Super Mario Kart Tour

The Super Mario Kart Tour was the twenty-sixth tour of Mario Kart Tour, which began on September 9, 2020 and ended on September 22, 2020. True to its name, the tour introduced Mario and Donkey Kong Jr. in their Super Mario Kart sprite-based appearance as new drivers, the latter making his first playable appearance in the Mario Kart series since the aforementioned game. A new variant of SNES Rainbow Road, named RMX Rainbow Road 1, was added as the signature course of this tour. The drivers were announced in the Super Mario Bros. 35th Anniversary Direct on September 3, 2020. Participating in the tour was one of the My Nintendo missions for the anniversary, with rewards including sweepstakes and a collectible pin set. The menu's background featured the main intersection of RMX Rainbow Road 1 as the landmark for this tour.

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.

Initial pipe appearance rates
In the Super Mario Kart Tour, the Throwback Drivers Pipe held 50 items instead of 100 items and contained these items:

In the Super Mario Kart 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:

Event Shop
The limited-time event where event tokens appeared began on September 13, 2020 and lasted until September 22, 2020. However, the shop did not stay available for an extended period of time so players could use their extra tokens, since the event shop opened up three days earlier than it did in previous tours.

Profiles

 * Mario Kart Tour Twitter:
 * "The Summer Festival Tour is wrapping up in blue. Starting Sep 8, 11 PM PT, get ready for some nostalgia with Mario (SNES) and Donkey Kong Jr. (SNES) in the blue Tour!"
 * "The new tour to celebrate the very first blue game, the Super Mario Kart Tour begins today!"
 * "Mario, Luigi, and even Peach (Vacation) and Gold Koopa (Freerunning) are here in blue! The Throwback Drivers Pipe featuring these familiar faces from Super Mario Kart will be live from Sept. 12, 11 PM PT until Sept. 17, 10:59 PM PT!"
 * "The Super Mario Kart Tour is almost over. Thanks for racing! Next up in blue is the Los Angeles Tour!"

Trivia

 * The trailer for this tour mistakenly featured the Gold Standard instead of the new Gold Pipe Frame. The Gold Standard is not in the Super Mario Kart Tour, and is instead exclusive to Coin Rush mode. The mistake was clarified in a reply tweet to the trailer's tweet and in the YouTube video's description.
 * Super Mario Kart Pipe 1's description read, "Driver Mario (SNES) and kart 8-Bit Pipe Frame make their debut in classic 8-bit style!" This is inaccurate for Mario (SNES), as the SNES is a 16-bit console.
 * All four variants of RMX Mario Circuit 1 appeared in this tour. This was the third tour to have all four variants of a retro course or an RMX course. The first time was the Mario Bros. Tour with both SNES Mario Circuit 1 and 3DS Mario Circuit, and the second time was Jungle Tour with 3DS Toad Circuit.