New Year's Tour (2020)

New Year's Tour
The splash screen of the 2020 New Year's Tour from Mario Kart Tour
Start date December 31, 2019
10:00 p.m. (PT)[?]
End date January 14, 2020
9:59 p.m. (PT)[?]
Number of cups 18
Ranked cups Lakitu Cup (week 1)
Diddy Kong Cup (week 2)
Coin Rush course Tokyo Blur 2
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The New Year's Tour was the eighth tour of Mario Kart Tour, which began on January 1, 2020 and ended on January 14, 2020. The tour celebrated the new year of 2020 and introduced a new variation of Tokyo Blur known as Tokyo Blur 2, while also introducing a new variant of Mario in his happi outfit from Super Mario Odyssey and Toad in a celebratory costume as spotlight characters. This tour also introduced Red Yoshi as a new driver, as well as the R/T variants of SNES Mario Circuit 2, 3DS Toad Circuit, and 3DS Neo Bowser City. Similar to the festive trees in the previous three tours, kadomatsu were added throughout many of the courses; hitting one with an item during a race granted "Happy New Year!" bonus points. The 10 daily log-in bonuses for this tour rewarded the player with 5 rubies each day, for a total of 50 rubies. The trailer features a text different from the tour's name, with the trailer simply reading "2020". The menu's background featured Mount Fuji, the Tokyo Tower, and Kaminarimon as landmarks for this tour.

SpotlightsEdit

New Year's Pipe 1
December 31, 2019, 10:00 p.m. (PT) –
January 14, 2020, 9:59 p.m. (PT)
New Year's Pipe 2
January 7, 2020, 10:00 p.m. (PT) –
January 14, 2020, 9:59 p.m. (PT)
   
Driver Kart Glider Driver Kart Glider
           
Mario (Happi) Quickshaw New Year's Kite Toad (Party Time) Glam Bruiser Fireworks Parachute

CupsEdit

 
Mario Cup
 
Tokyo Blur 2
  1,000  
SNES Mario Circuit 1
  900  
3DS Cheep Cheep Lagoon
  1,100 Ready, Set, Rocket Start
  1,500   1,400   1,700  
SNES Mario Circuit 1
Toad
  1,700   1,800   2,100   10
  2,200   2,200   2,600   20
  5,000   4,500   5,300   40
 
Yoshi Cup
 
SNES Mario Circuit 3
  1,000  
GCN Yoshi Circuit
  1,100  
3DS Shy Guy Bazaar
  1,400 Ring Race
  1,700   1,800   2,500  
GCN Dino Dino Jungle
Yoshi
  2,100   2,300   3,200   10
  2,700   3,000   4,000   25
  5,000   5,300   6,900   34
 
Baby Rosalina Cup
 
SNES Mario Circuit 1
  900  
GCN Dino Dino Jungle
  1,400  
3DS Rainbow Road
  1,700 Break Item Boxes
  1,600   2,600   2,900  
Tokyo Blur 2
Mario (Hakama)
  2,000   3,400   3,600   5
  2,600   4,300   4,900   12
  4,300   6,900   8,500   23
 
Lakitu Cup
Ranked cup
(week 1)
 
3DS Shy Guy Bazaar
  1,300  
Tokyo Blur 2T
  1,500  
DS Luigi's Mansion
  1,100 Combo Attack
  2,600   2,600   2,200  
SNES Mario Circuit 1T
Lakitu
  3,400   3,200   3,000   3
  4,300   4,300   3,800   10
  6,600   7,300   5,600   18
 
Koopa Troopa Cup
 
GCN Yoshi Circuit
  1,100  
3DS Cheep Cheep Lagoon R
  1,100  
SNES Mario Circuit 3
  1,100 Do Jump Boosts
  2,100   2,200   2,300  
DS Luigi's Mansion
Koopa Troopa
  2,800   3,000   3,100   5
  3,600   3,800   3,900   9
  5,300   5,500   5,600   15
 
Diddy Kong Cup
Ranked cup
(week 2)
 
