New Year's Tour

New Year's Tour
Start date	December 31, 2019 10:00 p.m. (PT)
End date	January 14, 2020 9:59 p.m. (PT)
Number of cups	18
Ranked cups	Lakitu Cup (week 1) Diddy Kong Cup (week 2)
Coin Rush course	Tokyo Blur 2
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The New Year's Tour was the eighth tour of Mario Kart Tour that began on January 1, 2020 and ended on January 14, 2020. The tour celebrated the new year of 2020 and featured Mario in a happi and Toad in a celebratory costume as spotlight characters. Similar to the festive trees in the previous three tours, kadomatsu were added throughout many of the courses; hitting one with an item during a race granted "Happy New Year!" bonus points. The 10 daily log-in bonuses for this tour rewarded the player with 5 rubies each day, for a total of 50 rubies. The menu's background featured Mount Fuji, the Tokyo Tower, and Kaminarimon as landmarks for this tour.

Spotlights

Week 1 December 31, 2019, 10:00 p.m. (PT) – January 14, 2020, 9:59 p.m. (PT)			Week 2 January 7, 2020, 10:00 p.m. (PT) – January 14, 2020, 9:59 p.m. (PT)
Driver	Kart	Glider	Driver	Kart	Glider
Mario (Happi)	Quickshaw	New Year's Kite	Toad (Party Time)	Glam Bruiser	Fireworks Parachute

