time."		0	0	15	35	40	30	30	0
	Bob-omb Cannon+	"Adds another Bob-omb Cannon, allowing you to fire even more Bob-ombs."
	Super Star	"Turns you invincible for a time. Your kart will be faster and any karts you hit will crash."	Single player All (Item appears in certain bonus challenges, and Frenzy mode in normal races)	N/A
			Multiplayer All (Item appears in rulesets with less than 3 item slots, and Frenzy mode in rulesets with 3 item slots)
	Hammer	"Throws multiple Hammers in an arc aimed at karts in front of yours."		0	30	20	25	35	15	0	0
	Hammer+	"You'll get two extra hammers to throw, widening the strike zone."
	Giga Bob-omb (new)	"This giga-sized Bob-omb can only be thrown forward. after being thrown, it will explode after hitting a kart or bouncing 3 times. It has a larger blast radius than a standard Bob-omb."		0	0	15	35	40	30	30	0
	Giga Bob-omb+	"Giga Bob-omb is bigger and its blast radius is a bit wider!"
	Super Bell (new)	"A bell rings above the driver, knocking away nearby karts and items. The bell rings three consecutive times."		0	0	15	35	40	30	30	0
	Super Bell+	"The bell rings one additional time, and it lasts longer."

Inventory items

These items are collected throughout the course of the game through various means, such as challenges, log-in bonuses, and Tour Gifts.

Image	Name	Description
	Coin	Coins gathered during races are used to purchase items and characters in shops. Only 300 coins (or 600 coins for Gold Pass subscribers) can be obtained in normal races per day. Players can obtain additional coins from challenge rewards, Coin Rush, and other methods once the cap has been reached.
	Ruby	Special currency used to play Coin Rush without the Coin Rush ticket or fire pipes containing drivers, karts and gliders.
	Event token	Special currency used in Token Shops.
	Team token	Special currency used in Team Rallies and Token Shops.
	Grand Star	Rewards from achieving specified race scores and completing challenges. The more Grand Stars a player obtains, the more cups they can participate in and the more presents they can receive in each tour. If all of the tour gifts have been opened, coins will be awarded instead. Once a tour ends, the total number of Grand Stars resets to zero.
	Item ticket	Allows the player to instantaneously receive an Item Box during normal races. Only one ticket can be used per race.
	Point-boost ticket	Provides 50 experience points to the base points of drivers, karts or gliders. If the base points of a driver, kart or glider are already at maximum, no more point-boost tickets can be used.
	Level-boost ticket	Increases the skill level of drivers, karts or gliders by one unit. The type of ticket must match the rarity. If the skill level of a driver, kart or glider is already Level 7, no more level-boost tickets can be used.
	Points-cap ticket	Increases the cap of the base points of drivers, karts or gliders. The type of ticket must match the rarity. If the maximum base points of a driver, kart or glider can no longer be unlocked, no more points-cap tickets can be used.
	Coin Rush ticket	Allows players to participate in the Coin Rush mode of the current Tour once without spending Rubies.
	Star ticket	Grants a Grand Star.
	Quick ticket	Subtracts a day out of the remaining time needed to unlock locked cups of the current tour.

Course elements

The following table lists elements that slow racers down, crash them, offer them a Jump Boost and/or simply give them points when interacted with in a certain way. For ways to obtain bonus points from these interactions, see Mario Kart Tour race points system § Object interactions.

