Nintendo used to add new drivers, carts, and tracks with each update in Mario Kart Tour

Mario Kart in itself is a classic with the series being famous through many generations, Mario Kart Tour was aimed to extend this legacy on mobile when released in 2019. The game did good in terms of statistics and managed to garner some attention from fellow fans. Nintendo used to keep everything updated with many updates which brought new content to the game. This new content ranged from new drivers, carts, and even new battle tracks.

However, as per the news shared by the developers in the game, this will soon end as no new content will be added after its October 4 update. The game thus will have no new riders, carts, and tracks coming its way post the October update, This might hint at the developer’s intent of focusing on Mario Kart 9 plans, but that’s another story.

The in-game message read, “From 10/04/2023 (Wed) on, tours will consist of content from tours that have appeared before,” the message reads. “No new courses, drivers, karts, or gliders will be added following the Battle Tour beginning 10/04/2023 (Wed). We hope you continue to enjoy playing Mario Kart Tour.“

The game did a great job of providing fresh content to the fans and did the overall series justice, There were 50 plus tracks added to the game since the launch in 2019 over 40 of which were based on real-world locations such as New York, Tokyo, Berlin, and Paris. The services will end after the October update, however, the game will still be available on Google Play and Apple Store.

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The two introductory courses for Battle Mode include GBA Battle Course 1 and GCN Cookie Land with a new tour starting on October 4th at 11 am PT/ October 5th at 8 am CET.

What players can expect in the next update of Mario Kart Tour

Alongside the introduction of the Battle Mode in Mario Kart Tour, there are other features that players can expect to see in the upcoming update. Battles will be coming in both single-player and multiplayer modes. Players can expect to get a swanky new green racing suit for the custom Mii characters in Mario Kart Tour.

Mario Kart Tour will also come with a new Spotlight Shop which is a new way to enjoy the game’s many customizable options. The single-player and multiplayer battles will have balloons attached to the player’s kart and the goal is to pop up three balloons over another player or NPC’s head. The team or player who is left with balloons shall be crowned as the winner.

Adding to these, there will be multiplayer Standard Races and Gold Races with the removal of Gold races only being available to Gold Pass Subscribers.

Final Thoughts

Mario Kart Tour’s next update is scheduled for October 4th and with that, the much anticipated Battle Mode will be included. Those who have not yet installed the game and played it on their mobile devices can download the game from Google Play Store or App Store. For more information about the upcoming update, you can check the official website of Mario Kart Tour here.

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How to get more Coins in Mario Kart Tour

1. Races

Per day, you can earn up to 300 coins across all 16 cups. Coins are scattered in the tracks and also come up in item boxes. You have a small chance of starting a coin frenzy during a race also, in top pole positions. It is important to log on each day and complete these 300 coins first as it resets each day, and the other sources can be collected at any time during the season. Some tracks feature more coins than others and have layouts better suited for collecting. For example, Koopa Troopa Beach and Mario Circuit suit for quick coin collecting.

2. Challenges

Challenges are a big source of your seasonal coin incomes and can be obtained through multiple methods. Some seasonal cards reward rubies as prizes for completing tasks, some reward stars. In either, completing a line, row, or entire card rewards you with a small number of coins. 

3. Coin Rush

This, almost hidden game mode involves playing as a Golden Mario and collecting coins around the New York Minute racetrack. Before starting the game, you are given the option of starting the minigame with a multiplier (using rubies). These multipliers raise the total amount of coins you can collect over the track. You can also start a coin rush using a ticket (obtained this season through gifts) without multipliers. This game mode is a tradeoff over whether you like your chances at winning through the pipe or buying your own characters and vehicles in the shop. 

4. Gifts

Each season has a prize track, alongside each cup, where you can obtain gifts by collecting grand stars. These grand stars can be obtained through winning races, and beating the score thresholds, or completing challenges. In each gift, you can collect coins, tickets, characters and more. These are a great passive earner of coins whilst you complete your challenges and cups. 

