Mario Kart Tour

Mario Kart Tour is a mobile game in the Mario Kart series set to be released in the summer of 2019. The game was first announced during a financial briefing on January 31, 2018. Mario Kart Tour will be the second Mario series mobile game after Super Mario Run, and like that game, it will be free-to-start from the App Store and Google Play. On April 23, 2019, Nintendo opened applications for participating in a closed beta test of the game to Android users in North America and Japan, which began on May 22, 2019 and will end on June 4, 2019.

According to a datamine, Mario Kart Tour will support 12 languages: Japanese, English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Brazilian Portuguese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese.

Playable characters

 * Mario
 * Luigi
 * Peach
 * Yoshi
 * Donkey Kong
 * Bowser
 * Toad
 * Toadette
 * Daisy
 * Wario
 * Waluigi
 * Metal Mario
 * Koopa Troopa
 * Shy Guy
 * Baby Mario
 * Baby Luigi
 * Baby Peach
 * Baby Daisy
 * Baby Rosalina
 * Iggy Koopa
 * Larry Koopa
 * Lemmy Koopa
 * Ludwig von Koopa
 * Roy Koopa
 * Morton Koopa Jr.
 * Wendy O. Koopa
 * Dry Bones
 * Rosalina
 * Dry Bowser
 * King Boo
 * Gold Mario (exclusive to Gold Rush)

Courses

 * SNES Mario Circuit 1
 * SNES Choco Island 2
 * SNES Rainbow Road
 * N64 Koopa Troopa Beach
 * N64 Kalimari Desert
 * GBA Bowser Castle 1
 * GCN Dino Dino Jungle
 * DS Luigi's Mansion
 * 3DS Toad Circuit
 * 3DS Daisy Hills
 * 3DS Shy Guy Bazaar
 * 3DS Mario Circuit
 * 3DS Rock Rock Mountain

Reverse courses

 * SNES Rainbow Road R
 * N64 Kalimari Desert R
 * DS Luigi's Mansion R
 * 3DS Toad Circuit R

Items

 * Green Shell
 * Coin
 * Spiny Shell
 * Lightning
 * Super Horn
 * Blooper
 * Mushroom
 * Bullet Bill
 * Mega Mushroom
 * Bob-omb
 * Red Shell
 * Fire Flower (exclusive to Mario, Luigi, and Metal Mario)
 * Heart (exclusive to Peach, Daisy, and Wendy)
 * Yoshi Egg (exclusive to Yoshi)
 * Bowser's Shell (exclusive to Bowser and Dry Bowser)
 * Giant Banana (exclusive to Donkey Kong)
 * Triple Mushrooms (exclusive to Toad, Toadette, Baby Peach, and Baby Daisy)
 * Double Bob-ombs (exclusive to Wario, Waluigi, Shy Guy, Ludwig, Roy, and King Boo)
 * Triple Green Shells (exclusive to Koopa Troopa, Iggy, Morton, and Dry Bones)
 * Boomerang Flower (exclusive to Baby Mario, Baby Luigi, Baby Rosalina, and Rosalina)
 * Triple Bananas (exclusive to Larry and Lemmy)

Karts

 * Pipe Frame
 * Birthday Girl
 * Bolt Buggy
 * Soda Jet
 * Landship
 * Koopa Dasher
 * Mushmellow
 * Super Blooper
 * Cheep Charger
 * Zucchini
 * Egg 1
 * Cloud 9
 * Koopa Clown
 * Poltergust 4000
 * Barrel Train
 * Turbo Yoshi
 * B-Dasher
 * Blue Seven
 * Bumble V
 * Bruiser
 * Gold Standard (exclusive to Gold Rush)

Gliders

 * Super Glider
 * Paper Glider
 * Parachute
 * Paraglider
 * Peach Parasol
 * Flower Glider
 * Wario Wing
 * Gold Glider
 * Cloud Glider
 * Swooper

Challenges
Challenges are similar to the Missions mode from Mario Kart DS and the tournaments from Mario Kart Wii.


 * Rocket Start!: "Pull off a Rocket Start!" (The player must correctly execute a Rocket Start as Toad on Mario Circuit.)
 * Race through the rings: "Clear 10 rings." (The player must pass through at least 10 of the 30 rings on Toad Circuit as Mario in one lap.)
 * Do Jump Boosts: "Do 15 Jump Boosts." (The player must perform 15 Jump Boosts from tricks as Luigi on Choco Island 2.)
 * Don't crash: "Try not to crash." (The player must drive a lap on Luigi's Mansion as Koopa Troopa without hitting any hazards.)
 * Glider Challenge: "Glide at least 400." (The player must glide as far as they can without falling on Daisy Hills as Peach.)

Reception
Initial impressions of the beta have been mixed. Journalists have praised the polished gameplay but have criticized the free-to-play gacha elements of the game. Sam Machkovech of Ars Technica has compared the game's in-app purchases to Spiny Shells, blowing up the classic Mario Kart experience. He has suggested that "the developers pick a side: attach an annoying economy to a deeper control scheme and more legitimate online options, or make it cheaper and less obnoxious to watch Mario drive himself." Ethan Gach of Kotaku has also stated that game is "a mostly faithful but stripped-down recreation of Mario Kart decked out with all the microtransactions and lottery mechanics mobile games are infamous for." and also lamenting the lack of a multiplayer mode. Steven Asarch of Newsweek has complained about the game's "freemium greed" and that it is "ruined by microtransactions".