Night Tour

The Night Tour was the ninety-ninth tour of Mario Kart Tour, which began on June 28, 2023 and ended on July 11, 2023. This tour introduced Rome Avanti, a new city course set in Rome,, as well as Moonview Highway from Mario Kart Wii, marking its first appearance in the series as a classic course. Fitting with Rome Avanti's theme, Donkey Kong in a gladiator outfit was introduced as a new driver, the first variant of a Kong character. The tour also includes other city courses set at night (hence its name), namely New York Minute, Vancouver Velocity, and Singapore Speedway. The inclusion of Vancouver Velocity may also reference, which occurred during this tour on July 1, and New York Minute may also reference , which also occurred during this tour on July 4. This was the first tour since the 2019 Paris Tour to introduce both a new city course and a classic course, and the second tour in a row to add three courses simultaneously. It was also the first tour to feature the normal variant of New York Minute since its debut in the New York Tour (the first tour of the game), the first tour to feature the reverse variant of New York Minute 2 since its debut in the 2019 Holiday Tour (the seventh tour of the game), and the first tour to feature New York Minute B since its debut in the 2022 Autumn Tour. This tour saw GCN Waluigi Stadium's first reappearance immediately following its debut in the previous tour, making this the first tour to feature a course introduced in the previous tour since the second Peach vs. Bowser Tour. This tour marked the longest gap between appearances of a bonus challenge, as it marked the first appearance of the Vs. Mega Donkey Kong bonus challenge since the New York Tour.

This was the first tour to introduce a driver with the Banana Barrels special skill since the introduction of Funky Kong in the Jungle Tour eighty-one tours prior, being the Light Green Mii Racing Suit. Additionally, all Shy Guy colors from Mario Kart 8 have returned in Mario Kart Tour as of this tour. This was also the first tour since the Marine Tour, the 2019 Holiday Tour, and the Peach vs. Daisy Tour to give Monty Mole, Diddy Kong, and Pink Gold Peach a favorite course (being the normal variant of New York Minute, Rome Avanti R/T, and both the normal variant of New York Minute and Wii Moonview Highway R/T respectively).

This tour's Coin Rush course was New York Minute, which was reused from the New York Tour and the 2022 Autumn Tour. The menu's background featured the Colosseum as the tour's landmark.

The fourteenth set of Expert Challenges was introduced in this tour. This was the second set of Expert Challenges to last for seven tours instead of six (until the 2023 Anniversary Tour); the first was from the 2023 New Year's Tour to the 2023 Ninja Tour.

Daily Spotlight
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.

Today's Challenge
Players' most recently used kart and glider are chosen, and favorite and favored ones have extra priority. Opponents are arranged randomly. On day 1 of this tour, players finish a balloon battle in DS Twilight House in the Mii Cup using the Light Green Mii Racing Suit for a free pipe launch. Starting from day 2, players have to finish a race in the earliest incomplete course that is not in any of the ranked cups using the driver shown on the course's thumbnail every day to obtain the corresponding reward in the table below. Once all of the courses are completed, the courses are selected at random.

Rewards
Gold cells indicate rewards that are exclusive to Gold Pass members.

Gold Pipe
The Gold Pipe, including the All-Clear Pipe, randomly shoots out one of the following regular High-End items. The appearance rate can be viewed via the "Pipe content" link on the Gold Pass purchase screen.

Token Shop
The limited-time event where event tokens appear began on June 28, 2023 and ended on July 11, 2023. Event tokens could be earned by causing opponents to crash.

Tier Shop
The shop features a variety of set and randomized items available for purchase. The item slots in the shop are unlocked based on the highest tier of players.

Names in other languages
Tour notturno