Mario vs. Luigi Tour (2023)
| Mario vs. Luigi Tour | |
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| Start date | See § Occurrence Tour |
| End date | See § Occurrence Tour |
| Number of cups | 15 |
| Ranked cups | Mario Cup (week 1) Luigi Cup (week 2) |
| Coin Rush course | GCN Waluigi Stadium |
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The Mario vs. Luigi Tour was a tour of Mario Kart Tour. It originally occurred from June 14, 2023 through June 27, 2023 as the game's ninety-eighth tour, being rerun in the subsequent years.
This tour pitted Team Mario and Team Luigi against each other for the third time after the 2020 and 2022 Team Rally tours. This tour marked the longest gap between two Team Rally tours, as the previous one, the November–December 2022 Peach vs. Bowser Tour, occurred fourteen tours prior. It was also the first Team Rally of 2023 (though it was the second tour of 2023 to feature special tokens, the first being the 2023 Mii Tour).
This tour debuted three classic courses: Mario Raceway from Mario Kart 64, Luigi Circuit from Mario Kart: Super Circuit, and Waluigi Stadium from Mario Kart: Double Dash!!. It was the first tour since the 2023 Winter Tour to debut three courses simultaneously, and was the first tour since the 2019 Halloween Tour to debut three classic courses together. It was also the first tour since the 2022 Sundae Tour where two variants of the same course are in the same cup, as well as the first tour to feature a cup that only contains SNES courses; in this case, the Baby Peach Cup and its bonus challenge.
Like the 2023 Mario Tour, all Mario Circuits available in the game at the time of the tour made an appearance, except RMX Mario Circuit 1. All courses introduced in that tour also made their first reappearances in this tour. SNES Ghost Valley 1 also made its first appearance since the 2022 Halloween Tour.
As of this tour, every Lightning Cup course from Mario Kart: Super Circuit has appeared in Mario Kart Tour, making it the second cup in the series consisting of only new courses to have all of its courses appear in Mario Kart Tour (the first being the Mushroom Cup from Mario Kart 7, which had all of its courses debut in the New York Tour).
The Coin Rush course for this tour was GCN Waluigi Stadium. The menu's background featured the grandstand, hot air balloon, and rotating sign from N64 Mario Raceway as the landmarks for this tour.
This was the first tour to only include one of each of the Battle Courses included in a given tour, as all previous tours had two of each.
This was the last tour to feature the thirteenth set of Expert Challenges, which started in the 2023 Yoshi Tour.
Team Mario would once again win the Team Rally with 52% of team tokens in the initial run, thus obtaining its third win, tied with Team Peach. In the first rerun, Team Mario won again with 59% of team tokens, obtaining its fourth win. In the second rerun, Team Mario won again with 60% of team tokens, obtaining its fifth win. In the third and final rerun, which also served as the final Team Rally overall, Team Mario won once more with 63% of team tokens, obtaining its sixth and final win and leaving Team Luigi without a single win.
This was the final tour to introduce a new N64 and GCN classic course.
