Autumn Tour (2021)
| Autumn Tour | |
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| Start date | October 5, 2021 11:00 p.m. (PT)[1] |
| End date | October 19, 2021 10:59 p.m. (PT)[1] |
| Number of cups | 12 |
| Ranked cups | Monty Mole Cup (week 1) Shy Guy Cup (week 2) |
| Coin Rush course | GCN Dino Dino Jungle |
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The Autumn Tour was the fifty-fourth tour of Mario Kart Tour, which began on October 6, 2021, and ended on October 19, 2021. The tour introduced various Tanooki-themed items, such as marking the return of Tanooki Mario as a playable character and introducing Rosalina's Tanooki form from Super Mario 3D World as a playable variant, making this tour the first to introduce two new High-End characters since the 2021 Ninja Tour thirteen tours prior. King Boo (Luigi's Mansion) and Peach (Halloween) (who both appeared as the week 2 spotlight drivers in the previous Halloween Tours) reappeared as spotlights for the second week.
The tour's signature course was Wii Maple Treeway, and similarly to the last tour that featured this track as its signature course, the 2020 Halloween Tour, there were Jack-o'-lanterns scattered across every course except GBA Sunset Wilds, 3DS Rosalina's Ice World, 3DS Rainbow Road, their variants, and SNES Donut Plains 2R/T. While this tour did not introduce any new courses (the first since the Wedding Tour nine tours prior), it introduced the R/T variants of SNES Choco Island 1 and Wii Maple Treeway.
Starting from this tour onwards, trailers for tours are no longer released on the tour's start date but rather on the tour's announcement date, though several later tours had their trailers released several days earlier. The Coins Aplenty event gives out 500 coins per course instead of 300 coins per course as it is held only on Saturdays, while on Tuesdays, a new event called Tokens Aplenty takes place instead, where players can earn a random amount of event tokens per course on a randomly selected cup. The changes for these events were effective in the Autumn Tour and the 2021 Halloween Tour, as the Coins Aplenty event returned to 300 coins per course and held on Saturdays and Tuesdays, while Tokens Aplenty is held on Mondays.
The Autumn Celebration event began in this tour which, similarly to the Summertime Celebration event held from the 2021 Summer Tour to the Mario vs. Peach Tour, features new unique challenges, as well as upgraded rewards in the Total Points Challenge that, for the first time, includes a glider. The event lasted for three consecutive tours, ending in the Toad vs. Toadette Tour. In this tour and the tour after, the Lakitu referee wore the same Halloween outfit that he wore during the 2020 Halloween Tour.
This tour's Coin Rush course was GCN Dino Dino Jungle, which was reused from the Hammer Bro Tour. The menu's background featured the large tree from Wii Maple Treeway as the landmark of this tour, which was reused from the 2020 Halloween Tour. This tour's trailer features falling leaves during its opening splash screen.[2]
This was the last tour to feature the sixth set of Expert Challenges, which started in the Mario vs. Peach Tour.
Spotlights[edit]
| Autumn Pipe 1 October 5, 2021, 11:00 p.m. (PT) – October 19, 2021 10:59 p.m. (PT) |
Autumn Pipe 2 October 12, 2021, 11:00 p.m. (PT) – October 19, 2021 10:59 p.m. (PT) | ||||
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| Driver | Kart | Glider | Drivers | Karts | Gliders |
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| Tanooki Mario | Tanooki Kart | Tanooki Parafoil | King Boo (Luigi's Mansion) and Peach (Halloween) | Ghost Ride and Trickster | Rainy Balloons and Spider Glider |
Special pipe[edit]
| Big Ears Pipe October 9, 2021, 11:00 p.m. (PT) – October 14, 2021, 10:59 p.m. (PT) |
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| Baby Mario (Koala), Tanooki Rosalina, Nabbit, Cat Peach, and Cat Toad |
- Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Note(s) | Ref. |
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| Japanese | ミミキャラドカン Mimi Kyara Dokan | Ear Character Pipe | [3] | |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 大耳朵角色水管 Dà'ěrduo Juésè Shuǐguǎn (Mandarin) Daaihyíhdó Goksīk Séuigún (Cantonese) | Big Ear Character Pipe | [?] | |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 大耳朵角色水管 Dà'ěrduo Juésè Shuǐguǎn (Mandarin) Daaihyíhdó Goksīk Séuigún (Cantonese) | [?] | ||
| German | Ohrenspitzer-Röhre | Ear Sharpener Pipe | [?] | |
| Italian | Tubo tutt'orecchi | All-ears pipe | [?] |
Cups[edit]
 Monty Mole Cup Ranked cup (week 1) |
 Wii Maple Treeway |
 1,800
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 GBA Sunset Wilds T |
2,100
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 SNES Choco Island 1R/T |
1,800
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Ring Race | |
| 2,700
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3,100
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2,700
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 SNES Donut Plains 2 |
Toad (Pit Crew) | ||||
| 3,600
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4,200
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3,600
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12
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| 4,500
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5,200
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4,600
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20
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| 8,900
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10,400
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9,100
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28
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 Roy Cup |
 RMX Choco Island 1 |
1,400
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 N64 Kalimari Desert 2R |
1,400
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 3DS Rainbow Road |
1,700
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Smash Small Dry Bones | |
| 2,200
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2,100
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2,700
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 GCN Dino Dino Jungle |
Pauline | ||||
| 2,900
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2,900
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3,600
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7
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| 3,700
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3,600
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4,500
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12
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| 7,100
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6,900
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8,600
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17
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 Shy Guy Cup Ranked cup (week 2) |
 Wii Maple Treeway R/T |
2,300
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 SNES Ghost Valley 1R |
1,000
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 SNES Donut Plains 2R/T |
2,100
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Time Trial | |
| 3,700
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1,600
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3,400
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 RMX Ghost Valley 1 |
King Boo | ||||
| 5,000
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2,200
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4,600
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1:32.00
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| 6,300
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2,800
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5,700
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1:24.00
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| 11,600
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5,100
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10,600
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1:18.00
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 Peach Cup |
 SNES Donut Plains 1 |
1,000
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 N64 Kalimari Desert 2T |
1,500
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 RMX Ghost Valley 1T |
2,100
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Snap a Photo | |
| 1,600
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2,500
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3,500
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 Wii Maple Treeway R |
Tanooki Mario | ||||
| 2,200
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3,400
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4,800
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1
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| 2,800
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4,300
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6,000
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2
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| 5,000
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7,700
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10,700
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3
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 Kamek Cup |
 GBA Sunset Wilds |
1,300
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 Wii Maple Treeway R |
2,000
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 RMX Choco Island 1T |
1,900
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Goomba Takedown | |
| 2,200
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3,400
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3,200
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 3DS Rosalina's Ice World |
Koopa Troopa | ||||
| 2,900
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4,600
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4,400
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25
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| 3,700
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5,900
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5,500
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