Mario vs. Luigi Tour (2023)

The Mario vs. Luigi Tour was the ninety-eighth tour of Mario Kart Tour, which began on June 14, 2023 and ended on June 27, 2023. This tour pits Team Mario and Team Luigi against each other for the third time after the 2020 and 2022 Team Rally tours. This tour marks the longest gap between two Team Rally tours, as the previous one, the November–December 2022 Peach vs. Bowser Tour, occurred fourteen tours prior. It was also the first Team Rally of 2023 (though it is the second tour of 2023 to feature special tokens, the first being the 2023 Mii Tour).

This tour debuts three classic courses: Mario Raceway from Mario Kart 64, Luigi Circuit from Mario Kart: Super Circuit, and Waluigi Stadium from Mario Kart: Double Dash!!. It was the first tour since the 2023 Winter Tour to debut three courses simultaneously, and was the first tour since the 2019 Halloween Tour to debut three classic courses together and give Baby Mario a new favorite course, as well as the first tour since the 2022 Halloween Tour to give Waluigi a new favorite course, the first tour since the Hammer Bro Tour to give the Bull's-Eye Banzai a new favorite course, and the first tour since the 2019 Winter Tour to give both the Poltergust 4000 and the Minion Paper Glider new favorite courses. It is the first tour since the Sundae Tour where two variants of the same course are in the same cup, as well as the first tour to feature a cup that only contains SNES courses; in this case, the Baby Peach Cup and its bonus challenge.

Like the 2023 Mario Tour, all Mario Circuits available in the game appear in this tour, except RMX Mario Circuit 1. All courses introduced in that tour also make their first reappearances in this tour. SNES Ghost Valley 1 also makes its first appearance since the 2022 Halloween Tour.

As of this tour, every Lightning Cup course from Mario Kart: Super Circuit has appeared in Mario Kart Tour, making it the second cup in the series consisting of only new courses to have all of its courses appear in Mario Kart Tour (the first being the Mushroom Cup from Mario Kart 7, which had all of its courses debut in the New York Tour).

The Coin Rush course for this tour was GCN Waluigi Stadium. The menu's background featured the grandstand, hot air balloon, and rotating sign from N64 Mario Raceway as the landmarks for this tour.

This was the first tour to only include one of each of the Battle Courses included in a given tour, as all previous tours had two of each.

This was the last tour to feature the thirteenth set of Expert Challenges, which started in the 2023 Yoshi Tour.

Team Mario would once again win the Team Rally with 52% of team tokens, thus obtaining its third win, tied with Team Peach.

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 race in 3DS Mario Circuit in the Mii Cup using Monty Mole 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 team tokens appeared began on June 13, 2023 and ended on June 27, 2023. Team tokens could be earned by collecting them on courses using a driver from the player's selected team (Team Mario or Team Luigi).

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.

Trivia

 * This is the second tour after the Penguin Tour to use a new icon for a reused bonus challenge. The bonus challenge in the Baby Luigi Cup is the vs. Mega Larry challenge on SNES Mario Circuit 2, which was the exact same as the bonus challenge in the 2020 New Year's Tour's Roy Cup, except its icon shows Larry in the Landship instead of showing Lemmy, even though Larry is the actual opponent.

Tour Mario VS Luigi (2023)