5. Gliders

A lesser-known hint for collecting coins is to use the gold glider. Gliders in Mario Kart Tour have a ‘plus’ ability, where they have a higher chance of getting a certain item from an item box. This High-end glider has a higher chance of pulling a coin from boxes in any race. Use this on a track with x3 item characters, to then increase your chances further of starting a coin frenzy. 

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A smash hit right off the bat

The staggering numbers amassed by Mario Kart hasn’t been a slow upward trajectory by any means. The game was considered to be a smash hit right from day 1. Launched on September 25, 2019, the game racked up 17.8 million dollars in revenue within the first 11 days and went on amass an astonishing 100 million dollars in less than six months.

Defying the critics

It wasn’t all smooth sailing for though. The game received a mixed reception upon release with an average Metacritic score of around 59/100. Critics lambasted the fact that the game’s ‘gacha’ type of nature, the monthly subscription feature as well as the absence of certain prominent characters in the game, most notably Luigi, who had been featured in all the trailers and promotional campaigns in the build up to the game’s release.

Nonetheless, Nintendo’s previous track record as well as the glamorous reputation surrounding the Mario Kart IP has ensured that the game has become a smash hit on mobile devices even with the subpar reviews from critics. Mario Kart Tour is particularly popular in the United States with around 76 million dollars of revenue out of 200 coming from the United States alone. These fantastic numbers mean that Mario Kart Tour will be at the forefront of the mobile racing game market for quite some time.

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Basic Items in Mario Kart Tour

Let’s start with the basic items available to all characters. 

1. Banana

Needs no explanation, a truly classic item since Mario Kart’s creation. In Tour, these are scaled rather large and make for a challenge to avoid.

2. Green Shell

Another memorable icon in the Mario Kart series, the green shell. Like the banana, this item has been slowly increasing in size over the past few Kart games and makes for a tricky manoeuvre to avoid. 

3. Red Shell

On top of its increased size, the Red Shell has proven to be the most terrifying item in Tour, homing in on the driver in front of you, and flicking them into the air. It seems this item gets stronger every game. 

4. Spiny Shell

The bane of every frontrunner’s existence. The Spiky (or more commonly known; Blue) Shell reappears in Mario Kart Tour. Since its mechanics change in Mario Kart 7, the Spiky Shell travels along the ground, interfering with other racers besides first place. 

5. Bob-omb

The bob-omb is still one of the most satisfying items to pull off successfully. On Tour’s smaller scaled tracks, this item is quite literally a ‘blast’ to use. 

6. Mushroom

Mushrooms are another key factor to Mario Kart’s success, allowing creativity with shortcuts and a boost for the player in lower positions. 

7. Mega Mushroom

Making its first appearance in Mario Kart Wii, the Mega Mushroom is a useful alternative to a Star or bullet bill. In Mario Kart Tour, this item is useful for rolling over your opponents and generating quick points.

8. Blopper

The infamous blooper has a love/hate relationship with many players. However, in Tour, Nintendo incorporated the touch screen to rub the Blooper Ink off your screen – an interesting new mechanic.

9. Bullet Bill

The Bullet Bill is a fan favourite, and wouldn’t miss a single Kart title. Adjustments have been made for it to suit the style of Tour, with a shorter life span and speed.

10. Lightning

Nobody is safe from the Lightning bolt. Zapping all players in the race, it turns them small, and makes them squishable by larger players!

11. Coin

The coin was reintroduced to the series in Mario Kart 7, and grants two coins in Tour.

12. Super Horn

The Spiny Shell’s worst enemy: The Super Horn makes its return. This item sends a shockwave to players or items inside the user’s immediate radius. 

Read – Mario Kart Tour: The complete courses guide

Character-unique items in Mario Kart Tour

Next up, the character-unique items. These items belong to a limited amount of drivers and have a different effect on the racetrack.

1. Giant Banana

Characters: Donkey Kong, Morton Koopa Jr.

The Giant Banana, first seen in Double Dash, is a Banana with attitude. It is twice as big as a normal one, and causes a large spinout upon impact. 