Subject	Location	Description	Can give points
Banzai Bill	DS Airship Fortress, R, T	A larger variant of Bullet Bills that travel in a straight line. When a driver collides with a Banzai Bill, they spin out.	Yes
Barrel	DS Airship Fortress R, R/T	An obstacle that breaks upon collision with a racer, slowing them down if they are not invincible or Mega.	Yes
	3DS Cheep Cheep Lagoon (Break Item Boxes)
	London Loop, R, T
	London Loop 2, R, T
Barrel Bomb	SNES Mario Circuit 1 (Goomba Takedown)	An explosive object that can be triggered by throwing a projectile or by driving into it. Upon exploding, a Barrel Bomb will also cause other Barrel Bombs within range to detonate and defeat any nearby Goombas. Some Barrel Bombs stand on the ground, while others float or fly using propellers.	Yes
	GBA Bowser's Castle 2, R, T
	GCN Dino Dino Jungle (Goomba Takedown)
	DS Luigi's Mansion (Goomba Takedown)
	DS DK Pass (Goomba Takedown)
	DS Airship Fortress (Goomba Takedown)
	3DS Shy Guy Bazaar (Steer Clear of Obstacles)
	3DS Rock Rock Mountain (Steer Clear of Obstacles)
	3DS Neo Bowser City (Goomba Takedown)
	London Loop 2 (Steer Clear of Obstacles)
	RMX Rainbow Road 2 (Goomba Takedown)
Big Piranha Plant (ground)	SNES Choco Island 2R/T	Piranha Plant variants found on the track. When a driver collides with a Big Piranha Plant, they spin out.	Yes
	GCN Yoshi Circuit (Steer Clear of Obstacles)
Big Piranha Plant (pipe)	SNES Choco Island 1 (Steer Clear of Obstacles)	Big Piranha Plants that reside in pipes behave like the Piranha Plants found on GCN Yoshi Circuit, lunging at racers who drive nearby. Those found in Paris Promenade, Paris Promenade 2, and their versions also periodically turn to a different direction.	Yes
	SNES Choco Island 2T, R/T
	SNES Ghost Valley 1R, R/T
	N64 Royal Raceway (Steer Clear of Obstacles)
	GCN Yoshi Circuit (Steer Clear of Obstacles)
	Paris Promenade, R, T, R/T
	Paris Promenade 2, R, T
	RMX Mario Circuit 1 (Glider Challenge), R/T
	RMX Choco Island 1R/T
	RMX Rainbow Road 2T
Big Sidestepper	N64 Koopa Troopa Beach (Steer Clear of Obstacles, Glider Challenge)	Larger variants of Sidesteppers that shuffle back and forth, spinning out any drivers that touch them.	TBD
	3DS Cheep Cheep Lagoon (Steer Clear of Obstacles)
Bumper	DS Waluigi Pinball, R, T, R/T	An object that bounces metal balls and racers off when they collide with it. Some bumpers are stationary, while others move around in circles. Racers can get a Jump Boost by bouncing on top of a bumper, which is possible in DS Waluigi Pinball T after they drive off a ramp.	Yes (through Jump Boosts)
Burner	DS Airship Fortress, R, T, R/T	Flames that slowly move back and forth, burning and spinning out any racers that touch them.	No
Chain Chomp (chained)	SNES Mario Circuit 2T	A large chained enemy that lunges towards racers who drive past it, flipping them over if it reaches them.	Yes
	SNES Mario Circuit 3R/T
	London Loop, R, T, R/T
	London Loop 2, R, T
Chain Chomp (unchained)	3DS Rainbow Road	A large obstacle that rolls around in circles. They are found on the planet portion of the racetrack and flip drivers over when they roll into them.	Yes
Cheep Cheep	SNES Koopa Troopa Beach 2, R	Fish that swim around in a body of water or flop about on land. When bumped into, they simply cause a driver to lose some speed.	Yes
	3DS Cheep Cheep Lagoon, R, T, R/T
Clampy	3DS Cheep Cheep Lagoon, R, T	An oyster enemy that periodically opens and closes its valves to reveal objects such as coins and Item Boxes that racers can drive into to collect. If a Clampy closes its valves in on a racer, it will flip them over.	Yes
Crate	DS Airship Fortress, R, T, R/T	An object that slows down any racer that collides with it. When hit, crates break and release an item such as a Banana or Mushroom.	Yes
	London Loop, R, T
Exploring Shy Guy	GBA Sunset Wilds, R, T, R/T	An enemy that moves back and forth across the track, causing any drivers that come into contact with it to spin out.	Yes
Festive tree	Every course for the duration of the 2019 Winter Tour, the London Tour, the first week of the Holiday Tour, the 2020 Winter Tour, and the Rosalina Tour, with the exception of Merry Mountain.	A decorative element that shakes when hit with a shell or a Bob-omb or by driving into it while invincible or Mega.	Yes
Flipper	DS Waluigi Pinball, R, T, R/T	An object that sends metal balls in another direction when they collide with it. Racers that drive into a flipper will crash.	No
Flying Shy Guy	3DS Shy Guy Bazaar, R, T, R/T	Shy Guys that use magic carpets to fly around. Flying Shy Guys appear above the glider section. Colliding with a Flying Shy Guy will cause racers to lose air speed.	Yes
Goat	3DS Daisy Hills, R, T, R/T	Obstacles that walk around the track slowly. Racers that drive into them spin out.	Yes
Goomba	Any course where a Goomba Takedown bonus challenge takes place	Short enemies that stand in the racers' way or walk left and right. They can be taken out with an offensive item or by simply driving into them, although the latter will also cause the racer to spin out if they are not in an invincible or Mega state. They can also be defeated by landing on them while gliding or after driving off a ramp, which gives the racer a Jump Boost.	Yes
	GCN Yoshi Circuit (Do Jump Boosts)
	DS Waluigi Pinball (Steer Clear of Obstacles)
	DS DK Pass (Do Jump Boosts)
	3DS Toad Circuit R, R/T
	3DS Mario Circuit, R
	Tokyo Blur (Do Jump Boosts)
	Paris Promenade
	Paris Promenade 2
	RMX Mario Circuit 1, R, T, R/T
Goomba Tower	SNES Mario Circuit 1 (Goomba Takedown)	A stack of Goombas that can be defeated the same way as an individual Goomba. If the Goomba at the bottom of a tower is defeated, all of the ones above it collapse and are defeated as well.	TBD
	SNES Ghost Valley 1 (Goomba Takedown)
	SNES Choco Island 2 (Goomba Takedown)
	SNES Rainbow Road (Goomba Takedown)
	GCN Dino Dino Jungle (Goomba Takedown)
	DS Luigi's Mansion (Goomba Takedown)
	DS Airship Fortress (Goomba Takedown)
	3DS Shy Guy Bazaar (Goomba Takedown)
	3DS Neo Bowser City (Goomba Takedown)
	Los Angeles Laps (Goomba Takedown)
	RMX Mario Circuit 1 (Goomba Takedown)
	RMX Rainbow Road 2 (Goomba Takedown)
Half-pipe	Wii DK Summit, R, T	A ramp on the side of the track that drivers can jump off of for Jump Boosts.	Yes
	Wii Maple Treeway, R, T
Super Half-pipe	Merry Mountain, R, T		Yes
Hot-air balloon	N64 Koopa Troopa Beach R	An obstacle that floats in one place. They cause racers who glide into them to bounce back. However, if a racer lands on top of a hot air balloon, they receive a Jump Boost.	Yes (through Jump Boosts)
	N64 Royal Raceway, T
	GCN Yoshi Circuit T, (Glider Challenge)
	DS DK Pass R/T, (Do Jump Boosts)
	Wii Maple Treeway T
	3DS Daisy Hills, R, T, R/T
	3DS Rock Rock Mountain R
	Paris Promenade, R, T, R/T
	Vancouver Velocity R
Icicle	3DS Rosalina's Ice World, R, T	An obstacle that breaks when driven into, slowing down the responsible driver.	Yes
Jack-o'-lantern	Most courses during the 2020 Halloween Tour	An object that can be knocked away by driving into it or hitting it with an item. Jack-o'-lanterns that appear on a track's sidelines or in the background usually come in larger sizes and can be interacted with but not knocked away.	Yes
Jar / Snake jar	3DS Shy Guy Bazaar, R, T, R/T	An object found on the track. Jars will break upon collision with an item or a racer. Running into a jar will slow the racer down if they are not in an invincible or Mega state. Some jars, referred to as snake jars, move around and release small snakes when broken.	Yes
Jump Boost field	3DS Rainbow Road R, R/T	An upward force that gives drivers a Jump Boost.	Yes (through Jump Boosts)
	RMX Rainbow Road 2T
Kadomatsu	Every course for the duration of the New Year's Tour, and during the New Year's 2021 Tour starting from January 1, 2021	A decorative element that bounces up when hit with a shell or a Bob-omb or by driving into it while invincible or Mega.	Yes (New Year's Tour) No (New Year's 2021 Tour)
Lava Bubble	GBA Bowser's Castle 1, R, T, R/T	An obstacle that jumps out of lava at regular intervals, in gaps that racers must jump over. They cause any player who collides with them to spin out.	Yes
	GBA Bowser's Castle 2, R, T, R/T
Leaf pile	Wii Maple Treeway, R, T	Leaf piles are immobile objects that scatter and release an item such as a Coin, Mushroom, or Banana when driven into.	Yes
Magic carpet	3DS Shy Guy Bazaar (Do Jump Boosts)	Magic carpets that are not used by Flying Shy Guys can be found floating in one place in mid-air. When a racer lands on a magic carpet, they bounce off of it while receiving a Jump Boost.	TBD
Metal ball	DS Waluigi Pinball, R, T, R/T	A large rolling obstacle. Metal balls are first seen in the background of the track, traversing the pinball machine that the course is set on. Once they reach the pinball table section, they are bounced around by bumpers and flippers, crashing into any racer that collides with them.	Yes
Monty Mole	SNES Donut Plains 2, R, T, R/T	Obstacles that dig holes through the ground. Touching a Monty Mole will spin out racers while the holes they produce can be used to perform a Jump Boost.	Yes
	GBA Sunset Wilds R/T
