Exploration Tour (2020)

Exploration Tour
Start date	July 14, 2020 11:00 p.m. (PT)
End date	July 28, 2020 10:59 p.m. (PT)
Number of cups	12
Ranked cups	Toad Cup (week 1) Toadette Cup (week 2)
Coin Rush course	N64 Choco Mountain
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The Exploration Tour was the twenty-second tour of Mario Kart Tour, which began on July 15, 2020 and ended on July 28, 2020. Due to its theme around exploration and treasure-hunting, Captain Toad and Toadette in her explorer gear from Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker were added as the new spotlight drivers of the tour, while also adding appropriately-themed kart parts such as the Clackety Kart and the Treasure Map. Choco Mountain from Mario Kart 64 reappears as the signature course of the tour since its last appearance in Mario Kart DS. This tour also featured a Heavy Hitters Pipe, a pipe that focused on heavyweight drivers, and became available on July 19, 2020 and ended on July 23, 2020. The menu's background featured the mountains from Choco Mountain as the landmark for this tour.

Starting from this tour, the Wildfire Flyer kart is available in regular tour pipes.

This tour also marks Nabbit's physical debut in the game as part of the vs. Mega Nabbit bonus challenge, after having his emblem on a badge in the Standard Challenges 1-3. Nabbit was then added as a playable character in the following tour, the Wild West Tour.

Spotlights

Exploration Pipe 1 July 14, 2020, 11:00 p.m. (PT) – July 28, 2020, 10:59 p.m. (PT)			Exploration Pipe 2 July 21, 2020, 11:00 p.m. (PT) – July 28, 2020, 10:59 p.m. (PT)
Driver	Kart	Glider	Driver	Kart	Glider
Captain Toad	Clanky Kart	Treasure Map	Toadette (Explorer)	Clackety Kart	Pink Gold Paper Glider

Special pipe

Heavy Hitters Pipe July 19, 2020, 11:00 p.m. (PT) – July 24, 2020, 10:59 p.m. (PT)
High-End spotlight drivers
Funky Kong, Dry Bowser, Wario (Hiker) and Rosalina (Aurora)
Super spotlight drivers
Donkey Kong, Bowser, Wario and Rosalina

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Note(s)	Ref.
Italian	Tubo dei colossi	Giants Pipe		[?]

Cups

Toad Cup Ranked cup (week 1)	N64 Choco Mountain	1,400	3DS Toad Circuit	1,000	SNES Mario Circuit 2T	1,400	Ring Race
		2,100		1,500		2,100	N64 Choco Mountain	Toad
		2,800		2,000		2,800		5
		3,500		2,500		3,500		15
		6,900		4,900		7,000		25
Roy Cup	SNES Koopa Troopa Beach 2R	1,200	N64 Royal Raceway R	1,600	RMX Choco Island 1	1,500	Steer Clear of Obstacles
		1,900		2,500		2,300	SNES Mario Circuit 2	Luigi
		2,500		3,300		3,100		1
		3,100		4,200		3,900		2
		6,000		8,000		7,500		3
Toadette Cup Ranked cup (week 2)	SNES Mario Circuit 3R	1,100	GCN Dino Dino Jungle	1,400	N64 Choco Mountain T	2,100	Break Item Boxes
		1,700		2,300		3,400	3DS Daisy Hills	Baby Daisy
		2,300		3,100		4,500		10
		2,900		3,800		5,700		15
		5,300		7,100		10,500		20
Lakitu Cup	DS DK Pass R	1,700	SNES Mario Circuit 2	1,100	RMX Choco Island 1R	1,300	Do Jump Boosts
		2,700		1,800		2,100	SNES Koopa Troopa Beach 2	Roy
		3,700		2,400		2,900		5
		4,600		3,000		3,600		8
		8,300		5,400		6,500		12
Larry Cup	SNES Mario Circuit 3T	1,200	N64 Choco Mountain R	1,600	DS Waluigi Pinball	1,300	Time Trial
		2,100		2,700		2,200	GCN Dino Dino Jungle	Diddy Kong
		2,800		3,700		2,900		2:35.00
		3,500		4,600		3,700		2:10.00
		6,100		8,000		6,400		1:58.00
Baby Rosalina Cup	DS DK Pass	1,500