1st Anniversary Tour
Start date	October 6, 2020 11:00 p.m. (PT)[?]
End date	October 20, 2020 10:59 p.m. (PT)[?]
Number of cups	12
Ranked cups	Bowser Cup (week 1) Mario Cup (week 2)
Coin Rush course	New York Minute 3
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The1st Anniversary Tour was the twenty-eighth tour ofMario Kart Tour, which began on October 7, 2020, and ended on October 20, 2020. It celebrated the first anniversary sinceMario Kart Tour's release on September 25, 2019, and saw the return of four previouscity courses (Tokyo Blur,Paris Promenade,London Loop, andVancouver Velocity) while also introducingNew York Minute 3, which all make up half of the tour's courses. Log-in bonuses were extended from 10 days to all 14 days of the tour, as was theevent tokens event. Anniversary Challenges were also added alongside the standard Tour Challenges and granted the playerrubies as rewards for completing each of them. Additionally, the number of free pipes for this tour was increased from 4 to 6. The menu's background featured theEmpire State Building as the landmark for this tour, which was reused from the2019 Holiday Tour. This tour's trailer featured city skylines during its opening splash screen.

This was the third tour in a row where theMario Cup was a ranked cup, being in the second week.

Despite celebrating the game's first anniversary, the actual one-year anniversary fell in the previous tour, the2020 Los Angeles Tour. Instead, the tour was announced on the day in question, three days after the 2020 Los Angeles Tour began, making this tour's announcement date one of the closest ones to its previous tour's starting date, though no information besides its name was given until the day the tour would have normally been announced. This was the first tour to feature aspecial pipe that reused a theme and name from a previous tour (the Gold Pipe from theCooking Tour). It was also the first tour to feature 35 unique courses, including variants (the only recurring track was New York Minute 3R/T); due to this, it had fewer base courses compared to previous tours, with 10.

Spotlights[edit]

1st Anniversary Pipe 1 October 6, 2020, 11:00 p.m. (PT) – October 20, 2020, 10:59 p.m. (PT)	1st Anniversary Pipe 2 October 13, 2020, 11:00 p.m. (PT) – October 20, 2020, 10:59 p.m. (PT)
Drivers	Drivers
Pauline,Mario (Hakama),Peach (Vacation),Waluigi (Bus Driver), andRosalina (Aurora)	Mario (Musician),Peach (Kimono),Shy Guy (Pastry Chef),Wario (Hiker), andBaby Rosalina (Detective)

Special pipe[edit]

Gold Pipe October 10, 2020, 11:00 p.m. (PT) – October 15, 2020, 10:59 p.m. (PT)
Drivers	Karts	Gliders
Dry Bones (Gold),Shy Guy (Gold),Dry Bowser (Gold), andGold Koopa (Freerunning)	Gold Clanky Kart,Gold Egg,Gold Pipe Frame,Gold Train,Gold Cheep Snorkel, andGold Cheep Charger	Silver-and-Gold Hearts,Gold Crane,Gold Glider, andGold Swooper

Names in other languages

Cups[edit]

Bowser Cup Ranked cup (week 1)	New York Minute 3	1,200	Paris Promenade	1,100	GBA Bowser's Castle 1T	1,300	Combo Attack
		1,800		1,700		1,900
		2,400		2,300		2,600		5
		3,100		2,900		3,200		10
		6,100		5,700		6,400		16
Baby Peach Cup	3DS Toad Circuit R	1,100	Tokyo Blur	1,400	London Loop T	1,500	Do Jump Boosts
		1,700		2,100		2,400
		2,300		2,900		3,200		8
		2,900		3,600		4,000		12
		5,500		6,900		7,700		18
Lakitu Cup	Vancouver Velocity T	1,600	SNES Choco Island 1	1,700	Paris Promenade T	1,500	Goomba Takedown
		2,600		2,700		2,400
		3,500		3,600		3,200		10
		4,400		4,500		4,100		20
		8,200		8,400		7,500		30
Koopa Troopa Cup	London Loop	1,000	3DS Rainbow Road	1,700	DS Airship Fortress	1,500	Ring Race
		1,600		2,800		2,500
		2,200		3,800		3,400		10
		2,800		4,800		4,300		16
		5,000		8,600		7,700		28
Mario Cup Ranked cup (week 2)	Vancouver Velocity R	1,500	London Loop R	1,200	New York Minute 3R/T	1,600	Big Reverse Race
		2,500		2,100		2,800
		3,400		2,800		3,700		50cc
		4,200		3,500		4,700		100cc
		7,300		6,100		8,100		150cc
Peach Cup	Tokyo Blur T	1,600	3DS Toad Circuit T	1,600	GBA Bowser's Castle 1	1,300	Glider Challenge
		2,900		2,800		2,300
		3,900		3,800		3,100		200
		4,900		4,700		3,900		350
		8,200		7,900		6,500		650
Bowser Jr. Cup	New York Minute 3R	1,400	Vancouver Velocity R/T	1,900	3DS Rainbow Road R	2,000	Break Item Boxes
		2,400		3,500		2,600
		3,300		4,800		4,900		15
		4,200		6,000		6,100		32
		6,800		9,700		9,900		55
Larry Cup	DS Airship Fortress R	1,500	Tokyo Blur R	1,200	Paris Promenade R/T	1,800	Goomba Takedown
		2,800		2,300		3,400
		3,800		3,100		4,600		10
		4,900		3,900		5,800		20
		7,600		6,100		9,100		32
Dry Bones Cup	London Loop R/T	1,500	3DS Rainbow Road T	2,200	Paris Promenade R	1,600	Time Trial
		2,900		4,200		3,100
		3,900		5,700		4,300		1:50.00
		5,000		7,300		5,400		1:35.00
		7,500		11,000		8,200		1:25.00
Daisy Cup	Vancouver Velocity	1,600	New York Minute 3T	2,000	3DS Toad Circuit	1,300	Smash Small Dry Bones
		3,100		3,900		2,600
		4,300		5,300		3,500		5
		5,400		6,700		4,500		10
		8,000		9,900		6,600		15
Diddy Kong Cup	SNES Choco Island 1R	2,000	SNES Choco Island 1T	2,200	Tokyo Blur R/T	1,700	Steer Clear of Obstacles
		4,000		4,500		3,300
		5,600		6,200		4,600		1
		7,100		7,800		5,800		2
		10,100		11,200		8,300		3
Shy Guy Cup	New York Minute 3R/T	2,100	DS Airship Fortress T	3,200	GBA Bowser's Castle 1R	1,900	Vs. Mega Dry Bowser
		4,200		6,600		3,900
		5,800		9,100		5,400		50cc
		7,400		11,600		6,800		100cc
		10,300		16,100		9,500		150cc

