Mario Kart Tour’s next event will be the Halloween tour, Nintendo has announced, ahead of the release of Luigi’s Mansion 3 on October 31.
The event will start on October 22 at 11:00pm PT (or 7am Oct 23 in the UK) and add Halloween-themed content including the Luigi’s Mansion course (DS) and the Luigi driver. The tour will run for two weeks.
UPDATE:Nintendohas confirmed theMario Kart Tour Halloween event will add at least six new characters, three new courses and Time Trials.
It’s likely the Halloween tour will also add some of the known upcoming drivers King Boo, Baby Luigi and Waluigi.
The mobile racer’s tours are fortnightly events which add a new course and unlockable content, often based on a real world location such as London, Tokyo and Paris.
The game’s first tour event was based on New York City, with players able to unlock Pauline fromSuper Mario Odysseyand a New York-themed kart and New York-themed glider which will only be available during the two-week event.
Mario Kart Tour’s Tokyo eventwent live on October 9, adding 14 new characters, more than five new courses and a significant number of new karts and gliders.
Mario Kart Tour launched on September 25 andbroke records with 90 million downloads in its first week, although the feat was soon surpassed byCall of Duty Mobile, whichachieved 100 million week one downloads following its October 1 release.
Mario Kart Tour is expected tointroduce online multiplayer in a future update.