Cups

Mario Cup	Tokyo Blur 2	1,000	SNES Mario Circuit 1	900	3DS Cheep Cheep Lagoon	1,100	Ready, Set, Rocket Start
		1,500		1,400		1,700	SNES Mario Circuit 1	Toad
		1,700		1,800		2,100		10
		2,200		2,200		2,600		20
		5,000		4,500		5,300		40
Yoshi Cup	SNES Mario Circuit 3	1,000	GCN Yoshi Circuit	1,100	3DS Shy Guy Bazaar	1,400	Ring Race
		1,700		1,800		2,500	GCN Dino Dino Jungle	Yoshi
		2,100		2,300		3,200		10
		2,700		3,000		4,000		25
		5,000		5,300		6,900		34
Baby Rosalina Cup	SNES Mario Circuit 1	900	GCN Dino Dino Jungle	1,400	3DS Rainbow Road	1,700	Break Item Boxes
		1,600		2,600		2,900	Tokyo Blur 2	Mario (Hakama)
		2,000		3,400		3,600		5
		2,600		4,300		4,900		12
		4,300		6,900		8,500		23
Lakitu Cup Ranked cup (week 1)	3DS Shy Guy Bazaar	1,300	Tokyo Blur 2T	1,500	DS Luigi's Mansion	1,100	Combo Attack
		2,600		2,600		2,200	SNES Mario Circuit 1T	Lakitu
		3,400		3,200		3,000		3
		4,300		4,300		3,800		10
		6,600		7,300		5,600		18
Koopa Troopa Cup	GCN Yoshi Circuit	1,100	3DS Cheep Cheep Lagoon R	1,100	SNES Mario Circuit 3	1,100	Do Jump Boosts
		2,100		2,200		2,300	DS Luigi's Mansion	Koopa Troopa
		2,800		3,000		3,100		5
		3,600		3,800		3,900		9
		5,300		5,500		5,600		15
Diddy Kong Cup Ranked cup (week 2)	Tokyo Blur 2R	1,000	GCN Dino Dino Jungle R	1,400	DS Waluigi Pinball	1,300	Big Reverse Race
		2,200		2,700		2,700	3DS Neo Bowser City	Any character
		2,900		3,400		3,600		50cc
		3,700		4,700		4,600		100cc
		5,200		7,200		6,300		150cc
Peach Cup	SNES Mario Circuit 1R	1,100	DS Luigi's Mansion R	1,400	GCN Yoshi Circuit R	1,400	Steer Clear of Obstacles
		2,300		2,700		2,900	Tokyo Blur 2	Peach (Kimono)
		3,000		3,500		4,000		1
		3,900		4,700		5,100		2
		5,300		7,100		6,800		3
Roy Cup	3DS Cheep Cheep Lagoon	1,100	Tokyo Blur 2	1,100	GCN Dino Dino Jungle R	1,500	Vs. Mega Larry1
		2,400		2,500		3,000	SNES Mario Circuit 2	Any character
		3,200		3,400		3,900		50cc
		4,100		4,300		5,200		100cc
		5,400		5,700		7,600		150cc
Luigi Cup	DS Waluigi Pinball	1,200	DS Luigi's Mansion T	1,300	3DS Rainbow Road R	2,000	Goomba Takedown
		2,700		3,000		3,900	3DS Cheep Cheep Lagoon	Luigi
		3,700		4,100		5,100		20
		4,800		5,200		6,900		40
		6,200		6,700		9,800		75
Morton Cup	GCN Dino Dino Jungle	1,500	SNES Mario Circuit 3R	1,200	Tokyo Blur 2T	1,600	Smash Small Dry Bones
		3,000		2,700		3,300	SNES Mario Circuit 2	Morton
		3,900		3,700		4,300		3
		5,200		4,700		5,800		8
		7,400		6,000		8,100		12
Rosalina Cup	3DS Rainbow Road	1,800	SNES Mario Circuit 1T	1,400	3DS Cheep Cheep Lagoon R	1,300	Ring Race
		3,700		3,200		2,900	3DS Shy Guy Bazaar	Rosalina
		4,700		4,300		4,000		20
		6,400		5,500		5,100		30
		8,900		6,900		6,300		50
Iggy Cup	DS Luigi's Mansion	1,200	Tokyo Blur 2R/T	1,600	DS Waluigi Pinball R	1,500	Break Item Boxes
		2,800		3,400		3,100	GCN Yoshi Circuit	Dry Bowser
		3,800		4,400		4,000		5
		4,900		5,900		5,400		12
		6,000		8,100		7,400		23
Daisy Cup	3DS Shy Guy Bazaar T	1,800	3DS Cheep Cheep Lagoon T	1,600	GCN Yoshi Circuit T	1,500	Glider Challenge
		3,800		3,400		3,200	Tokyo Blur 2	Mario (Hakama)
		4,900		4,400		4,100		150
		6,600		6,000		5,600		300
		9,000		8,100		7,500		440
Wario Cup	DS Waluigi Pinball T	1,700	SNES Mario Circuit 2R/T	1,800	Tokyo Blur 2R	1,300	Combo Attack
		3,600		3,800		3,100	GCN Dino Dino Jungle T	Wario
		4,700		5,000		4,200		5
		6,300		6,700		5,400		12
		8,500		9,000		8,500		20
Bowser Cup	3DS Shy Guy Bazaar R	1,700	3DS Toad Circuit R/T	1,600	GCN Dino Dino Jungle T	2,000	Time Trial
		3,600		3,500		4,200	DS Waluigi Pinball	Dry Bones
		4,700		4,600		5,500		3:00.00
		6,400		6,200		7,500		2:35.00
		8,500		8,200		9,800		2:02.00
Birdo Cup	SNES Mario Circuit 3T	1,500	3DS Rainbow Road T	2,300	3DS Neo Bowser City R/T	1,800	Goomba Takedown
		3,200		5,000		3,900	GCN Yoshi Circuit	Birdo
		4,200		6,500		5,200		25
		5,600		8,800		7,000		45
		7,400		11,500		9,100		75
Metal Mario Cup	SNES Mario Circuit 2R/T	1,900	GCN Yoshi Circuit T	1,700	DS Luigi's Mansion T	1,700	Do Jump Boosts
		4,200		3,600		3,600	3DS Rainbow Road	Metal Mario
		5,500		4,700		4,700		20
		7,400		6,400		6,400		32
		9,600		8,300		8,300		44
Pauline Cup	3DS Toad Circuit R/T	1,900	3DS Neo Bowser City R/T	2,000	Tokyo Blur 2R/T	2,100	Vs. Mega Donkey Kong
		4,200		4,500		4,600	Tokyo Blur 2	Any character
		5,500		5,900		6,000		50cc
		7,500		8,000		8,100		100cc
		9,600		10,200		10,400		150cc

¹ - Despite Larry being the opponent, the image erroneously shows Lemmy instead.

Signature kart sets

In every cup, the driver which the cup is themed about is a three or two star item on that course. The driver, and their specific kart and glider are bumped up one tier. This item sometimes changes between tours. This is the last tour where a kart and glider get bumped up.

Cup	Character	Kart	Glider
Second course of every cup
Third course of every cup

Rewards

Gold cells indicate rewards exclusive to Gold Pass members.

