New Year's 2021 Tour

New Year's 2021 Tour
Start date	December 29, 2020 10:00 p.m. (PT)
End date	January 12, 2021 9:59 p.m. (PT)
Number of cups	12
Ranked cups	Bowser Jr. Cup (week 1) Dry Bowser Cup (week 2)
Coin Rush course	SNES Vanilla Lake 1
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The New Year's 2021 Tour was the thirty-fourth tour of Mario Kart Tour, which began on December 30, 2020 and ended on January 12, 2021. Hence the name, the tour celebrated the new year of 2021. A new remix variation of SNES Rainbow Road, called RMX Rainbow Road 2, was introduced in this tour, while the Lakitu referee in his New Year's outfit worn since the 2020 Winter Tour became a playable High-End driver in the game, alongside Pauline (Party Time) and Toad (Party Time) as the spotlight drivers for the first week. Additionally, every alternate variant of Mario (only excluding Mario (Musician) and Mario (Santa)) returned as the spotlight drivers for the second week. This tour's Coin Rush course was SNES Vanilla Lake 1, which was reused from the Ice Tour. The menu's background featured the four bouncy mushrooms from RMX Rainbow Road 2 as the landmark for this tour. This tour's trailer featured falling gold confetti during its opening splash screen.

Beginning with this tour, the Starchute is available in regular tour pipes, as well as the All-Clear Pipe.

Starting from January 1, 2021, kadomatsu were added to every course. Unlike in the 2020 New Year's Tour, hitting the kadomatsu did not award the player with points.

Similarly to the 1st Anniversary Tour, there were special bonus challenges called New Year's Challenges that awarded players with rubies upon completing a challenge.

Spotlights

New Year's 2021 Pipe 1 December 29, 2020, 10:00 p.m. (PT) – January 12, 2021, 9:59 p.m. (PT)			New Year's 2021 Pipe 2 January 5, 2021, 10:00 p.m. (PT) – January 12, 2021, 9:59 p.m. (PT)
Drivers	Karts	Gliders	Drivers
Lakitu (Party Time), Toad (Party Time), and Pauline (Party Time)	Party-Wing, Glam Bruiser, and Platinum Taxi	New Year's Kite, Fireworks Parachute, and Heart Balloons	Mario (Swimwear), Mario (Hakama), Mario (Chef), Mario (Happi), Builder Mario, Mario (SNES), Mario (Classic), Mario (Sunshine), and Mario (Halloween)

Special pipe

Gold Pipe December 31, 2020, 10:00 p.m. (PT) – January 7, 2021, 9:59 p.m. (PT)
Drivers	Karts	Gliders
Dry Bones (Gold), Dry Bowser (Gold), King Boo (Gold), and Shy Guy (Gold)	Gold Train, Gold Clanky Kart, Gold Pipe Frame, and Gold Cheep Charger	Gold Glider, Gold Swooper, Silver-and-Gold Hearts, and Gold Crane

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Note(s)	Ref.
Japanese	ゴールドドカン Gōrudo Dokan	Gold Pipe

Cups

Bowser Jr. Cup Ranked cup (week 1)	RMX Rainbow Road 2	2,000	SNES Vanilla Lake 1T	1,200	DS Waluigi Pinball	1,200	Combo Attack
		2,900		1,800		1,800	RMX Rainbow Road 1T	Wendy
		3,900		2,400		2,400		10
		4,900		3,000		3,000		15
		9,800		6,000		6,000		23
Koopa Troopa Cup	SNES Koopa Troopa Beach 2	1,200	RMX Choco Island 1	1,500	3DS Rosalina's Ice World	1,600	Smash Small Dry Bones
		1,900		2,300		2,500	GBA Sunset Wilds	Metal Mario
		2,500		3,000		3,400		4
		3,100		3,800		4,300		8
		6,000		7,300		8,200		12
Dry Bowser Cup Ranked cup (week 2)	N64 Kalimari Desert T	2,200	RMX Rainbow Road 2T	2,400	SNES Mario Circuit 2	1,100	Time Trial
		3,600		3,800		1,800	SNES Koopa Troopa Beach 2	Baby Mario
		4,800		5,100		2,400		1:50.00
		6,000		6,400		3,000		1:25.00
		10,800		11,900		5,500		1:13.00
Larry Cup	RMX Choco Island 1T	1,800	SNES Koopa Troopa Beach 2R	1,300	N64 Kalimari Desert R	1,200	Goomba Takedown
		3,000		2,100		2,000	RMX Rainbow Road 2	Iggy
		4,000		2,800		2,700		20
		5,000		3,600		3,400		40
		9,000		6,400		6,100		55
King Boo Cup	SNES Koopa Troopa Beach 2T	1,400	RMX Rainbow Road 2R	1,900	DS Airship Fortress R	1,500	Break Item Boxes
		2,400		3,300