New York Minute
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| Appears in | Mario Kart Tour (2019 (1, 2), 2020 (3), 2021 (4), 2022 (B)) Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Booster Course Pass, Wave 2) (2022) | ||||||||||
| Cup | Turnip Cup | ||||||||||
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New York Minute:
New York Tour Autumn Tour (2022) Night Tour New York Minute 2: Holiday Tour (2019) Autumn Tour (2022) Night Tour New York Minute 3: 1st Anniversary Tour Autumn Tour (2022) Anniversary Tour (2023) New York Minute 4: 2nd Anniversary Tour Autumn Tour (2022) New York Minute B: Autumn Tour (2022) Night Tour Anniversary Tour (2023) | ||||||||||
| Based on | New York City, United States | ||||||||||
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New York Minute is a race course in Mario Kart Tour. It takes place in New York City, United States, and is set in nighttime. It made its debut in the city's namesake tour and the first tour overall, the New York Tour. The course has four routes, the most out of any course alongside Tokyo Blur, named New York Minute, New York Minute 2, New York Minute 3 and New York Minute 4, with the last three debuting in the 2019 Holiday Tour (referencing the Times Square New Year’s celebrations), 1st Anniversary Tour, and 2nd Anniversary Tour respectively. From versions 1.2.0 to 1.4.0, the first route was named New York Minute 1. A battle course version of the course named New York Minute B later debuted in the 2022 Autumn Tour. The first and second variants made their final appearances in the Night Tour, the fourth variant made its final appearance in the 2022 Autumn Tour and the third variant as well as the Battle Mode variant made their final appearances in the 2023 Anniversary Tour. The inclusion of this course and the Los Angeles Laps courses makes the United States the only country to be represented by more than one city course.
The name of the race comes from an American expression used to designate very short intervals of time. Like the similarly inspired New Donk City from Super Mario Odyssey, New York Minute features a number of references to Donkey Kong, including the Times Square jumbotron displaying the original arcade game.
New York Minute returns in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe via the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass DLC. It is a combination of the first three routes, and appears as the first course of the Turnip Cup.
Mario Kart Tour[edit]
New York Minute[edit]
In the standard layout, all of the racers start the course in front of Times Square, where many sponsors can be seen. Just after the starting line, the road bends in a slight curve to the right through Broadway and ends in a bridge that leads into Central Park. In the park, the road takes a sharp turn to the left and circles back under the bridge where the racers entered the park. After the bridge, the road continues straight until it turns sharply to the right back into the city, where a blocked out entrance to the Rockefeller Center and the building itself can be seen in front. There, the players turn left and pass the Empire State Building and St. Patrick's Cathedral in Manhattan. After another turn to the right, the players are back at the starting line.
In Times Square, many billboards can be seen. There are ads for Galaxy Air, Banana Boy ("The Smash Hit Musical!"), Broadway Musical Entertainment, Donkey Kong ("The Best Musical!"), Burning DK, Barrel Travel, 1-UP Mushroom Car Insurance Group, Mario Work Gear, and Shy Guy Metals.
New York Minute has the longest gap in appearances between tours, having not reappeared since its debut in the game's first tour until the 2022 Autumn Tour 81 tours later (making it the first city course and course in general to have its R and T variants appear in a tour, but not its N variant). Its normal variant also shares this distinction, having not reappeared since the first tour prior until the Night Tour.
The course also appears as New York Minute R (reversed), New York Minute T (with ramps), and New York Minute R/T (reversed with ramps). In the T variant, there are several stationary vehicles on the road including taxis, dash panel ramp trucks, and a truck.
Appearances[edit]
For this course's tour appearances, see List of New York Minute tour appearances in Mario Kart Tour § New York Minute.
Top-tier and middle-tier items[edit]
Select "show" to reveal the drivers, karts, and gliders for which New York Minute 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 New York Minute tour appearances in Mario Kart Tour.