67	84	120	167	200	233	288
Bob-omb Parafoil	Morton	Gold Blooper	Bullet Blaster	Gold Koopa (Freerunning)	Iggy	Baby Mario Hanafuda

Grand Stars		39	52	67	84	99	108	120	135	150	167	184	200	218	233	250	262	275	288	300	313	330	340	350	360	370	Total	Grand total
Coin			100			100			100			100			100		100							100	100	100	900	2400
		300						300			300			300				300									1500
Rubies		5			3			3			3			3					3		3		3				26	58
		5	3	3		3	3		3	3		3	3		3												32
Item tickets				3			3			3			3			3											15	55
			5														5				10	10	10				40
Star tickets					2																						2	5
																3											3
Quick tickets																											0	2
				1								1															2
Point-boost tickets														3						3							6	10
							1				3																4
													3						3								6	10
						1				3																	4
												3						3									6	10
					1				3																		4
Level-boost ticket																											3	12
																											9

Challenges

Tour Challenges 1				Tour Challenges 2				Gold Challenges
Completion reward: Quick ticket ×1				Completion reward: Coin Rush ticket ×1				Completion reward: Rubies ×5
Do 3 Rocket Starts.	Collect a total of 100 coins.	Land 10 hits with Bananas.		Do 20 Jump Boosts.	Land 5 hits with Red Shells.	Hit a kadomatsu with an item 5 times.		Do 20 Ultra Mini-Turbo boosts.	Use a Bullet Bill 3 times.	Get 1st place in a 200cc race 3 times.
Use Lightning.	Earn a score of 8,000 or higher on a T course.	Get 1st place in a race 3 times in a row.		Earn a score of 6,000 or higher using a Koopaling driver.	Land 10 hits on opponents with Bob-ombs using a driver with a mustache.	Take out 5 Sidesteppers.		Land 3 hits with Green Shells in a single race.	Earn a score of 9,000 or higher using a driver with a hat.	Cause an opponent to crash while gliding.
Earn a score of 5,000 or higher using a driver wearing gloves.	Take out 3 Thwomps.	Hit a kadomatsu with an item 3 times in a single race.		Pick up 5 dropped Mushrooms using a driver with a ribbon.	Get a Fantastic combo a total of 10 times.	Clear all of the cups in the New Year's Tour.		Land 5 hits with fireballs.	Get 1st place without crashing.	Glide a total distance of 5,000.

Initial pipe appearance rates

During the New Year's Tour, the amounts of the various items were changed:

Items obtained from a new pipe during the New Year's Tour
Item	Normal			Super			High-End			Featured High-End
	Character	Kart	Glider	Character	Kart	Glider	Character	Kart	Glider	Character	Kart	Glider
Amount	31	25	15	9	7	4	2	2	2	1	1	1

New Year's Pipe 1

Class	Parts	Rate (each)
High-End spotlight driver	Mario (Happi)	1.0000%
High-End spotlight kart	Quickshaw	1.0000%
High-End spotlight glider	New Year's Kite	1.0000%
High-End drivers	Pauline, Mario (Hakama), Peach (Kimono), Mario (Musician), King Boo (Luigi's Mansion), Rosalina (Halloween), Toad (Party Time), Pauline (Party Time)	0.2500%
High-End karts	Yellow Taxi, Kabuki Dasher, Trickster, Blue Badwagon, Ghost Ride, Platinum Taxi, Glam Bruiser	0.2857%
High-End gliders	Bullet Bill Parachute, Purple Oilpaper Umbrella, Full Flight, Rainy Balloons, Wicked Wings, Fare Flier, Crimson Crane, New Year's 2020, Fireworks Parachute	0.2222%
Super drivers	Donkey Kong, Toad, Bowser, Luigi, Mario, Peach, Yoshi, Daisy, Lakitu, King Boo, Toadette, Bowser Jr., Waluigi, Wario, Rosalina, Birdo, Diddy Kong, Red Yoshi, Black Shy Guy, Toad (Pit Crew), Red Koopa (Freerunning)	0.4286%
Super karts	Zucchini, Daytripper, Mach 8, Cloud 9, Soda Jet, Koopa Clown, Poltergust 4000, Royale, Barrel Train, Turbo Yoshi, Flame Flyer, Para-Wing, Super Blooper, Turbo Birdo, Streamliner, DK Jumbo, Red Turbo Yoshi	0.4118%
Super gliders	Flower Glider, Peach Parasol, BaNaNa Parafoil, Bob-omb Parafoil, Wario Wing, Oilpaper Umbrella, Shell Parachute, Lightning Oilpaper, Pink Flower Glider, Waluigi Wing	0.4000%
Normal drivers	Koopa Troopa, Shy Guy, Dry Bones, Baby Daisy, Baby Luigi, Baby Mario, Baby Peach, Baby Rosalina, Iggy, Larry, Lemmy, Ludwig, Morton, Roy, Wendy	2.0667%
Normal karts	Birthday Girl, Landship, Bullet Blaster, Mushmellow, Biddybuggy, Pipe Frame, Pipe Buggy, Cheep Charger, Koopa Dasher	2.7778%
Normal gliders	Super Glider, Paper Glider, Parachute, Parafoil, Piston Glider, Droplet Glider, BBIA Parafoil, Piranha Plant Parafoil, Minion Paper Glider	1.6667%