2. Triple Green Shell

Characters: Koopa Troopa, Dry Bones, Iggy Koopa, Lakitu

A regular occurrence in the Kart series, Triple Green Shells have now moved to the character-specific items. They rotate around your kart, and send off to hit other racers. 

3. Bowser’s Shell

Characters: Bowser, Dry Bowser, Bowser Jr.

One of the most powerful and damaging items in Tour, is the Bowsers Shell. This giant shell rips through the track, taking out any player in its huge radius. 

4. Double Bob-ombs

Characters: Mario (Musician), Shy Guy, Roy Koopa, Wario

A new item to Mario Kart, the Double Bob-omb, provides a simple and unique new item mechanic. Spreading the course with Bob-ombs, it raises the blast radius of a singular Bob-omb. 

5. Triple Mushrooms

Characters: Toad, Toadette

Triple Mushrooms have also been moved to the character-specific section. Nothing new here, just the triple variety of the standard mushroom.

6. Fire Flower

Characters: Mario, Metal Mario

The Fire Flower item makes three fireballs revolve around your kart, then throws them all at once when the screen is tapped. This item works best on a narrow road with walls!

7. Boomerang

Characters: Baby Mario, Larry Koopa

The Boomerang flings out in front of you, hitting both players and coins, causing racers to spin out. 

8. Heart

Characters: Peach, Daisy, Wendy O. Koopa

The Heart is a very powerful, defensive item that protects attacks against any other driver. That includes all of the powerful items like the Lightning. On top of that, you can stack up to 5 of them at once. 

9. Yoshi’s Egg

Characters: Yoshi

This iconic item rolls around and homes in on the racer in front of you, before crashing into them and exploding into various items. 

10. Bubble

Characters: Baby Peach, Baby Daisy, Baby Rosalina, Lemmy Koopa

The bubble is an item with mixed opinions. It keeps your character above the ground, making in invincible from items with a small speed boost. However, you also miss out on boost panels, making it slightly detrimental. 

11. Banana Barrels

Characters: Diddy Kong

This item requires some skill to use but creates some serious hazards for the other racers. It shoots regular bananas out in front of your kart.

12. Mushroom Cannon

Characters: Peachette

The Mushroom Cannon is another item which has to be used carefully and with skill. Being the opposite of the Banana Cannon, it shoots out offensively-based Mushrooms. In order to best make use, you must collect all the Mushrooms that spit out to avoid other racers obtaining them. 

Read – Mario Kart Tour: The complete characters guide

13. Lucky Seven

Characters: Pauline

The Lucky Seven, first seen in Mario Kart Seven, rotates 7 different items around your kart. These items have changed since 7’s days, and are the Red Shell, Banana, Green Shell, Bob-omb, Super Horn, Mushroom, and Blooper in Tour.

Characters: Mario (Hakama)

The Coin Box is a powerful new item for extending your combos. It behaves similar to a coin frenzy by throwing out piles of coins in front of your kart for anyone to pick up. This may seem detrimental to your own race, but is definitely useful in gaining more overall race points.

Characters: Rosalina, Ludwig Von Koopa

The dash ring sets rings out on the track in front of you, granting a short boost when passed through. It rewards skill, and allows you to extend combos over potentially dead areas of the track.

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Here’s what we’ve seen, and had the ability to play so far:

1. New York Minute

Variations:

New York Minute R / T 

Starting off on the new tracks, New York Minute is based on New York’s Central Park and Times Square. Its base version contains a mix of sharp corners, and long curves, perfect for reaching super mini turbos.

2. Toad Circuit 

Variations:

Toad Circuit R / T

Mario Kart Tour so far has had a heavy focus on Mario Kart 7 Tracks. Toad Circuit suits the game brilliantly, its mixture of challenging turns complements the overall simplicity of the layout. It also perfectly showcases the simple glider capabilities of Mario Kart Tour.

3. Rock Rock Mountain 

Variations:

Rock Rock Mountain R / T

Rock Rock Mountain pushes players to the edge of the game’s difficulty curve. With Nintendo’s newly introduced ‘Mirror Mode’ alternative, playing this track backwards is a real treat. 

