Mario Kart Tour’s Tokyo event has gone live, adding some 14 new characters, more than five new courses and a significant number of new karts and gliders.
The Tokyo tour runs for two weeks, until October 23 (or 22 in PDT), and introduces a new track based on Tokyo, three retro courses and Japan-themed Mario and Peach variants.
New characters include Wario, Rosalina, Lakitu and the Koopa Kids.
The new retro tracks are Kalimari Desert (N64), Neo Bowser City (3DS), Mario Circuit (3DS), Mario Circuit 2 (SNES) and Rainbow Road (SNES).
The update also adds two Special Skill items; Mario (Hakama)’s Coin Box and Rosalina and Ludwig’s Dash Ring.
Kimono Peach is a Spotlight item between October 8 and October 15, while Hakama Mario enters the Spotlight on October 15 (11pm PT) until October 22. Spotlight items are guaranteed to appear within 100 uses of The Pipe, the game’s gacha-style content unlocking system.
The Tokyo tour see the end of the New York tour and its tour gifts, spotlight drivers, karts and gliders are no longer be available.Nintendosays the event will be “renovated” and appear again in the future.