New Year's Pipe 2

Class	Parts	Rate (each)
High-End spotlight driver	Toad (Party Time)	1.0000%
High-End spotlight kart	Glam Bruiser	1.0000%
High-End spotlight glider	Fireworks Parachute	1.0000%
High-End drivers	Pauline, Mario (Hakama), Peach (Kimono), Mario (Musician), Mario (Happi), King Boo (Luigi's Mansion), Rosalina (Halloween), Pauline (Party Time)	0.2500%
High-End karts	Quickshaw, Yellow Taxi, Kabuki Dasher, Trickster, Blue Badwagon, Ghost Ride, Platinum Taxi	0.2857%
High-End gliders	Bullet Bill Parachute, Purple Oilpaper Umbrella, Full Flight, Rainy Balloons, Wicked Wings, Fare Flier, Crimson Crane, New Year's 2020, New Year's Kite	0.2222%
Super drivers	Donkey Kong, Toad, Bowser, Luigi, Mario, Peach, Yoshi, Daisy, Lakitu, King Boo, Toadette, Bowser Jr., Waluigi, Wario, Rosalina, Birdo, Diddy Kong, Red Yoshi, Black Shy Guy, Toad (Pit Crew), Red Koopa (Freerunning)	0.4286%
Super karts	Zucchini, Daytripper, Mach 8, Cloud 9, Soda Jet, Koopa Clown, Poltergust 4000, Royale, Barrel Train, Turbo Yoshi, Flame Flyer, Para-Wing, Super Blooper, Turbo Birdo, Streamliner, DK Jumbo, Red Turbo Yoshi	0.4118%
Super gliders	Flower Glider, Peach Parasol, BaNaNa Parafoil, Bob-omb Parafoil, Wario Wing, Oilpaper Umbrella, Shell Parachute, Lightning Oilpaper, Pink Flower Glider, Waluigi Wing	0.4000%
Normal drivers	Koopa Troopa, Shy Guy, Dry Bones, Baby Daisy, Baby Luigi, Baby Mario, Baby Peach, Baby Rosalina, Iggy, Larry, Lemmy, Ludwig, Morton, Roy, Wendy	2.0667%
Normal karts	Birthday Girl, Landship, Bullet Blaster, Mushmellow, Biddybuggy, Pipe Frame, Pipe Buggy, Cheep Charger, Koopa Dasher	2.7778%
Normal gliders	Super Glider, Paper Glider, Parachute, Parafoil, Piston Glider, Droplet Glider, BBIA Parafoil, Piranha Plant Parafoil, Minion Paper Glider	1.6667%

Profiles

• Mario Kart Tour Twitter:
  • "The first tour of 2020 is the aptly named New Year's Tour! And it starts Dec. 31, 10 PM PT!"
  • "New year, new tour...and a new Log-In Bonus! Start 2020 off right with the New Year's Log-In Bonus. You can get up to 50 rubies just by logging in! Here's a challenge to start the new year off with: try to find all six Yoshis hidden in this picture!"
  • "Thanks for racing in the New Year's Tour, the very first of 2020! This tour may be coming to a close, but the year is just getting started. The Ice Tour starts Jan. 14, 10 PM PT! Are you ready for some heated wintertime battles?"

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ニューイヤーツアー Nyū Iyā Tsuā	New Year Tour
French	Saison du nouvel an	New Year's Season
Italian	Tour di Capodanno	New Year's Tour
Portuguese (NOA)	Temporada de Ano-Novo	New Year Season
Chinese (Simplified)	新年巡回赛 Xīnnián Xúnhuísài	New Year Tour
Chinese (Traditional)	新年巡迴賽 Xīnnián Xúnhuísài	New Year Tour