Mushroom Trampoline	SNES Donut Plains 2R/T	A large mushroom that racers can bounce off of to receive a Jump Boost. Apart from the regular Mushroom Trampolines, which are red with white spots or (as seen in 3DS Rainbow Road) white with spots of various colors, there is also a blue variety which activates a driver's glider when bounced off of.	Yes (through Jump Boosts)
	SNES Rainbow Road R/T
	N64 Royal Raceway T, R/T
	DS DK Pass R/T
	3DS Mario Circuit, R, T, R/T
	3DS Rainbow Road, R, T, R/T
	RMX Choco Island 1R/T
	RMX Rainbow Road 1R
	RMX Rainbow Road 2, R, T
Noshi	N64 Koopa Troopa Beach T, R/T	A dinosaur that stomps on the track. Racers caught under its feet are squashed. When on the ground, the feet also act as walls that bounce racers back. If a racer lands on top of a Noshi while gliding, they get a Jump Boost.	Yes (through Jump Boosts)
	GCN Dino Dino Jungle, R, T, R/T
	Tokyo Blur R/T
Oil slick	SNES Mario Circuit 1R, R/T	An obstacle that causes any racer who drives into it to spin out. It can be driven over safely if the racer is in an invincible state.	No
	SNES Mario Circuit 2, R, T
	SNES Mario Circuit 3, R
	Tokyo Blur 3R
	Tokyo Blur 4, R
Penguin	SNES Vanilla Lake 1 (Steer Clear of Obstacles)	An enemy that waddles in circular or oval patterns. Players who drive into one spin out.	Yes
	3DS Rosalina's Ice World, R, T
Pipe	SNES Mario Circuit 1, R, T, R/T	An obstacle that slows down any racer who collides with it. Pipes are spread throughout the track, usually in off-road sections. Piranha Plants commonly occupy them. Some pipes exhale upward currents which can be used to maintain gliding drivers in the air while offering them a Jump Boost.	Yes
	SNES Ghost Valley 1R, R/T
	SNES Mario Circuit 2, R, T, R/T
	SNES Mario Circuit 3, R, T, R/T
	SNES Choco Island 2T
	SNES Vanilla Lake 1, R, R/T
	GCN Yoshi Circuit, R, R/T
	DS Luigi's Mansion (Glider Challenge)
	3DS Toad Circuit, R, T, R/T
	3DS Daisy Hills, R, T, R/T
	3DS Shy Guy Bazaar T
	3DS Mario Circuit, R
	Paris Promenade
	Paris Promenade 2R
	Vancouver Velocity R, R/T
	Tokyo Blur 3R
	RMX Mario Circuit 1, R, T, R/T
	RMX Choco Island 1, R, T
Piranha Plant (ground)	SNES Choco Island 1R, T	A passive type of Piranha Plant that resides on the ground, always facing upward. Racers that drive into one will spin out.	Yes
	SNES Mario Circuit 3 (Do Jump Boosts)
	SNES Choco Island 2, R, T, R/T
	N64 Kalimari Desert (Steer Clear of Obstacles)
	N64 Royal Raceway, R, T
	3DS Mario Circuit (Steer Clear of Obstacles)
	Paris Promenade 2R
	RMX Choco Island 1, R, T, R/T
	RMX Choco Island 2, R, T
Piranha Plant (pipe)	SNES Donut Plains 1R/T	An enemy that attacks nearby racers by lunging at them from its pipe. Racers that are hit by a Piranha Plant spin out.	Yes
	SNES Mario Circuit 2R/T
	SNES Choco Island 1T
	GCN Yoshi Circuit, R, R/T
	3DS Mario Circuit (Steer Clear of Obstacles)
	RMX Choco Island 2, R, T
Puddle	3DS Neo Bowser City, R, T, R/T	An obstacle that, like oil slicks, causes drivers who contact it to spin out. Puddles do not affect invincible racers.	No
Ring	Any course where a Ring Race bonus challenge takes place	Objects that provide the driver a short speed boost.	TBD
	SNES Choco Island 2 (Break Item Boxes)
	3DS Toad Circuit (Break Item Boxes)
	3DS Rock Rock Mountain (Break Item Boxes)
Rocky Wrench	DS Airship Fortress, R, T, R/T	Obstacles that emerge from manholes. Racers that touch them are bounced away from them, but their manhole covers can be used to perform a Jump Boost right before they pop out.	Yes
Rolling rock	N64 Choco Mountain, R, T	A large obstacle that rolls down on inclines. Colliding with rolling rocks causes racers to be crushed or to spin out. However, they are destroyed once they hit a wall or a racer who is invincible or Mega.	Yes
	3DS Rock Rock Mountain, T
Shy Guy (Ninja)	Ninja Hideaway, R, T	Enemies that run around on the ground and transform into a single Banana. Another variant of this enemy also appears suspended in the air by kites in glider sections.	Yes
	Ninja Hideaway, R	Platforms with shuriken stuck underneath them that move up and down and spin out racers if they touch the shuriken. They also have trick ramps on the tops of them that can be reached by driving on a higher floor of the course.	No
Sidestepper	SNES Koopa Troopa Beach 2T	A crab enemy that paces from side to side across a track. Racers who come into contact with a Sidestepper spin out.	Yes
	N64 Koopa Troopa Beach, R, T, R/T
	3DS Cheep Cheep Lagoon, R, T, R/T
	Los Angeles Laps, R, T, R/T
Snow block	SNES Vanilla Lake 1, R, R/T	An object that, when touched, bounces racers away and disappears.	Yes
Snowball	N64 Frappe Snowland (Steer Clear of Obstacles)	A large obstacle that rolls down a portion of the track. Racers hit by a snowball crash.	Yes
	DS DK Pass, R, T, R/T
	Merry Mountain (Steer Clear of Obstacles)
Snowboarding Shy Guy	Wii DK Summit, R	Shy Guys riding on snowboards that jump off the half-pipes on the track. Racers spin out if they touch them without a defensive or speed boosting item.	Yes
Snowperson	N64 Frappe Snowland, R, T, R/T	An obstacle that slows down drivers who collide with it if they do not use a Mushroom and are not invincible or Mega. However, this also gets them destroyed in the process.	Yes
	DS DK Pass, R, T, R/T
	Wii DK Summit (Ring Race)
	Vancouver Velocity R
	Merry Mountain (Coin Rush)
Star Ring	SNES Rainbow Road R/T	An object that gives drivers a speed boost when passed through.	Yes
	3DS Rainbow Road, R, T, R/T
	RMX Rainbow Road 1, R
	RMX Rainbow Road 2T
Star Thwomp	SNES Mario Circuit 3 (Glider Challenge)	A variation of a Thwomp that repeatedly falls down to the track and rises back up, creating ripples that racers can perform Jump Boosts on. In addition to being able to squash drivers like regular Thwomps, Star Thwomps cause drivers to flip out when touched from any side.	Yes
	SNES Rainbow Road, R, R/T
	GBA Bowser's Castle 1 (Steer Clear of Obstacles)
	3DS Rainbow Road (Glider Challenge)
	RMX Rainbow Road 1, R
	RMX Rainbow Road 2, R
Swoop	N64 Choco Mountain, R, T	Swoops are bats that fly in rows along a certain portion of the track, usually coming the opposite way of racers. Racers that bump into a Swoop are bounced away.	Yes
	GBA Sunset Wilds, R, T
	3DS Rock Rock Mountain, R, T
	Tokyo Blur R/T
	Vancouver Velocity, R, T, R/T
Thwomp	SNES Mario Circuit 3 (Do Jump Boosts)	An obstacle that falls down on the track repeatedly, squashing any drivers caught underneath. If a racer drives into a Thwomp, they lose some speed. When a racer drives off of a ramp and lands on a Thwomp, they get a Jump Boost.	Yes
	GBA Bowser's Castle 1, R, T, R/T
	GBA Bowser's Castle 2, R, T, R/T
	Tokyo Blur 2, R, R/T
	Tokyo Blur 3
	Los Angeles Laps T
	Berlin Byways 2R/T
	Tokyo Blur 4, R, R/T
Traffic cone	SNES Mario Circuit 1R, R/T	An object that gets knocked away when bumped into.	Yes
	SNES Vanilla Lake 1 (Steer Clear of Obstacles)
	N64 Royal Raceway (Steer Clear of Obstacles)
	GBA Bowser's Castle 1R
	GCN Yoshi Circuit (Steer Clear of Obstacles)
	DS DK Pass (Do Jump Boosts, Steer Clear of Obstacles)
	3DS Toad Circuit, R, R/T
	3DS Daisy Hills R, R/T
	3DS Rock Rock Mountain, T
	3DS Neo Bowser City R, R/T
	3DS Rosalina's Ice World R
	3DS Rainbow Road R, R/T
	New York Minute R
	Paris Promenade, R, T
	Paris Promenade 2R
	London Loop 2 (Steer Clear of Obstacles)
	Tokyo Blur 3, R, T
	Los Angeles Laps R
	New York Minute 3R
	Berlin Byways 2, T
	Tokyo Blur 4, R
	RMX Mario Circuit 1R/T
	RMX Choco Island 1 (Do Jump Boosts)
	Merry Mountain (Coin Rush)
Train	N64 Kalimari Desert, R, T, R/T	Trains cross the track in front of racers. If racers drive into a train, they are thrown upward and receive a Jump Boost.	Yes
	N64 Kalimari Desert 2, R, T
Walking Tree	DS Luigi's Mansion, R, T, R/T	An obstacle that shuffles from side to side on the track. If racers drive into one, they lose speed.	No
Water Geyser	GCN Dino Dino Jungle, R, T, R/T	A hazard that periodically spouts a column of water. Racers caught by the water are sprung high into the air and receive a Jump Boost. In the New York Minute courses, water erupts from underneath manhole covers, while in GCN Dino Dino Jungle it emerges from raised cracks in the road. Jump Boosts can be performed when driving over these cracks, while they are only performed over manhole covers when they are shaking.	Yes (through Jump Boosts)
	New York Minute, T
	New York Minute 2, R, R/T
	New York Minute 3, T
Wiggler	Wii Maple Treeway, R, T	An enemy that wanders around in circles, occasionally stopping in place. They cause drivers who touch them to spin out.	Yes
	GBA Bowser's Castle 2R/T	A stationary obstacle that can be destroyed by driving through it. This also causes the racer responsible to spin out unless they use a Mushroom to dash through it or are in an invincible or Mega state. In GBA Bowser's Castle 2 R/T, GCN Yoshi Circuit, Wii Maple Treeway R, Paris Promenade, and Paris Promenade 2, wooden cutouts are made to resemble Piranha Plants, while in SNES Ghost Valley 1 and DS Luigi's Mansion, they resemble Boos.	Yes
	GCN Yoshi Circuit, R, T
	Wii Maple Treeway R
	Paris Promenade
	Paris Promenade 2, R, T
	Los Angeles Laps (Ring Race)
	Ninja Hideaway, R, T
Wooden cutout	SNES Ghost Valley 1, R/T
	DS Luigi's Mansion, R, T, R/T