Tokyo Blur 2R
  1,000  
GCN Dino Dino Jungle R
  1,400  
DS Waluigi Pinball
  1,300 Big Reverse Race
  2,200   2,700   2,700  
3DS Neo Bowser City
Any character
  2,900   3,400   3,600   50cc
  3,700   4,700   4,600   100cc
  5,200   7,200   6,300   150cc
 
Peach Cup
 
SNES Mario Circuit 1R
  1,100  
DS Luigi's Mansion R
  1,400  
GCN Yoshi Circuit R
  1,400 Steer Clear of Obstacles
  2,300   2,700   2,900  
Tokyo Blur 2
Peach (Kimono)
  3,000   3,500   4,000   1
  3,900   4,700   5,100   2
  5,300   7,100   6,800   3
 
Roy Cup
 
3DS Cheep Cheep Lagoon
  1,100  
Tokyo Blur 2
  1,100  
GCN Dino Dino Jungle R
  1,500 vs. Mega Larry1
  2,400   2,500   3,000  
SNES Mario Circuit 2
Any character
  3,200   3,400   3,900   50cc
  4,100   4,300   5,200   100cc
  5,400   5,700   7,600   150cc
 
Luigi Cup
 
DS Waluigi Pinball
  1,200  
DS Luigi's Mansion T
  1,300  
3DS Rainbow Road R
  2,000 Goomba Takedown
  2,700   3,000   3,900  
3DS Cheep Cheep Lagoon
Luigi
  3,700   4,100   5,100   20
  4,800   5,200   6,900   40
  6,200   6,700   9,800   75
 
Morton Cup
 
GCN Dino Dino Jungle
  1,500  
SNES Mario Circuit 3R
  1,200  
Tokyo Blur 2T
  1,600 Smash Small Dry Bones
  3,000   2,700   3,300  
SNES Mario Circuit 2
Morton
  3,900   3,700   4,300   3
  5,200   4,700   5,800   8
  7,400   6,000   8,100   12
 
Rosalina Cup
 
3DS Rainbow Road
  1,800  
SNES Mario Circuit 1T
  1,400  
3DS Cheep Cheep Lagoon R
  1,300 Ring Race
  3,700   3,200   2,900  
3DS Shy Guy Bazaar
Rosalina
  4,700   4,300   4,000   20
  6,400   5,500   5,100   30
  8,900   6,900   6,300   50
 
Iggy Cup
 
DS Luigi's Mansion
  1,200  
Tokyo Blur 2R/T
  1,600  
DS Waluigi Pinball R
  1,500 Break Item Boxes
  2,800   3,400   3,100  
GCN Yoshi Circuit
Dry Bowser
  3,800   4,400   4,000   5
  4,900   5,900   5,400   12
  6,000   8,100   7,400   23
 
Daisy Cup
 
3DS Shy Guy Bazaar T
  1,800  
3DS Cheep Cheep Lagoon T
  1,600  
GCN Yoshi Circuit T
  1,500 Glider Challenge
  3,800   3,400   3,200  
Tokyo Blur
Mario (Hakama)
  4,900   4,400   4,100   150
  6,600   6,000   5,600   300
  9,000   8,100   7,500   440
 
Wario Cup
 
DS Waluigi Pinball T
  1,700  
SNES Mario Circuit 2R/T
  1,800  
Tokyo Blur 2R
  1,300 Combo Attack
  3,600   3,800   3,100  
GCN Dino Dino Jungle T
Wario
  4,700   5,000   4,200   5
  6,300   6,700   5,400   12
  8,500   9,000   8,500   20
 
Bowser Cup
 
3DS Shy Guy Bazaar R
  1,700  
3DS Toad Circuit R/T
  1,600  
GCN Dino Dino Jungle T
  2,000 Time Trial
  3,600   3,500   4,200  
DS Waluigi Pinball
Dry Bones
  4,700   4,600   5,500   3:00.00
  6,400   6,200   7,500   2:35.00
  8,500   8,200   9,800   2:02.00
 