Signature kart sets[edit]

Drivers with a corresponding cup in the tour were bumped one rank up in every course of their cup.

Cup	Driver	Kart	Glider
Second course of every cup
Third course of every cup
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		—	—
		—	—
		—	—
		—	—
		—	—
		—	—
		—	—
		—	—
		—	—
		—	—
		—	—

Rewards[edit]

Gold cells indicate rewards exclusive to Gold Pass members.

15		45	60	120	160		200
Bob-omb Parafoil	Birthday Girl Daisy	Daisy	Streamliner	Soda Jet	Luigi	Rosalina	Goomba Hanafuda

Grand Stars		10	15	30	45	60	70	80	100	120	135	140	160	180	190	200	210	220	225	230	235	240	245	250	255	260	265	270	Total	Grand total
Free pipe launch		1					1				1				1				1						1				6
Coin				100		100			100			100		100						100		100							700	1500
								300										500											800
Rubies			5		3			3		3			3								3								20	50
				5		5			5			5		5			5												30
Item tickets				2								2				2	2	2											10	25
						2		2	2							3	3	3											15
Star tickets					1									1															2	3
										1																			1
Point-boost tickets										1								1				1							3	5
					1									1															2
									1								1				1								3	5
				1									1																2
								1								1				1									3	5
			1									1																	2
Level-boost ticket																													3	12
																													9

Anniversary Bonus[edit]

The 14-day Anniversary Bonus served as the log-in bonus for this tour and consisted of bigger rewards than those of other tours.

New content[edit]

Drivers[edit]

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  Shy Guy (Gold)

Karts[edit]

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  Sports Coupe

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  Gilded King

Gliders[edit]

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  Goomba Hanafuda

Courses[edit]

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  New York Minute 3 (N, R, T, R/T)

Paid banners[edit]

Name	Availability	Cost	Contents	Banner image
Value Pack	October 6, 2020 – October 20, 2020	US$1.99	Rubies ×5 Star ticket ×2 Item ticket ×3
Gilded King Pack	October 6, 2020 – October 20, 2020	US$19.99	Gilded King ×1 Kart point-boost ticket ×1 Rubies ×45
Dragon Wings Pack	October 6, 2020 – October 20, 2020	US$39.99	Bowser ×1 Dragon Wings ×1 Rubies ×90
Gold Glider Pack	October 13, 2020 – October 20, 2020	US$19.99	Gold Glider ×1 Glider point-boost ticket ×1 Rubies ×45
Sports Coupe Pack	October 13, 2020 – October 20, 2020	US$39.99	Mario ×1 Sports Coupe ×1 Rubies ×90

Challenges[edit]