Other

The following are only seen as background or intangible elements.

Subject	Location	Description
Boo	SNES Ghost Valley 1, R, T, R/T	Boos appear and disappear. In DS Luigi's Mansion, they also appear on paintings, of which they occasionally stretch out.
	DS Luigi's Mansion, R, T, R/T
Fish Bone	N64 Choco Mountain, R, T	Fish Bones of various sizes are inlaid in a wall at one of the track's curves.
	3DS Rainbow Road (Ring Race, Glider Challenge)	Trains that circulate around a track. In 3DS Rainbow Road bonus challenges, they fly around dropping rings on the track or carrying Star Rings that can be glided through. In Merry Mountain, a sleigh-like train drops coins on the track.
	Merry Mountain, R, T
Painting	DS Luigi's Mansion (Break Item Boxes)	Floating portal paintings that spawn in front of drivers and produce Item Boxes. They appear in various sizes.
	3DS Shy Guy Bazaar, R, T, R/T	Green snakes that come out of snake jars upon breaking them. Given the theme of 3DS Shy Guy Bazaar, they may be a reference to Cobrats from Super Mario Bros. 2, who also hide in jars.

Bonus challenges

Bonus challenges are similar to the Missions mode from Mario Kart DS and the tournaments from Mario Kart Wii, and are found at the end of each cup. In contrast to races, these challenges offer 3 Grand stars instead of 5 when completed with the highest score needed. The game will set the character for the challenge, even if the player has not obtained them yet, and give them the Pipe Frame and the Super Glider, though this rule does not apply for some challenges, all Big Reverse Races, and all Vs. Mega (opponent) challenges. The numbers in the table indicate the number of times that bonus challenge appears in a tour.

	Ready, Set, Rocket Start	Time Trial	Ring Race	Do Jump Boosts	Big Reverse Race	Goomba Takedown	Glider Challenge	Steer Clear of Obstacles	Break Item Boxes	Smash Small Dry Bones	Vs. Mega (opponent)	Combo Attack	Take them out quick!	Snap a Photo
Description	"Pull off a Rocket Start!"	"Go for your best time!"	"Pass through rings!"1	"Do Jump Boosts!"2	"Aim for 1st!"	"Take down Goombas!"3	"Glide as far as you can!"4	"Don't crash!"	"Break item boxes!"5	"Smash Dry Bones!"6	"Aim for 1st!"	"Keep the combo going!"	"Take them out quick!"	"Clear the photo goals!"
New York	1		3	2	1	2	1	2	1	1	2
Tokyo	1		2	3	1	2	1	1	2	1	2
Halloween (2019)		3	2	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	2
Paris		3	3	2	1	3	1	1	1	1	2
Winter (2019)		3	2	2	1	2	1	2	2	1	2
London		3	2	2	1	3	1	1	2	1	2
Holiday		2	2	1	1	2	1	2	2	1	2	2
New Year's	1	1	2	2	1	2	1	1	2	1	2	2
Ice		2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	2
Valentine's		2	2	2	1	2	1	1	2	1	2	2
Vancouver		2	3	2	1	2		1	2	1	2	2
Mario Bros.		2	2	2	1	2	1	2	1	1	2	2
Baby Rosalina		1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2
Hammer Bro		2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Yoshi (2020)		2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Trick (2020)		2	1	1	1	1		2	1	1	1	1
Flower		1	1	1	1	2		2	1	1	1	1
Jungle		1	1	1	1	1		2	2	1	1	1
Cooking		2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Peach		2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Marine		2	2		1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Exploration		2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wild West		2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Pirate		2	1	1	1	2		1	1	1	1	1
Summer Festival		2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Super Mario Kart		2	2	1	1	1		1	1	1	1	1
Los Angeles		1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1
1st Anniversary		1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1
Halloween (2020)		2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Sunset		2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Mario vs. Luigi		2	2	2		1	1	1	1	1		1
Winter (2020)		2	2	1		1		1	1	1	1	1	1
Rosalina		2	1	2		1	1	1	1	1	1	1
New Year's 2021		2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Berlin		2	1	2	1	1		1	1	1	1	1
Cat		2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Peach vs. Daisy		3	1	1		1	1	1	1	1		2
Snow		2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Mario		3	1	1	1		1	1	1	1	1	1
Yoshi (2021)		2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1		1	1		1
Ninja		2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1		1		1
Sydney		2	1	1		1	1	1	1	1	1	1		1
Bowser vs. DK		3	2	1		1	1	1	1	1		1
Trick (2021)		3	1	1		1	1	1	1	1	1	1

¹ - Formerly "Clear (number) rings."
² - Formerly "Do (number) Jump Boosts."
³ - Formerly "Hit (number) Goombas."
⁴ - Formerly "Glide at least (distance)."
⁵ - Formerly "Hit (number) Item Boxes."
⁶ - Formerly "Smash (number) opponents."