Birdo Cup
 
SNES Mario Circuit 3T
  1,500  
3DS Rainbow Road T
  2,300  
3DS Neo Bowser City R/T
  1,800 Goomba Takedown
  3,200   5,000   3,900  
GCN Yoshi Circuit
Birdo
  4,200   6,500   5,200   25
  5,600   8,800   7,000   45
  7,400   11,500   9,100   75
 
Metal Mario Cup
 
SNES Mario Circuit 2R/T
  1,900  
GCN Yoshi Circuit T
  1,700  
DS Luigi's Mansion T
  1,700 Do Jump Boosts
  4,200   3,600   3,600  
3DS Rainbow Road
Metal Mario
  5,500   4,700   4,700   20
  7,400   6,400   6,400   32
  9,600   8,300   8,300   44
 
Pauline Cup
 
3DS Toad Circuit R/T
  1,900  
3DS Neo Bowser City R/T
  2,000  
Tokyo Blur 2R/T
  2,100 Vs. Mega Donkey Kong
  4,200   4,500   4,600  
Tokyo Blur 2
Any character
  5,500   5,900   6,000   50cc
  7,500   8,000   8,100   100cc
  9,600   10,200   10,400   150cc

1 - Despite Larry being the opponent, the icon erroneously depicted Lemmy instead. This was corrected in the 2023 Mario vs. Luigi Tour.

Signature kart setsEdit

Drivers with a corresponding cup in the tour were bumped one rank up in every course of their cup. Each one had a specific kart and glider pair that were also bumped one rank up, though these sometimes changed between tours. This was the last tour to use set karts and gliders.

Cup Character Kart Glider
Second course of every cup      
Third course of every cup       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       

RewardsEdit

Gold cells indicate rewards exclusive to Gold Pass members.

  67   84   120   167   200   233   288
             
Bob-omb Parafoil Morton Gold Blooper Bullet Blaster Gold Koopa (Freerunning) Iggy Baby Mario Hanafuda


Grand Stars   39 52 67 84 99 108 120 135 150 167 184 200 218 233 250 262 275 288 300 313 330 340 350 360 370 Total Grand total
Coin   100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 900 2400
300 300 300 300 300 1500
Rubies   5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 26 58
5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 32
Item tickets   3 3 3 3 3 15 55
5 5 10 10 10 40
Star tickets   2 2 5
3 3
Quick tickets   0 2
1 1 2
Point-boost tickets   3 3 6 10
1 3 4
  3 3 6 10
1 3 4
  3 3 6 10
1 3 4
Level-boost ticket       3 12
                  9

New contentEdit

DriversEdit

KartsEdit

GlidersEdit

CoursesEdit

Edit

Name Availability Cost Contents Banner image
Value Pack December 31, 2019 – January 7, 2020 (first pack)

January 7, 2020 – January 14, 2020 (second pack)

US$1.99   Rubies ×5

  Star ticket ×2
  Item ticket ×3

 
New Year's 2020 Pack December 17, 2019 – January 14, 2020 US$1.99   New Year's 2020 ×1

  Rubies ×5

 
Luigi Pack - New Year's Edition December 31, 2019 – January 7, 2020 US$6.99   Luigi ×1

  Driver point-boost ticket ×1
  Rubies ×15

 
Red Yoshi Pack December 31, 2019 – January 7, 2020 US$39.99   Red Yoshi ×1

  Red Turbo Yoshi ×1
  Rubies ×90

 
King Boo Pack January 7, 2020 – January 14, 2020 US$19.99   King Boo ×1

  Driver point-boost ticket ×1
  Rubies ×45

 
Crimson Crane Pack January 7, 2020 – January 14, 2020 US$39.99   Crimson Crane ×1

  Glider point-boost tickets ×3
  Rubies ×90

 

