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As part of today’s Mario Kart Tour content update, Tokyo Blur has been added as a new track. See it in action with the footage below.

Nintendo has published a new trailer to mark the launch of the Tokyo Tour in Mario Kart Tour — and the footage confirms several new characters and tracks being added to the game.

On top of special Tokyo versions of Mario and Peach, it appears that Bowser Jr., The Koopalings, Lakitu, Baby Rosalina, and the previously confirmed Rosalina and Wario are all being added.

In addition, tracks spotted include the new Tokyo track, Neo Boswer City, Kalimari Desert, Donut Plains, and SNES Rainbow Road. Those interested can view the footage below.

Nintendo has confirmed that Rosalina is part of the new Tokyo Tour event in Mario Kart Tour — along with a tease of what looks to be SNES Rainbow Road.

Those interested can view the official tweet detailing the two additions below.

Additional new and nostalgic courses will be coming to Mario Kart Tour on October 8th as part of the upcoming “Tokyo Tour”.

In addition, new characters are also confirmed as well. Specifically, the content is set to be available starting at 11pm PT on October 8th.

Mario Kart Tour

We have several pieces of character art from Mario Kart Tour. Hit up the gallery below for a look at the likes of Mario and more.

Mario Kart Tour launches on mobile last week, and can be found on both iOS and Android.

Nintendo has started distribution of a new update for Mario Kart Tour. After applying version 1.0.2, a number of issues will be addressed.

Nintendo outlined the following as problems it intended to fix with today’s patch:

Sensor Tower has another report on Mario Kart Tour’s performance. One of the main highlights: the mobile game has seen 90 million unique downloads in its first week, and it’s by far Nintendo’s fastest mobile game launch in its history.

The next closest game is Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp, which saw 14.3 million downloads in its first week. Super Mario Run also had 13 million downloads when it initially came out.

Mario Kart Tour has kicked off Part 2 of the New York Tour. Players will find that ranking-eligible cups have changed and new Challenges have been added. Yoshi has been included as the featured tour gift, though you can also obtain Metal Mario through the Gold Pass.

In other Mario Kart Tour news, the Second Pipe is now live as well. Mario (Musician) is featured, whose special skill is Double Bob-ombs. The Blue Badwagon kart, which increases points earned for Mini-Turbos and the Bullet Bill Parachute, which increases your chances of getting the Bullet Bill item from Item Boxes are available.

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Earlier today, we heard that Mario Kart Tour had been downloaded over 20 million times. That number has already climbed to 20 million, based on a Sensor Tower report. Mario Kart Tour installs are almost triple those of Super Mario Run, which was Nintendo’s previous record holder for mobile launch downloads.

Additionally, player spending has already topped $1 million globally. That’s roughly 25 percent of Nintendo’s best performing title on mobile during its launch day, Fire Emblem Heroes, which earned about $4.3 million.

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