Apple Store demo

The special demo of Mario Kart Tour is made playable at Apple Store outlets and kiosks. Unlike the full consumer version, only three cups are available, the menu and Coin Rush mode are inaccessible, and points cannot be saved when the player quits the app. This demo is the only way to play Tokyo Blur (besides the Summer Festival Tour) and Paris Promenade since their debut tours and the 1st Anniversary Tour, and is still the only way to play New York Minute since the New York Tour.

Toad Cup	New York Minute	3DS Toad Circuit	N64 Koopa Troopa Beach	Do Jump Boosts Yoshi, New York Minute
Mario Cup	Tokyo Blur	3DS Cheep Cheep Lagoon	3DS Rock Rock Mountain	Goomba Takedown Mario, Tokyo Blur
Peach Cup	Paris Promenade	3DS Daisy Hills	3DS Shy Guy Bazaar	Vs. Mega Bowser Any character, Paris Promenade

There are only 10 playable characters, 7 karts, and 6 gliders available in the demo.

Drivers	Karts	Gliders

Differences in power-saving mode

Like in Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, Mario Kart Wii, and Mario Kart 8, there are some minor and major differences on the menus and race courses when setting the game to "power-saving" mode, to maintain device performance (in older supported phone models) and decrease battery usage.

General differences

• Opponents do not have any animations nor do they emit voices.
• The minimap does not appear in races.
• The models for the drivers have low quality textures.
• Course textures are less detailed.
• The sound effect of passing through Dash Rings is present only if they were activated by the player.
• The Shy Guys, Yoshis, and Toads that are normally found along the sidelines of several courses are absent, though they can still be heard.
• The screen has a lower resolution, resulting in slightly pixelated graphics.

Course-specific differences

• In SNES Ghost Valley 1 and DS Luigi's Mansion, the decorative Boos in the course's sky are absent.
• In SNES Choco Island 1, SNES Choco Island 2, GBA Sunset Wilds, DS Luigi's Mansion, and RMX Choco Island 1, the brightness of the mud is absent.
• In N64 Kalimari Desert and Kalimari Desert 2, the sandy wind that normally blows across the desert is absent.
• In DS DK Pass, N64 Frappe Snowland, SNES Vanilla Lake 1, Merry Mountain, and Wii DK Summit, the falling snow is absent.
• In 3DS Neo Bowser City, the rain is absent, resulting in the removal to the rain's ground and screen effects.
• In DS Waluigi Pinball, the sound that plays after leaving the pinball table is absent.
• In Wii Maple Treeway, the petals on the water and the falling leaves are absent.

Updates

Main article: Mario Kart Tour update history

This section is a stub. You can help the Super Mario Wiki by expanding it.

Differences from previous Mario Kart games

• This is the first and only Mario Kart game where every character must technically be unlocked, and where there is no set starting roster.
• The number of players in each race has reverted back to eight, like in all mainline games up to Mario Kart DS and in Mario Kart 7.
• Apart from 3DS Rainbow Road, one of the sectioned courses in the game, all races consist of two laps, not the usual three.
• Drivers, karts and gliders can be leveled up.
• The music continues from where it leaves off after the final lap fanfare plays, instead of restarting like in past games.
  • In addition, on the final lap, the music's pitch is increased by four semitones, not one. In Merry Mountain, the music's pitch is increased by five semitones.
    • The only exception to both of the above is 3DS Rainbow Road, which reuses its final lap music from Mario Kart 7 and always begins at the start of the song.
• The Lakitu referee does not appear at the beginning of nor throughout races.
  • Starting from the New Year's 2021 Tour the Lakitu referee in his festive attire appears as a playable driver known as Lakitu (Party Time).
• Stars are not obtainable from regular item boxes in single player mode, with item frenzies having similar effects instead. However, in multiplayer mode (where frenzies are not obtainable), stars appear from item boxes in rulesets with fewer than three item slots.
• For the first time since Super Mario Kart, Triple Red Shells are absent. This is likely due to how using multi-items (such as the Triple Mushrooms or the Lucky 7) sends out all of their items at once, which would be useless for items that always lock onto the next racer.
• This is the first Mario Kart game since Mario Kart: Super Circuit to have numbered new courses (e.g. Tokyo Blur 3) and the first Mario Kart game to feature numbered versions of unnumbred classic courses (e.g. N64 Kalimari Desert 2).
  • Unlike in the previous games, these numbered courses take place in the same map, but use a different course layout: the starting line is in the same location, but the courses split off from each other onto different routes.
    • The remix courses feature numbers in their names as well, but in that case when the number changes the map layout changes as well.
• For the first time since Mario Kart: Super Circuit, the Golden Mushroom is absent, as it is functionally replaced by the Mushroom frenzy.
• Multiple items can be received from a single item box.
• So far, there are no classic courses from Mario Kart 8 in this game, making it the first Mario Kart title since Mario Kart: Super Circuit to have classic courses but not at least one from every previous Mario Kart game.
  • Due to the absence of anti-gravity in Mario Kart Tour, very few courses from Mario Kart 8 would be able to be included. Despite this, GCN Yoshi Circuit and N64 Royal Raceway retain their overall design and layout from their Mario Kart 8 iterations.
• This is the only Mario Kart game so far to feature a Waluigi-themed course without a Wario-themed course and to lack an original Bowser's Castle course.
• This is the first Mario Kart game to lack losing themes and animations after races. If a racer finishes in 5th place or lower, the theme for finishing in 2nd to 4th place will be played and no animations of the racer will be shown. Despite this, losing voice lines for most of the characters can be found in the game's files.
• This is the first and only game in the series to use solely the American English localization for courses, karts, and gliders instead of differing names in British and American English versions.
  • The only exception to this rule is the B Dasher Mk. 2, using its British English name as opposed to its American English name, which is the Sprinter.
• Karts that originally had moving parts (not counting tires), such as the tentacles on the Super Blooper and the blower on the Flame Flyer, no longer have them move.

Reception

Critical reception

Initial impressions of the beta were mixed. Journalists praised the gameplay and graphics, but criticized the free-to-play gacha elements of the game. Sam Machkovech of Ars Technica compared the game's in-app purchases to Spiny Shells, blowing up the classic Mario Kart experience. He suggested that "the developers pick a side: attach an annoying economy to a deeper control scheme and more legitimate online options, or make it cheaper and less obnoxious to watch Mario drive himself." Ethan Gach of Kotaku also stated that the game is "a mostly faithful but stripped-down recreation of Mario Kart decked out with all the microtransactions and lottery mechanics mobile games are infamous for" and also lamented the lack of a multiplayer mode. Steven Asarch of Newsweek complained about the game's "freemium greed" and that it is "ruined by microtransactions".

