1st Anniversary Tour

The 1st Anniversary Tour was the twenty-eighth tour of Mario Kart Tour, which began on October 7, 2020, and ended on October 20, 2020. It celebrated the first anniversary since Mario Kart Tour ' s release on September 25, 2019, and saw the return of four city-themed nitro courses while also introducing New York Minute 3. Log-in bonuses were extended from 10 days to all 14 days of the tour, as was the event tokens event. Anniversary Challenges were also added alongside the standard Tour Challenges and granted the player rubies as rewards for completing each of them. Additionally, the number of free pipes for this tour was increased from 4 to 6. The menu's background featured the as the landmark for this tour.

Despite celebrating the game's first anniversary, the actual one-year anniversary fell in the previous tour, the Los Angeles Tour. Instead, the tour was announced on the day in question, three days after the Los Angeles Tour began, making this tour's announcement date the closest to its previous tour's starting date, though no information besides its name was given until the day the tour would have normally been announced.

Signature kart sets
In every cup, the driver which the cup is themed about is raised a tier on each track, making them a three- or two-item driver on that course. Up until the Ice Tour, a kart and a glider were also given a bonus for each race in the cup.

Rewards
Gold cells indicate rewards exclusive to Gold Pass members.

Anniversary Bonus
The 14-day Anniversary Bonus served as the log-in bonus for this tour and consisted of bigger rewards than those of other tours.

Initial pipe appearance rates
In the 1st Anniversary Tour, the Gold Pipe held 50 items instead of 100 items and contained these items:

During the 1st Anniversary Tour, the amounts of the various items were changed for 1st Anniversary Pipe 1 and 2 due to having Five spotlight drivers and no spotlight karts or gliders:

In the 1st Anniversary Tour, the All-Clear Pipe held all regular High-End items, but only shot out one item at random and could contain any of these items:

Token Shop
The limited-time event where event tokens appeared began on October 6, 2020 and lasted until October 20, 2020. Event tokens could be earned from collecting in courses.

Profiles

 * Mario Kart Tour Twitter:
 * "Starting Oct. 6, 11 PM PT, five city courses make their comeback in the 1st Anniversary Tour! Log-In Bonuses along with the limited-time event have been extended to 14 days with a special lineup. Also, all rewards give you rubies in the blue Anniversary Challenges!"
 * "It's time for the 1st Anniversary Tour! Let's celebrate one full year since blue was released! Over the next two weeks, you'll race across 5 city courses including a new variant of New York Minute."
 * "For the first half of the 1st Anniversary Tour, drivers that have been lighting up city courses around the world are back, including Pauline and Mario (Hakama)!"
 * "Log-In Bonuses have been upgraded for the 1st Anniversary Tour! In the second half of the tour, you can also receive a High-End level-boost ticket from the 11th day!"

Trivia

 * This was the first tour to have two variants of the same course in a cup, namely SNES Choco Island 1 (both the Reverse and Trick variant of the course appeared in the Diddy Kong Cup).