ChallengesEdit

Tour Challenges 1 Tour Challenges 2 Gold Challenges
Completion reward:   Quick ticket ×1 Completion reward:   Coin Rush ticket ×1 Completion reward:   Rubies ×5
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Do 3 Rocket Starts. Collect a total of 100 coins. Land 10 hits with Bananas. Do 20 Jump Boosts. Land 5 hits with Red Shells. Hit a kadomatsu with an item 5 times. Do 20 Ultra Mini-Turbo boosts. Use a Bullet Bill 3 times. Get 1st place in a 200cc race 3 times.
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
Use Lightning. Earn a score of 8,000 or higher on a T course. Get 1st place in a race 3 times in a row. Earn a score of 6,000 or higher using a Koopaling driver. Land 10 hits on opponents with Bob-ombs using a driver with a mustache. Take out 5 Sidesteppers. Land 3 hits with Green Shells in a single race. Earn a score of 9,000 or higher using a driver with a hat. Cause an opponent to crash while gliding.
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
Earn a score of 5,000 or higher using a driver wearing gloves. Take out 3 Thwomps. Hit a kadomatsu with an item 3 times in a single race. Pick up 5 dropped Mushrooms using a driver with a ribbon. Get a Fantastic combo a total of 10 times. Clear all of the cups in the New Year's Tour. Land 5 hits with fireballs. Get 1st place without crashing. Glide a total distance of 5,000.

Initial pipe appearance ratesEdit

During the New Year's Tour, the amounts of the various items were changed:

Items obtained from a new pipe during the New Year's Tour
Item  
Normal
 
Super
 
High-End
 
Featured High-End
Character Kart Glider Character Kart Glider Character Kart Glider Character Kart Glider
Amount 31 25 15 9 7 4 2 2 2 1 1 1

New Year's Pipe 1Edit

Class Parts Rate (each)
High-End spotlight driver Mario (Happi) 1.0000%
High-End spotlight kart Quickshaw 1.0000%
High-End spotlight glider New Year's Kite 1.0000%
High-End drivers Pauline, Mario (Hakama), Peach (Kimono), Mario (Musician), King Boo (Luigi's Mansion), Rosalina (Halloween), Toad (Party Time), Pauline (Party Time) 0.2500%
High-End karts Yellow Taxi, Kabuki Dasher, Trickster, Blue Badwagon, Ghost Ride, Platinum Taxi, Glam Bruiser 0.2857%
High-End gliders Bullet Bill Parachute, Purple Oilpaper Umbrella, Full Flight, Rainy Balloons, Wicked Wings, Fare Flier, Crimson Crane, New Year's 2020, Fireworks Parachute 0.2222%
Super drivers Donkey Kong, Toad, Bowser, Luigi, Mario, Peach, Yoshi, Daisy, Lakitu, King Boo, Toadette, Bowser Jr., Waluigi, Wario, Rosalina, Birdo, Diddy Kong, Red Yoshi, Black Shy Guy, Toad (Pit Crew), Red Koopa (Freerunning) 0.4286%
Super karts Zucchini, Daytripper, Mach 8, Cloud 9, Soda Jet, Koopa Clown, Poltergust 4000, Royale, Barrel Train, Turbo Yoshi, Flame Flyer, Para-Wing, Super Blooper, Turbo Birdo, Streamliner, DK Jumbo, Red Turbo Yoshi 0.4118%
Super gliders Flower Glider, Peach Parasol, BaNaNa Parafoil, Bob-omb Parafoil, Wario Wing, Oilpaper Umbrella, Shell Parachute, Lightning Oilpaper, Pink Flower Glider, Waluigi Wing 0.4000%
Normal drivers Koopa Troopa, Shy Guy, Dry Bones, Baby Daisy, Baby Luigi, Baby Mario, Baby Peach, Baby Rosalina, Iggy, Larry, Lemmy, Ludwig, Morton, Roy, Wendy 2.0667%
Normal karts Birthday Girl, Landship, Bullet Blaster, Mushmellow, Biddybuggy, Pipe Frame, Pipe Buggy, Cheep Charger, Koopa Dasher 2.7778%
Normal gliders Super Glider, Paper Glider, Parachute, Parafoil, Piston Glider, Droplet Glider, BBIA Parafoil, Piranha Plant Parafoil, Minion Paper Glider 1.6667%