The game's reception on release was mixed to negative. Andrew Webster of The Verge praised how intuitive using items is, while criticizing the controls, calling them imprecise, and the game's monetization, stating that "The problem is so much of the game feels designed around monetization, as opposed to just being a fun game." Chris Scullion of Nintendo Life gave a positive review, praising the lack of an energy system, the points system, and the large amount of cups, while criticizing the time required to get used to the controls, the gyro controls, and listing the game's monetization as a con, stating that opinions on the game's monetization will vary for each person, while arguing that "It's rubbish to an extent, absolutely, but despite the outrage you may be seeing in some circles, it's no different to any other game with a loot box system; it's always nearly impossible to guarantee you'll get the exact thing you want" when talking about the game's gacha mechanics, and that "More than the gacha system, the Gold Pass is gaining a lot more controversy than it really should be, with some misunderstanding what it does and assuming this subscription service is necessary in some way. To be clear, it really isn't, and absolutely won't be of interest to 99% of the player base." when talking about the game's Gold Pass subscription. Michael McWhertor of Polygon gave a negative review, stating that the game "lacks the joy of its fully-featured counterparts", criticizing that the steering feels inconsequential, stating that "the game can feel as if it's playing itself", the lack of difficulty when playing against computers, the lack of motivation to continue playing, and the game's microtransactions. CJ Andriessen of Destructoid gave a negative review, criticizing the game's microtransactions and how the game rarely gives the player Rubies, stating "Tour's fatal flaw is it's continually pushing players into ham-fisted situations where they have to spend money rather than creating a game so exceptional they'll want to spend money.", the limitations on unlocking, collecting, or upgrading certain things, the game's controls, stating "There are three control options, none of which are completely sufficient.", while praising the variations to courses, though noting that "there is still a bit of disappointment when you wait a day to unlock a new cup only to find it's Daisy Hills again.", the New York Minute track and that Nintendo at the time of the article's publication planned to add more new tracks to the game, though noting that "One of the great joys of any Mario Kart title is seeing what types of new courses the developers have designed and that joy just isn't present in Tour." Kyle Hilliard of IGN, in a mixed review, praised the series' transition from consoles to mobile phones, stating that "during those moments where I was speeding down the track expertly launching turtle shells at my opponents I felt like I was playing a real Mario Kart game" though stating that Mario Kart Tour is an "undeniable downgrade from Mario Kart 8", praised how items are used, the game's bonus challenges, and the brevity of the races, cups, and bonus challenges, while criticizing the game launching without multiplayer, the game's microtransactions and their cost, having to wait for later cups to unlock, and the quantity of Grand Stars unlocked being affected by the kart or character the player unlocked. Jon Cartwright of GameXplain, in a negative review, stated that "Mario Kart is better than this", stating "Because it's so similar to the core games, it becomes comparable to them, amplifying its faults even further.", criticizing the controls, calling them "extremely unintuitive", and "a huge, restrained, letdown" after stating that the controls felt "extremely simplistic", the game's monetization, stating that "This may be a free game compared to a full sixty dollar release, but money has never felt so intrusive in Mario Kart, and the track New York Minute, stating that "this track is not good enough for Mario Kart.", while praising the game's bonus challenges and the game's Reverse tracks, calling them "really cool ideas", while also praising the game's roster and its graphics.

As of August 26, 2020, Mario Kart Tour received a mixed Metacritic Metascore of 58, and a negative User Score of 3.8. Despite receiving mixed reviews from critics, as of August 26, 2020, Mario Kart Tour received an average of 4.1 out of 5 stars on Google Play, and an average of 4.7 out of 5 stars on the App Store.

Reviews
Release	Reviewer, Publication	Score	Comment
Unknown	Andrew Webster, The Verge	N/A	"This doesn't mean Mario Kart Tour won't be successful. In fact, early signs point to the game having a record-breaking launch. But that success isn't because the game is good, and it's especially disappointing from a company that prides itself on quality. Mobile aside, Nintendo is at a creative high point, regularly launching major Switch games to near-universal acclaim. They're games that sell hardware and help players think differently about what games can be. On console, Nintendo sets its own pace; on mobile, it follows."
Unknown	Chris Scullion, Nintendo Life	7/10	"Get used to Mario Kart Tour's unconventional control system and ignore its overpriced and unnecessary subscription service and you're left with a fun, free mobile take on the series. It was never going to replace Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, but by not including an energy system and promising regular new content Nintendo is at least offering a decent alternative to pass the time when you're out and about without your Switch."
iOS	Michael McWhertor, Polygon	N/A	"Mario Kart Tour stalls right from the starting line. It lacks the competitive thrills of other Mario Kart games, focusing more on an endless series of unlockable virtual things to acquire. But it appears that a full multiplayer mode is coming to Mario Kart Tour, which may provide more thrills than chasing AI-controlled kart racers and the daily drip feed of currency. For now, however, this is hardly a vital addition to Nintendo’s library of games, mobile or otherwise."
Unknown	CJ Andriessen, Destructoid	4.5/10	"Mario Kart Tour is a blemish on the franchise it shares its name with. The genre-defining creativity found in past entries is completely absent here, replaced by a hollow experience that's simply coasting on the name and goodwill of the games that came before it. I can only hope this is Nintendo's mobile initiative hitting rock bottom, and that it's all uphill from here. Because I can't stand the thought of another one of my favorite series having its reputation dragged the mud in search of a quick buck."
iOS	Kyle Hilliard, IGN	6.7/10	"The actual gameplay and racing of Mario Kart Tour is well done: controlling the karts feels good, the courses and characters look and sound great, and playing simplified one-handed Mario can be a lot of fun. But the road to a mobile version of Mario Kart is a bumpy one. On top of multiplayer not currently being available at all, Nintendo continues to struggle with how to comfortably monetize a mobile game without hamstringing its gameplay. Tour’s prices are prohibitively high and not getting top honors on a race despite winning first place just because you don’t have the right racer or kart feels unfair."
Unknown	Jon Cartwright, GameXplain	Disliked	"If you're someone who doesn't own a Nintendo console and just want a quick Mario Kart fix, I guess this is it. It comes with a lot of roadblocks, and it isn't anywhere near as fun to control as the console games. And for me it just made me want to play Mario Kart 8 again. I disliked Mario Kart Tour. It looks like a quality Mario Kart game, but it isn't particularly fun to play, and the aggressive monetization is so prominent that it intrudes on the experience. The last new Mario Kart game may have been five years ago with Mario Kart 8 on Wii U, but this isn't even worth a pit stop to me. Mario Kart is better than this."
Aggregators
Compiler		Template:Nowrap
Metacritic		iOS: 58

Awards and acknowledgements

Mario Kart Tour was nominated for the "User's Choice Game of 2019" from Google Play, losing to Call of Duty: Mobile. The game won the "Racing Game of the Year" award at the 23rd annual D.I.C.E Awards.

Mobile app store description

Race around the world!

