Paris Promenade
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 View of the Eiffel Tower | |||||||||||
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| Appears in | Mario Kart Tour (2019 (1), 2020 (2), 2021 (3), 2023 (B)) Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Booster Course Pass, Wave 1) (2022) | ||||||||||
| Cup | Golden Dash Cup | ||||||||||
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Paris Promenade:
Paris Tour (2019) 1st Anniversary Tour 2nd Anniversary Tour Metropolitan Tour Spring Tour Vacation Tour Paris Promenade 2: Valentine's Tour Cat Tour (2021) 2nd Anniversary Tour Metropolitan Tour Spring Tour Vacation Tour Paris Promenade 3: Paris Tour (2021) Metropolitan Tour Summer Tour (2023) Anniversary Tour (2023) Paris Promenade B: Spring Tour Summer Tour (2023) Anniversary Tour (2023) | ||||||||||
| Based on | Paris, France | ||||||||||
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- “Bonjour, everyone! A race unlike any other is about to unfold over these historic cobblestone streets!”
- —Lakitu, Mario Kart Tour News[1]
Paris Promenade is a race course in Mario Kart Tour. It takes place in Paris, France. The course has three routes, which are called Paris Promenade, Paris Promenade 2 and Paris Promenade 3, with each route debuting in the 2019 Paris Tour, the Valentine's Tour (a nod to the city's nickname "the city of love") and the 2021 Paris Tour, respectively. A battle course version of the course named Paris Promenade B later debuted in the Spring Tour. The former two made their final appearance in the Vacation Tour while the latter two made their final appearance in the 2023 Anniversary Tour. Unlike most city courses in Mario Kart Tour, this course is very compact and is set within a very small area with all three routes overlapping each other significantly, visiting the same landmarks as a result, such as the Eiffel Tower and the Arc de Triomphe. Additionally, the second route starts in the opposite direction compared to the other two. From Ver. 1.2.0 to 1.4.0, the first route was named Paris Promenade 1.
In the Booster Course Pass DLC for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Paris Promenade returns as the first course of the Golden Dash Cup.
Mario Kart Tour[edit]
Paris Promenade[edit]
This layout visits the city's southern (following the map) half. The course begins at the Champs-Élysées facing the Arc de Triomphe. One bypass road for the Arc appears on the left side, though the player can also use a shortcut inside the Arc by breaking through two Piranha Plant wooden cutouts. After a gradual left, the player encounters a Glide Ramp that sends them over the Jardins du Trocadéro and underneath the Eiffel Tower, where two Goombas and a pipe reside. Afterwards, the player must make a sharp left, followed by another left next to a Big Piranha Plant and a bypass of the Luxor Obelisk leading to the finish line.
The course also appears as Paris Promenade R (reversed), Paris Promenade T (with ramps), and Paris Promenade R/T (reversed with ramps). In all three variants, the Goombas and pipe under the Eiffel Tower are gone, and racers are directed inside the Arc de Triomphe instead of around it. In the R/T variant, racers pass the Luxor Obelisk on the side which was previously unused.
Appearances[edit]
For this course's tour appearances, see List of Paris Promenade tour appearances in Mario Kart Tour § Paris Promenade.
Top-tier and middle-tier appearances[edit]
Select "show" to reveal the drivers, karts, and gliders for which Paris Promenade and its variants are always favored or favorite courses. For instances in which additional drivers, karts, and gliders temporarily had this course and its variants as favored or favorite courses, see List of Paris Promenade tour appearances in Mario Kart Tour.