Read – Mario Kart Tour Items: The complete guide

4. Daisy Hills

Variations: 

Daisy Hills R / T

Daisy Hills’ feature in Mario Kart Tour may have come as a surprise to some. However, its ending glider section provided a large, open area that was perfectly suited to Mario Kart Tour’s imprecise controls. It fits the mechanics beautifully and looks visually pleasing to accompany.

5. Cheep Cheep Lagoon

Variations:

Cheep Cheep Lagoon R / T

Long underwater sections make for interesting and eventful races, which is just what Cheep Cheep Lagoon brings to the table. Keeping true to the original 3DS track, we see the same shortcuts and pathways on this near-untouched gem. 

6. Shy Guy Bazaar

Variations: 

Shy Guy Bazaar R / T

An interesting track choice, from the Mario Kart 7 game, was Shy Guy Bazaar. This track, on a smaller scale, has short lap times, and a mixture of complex lanes and corners. From a personal standpoint, I don’t think this track plays to the mechanics of Tour. I would have enjoyed seeing other tracks from the 3DS make an appearance. 

7. Dino Dino Jungle

Variations:

Dino Dino Jungle R / T

Another Challenging, yet suitable track, is Dino Dino Jungle. A series classic from Mario Kart: Double Dash made a reappearance in Mario Kart Seven (which seemed to be a recurring theme here!) and again in Mario Kart Tour. 

8. Yoshi Circuit

Yoshi Circuit

Variations:

Yoshi Circuit R / T

On paper, Yoshi Circuit was never going to be a well-suited track for Mario Kart Tour. However, it plays near perfectly. Its corners are immaculately scaled for drifting, and its ramps are placed for easy jumping without overshooting.

9. Bowser’s Castle 1

Bowser’s Castle 1

Variations:

Bowser’s Castle R / T

Mario Kart Tour is filled with short, sweet, and playable gems from across Mario Kart history. Bowser’s Castle 1 from the GBA ticks all three boxes. It would not surprise if Nintendo bought us many Super Circuit tracks in upcoming seasons. 

10. Koopa Troopa Beach

Variations:

Koopa Troopa Beach R / T

The N64 version of Mario Kart featured Koopa Troopa Beach, which was then again remade in Mario Kart Seven. This track contains a perfect amount of ramps, with a challenging shortcut near the middle, which suits the mechanics of Tour well. 

11. Mario Circuit 1 

Mario Circuit 1 

Variations:

Mario Circuit R / T

Sometimes, simplicity makes the best racetracks. Mario Circuit 1 is a refreshing, fun, and easy track for all levels of players. The SNES days of Mario Kart were packed of these styles, and it would be highly probable if we saw more from Super Mario Kart. 

12. Tokyo Blur

Variations: 

Tokyo Blur R / T / R/T

Mario Kart Tour’s second original track is Tokyo Blur and follows the theme of the season. The original tracks follow a distinctive simplistic layout of a loop, with a stronger focus on the background aesthetics. Tokyo Blur is no exception. 

13. Choco Island 2

Variations:

Choco Island 2 R / T

The SNES has bought back some recurring highlights in the Kart series. Choco Island 2 has further showcased the variability of Tour with the introduction of large mud puddles and a different colour palette entirely.

14. Kalimari Desert

Variations:

Kalimari Desert R / T

Kalimari Desert boasts a simple track design with one major mechanical difference: the train. In previous Kart games, the train halted racers completely, blocking off the track. Now the train initiates a jump boost upon impact, sending you sky-high.

15. Mario Circuit 2

Variations:

Mario Circuit 2 R / T

The much-needed sequel to Mario Circuit 1, Mario Circuit 2 has all the same charm the SNES version had. Following in Tour’s obsession with Mario Kart 7, the course has been replicated once again here and fits the mechanics perfectly.

16. Neo Bowser City

Variations:

Neo Bowser City R / T

Very soon, Mario Kart 7’s tracks will be playable on Mario Kart Tour, lowering the 3DS console into the grave. Jokes aside, Neo Bowser City plays near beautifully here, with the aid of smart steering. The scenery looks polished and the corners are scaled perfectly for Tour’s mechanics.