■ Challenge players worldwide in multiplayer!
You can race against up to seven other players, whether they're registered as in-game friends, nearby, or scattered around the world.
Multiplayer races can be customized with a variety of rules, such as individual or team races, kart speed, and number of item slots. You can play however you want!

■ Mario Kart takes a world tour!
Mario and friends go global in this new Mario Kart as they race around courses inspired by real-world cities in addition to classic Mario Kart courses! These destinations will be featured in tours that rotate every two weeks! In addition to courses based on iconic locales, some of your favorite Mario Kart characters will get variations that incorporate the local flavor of cities featured in the game!

■ Endless Mario Kart fun at your fingertips!
The Mario Kart series known and loved by many is ready to take the world by storm – one smart device at a time! With just one finger, you can steer and drift with ease and sling devastating items as you go for the gold in cups filled with new and classic Mario Kart courses.

■ Nab 1st place with items and Frenzy mode!
In Mario Kart Tour you have access to an arsenal of powerful items that can mix things up on the racetrack! Turn up the heat by activating the new Frenzy mode, which gives an unlimited supply of a certain item and makes you invincible! Make the most of the ensuing chaos, as Frenzy mode only lasts a short time!

■ Collect drivers, karts, badges, and more!
Earn Grand Stars by racing or fire off the featured pipe to receive more drivers, karts, and gliders! You can also proudly display badges, earned by completing certain challenges, next to your in-game name!

■ Bonus challenge courses put a twist on traditional races!
In certain races, 1st place isn't always the goal. With names like "Vs. Mega Bowser" and "Goomba Takedown," these bonus challenge courses demand a different approach to gameplay and strategy!

■ Race to increase your online rank!
Boost with the best of 'em! Your high scores will determine how you compare to other players all over the world. Keep practicing and trying out different combinations of drivers, karts, and gliders to increase your score and rise to the top!

Note: A Nintendo Account is required to play Mario Kart Tour.
* Free-to-start; optional in-game purchases available. Persistent Internet, compatible smartphone, and Nintendo Account required. Data charges may apply.
* For information about our ads, please see the "How we use your information" section of the Nintendo Privacy Policy.
* May include advertising.

Pre-release and unused content

Main article: List of Mario Kart Tour pre-release and unused content

The beta version of the game saw multiple changes in the final game. Among them, the stamina element was removed, and the timers restricting access to certain cups can be sped up using quick tickets. Additionally, rubies were originally emeralds.

Gallery

For this subject's image gallery, see Gallery:Mario Kart Tour.

• 

  Mario

• 

  Peach

• 

  Yoshi

• 

  Toad

• 

  Luigi

• 

  Bowser

• 

  Lakitu

Media

For a complete list of media for this subject, see List of Mario Kart Tour media.

