Cat Tour (2021)

The Cat Tour was the thirty-sixth tour of Mario Kart Tour, which began on January 27, 2021 and ended on February 9, 2021. Reflecting the tour's theme, it marked the return of Cat Peach and introduced Cat Toad as playable characters, while adding new cat-themed kart parts such as the Cat Cruiser from Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and the Toe-Bean Balloons; the tour trailer's title background also uses pink cat pawprint designs, referencing the first week of the spotlight, featuring Cat Peach. Donut Plains 2 from Super Mario Kart also returned as a classic course, which served as the signature course of the tour. The tour also marked the first reappearance of Paris Promenade 2 since its debut in the Valentine's Tour twenty-six tours prior. The tour took place close to the release of the similarly-themed Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury, and likely promoted it. The menu's background featured the hills from Donut Plains 2 as the landmark for this tour.

Starting from this tour to the 2021 Trick Tour, the title screen is the same as the 1st Anniversary Tour, but the "1ST ANNIVERSARY" banner is omitted.

Starting from this tour, Funky Kong is available in regular tour pipes, including the All-Clear Pipe.

This was the last tour to feature the third set of Expert Challenges, which started in the 2020 Mario vs. Luigi Tour.

Special pipe
Names in other languages

Signature kart sets
Drivers with a corresponding cup in the tour were bumped one rank up in every course of their cup.

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

All-Clear Pipe
The All-Clear Pipe randomly shot out one of the following regular High-End items.

Token Shop
The limited-time event where event tokens appeared began on January 27, 2020 and lasted until February 9, 2020. Event tokens could be earned from landing hits with any shell item.

Tier Shop
The shop featured 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.

Profiles

 * Mario Kart Tour Twitter:
 * "The Berlin Tour is wrapping up in blue... Which means it's meow time for the Cat Tour, starting Jan. 26, 10:00 PM PT with a purrticularly cute driver!"
 * "The Berlin Tour is almost over. Thanks for racing! Next up in blue is the Cat Tour!"
 * "Was that a couple of kitty cats racing through Donut Plains? The Cat Tour starts today! You can race in it right meow!"
 * "The new Wild Pink kart is here, along with some other pink karts! They're in the Pink Karts Pipe, available until February 4th!"

Trivia

 * In the Dry Bones Cup, the thumbnail of N64 Kalimari Desert 2 showed Dixie Kong, even though the course was only treated as a favored course for Dixie (unless she was leveled up to level 6).
 * This is so far the only tour not taking place in December to include Merry Mountain.