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Nintendo has just announced the next event coming to Mario Kart Tour, that being the brand-new Exploration Tour. As per usual, this Tour will feature new driver and kart elements and a new Mii Racing Suit, but the main highlight here is a brand-new track, Piranha Plant Cove. This track was teased earlier today and features large underwater temples for racers to drive through.

Nintendo has put out a couple of trailers for the new Tour and Mii Racing Suit, which you can watch below.

Mario Kart Tour Plant Cove track

Mario Kart Tour is set to receive a brand new course known as Plant Cove, Nintendo has announced. This track has never appeared in the series previously.

Nintendo provided a first look a the course today, pictured above. It obviously has a water theme going on, but we only have a glimpse for now. We do know that it will be featured in the Exploration Tour on February 7 at 10 PM PT / February 8 at 1 AM ET. Full details about the event have not yet been provided.

Now that the Space Tour is wrapping up, a Winter Tour has just been announced to be coming to Mario Kart Tour. This Tour will feature new Driver and Kart elements, a new layout to the Singapore Speedway course, and will introduce a new lion-themed Mii Racing Suit.

We have a couple of trailers showcasing both the Winter Tour and new Mii Racing Suit below.

With the New Year’s Tour wrapping up, Mario Kart Tour has announced that the Space Tour will be the next event coming to the game. On top of providing various new space-themed drivers and kart elements, this Tour will also introduce the Wii Rainbow Road course to the game. Wave 23 of Mii Racing Suits will also become available, offering players the chance to obtain a Purple Mii Racing Suit.

You can watch trailers showing off the Space Tour and new Mii Racing Suit below.

Now that the Holiday Tour is wrapping up, the New Year’s Tour has been announced as the next tour coming to Mario Kart Tour. This Tour will provide new kart elements and R/T variants of several existing tracks. Wave 22 of Mii Racing Suits will also become available, providing players the opportunity to obtain a Black Mii Racing Suit.

You can watch trailers showing off the New Year’s Tour and next wave of Mii Racing Suits below.

Mario Kart Tour Holiday Tour

Nintendo has announced a Holiday Tour as the next major event for Mario Kart Tour. This is set to go live in the mobile game on December 14, 2022.

Obviously the main attraction here is that Mario Kart Tour is getting into the holiday spirit. You can see what’s planned for the event in the trailer below.

Mario Kart Tour Peach vs. Bowser Tour

A new event is heading to Mario Kart Tour – specifically the Peach vs. Bowser Tour which has users choosing between the two sides. This is set to go live on November 29, 2022.

The main highlight here is the inclusion of Peach Gardens from Mario Kart DS. As many Mario Kart 8 Deluxe fans know, he same course will be going live in the Switch game as part of the next wave of the Booster Course Pass.

Mario Kart Tour has announced that the next Tour coming to the game will be an Animal Tour. The Tour will feature a new returning course, GCN DK Mountain, as well as a number of new driver and kart elements, including a version of Luigi using the Super Leaf power-up. 

Wave 19 of Mii Racing Suits will also be made available, with this wave consisting of one suit based on the cows from fan-favorite course Moo Moo Meadows.

You can watch trailers showcasing the new Animal Tour and Moo Moo Mii Racing Suit below.

Mario Kart Tour update 3.1.0

The latest Mario Kart Tour update has started distribution, with Nintendo going live with version 3.1.0.

Adjustments have been implemented in various areas, including Battles which now shows the number of players remaining and number of balloons popped. Several issues have also been addressed.

The full patch notes for the Mario Kart Tour version 3.1.0 update are as follows:

Mario Kart Tour has shown off the next Tour coming to the game, that being the Autumn Tour which will put a focus North American city tracks.

Asides from the usual new driver and kart elements, the highlights of this Tour will be a new variant of the Vancouver Velocity track and a battle course based on the New York Minute track. A new Mii Racing Suit will also be added to the game

Here are a couple of trailers showcasing the upcoming Autumn Tour and new Mii Racing Suit:


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