References to other games

• Donkey Kong: Portions of this game can be seen in Times Square's screens in New York Minute, New York Minute 2, and New York Minute 3. The clothing colors of Mario (Classic) reference Mario's original design from this game.
• Super Mario Bros.: The 8-Bit Jumping Mario and the 8-Bit Jumping Luigi gliders use Mario and Luigi's jumping sprites from this game, the 8-Bit Star uses the Super Star sprite from this game, the 8-Bit Fire Flower uses the Fire Flower sprite from this game, and the 8-Bit Bullet Bill uses the Bullet Bill sprite from this game. The game's Japanese logo appears on the Super 1 kart.
• Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels: The clothing colors of Luigi (Classic) reference Luigi's artwork from this game.
• Famicom Grand Prix: F-1 Race: The artwork of Mario in a Formula One car is reused as a badge from this game.
• Super Mario Kart: Mario Circuit 1, Donut Plains 1, Ghost Valley 1, Mario Circuit 2, Choco Island 1, Donut Plains 2, Mario Circuit 3, Choco Island 2, Vanilla Lake 1, Koopa Beach 2, and Rainbow Road appear as returning courses. The tires resembling the tires from this game return as the Pipe Frame's assigned tires, as well as other certain karts with these tires. Much of the artwork from Super Mario Kart, such as Yoshi spinning out, is reused in badges from this game, in addition to the cover art of the game being used for the Super Mario Kart Glider. Additionally, one of the game's commemorative badges says "Since '92" which references the Mario Kart series having debuted on this game's release date in 1992. Mario and Donkey Kong Jr.'s sprites are reused from this game for separate playable variants. The sound effects used for the pre-race jingle, item roulette, and post-race jingle are reused from this game exclusively for the two aforementioned characters. The Super Mario Kart Tour is themed after this game.
• Donkey Kong Country: A special video promoting the Rambi Rider as a commemorative kart for the Jungle Tour was released, using clips from the opening and gameplay.
• Mario Kart 64: Koopa Troopa Beach, Kalimari Desert, Frappe Snowland, Choco Mountain, and Royal Raceway appear as returning courses. The results theme is an arrangement of the winning results theme from this game. The new Kalimari Desert 2 course allows racers to race inside the train tunnel, similar to how players could go inside Kalimari Desert's train tunnel in Mario Kart 64.
• Mario Kart: Super Circuit: Bowser Castle 1, Bowser Castle 2, and Sunset Wilds appear as returning courses.
• Super Mario Sunshine: Mario (Sunshine) wears the Shine Sprite shirt and sunglasses originating from this game.
• Mario Kart: Double Dash!!: Special Items such as the Giant Banana, Bowser's Shell and the Heart return. Yoshi Circuit and Dino Dino Jungle appear as returning courses. The Turbo Yoshi, Turbo Birdo, Koopa Dasher, Para-Wing, DK Jumbo, Barrel Train, Koopa King, and Bullet Blaster return as karts. Birdo's voice clips are reused from this game.
• Mario Party 6: The artwork for Mario (Classic) and Luigi (Classic) is based on Mario and Luigi's profile artwork from this game.
• Mario Kart DS: Luigi's Mansion, Waluigi Pinball, DK Pass, and Airship Fortress appear as returning courses. The B Dasher, Poltergust 4000, Streamliner, Royale, Egg 1, Cucumber, Mushmellow, and Rambi Rider return as karts. Challenges with unique objectives, similar to the missions from this game, appear as the fourth and final race in every cup.
• Super Mario Strikers: Some of Hammer Bro's voice clips are reused from this game.
• New Super Mario Bros.: Koopa Troopa's artwork is reused from this game.
• Mario Party 8: Dry Bones and Hammer Bro's artworks are reused from this game. Some of the latter's voice clips are reused from this game.
• Super Mario Galaxy: Ice Mario appears as a playable variant. He and Bowser Jr. reuse their artworks from this game.
• Mario Party DS: Diddy Kong's artwork is reused from this game.
• Mario Super Sluggers: Baby Mario, Baby Peach, Baby Daisy, Baby Luigi, Shy Guy, King Boo, and Monty Mole's artworks are reused from this game. Black Shy Guy and Pink Shy Guy's artworks are based on Shy Guy's artwork from this game.
• Mario Kart Wii: DK Summit and Maple Treeway appear as returning courses. The Cheep Charger, Wild Wing, Super Blooper, Daytripper, B Dasher Mk. 2, Offroader, and Flame Flyer return as karts. The jingle that plays when obtaining a level-boost ticket for a High-End kart, racer, or glider is an arrangement of a song from this game. The sound effect used for the tricks is reused from this game. Diddy Kong and Funky Kong's voice clips are reused.
• Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games: Dry Bowser's artwork is reused from this game.
• New Super Mario Bros. Wii: Peach and all of the Koopalings' artworks are reused from this game, including Iggy's artwork, albeit without the magic coming from his wand. Penguin Luigi and Penguin Yellow Toad appear as playable characters.
• Mario Kart 7: Toad Circuit, Daisy Hills, Cheep Cheep Lagoon, Shy Guy Bazaar, Mario Circuit, Rock Rock Mountain, Neo Bowser City, Rosalina's Ice World, and Rainbow Road appear as returning courses. SNES Rainbow Road retains its retro course design from this game. Daisy's artwork is an updated version of her artwork from this game. The Birthday Girl, Koopa Clown, Soda Jet, Cloud 9, Bumble V, Zucchini, Bruiser, Blue Seven, Bolt Buggy, and Cact-X return as karts, and the Barrel Train retains its design from this game. The Swooper, Flower Glider, Peach Parasol and Gold Glider return as gliders. Various tire parts return retaining their design, which are only assigned to certain karts. The Lucky Seven reappears as a Special Item. The rankings screen and multiplayer menu use the themes from this game's Local Multiplayer and Online Multiplayer menus respectively. Metal Mario's voice clips are reused. Lakitu and Metal Mario's artworks are also reused from this game. Honey Queen's emblem is reused as part of the Racer's Soda Lemonade badge.
• Mario Party 9: King Bob-omb (Gold)'s artwork is based on King Bob-omb's artwork in this game. Birdo's artwork is reused from this game. Birdo (Light Blue)'s, Birdo (Yellow)'s, and Birdo (Black)'s artwork are based on Birdo's artwork from this game.
• New Super Mario Bros. 2: Gold Mario appears as an exclusive playable character in the game's Coin Rush mode.
• New Super Mario Bros. U / New Super Luigi U: Nabbit's artwork and emblem are reused from these games.
  • New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe: Peachette appears as a playable character with her emblem being a Super Crown, and her artwork is reused from this game.
• Super Mario 3D World: The artwork for the Double Cherry is reused from this game for the Tropical Grocery badge. Fire Rosalina, Cat Peach, and Cat Toad appear as playable characters, and the latter two use the Super Bell as their special item and reuse their artworks from this game.
• Mario Party: Island Tour: Luigi's artwork is reused from this game.
• Mario Kart 8: Many characters' animations and voice clips are reused from this game. Metal Mario's voice clips are reused exclusively for Gold Mario. Yoshi Circuit and Royal Raceway retain their retro course designs from this game. The flying train seen in N64 Rainbow Road returns in the Ring Race challenge set in 3DS Rainbow Road. The Mach 8, Steel Driver, Cat Cruiser, Circuit Special, Badwagon, Prancer, Biddybuggy, Landship, Sports Coupe, and P-Wing return as karts, and the Pipe Frame and B Dasher retain their designs from this game. The design of the Standard Kart from this game is used for the Red Standard 8 and Green Standard 8. The Parafoil, Wario Wing, and Cloud Glider return as gliders, while the Flower Glider and Peach Parasol retain their designs from this game. Various tire parts return, assigned to specific karts. The Boomerang Flower and Super Horn return as items. The courses from this game are referenced in advertisements and badges, including Toad Harbor, Sunshine Airport, and Mount Wario. The designs of the icons for the non-DLC cups are reused from this game as badges. Many of the game's sponsors are also reused as badges. The theme for Mario Kart TV's review after winning a cup in Grand Prix mode is reused for the tour-ending movie.
  • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe: The third-level Mini-Turbo boost, Ultra Mini-Turbo, returns. The Koopa Clown retains its design from this game. King Boo’s head icon is recycled from this game.
• Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker: Captain Toad and Toadette (Explorer) appear and reuse their artworks from this game. The Clanky Kart and its variants are based on the mine cart from this game.
• Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze: Dixie Kong and Funky Kong's artworks are reused from this game. Dixie Kong's emblem is derived from the Dixie Kong Barrel's design in this game.
• Mario Party 10: Yoshi, Bowser, Toad, Waluigi, and Toadette's artworks are reused from this game. Red Yoshi, Black Yoshi's, White Yoshi's and Blue Yoshi's artworks are based on Yoshi's artwork from this game.
• Super Mario Maker / Super Mario Maker 2: Builder Mario, Builder Toad, Builder Luigi, and Builder Toadette appear as playable variants. Builder Mario's artwork is reused from the first game, while Builder Toad and Builder Luigi's artworks are reused from the second game.
• Mario Party: Star Rush: King Bob-omb's artwork is reused from this game.
• Super Mario Run: Event tokens resemble Bonus Medals from this game, emitting the same sound effect when collected.
• Super Mario Odyssey: Mario (Musician), Mario (Hakama), Mario (Santa), Mario (Happi), Mario (Chef), Mario (Swimwear), Mario (Sunshine), and Mario (Racing) use Mario's Musician outfit, Hakama, Santa outfit, Happi outfit, Chef outfit, Swimwear, Sunshine outfit, and Racing outfit respectively from this game. The Yellow Taxi is based on the taxis from this game. Some of Pauline's voice clips reference her singing "Jump Up, Super Star!" from this game. Peach (Vacation), Peach (Wintertime), and Peach (Explorer) use her post-story "tourist" outfits from this game, whereas Peach (Wedding) uses her wedding dress. The red and gold Roving Racers appear as the playable characters Red Koopa (Freerunning) and Gold Koopa (Freerunning), respectively. The artwork of Earth, which is used for promotional material and the title screen, resembles the Earth from this game; the Metro, Snow, Seaside, and Luncheon Kingdoms are visible in the artwork, as well as inaccurate representations of the Cap and Cascade Kingdoms.
• Mario Party: The Top 100: Rosalina and Wario's artworks are reused from this game.
• Super Mario Party: Donkey Kong's artwork is reused from this game. Monty Mole's voice clips are also reused from this game. Dry Bones (Gold) and Shy Guy (Gold) resemble Dry Bones's and Shy Guy's looks when under the effect of a Golden Drink from this game.
• Luigi's Mansion 3: King Boo (Luigi's Mansion) uses King Boo's design from this game.
• Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit: A commemorative badge appears of Mario and the Standard Kart, using the kart's design from this game.
• Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury: The Calico Parafoil may be a reference to the patterns of the Oyaneko and the calico kittens in the Bowser's Fury campaign.

References in later games

• Mario Golf: Super Rush: Since Mario Kart Tour is the first game King Bob-omb has received voice clips, they're reused for this game.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	マリオカート ツアー[?] Mario Kāto Tsuā	Mario Kart Tour
Chinese (simplified)	马力欧卡丁车 巡回赛 Mǎlì'ōu Kǎdīngchē Xúnhuí Sài	Mario Kart Tour
Chinese (traditional)	瑪利歐賽車 巡迴賽 Mǎlì'ōu Sàichē Xúnhuí Sài	Mario Racing Tour

External links

• Official website
• App Store page
• Google Play page