17. Rainbow Road

Variations:

Rainbow Road R / T

The third SNES remake that was also redone in Mario Kart 7 this season is Rainbow Road. An interesting choice to bring this particular edition of Rainbow Road to the game left me wondering if there was a better option. The corners and narrow sections cause smart steering to really kick into gear and often causes unwanted crashes.

Read – Mario Kart Tour: The complete Characters guide

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Mario Kart Tour, on release, has 20 Unlockable Characters. They are distributed between three unlockable rarities, similar to weight classes in other Mario Kart titles, being Normal, Super, and High-end. 

Let’s start with Normal, these characters are the easiest to unlock, with an appearance rate of 5% from the Pipe. 

Baby Mario

Special Item: Boomerang 

Baby Mario made his debut to the Mario Kart Series in Double Dash. He has since made an appearance in most main series Kart games since then. His special item is the Boomerang,  which circles your kart and strikes nearby players.

Baby Peach

Special Item: Bubble

Baby Peach was first playable in Mario Kart Wii, as a lightweight character. Her special item is the Bubble, which allows your character to float above the ground, avoiding items and ground-based features like boost panels.

Baby Daisy 

Special Item: Bubble

Baby Daisy’s first appearance in any Mario Series game was in Mario Kart Wii, being a lightweight character alongside the other babies.  Her special item is the Bubble, which allows your character to float above the ground, avoiding items and ground-based features like boost panels.

Baby Rosalina

Special Item: Bubble

Baby Rosalina’s debut was in Mario Kart 8, similar to the other baby princess’ first appearances in Wii. Her special item is the Bubble, which allows your character to float above the ground, avoiding items and ground-based features like boost panels.

Baby Luigi

Special Item: Boomerang

Like Baby Mario, Baby Luigi’s introduction to the kart series started in Mario Kart Wii. His special item is the Boomerang,  which circles your kart and strikes nearby players.

Read – Mario Kart Tour Items: The complete guide

Shy Guy

Special Item: Double Bob-ombs

Shy Guy has been a staple character across many Mario games, and made his appearance in the GBA Mario Kart: Super Circuit. As a playable character, however, he first showed up on the track in Mario Kart DS. His special item is the Double Bob-ombs, which allows him to hurl two bob-ombs at once, covering the track in front of him. 

Koopa Troopa

Special Item: Triple Green Shells

Mario Kart Wii introduced Koopa Troopa as a playable character with its immense character roster. His special item is the Triple Green Shells, which fires all three at the same time.

Dry Bones

Special Item: Triple Green Shells

Dry Bones made his debut in Mario Kart DS, as solidified his position as an iconic character in the series. His special item is the Triple Green Shells, which fires all three at the same time.

Iggy Koopa

Special Item: Triple Green Shells

Of the 7 Koopalings, Iggy is classed as the ‘childish, mechanical genius’. He first made an appearance in the Mario franchise in Super Mario Bros. 3. His special Item is the Triple Green Shells, which fires all three at the same time.

Larry Koopa

Special Item: Boomerang

Of the 7 Koopalings, Larry is the youngest of the group – but not the weakest! His special item is the Boomerang,  which circles your kart and strikes nearby players.

Lemmy Koopa

Special Item: Bubble

Of the 7 Koopalings, Lemmy is the smallest in size, also making his first appearance in Super Mario Bros. 3. His special item is the Bubble, which allows your character to float above the ground, avoiding items and ground-based features like boost panels.

Ludwig Koopa

Special Item: Dash Ring

Of the 7 Koopalings, Ludwig is the self-acclaimed leader of the group. His special item is the Dash Ring, which shoots out rings in front of you, rewarding a small boost when passed through.

Morton Koopa

Special Item: Giant Banana

Of the 7 Koopalings, Morton strongly resembles a darker toned Bowser. His special item is the giant banana, which takes up over double the size of a regular banana, causing drivers to spin out upon impact.

