Cat Tour (2021)

The Cat Tour is the thirty-sixth tour of Mario Kart Tour, which began on January 27, 2021 and will end on February 9, 2021. Like the name suggests, it marks the return of Cat Peach and introduces 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, and Donut Plains 2 from Super Mario Kart returns as a classic course, which serves as the signature course of the tour. The menu's background featured the hills from Donut Plains 2 as the landmark for this tour. The tour took place close to the release of the similarly-themed Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury.

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

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.

Initial pipe appearance rates
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 January 27, 2020 and will last 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!"

Trivia

 * As of this tour, Tanooki Mario is the only Mario series playable character in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe who has yet to reappear in Mario Kart Tour (Not counting the Mii Characters).
 * This is the eighth tour to not have a Vs. Mega (opponent) bonus challenge in the final cup of the tour, the other seven being the Tokyo, Peach, Summer Festival, Sunset, Mario vs. Luigi, New Year's 2021, and Berlin Tours.
 * In the Dry Bones Cup, N64 Kalimari Desert 2 depicts Dixie Kong in its icon, even though it is only treated as a favored course (unless Dixie Kong is leveled up to level 6).