Occurrences[edit]
Tour[edit]
The tour ran the following periods:
- June 13, 2023, 11:00 p.m. PT – June 27, 2023, 10:59 p.m. PT[1] (as the 98th tour)
- June 11, 2024, 11:00 p.m. PT – June 25, 2024, 10:59 p.m. PT[2] (as the 124th tour)
- June 10, 2025, 11:00 p.m. PT – June 24, 2025, 10:59 p.m. PT[3] (as the 150th tour)
- June 9, 2026, 11:00 p.m. PT – June 23, 2026, 10:59 p.m. PT[4] (as the 176th tour)
Week 1[edit]
The first week ran the following periods:
- June 13, 2023, 11:00 p.m. PT – June 20, 2023, 10:59 p.m. PT
- June 11, 2024, 11:00 p.m. PT – June 18, 2024, 10:59 p.m. PT
- June 10, 2025, 11:00 p.m. PT – June 17, 2025, 10:59 p.m. PT
- June 9, 2026, 11:00 p.m. PT – June 16, 2026, 10:59 p.m. PT
Week 2[edit]
The second week ran the following periods:
- June 20, 2023, 11:00 p.m. PT – June 27, 2023, 10:59 p.m. PT
- June 18, 2024, 11:00 p.m. PT – June 25, 2024, 10:59 p.m. PT
- June 17, 2025, 11:00 p.m. PT – June 24, 2025, 10:59 p.m. PT
- June 16, 2026, 11:00 p.m. PT – June 23, 2026, 10:59 p.m. PT
Spotlight Shop[edit]
| Week 1/2 banner items See § Occurrence Tour | ||||
| Item type | Name | Cost | Contents | Banner image |
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| Kart | Silver Warrior Wagon | 70  rubies for 1st purchase;100 rubies for 2nd and 3rd purchases respectively |
 Silver Warrior Wagon ×1 |
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| Black Shielded Speedster | 70 rubies for 1st purchase; 100 rubies for 2nd and 3rd purchases respectively |
 Black Shielded Speedster ×1 |
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| Week 1 banner items See § Occurrence Week 1 | ||||
| Item type | Name | Cost | Contents | Banner image |
| Driver | Mario (Samurai) | 105 rubies for 1st purchase; 150 rubies for 2nd and 3rd purchases respectively |
 Mario (Samurai) ×1 |
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| Kart | Warrior Wagon | 70 rubies for 1st purchase; 100 rubies for 2nd and 3rd purchases respectively |
 Warrior Wagon ×1 |
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| Week 2 banner items See § Occurrence Week 2 | ||||
| Item type | Name | Cost | Contents | Banner image |
| Driver | Luigi (Knight) | 105 rubies for 1st purchase; 150 rubies for 2nd and 3rd purchases respectively |
 Luigi (Knight) ×1 |
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| Kart | Shielded Speedster | 70 rubies for 1st purchase; 100 rubies for 2nd and 3rd purchases respectively |
 Shielded Speedster ×1 |
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Daily Spotlight[edit]
The Daily Spotlight contains a mixture of items themed around the tour, items that have ranked tracks as favorites, and gold items. The rates listed are specific for that type of item; drivers, karts, and gliders are selected separately. Items marked with an asterisk (*) do not appear in the Daily Spotlight during the week they are available as Spotlight Shop banner items.
Initial run (2023)[edit]
Reruns (2024-2026)[edit]
Cups[edit]
 Mario Cup Ranked cup (week 1) |
 N64 Mario Raceway |
 800
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 DS Mario Circuit T |
1,200
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 N64 Mario Raceway R/T |
1,300
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Goomba Takedown | |
| 1,200
|
1,800
|
2,000
|
 SNES Mario Circuit 3 |
Mario | ||||
| 1,400
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2,100
|
2,300
|
15
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| 1,600
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2,400
|
2,700
|
25
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| 1,800
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2,700
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3,000
|
35
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 Mii Cup |
 3DS Mario Circuit |
1,000
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 SNES Mario Circuit 1T |
600
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 SNES Ghost Valley 1T |
900
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Ring Race | |
| 1,500
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1,000
|
1,400
|
 GCN Waluigi Stadium |
Toadette | ||||
| 1,800
|
1,100
|
1,700
|
15
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| 2,000
|
1,300
|
1,900
|
20
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| 2,400
|
1,500
|
2,200
|
27
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 Luigi Cup Ranked cup (week 2) |
 GBA Luigi Circuit T |
1,300
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 N64 Luigi Raceway |
1,500
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 GCN Waluigi Stadium T |
1,700
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Big Reverse Race vs. 100 | |
| 2,100
|
2,300
|
2,700
|
 N64 Mario Raceway |
Peach | ||||
| 2,400
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2,700
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3,100
|
80th
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| 2,800
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