Tour Challenges 1				Tour Challenges 2				Gold Challenges
Completion reward:Quick ticket ×1				Completion reward:Coin Rush ticket ×1				Completion reward:Rubies ×5
Land 3 hits withGreen Shells.	Do 5Rocket Starts.	ActivateFrenzy mode 3 times.		Land 3 hits withRed Shells.	Do 20Jump Boosts.	Do 10Ultra Mini-Turbo boosts.		Land 5 hits withRed Shells.	Do 50Jump Boosts.	Activate Frenzy mode 5 times.
Earn a score of 7,000 or higher on a New York course.	Earn a score of 7,000 or higher on a Tokyo course.	Earn a score of 7,000 or higher on a London course.		Earn a score of 7,000 or higher on a Vancouver course.	Earn a score of 7,000 or higher on a Paris course.	Earn a score of 10,000 or higher on a 3DS course.		Earn a score of 9,000 or higher on a New York course.	Do 30 Mini-Turbo boosts on a Tokyo course.	Earn a score of 9,000 or higher on a Paris course.
Do 30Mini-Turbo boosts on a New York course.	Get 1st place 3 times on a Tokyo course.	Get a combo count of ×15 or higher on a London course.		Drive a distance of 8,000 or more on a Vancouver course.	Do 30 Jump Boosts on a Paris course.	Race in every course of every cup, including bonus challenges.		Get 1st place 3 times on a London course.	Get a total of 5 Fantastic combos on a Vancouver course.	Drive a distance of 16,000 or more on a 3DS course.

Anniversary Challenges
Three-in-a-row reward:Coins ×300
Completion reward:Rubies ×10
Race on 5 city courses.	Do 30 Jump Boosts on a city course.	Activate Frenzy mode 3 times on a city course.
Join a multiplayer race.	Get 1 item from the Daily Selects section of the Shop.	Complete Coin Rush 1 time.
Use point-boost tickets 3 times.	Use a level-boost ticket.	Use a points-cap ticket.

Initial pipe appearance rates[edit]

During the 1st Anniversary Tour, the amounts of the various items were changed for 1st Anniversary Pipes 1 and 2 because of Five spotlight drivers and no spotlight karts or gliders in each of these pipes.

Items obtained from a new pipe during the 1st Anniversary Tour
Item	Normal			Super			High-End			Featured High-End
	Driver	Kart	Glider	Driver	Kart	Glider	Driver	Kart	Glider	Driver	Kart	Glider
Amount	30	24	13	9	7	5	1	3	3	5	0	0

All-Clear Pipe[edit]

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

1st Anniversary Pipe 1[edit]

1st Anniversary Pipe 2[edit]

Gold Pipe[edit]

Items obtained from a new pipe during the 1st Anniversary Tour
Item	Normal			Super			High-End
	Driver	Kart	Glider	Driver	Kart	Glider	Driver	Kart	Glider
Amount	13	11	9	5	4	3	3	1	1

Token Shop[edit]

The limited-time event whereevent tokens appeared began on October 6, 2020 and lasted until October 20, 2020. Event tokens could be earned from collecting in courses.

Token Shop (October 6, 2020 - October 20, 2020)
Metal Mario 50 Amount: 1	B Dasher 50 Amount: 1	Swooper 50 Amount: 1
Yoshi 25 Amount: 1	Zucchini 25 Amount: 1	? Block 25 Amount: 1
Ruby ×3 15 Amount: 5	Coin ×500 15 Amount: 5	Coin Rush ticket 10 Amount: 1
Level-boost ticket (Normal) 25 Amount: 3	Level-boost ticket (Normal) 25 Amount: 3	Level-boost ticket (Normal) 25 Amount: 3
Level-boost ticket (Super) 50 Amount: 2	Level-boost ticket (Super) 50 Amount: 2	Level-boost ticket (Super) 50 Amount: 2
Level-boost ticket (High-End) 120 Amount: 1	Level-boost ticket (High-End) 120 Amount: 1	Level-boost ticket (High-End) 120 Amount: 1
Points-cap ticket (Normal) 50 Amount: 1	Points-cap ticket (Super) 100 Amount: 1	Points-cap ticket (High-End) 200 Amount: 1

Profiles[edit]

• Mario Kart Tour Twitter:
  • "Can you believe it's been one year since#MarioKartTour was released? Thank you for playing! To commemorate the anniversary, the next tour will be called the 1st Anniversary Tour. We'll show a preview of it at a later time."^[1]
  • "Starting Oct. 6, 11 PM PT, five city courses make their comeback in the 1st Anniversary Tour! Log-In Bonuses along with the limited-time event have been extended to 14 days with a special lineup. Also, all rewards give you rubies in the#MarioKartTour Anniversary Challenges!"^[2]
  • "It's time for the 1st Anniversary Tour! Let's celebrate one full year since#MarioKartTour was released! Over the next two weeks, you'll race across 5 city courses including a new variant of New York Minute."^[3]
  • "For the first half of the 1st Anniversary Tour, drivers that have been lighting up city courses around the world are back, including Pauline and Mario (Hakama)!"^[4]
  • "Log-In Bonuses have been upgraded for the 1st Anniversary Tour! In the second half of the tour, you can also receive a High-End level-boost ticket from the 11th day!"^[5]

Gallery[edit]

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  Promotional artwork

Names in other languages[edit]

Notes[edit]

• This was the first tour to have two variants of the same course in a cup, namelySNES Choco Island 1 (both the Reverse and Trick variant of the course appeared in theDiddy Kong Cup).
  • It was also the first tour to feature a cup that only contained real-life city tracks; in this case theMario Cup and itsbonus challenge.

References[edit]

• Mario Kart Tour tours

• Articles with unsourced dates
• Articles with unsourced foreign names