Roy Koopa

Special Item: Double Bob-ombs

Of the 7 Koopalings, Roy focuses on brawn over brain, and prides himself as the toughest of the group. His special item is the Double Bob-ombs, which allows him to hurl two bob-ombs at once, covering the track in front of him. 

Wendy Koopa

Special Item: Heart

Of the 7 Koopalings, Wendy is the only female character present. Her special item is the Heart, which protects her from other driver’s items. 

Super characters are the next rarity up from Normal, and introduce higher starting points, higher top speeds, and improved special items. They have an appearance rate of around 1% from the pipe. 

Mario

Special Item: Fire Flower

It came to nobody’s surprise that Mario made it into Mario Kart Tour. He is one of the icons among the Mario Kart Tour characters. His special item, the Fire Flower, allows him to throw fireballs at other racers, causing them to burn out. 

Yoshi 

Yoshi 

Special Item: Yoshi’s Egg

Everyone’s favourite green dinosaur: Yoshi, made his appearance in Tour as a super character. He, alongside Mario, has been a staple character in the series since Mario Kart on the N64. His special item is Yoshi’s Egg, which surrounds Yoshi and fires at other players. It explodes on impact and an item pops out. 

Princess Peach

Special Item: Heart

Princess Peach is no stranger to the Mario Kart series, and appears alongside her Baby version in Tour. Her special item is the Heart, which protects her from other driver’s items. 

Daisy

Special Item: Heart

Daisy made her first appearance in the Mario Kart series games in Double Dash as a middleweight character. Her, alongside Peach, share the same special item: The Heart, which protects her from other driver’s items.

Toad

Special Item: Triple Mushrooms

Mario Kart’s loveable mushroom-headed character is also playable in Tour. His special item is Triple Mushrooms, which gives him a long-lasting boost and allows him to overtake the other racers. 

Toadette

Special Item: Triple Mushrooms

Toadette has been around since the days of Double Dash, and has been a familiar face in Kart series games since. Her special item is Triple Mushrooms, which gives her a long-lasting boost and allows her to overtake the other racers. 

Rosalina

Special Item: Dash Ring

Rosalina first made an appearance in the iconic Mario Galaxy games, and joined the roster in most Mario Kart games since. Her special item is the Dash Ring, which shoots out rings in front of you, rewarding a small boost when passed through.

Luigi

Special Item: Fire Flower

At long last, Luigi’s delayed release to Mario Kart Tour came as a big relief to many fans. A staple character since the beginning of both the Kart series and the Mario franchise as a whole. His special item, the Fire Flower, allows him to throw fireballs at other racers, causing them to burn out. 

Toad (Pit Crew)

Special Item: Boomerang

The first of its kind, Pit Crew Toad is a species of toad dressed in a racing get-up. Unlike the normal toad, his special item is the Boomerang,  which circles your kart and strikes nearby players.

Bowser

Special Item: Bowser’s Shell 

The usual heavyweight classic: Bowser also makes an appearance. His special item is exceptionally powerful, launching a big shell that rips through the course, hitting other racers. 

Donkey Kong

Special Item: Giant Banana 

Since the SNES days, Donkey Kong wouldn’t miss a single Kart Title, being playable in almost every single one. His memorable special item was first seen in Double Dash, and now we get a chance to see it again. The giant banana takes up over double the size of a regular banana, causing drivers to spin out upon impact.

Diddy Kong

Special Item: Banana Barrels

Diddy Kong is also no stranger to Mario Kart, being featured since the Double Dash days as a middleweight character. His special item is incredibly unique, causing him to fire plentiful amounts of bananas onto the course, swamping it entirely. 

Lakitu

Special Item: Triple Green Shells

Lakitu, usually not a race-able character, joined the roster in Mario Kart 7. His special Item is the Triple Green Shells, which fires all three at the same time.

Bowser Jr.

Special Item: Bowser’s Shell

Bowser’s younger counterpart: Bowser Jr. joined Mario Kart Wii’s huge character roster back in 2008, and has been often present since. His special item is exceptionally powerful, launching a big shell that rips through the course, hitting other racers. 