New Year's Pipe 2Edit

Class Parts Rate (each)
High-End spotlight driver Toad (Party Time) 1.0000%
High-End spotlight kart Glam Bruiser 1.0000%
High-End spotlight glider Fireworks Parachute 1.0000%
High-End drivers Pauline, Mario (Hakama), Peach (Kimono), Mario (Musician), Mario (Happi), King Boo (Luigi's Mansion), Rosalina (Halloween), Pauline (Party Time) 0.2500%
High-End karts Quickshaw, Yellow Taxi, Kabuki Dasher, Trickster, Blue Badwagon, Ghost Ride, Platinum Taxi 0.2857%
High-End gliders Bullet Bill Parachute, Purple Oilpaper Umbrella, Full Flight, Rainy Balloons, Wicked Wings, Fare Flier, Crimson Crane, New Year's 2020, New Year's Kite 0.2222%
Super drivers Donkey Kong, Toad, Bowser, Luigi, Mario, Peach, Yoshi, Daisy, Lakitu, King Boo, Toadette, Bowser Jr., Waluigi, Wario, Rosalina, Birdo, Diddy Kong, Red Yoshi, Black Shy Guy, Toad (Pit Crew), Red Koopa (Freerunning) 0.4286%
Super karts Zucchini, Daytripper, Mach 8, Cloud 9, Soda Jet, Koopa Clown, Poltergust 4000, Royale, Barrel Train, Turbo Yoshi, Flame Flyer, Para-Wing, Super Blooper, Turbo Birdo, Streamliner, DK Jumbo, Red Turbo Yoshi 0.4118%
Super gliders Flower Glider, Peach Parasol, BaNaNa Parafoil, Bob-omb Parafoil, Wario Wing, Oilpaper Umbrella, Shell Parachute, Lightning Oilpaper, Pink Flower Glider, Waluigi Wing 0.4000%
Normal drivers Koopa Troopa, Shy Guy, Dry Bones, Baby Daisy, Baby Luigi, Baby Mario, Baby Peach, Baby Rosalina, Iggy, Larry, Lemmy, Ludwig, Morton, Roy, Wendy 2.0667%
Normal karts Birthday Girl, Landship, Bullet Blaster, Mushmellow, Biddybuggy, Pipe Frame, Pipe Buggy, Cheep Charger, Koopa Dasher 2.7778%
Normal gliders Super Glider, Paper Glider, Parachute, Parafoil, Piston Glider, Droplet Glider, BBIA Parafoil, Piranha Plant Parafoil, Minion Paper Glider 1.6667%

ProfilesEdit

  • Mario Kart Tour Twitter:
    • "The first tour of 2020 is the aptly named New Year's Tour! And it starts Dec. 31, 10 PM PT!"[1]
    • "New year, new tour...and a new Log-In Bonus! Start 2020 off right with the New Year's Log-In Bonus. You can get up to 50 rubies just by logging in! Here's a challenge to start the new year off with: try to find all six Yoshis hidden in this picture!"[2]
    • "Thanks for racing in the New Year's Tour, the very first of 2020! This tour may be coming to a close, but the year is just getting started. The Ice Tour starts Jan. 14, 10 PM PT! Are you ready for some heated wintertime battles?"[3]

Names in other languagesEdit

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese ニューイヤーツアー[?]
Nyū Iyā Tsuā
New Year Tour
Chinese (simplified) 新年巡回赛[?]
Xīnnián Xúnhuísài
New Year Tour
Chinese (traditional) 新年巡迴賽[?]
Xīnnián Xúnhuísài
New Year Tour
French Saison du nouvel an[?] New Year's Season
German Neujahrs-Tour-Saison[?] New Years Tour Season
Italian Tour di Capodanno[?] New Year's Day Tour
Korean 뉴 이어 투어[?]
Nyu Ieo Tueo
New Year Tour
Portuguese Temporada de Ano-Novo[?] New Year Season
Spanish Temporada de Año Nuevo[?] New Year Season

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ mariokarttourEN (December 27, 2019). Twitter. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
  2. ^ mariokarttourEN (January 1, 2020). Twitter. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
  3. ^ mariokarttourEN (January 14, 2020). Twitter. Retrieved March 24, 2020.