Bowser vs. DK Tour

Bowser vs. DK Tour
Start date	May 4, 2021; 11:00 p.m. (PT)
End date	May 18, 2021; 10:59 p.m. (PT)
Number of cups	12
Ranked cups	Dry Bowser Cup (week 1); Funky Kong Cup (week 2)
Coin Rush course	DS Airship Fortress
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The Bowser vs. DK Tour, also known as Bowser vs. Donkey Kong Tour, was the forty-third tour of Mario Kart Tour, which began on May 5, 2021 and ended on May 18, 2021. This tour was the third to feature a Team Rally event, pitting Team Bowser against Team Donkey Kong. This was the first tour in the game that did not introduce any new drivers. It was also the first tour since the Jungle Tour twenty-five tours prior to not introduce any course variants or new courses, and the second tour after the Snow Tour to have two special pipes. Starting from this tour to the 2022 Mario vs. Luigi Tour before they were removed in the Battle Tour, all Team Rally tours have two special pipes named corresponding to the teams, and players that select the losing team of the rally will get a badge similar to the one received for selecting the winning team, but with a silver outline instead of a gold one.

This tour's Coin Rush course was DS Airship Fortress, which was reused from the Pirate Tour. The menu's background featured the airships from Airship Fortress as the landmark for this tour, which was also reused from the Pirate Tour. The Funky Kong Cup also debuted in this tour (the first new cup since the Sunset Tour thirteen tours prior), though Funky Kong had already been available since the Jungle Tour and was no longer tour-exclusive starting from the 2021 Cat Tour.

Team Bowser, who ended with 67% of Team Tokens, won this Team Rally event. The title screen of the game was changed to one featuring the team's victory, only in the Wedding Tour.

The fifth set of Expert Challenges was made available at the start of this tour, which then ended in the 2021 Los Angeles Tour.

Starting from this tour, Penguin Luigi, Dixie Kong, and Nabbit are now available in regular tour pipes, including the All-Clear Pipe.

Spotlights[edit]

Drivers	Karts	Gliders	Drivers	Karts	Gliders
Bowser vs. DK Pipe 1 May 4, 2021, 11:00 p.m. (PT) – May 18, 2021 10:59 p.m. (PT)			Bowser vs. DK Pipe 2 May 11, 2021, 11:00 p.m. (PT) – May 18, 2021, 10:59 p.m. (PT)


Dry Bowser (×2) and Funky Kong (×2)	Inferno Flyer and Rambi Runner	Dragon Wings and Tropical Glider	Cat Peach and Cat Toad	Cat Cruiser and Head Honcho	Black Toe-Bean Balloons and Calico Parafoil

Special pipes[edit]

Drivers	Drivers
Team Bowser Pipe May 8, 2021, 11:00 p.m. (PT) – May 18, 2021, 10:59 p.m. (PT)	Team Donkey Kong Pipe May 8, 2021, 11:00 p.m. (PT) – May 18, 2021, 10:59 p.m. (PT)


King Bob-omb, Waluigi (Bus Driver), Wario (Cowboy), Shy Guy (Pastry Chef), King Boo (Luigi's Mansion), Bowser Jr. (Pirate), Peach (Wedding), and Lakitu (Party Time)	Toadette (Explorer), Penguin Luigi, Dixie Kong, Mario (Chef), Toad (Party Time), Pauline (Party Time), Daisy (Fairy), and Donkey Kong Jr. (SNES)

Names in other languages

Team Bowser Pipe

Language	Name	Meaning	Note(s)	Ref.
Japanese	チームクッパドカン Chīmu Kuppa Dokan	Team Bowser Pipe		^[2]
German	Team-Bowser-Röhre	Team Bowser Pipe		^[?]

Team Donkey Kong Pipe

Language	Name	Meaning	Note(s)	Ref.
Japanese	チームドンキーコングドカン Chīmu Donkī Kongu Dokan	Team Donkey Kong Pipe		^[3]
German	Team-DK-Röhre	Team DK Pipe		^[?]

Cups[edit]

Dry Bowser Cup Ranked cup (week 1)	DS Airship Fortress T	2,600	GCN Dino Dino Jungle	1,400	Wii Maple Treeway	1,900	Ring Race
		3,900		2,100		2,800	DS Waluigi Pinball	Baby Peach
		5,200		2,800		3,700		15
		6,500		3,500		4,700		23
		12,900		6,900		9,300		32
Toad Cup	GBA Bowser's Castle 2	1,800	3DS Rosalina's Ice World	1,600	Wii DK Summit T	2,000	Time Trial
		2,900		2,500		3,000	DS Airship Fortress	Luigi
		3,800		3,300		4,100		2:15.00
		4,800		4,200		5,100		2:05.00
		9,200		8,000		9,800		1:53.00
Funky Kong Cup Ranked cup (week 2)	N64 Royal Raceway R	1,600	SNES Vanilla Lake 1T	1,200	SNES Donut Plains 2T	1,700	Glider Challenge
		2,500		2,000		2,800	SNES Mario Circuit 3	Diddy Kong
		3,400		2,700		3,700		150
		4,300		3,300		4,600		300
		7,900		6,200		8,600		450
Yoshi Cup	GBA Bowser's Castle 2R	1,600	GCN Dino Dino Jungle R	1,400	DS Airship Fortress	1,500	Smash Small Dry Bones
		2,600		2,400		2,500	Wii Maple Treeway	Yoshi
		3,500		3,200		3,400		7
		4,400		4,000		4,300		15
		7,900		7,200		7,700		20
Birdo Cup	Wii DK Summit R	1,500	SNES Donut Plains 2R	1,500

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Bowser vs. DK Tour

Start date	May 4, 2021 11:00 p.m. (PT)^[1]
End date	May 18, 2021 10:59 p.m. (PT)^[1]
Number of cups	12
Ranked cups	Dry Bowser Cup (week 1) Funky Kong Cup (week 2)
Coin Rush course	DS Airship Fortress
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