Wario

Special Item: Double Bob-ombs

Wario wouldn’t miss a Mario Kart title, finally reaching our games in season 2. His special item is the Double Bob-ombs, which allows him to hurl two bob-ombs at once, covering the track in front of him. 

Waluigi

Special Item: Double Bob-ombs

Also making a slightly later release, Waluigi came in during season 3, alongside iconic Mario Kart DS track: Waluigi Pinball. His special item is the Double Bob-ombs, which allows him to hurl two bob-ombs at once, covering the track in front of him. 

King Boo

Special Item: Lucky Seven

King Boo was first playable in Mario Kart: Double Dash, and quickly made himself a fan favorite. He then appeared in each main series Mario Kart game since. His special item is the Lucky Seven, first seen in Mario Kart 7. It sends 7 different items in rotation around him, giving him the ability to throw/use them at will.  

Lastly, we have the High-end rarity, made up of the most original and unique special items in the game. They also have the highest starting points of any character in the game, useful for progression through the season pass. 

Metal Mario

Special Item: Fire Flower

Metal Mario had a comeback, 10 years in the making, to Mario Kart 7 and became a regular feature in all the main series games since. He became a favourite character to many in the heavyweight division. His special item, the Fire Flower, allows him to throw fireballs at other racers, causing them to burn out. 

Peachette

Special Item: Mushroom Cannon

Peachette is a unique form of Toadette, making a debut to the Kart series in Mario Kart Tour. She first appeared in New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe. Her special item is the Mushroom Cannon, which continuously shoots out mushrooms onto the track, usable by any racer.

Pauline

Special Item: Lucky Seven

Pauline usually features in the Donkey Kong series games, but recently made a bigger appearance in Mario Odyssey. This year, she is making a big splash on the racetrack in Mario Kart Tour. Her special item is the Lucky Seven, first seen in Mario Kart 7. It sends 7 different items in rotation around her, giving her the ability to throw/use them at will.  

Read – Mario Kart Tour: Courses guide to master the tracks

Mario (Musician) 

Special Item:  Double Bob-ombs

Mario Kart Tour introduced a new character to both the Kart series and the Mario franchise as a whole. His special item is the Double Bob-ombs, which allows him to hurl two bob-ombs at once, covering the track in front of him. 

Peach (Kimono)

Special Item: Mushroom Cannon

For the Japanese Tour in season 2, Peach (Kimono) joined as one of the season-specific Mario Kart tour characters. Her special item is the Mushroom Cannon, which continuously shoots out mushrooms onto the track, usable by any racer.

Mario (Hakama)

Special Item: Coin Box

Mario (Hakama) is the other season-specific character for season 2. His special item, the coin box, is a powerful tool for extending combos. It spits coins out onto the track, usable by any racer.

Rosalina (Halloween)

Special Item: Dash Ring

Rosalina’s halloween costume for 2019. She becomes a high-end character, whilst keeping the same special item. It remains the Dash Ring, which shoots out rings in front of you, rewarding a small boost when passed through.

Peach (Vacation)

Special Item: Coin Box

Peach’s seasonal skin for season 4 is the vacation model. Her special item changes to the ever-popular coin box. It is a powerful tool for extending combos. It spits coins out onto the track, usable by any racer.

King Boo (Luigi’s Mansion)

Special Item: Bob-omb Cannon

King Boo (Luigi’s Mansion) is the terrifying King Boo counterpart from the Luigi’s Mansion series. His special item is the Bob-omb cannon, which shoots out three Bob-ombs in front of him on the track.

Shy Guy (Pastry Chef)

Special Item: Mushroom Cannon

Shy Guy (Pastry Chef) is the other seasonal skin for season 4. Shy guy’s chef counterpart has the Mushroom Cannon item, which continuously shoots out mushrooms onto the track, usable by any racer.

Dry Bowser

Special Item: Bowser’s Shell

Dry Bowser made his overall debut in New Super Mario Bros. for the DS, and his Kart debut in Mario Kart Wii, back in 2008. He has proved to be a loved character and has reappeared multiple times since. His special item is exceptionally powerful, launching a big shell that rips through the course, hitting other racers.

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