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The '''Anniversary Tour''' is the seventy-ninth tour of ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'', which began on September 21, 2022 and ends on October 4, 2022. This tour celebrates three years since the release of ''Mario Kart Tour'' on September 25, 2019, but unlike the [[1st Anniversary Tour|1st]] and [[2nd Anniversary Tour]]s, this tour's name does not contain a number representing the anniversary it is celebrating.

This tour marks the end of the two-tour event celebrating the third anniversary of ''Mario Kart Tour'' that started in the [[Mario vs. Luigi Tour (2022)|previous tour]]. This tour features an upgraded [[#Token Shop|Token Shop]] that includes items like [[Metal Mario]], [[Pink Gold Peach]], the [[Wild Wing]], and three golden pipes. This tour also introduces the second set of two [[List of challenge cards in Mario Kart Tour#3rd Anniversary Challenges|3rd Anniversary Challenges]] cards in addition to continuing the [[#3 Year Anniv. Log-In Bonus|3 Year Anniv. Log-In Bonus]] and the 3rd Anniversary Challenges 1 card from the previous tour.<ref>@mariokarttourEN (September 7, 2022). [https://twitter.com/mariokarttourEN/status/1567438522092486657 "''#MarioKartTour will soon reach its 3rd anniversary since release! Some events to express our gratitude to everyone and to celebrate the 3rd anniversary have now begun and will go on for two tours in a row! Check the image for details!''"] ''Twitter''. Retrieved September 12, 2022.</ref>

Like the 2nd Anniversary Tour and [[Metropolitan Tour]], only [[New course|city courses]] appeared in the tour. This tour also introduces new routes for both [[Tour Sydney Sprint|Sydney Sprint]] and [[Berlin Byways]], named Sydney Sprint 3 and Berlin Byways 3, the former of which was previously seen in the course's appearance in the [[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass|Booster Course Pass]] for ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]''. It also introduces the R/T variants of both [[Amsterdam Drift|Amsterdam Drift 2]] and [[Singapore Speedway|Singapore Speedway 2]], which debuted in the Metropolitan Tour and [[Ocean Tour]], respectively. With the introduction of these courses, this is the first tour since the [[Samurai Tour]] thirteen tours prior to introduce new R/T variants, the first tour in the game to introduce the R/T variants of multiple city courses, and the first tour since the [[Ice Tour]] seventy tours prior to introduce both multiple new courses and multiple R/T variants simultaneously.

Despite the new courses not being related to [[London]] or Britain, and the tour not including returning [[London Loop]] tracks, the new vehicles are a variant of the [[Double-Decker]] and a kart based on a {{wp|Hackney carriage}}, in addition to a new variant of [[Mario]], where he is in his [[Crazy Cap#King's Crown|King's Crown]] and [[Crazy Cap#King's Outfit|King's Outfit]] from ''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]''.

This is the last tour to feature the regular week pipes which can be fired with [[Ruby|rubies]] and contain spotlight items, as they will be removed after this tour in favor of a Spotlight Shop that will be implemented in the following tour. In addition to the removal of ruby pipes, this will be the last tour where the spotlight items from the first and second week will be raised to a higher shelf on the second and third course of every cup, respectively, restricting shelf boosts after this tour to driver cups and the first course in a cup for [[Mii|Mii Racing Suits]] and commemorative items.

This tour's [[Coin Rush (Mario Kart Tour)|Coin Rush]] course is [[Tour Tokyo Blur|Tokyo Blur]]. The menu's background features the {{wp|Sydney Harbour Bridge}} as the landmark for this tour, which was reused from the [[Sydney Tour (April–May 2021)|April–May 2021]] and [[Sydney Tour (September 2021)|September 2021 Sydney Tours]].

Despite the tenth set of [[List of challenge cards in Mario Kart Tour#Expert Challenges|Expert Challenges]] ending in the last tour, the eleventh set was not made available at the start of this tour and will instead be made available at the start of the next tour.

|[[File:MKT Artwork YoshiKangaroo.png|120x120px]][[File:MKT Artwork MarioHakama.png|120x120px]][[File:MKT Artwork LuigiVacation.png|120x120px]]

|[[File:MKT Artwork LuigiLederhosen.png|110x110px]][[File:MKT Artwork MarioBaseball.png|110x110px]][[File:MKT Artwork RosalinaVolendam.png|110x110px]]

|[[Yoshi|Yoshi (Kangaroo)]], [[Mario|Mario (Hakama)]], and [[Luigi|Luigi (Vacation)]]

|[[Luigi|Luigi (Lederhosen)]], [[Mario|Mario (Baseball)]], and [[Rosalina|Rosalina (Volendam)]]

|R2=[[Tour Tokyo Blur|Tokyo Blur R/T]]||R2.I=TokyoBlurRT||R2.1=1,200||R2.2=1,800||R2.3=2,100||R2.4=2,400||R2.5=6,100

|R3=[[Singapore Speedway|Singapore Speedway 2R/T]]||R3.I=SingaporeSpeedway2RT||R3.1=2,300||R3.2=3,400||R3.3=4,000||R3.4=4,500||R3.5=11,300

|CN=[[Ring Race]]||C.I=Tour35 BirdoCupChallenge||CC=[[Shy Guy|Pink Shy Guy]]||CT=[[Berlin Byways|Berlin Byways 2]]||C.1=12||C.2=20||C.3=26

|R1=[[Los Angeles Laps|Los Angeles Laps 3T]]||R1.I=LosAngelesLaps3T BirdoBlack||R1.1=2,000||R1.2=3,100||R1.3=3,600||R1.4=4,200||R1.5=10,100

|R2=[[Amsterdam Drift|Amsterdam Drift 2R/T]]||R2.I=AmsterdamDrift2RT||R2.1=1,800||R2.2=2,900||R2.3=3,400||R2.4=3,900||R2.5=9,100

|R1=Sydney Sprint 3R||R1.I=SydneySprint3R||R1.1=1,400||R1.2=2,700||R1.3=3,000||R1.4=3,600||R1.5=7,200

|R1=Tokyo Blur||R1.I=TokyoBlur||R1.1=1,700||R1.2=3,400||R1.3=3,900||R1.4=4,700||R1.5=8,600

|R2=Los Angeles Laps 3T||R2.I=LosAngelesLaps3T||R2.1=2,600||R2.2=5,400||R2.3=6,100||R2.4=7,500||R2.5=13,200

A 14-day "3 Year Anniv. Log-In Bonus" continues from [[Mario vs. Luigi Tour (2022)|the previous tour]] and serves as the log-in bonus for the 3rd anniversary event from September 7, 2022 to October 4, 2022.

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MKT Icon Berlin Byways 3.png|[[Berlin Byways|Berlin Byways 3]] (N, R, T)

|T1.1=175-2

|T2.2E=Land 3 hits with {{Color-link|Bob-ob|#A1A1FF|Bob-ombs}}.

|[[Swooper (glider)|Swooper]], [[Cloud Glider]], [[Gold Glider]], [[Pink Gold Paper Glider]], [[Royal Parachute]], [[Dry Bowser Umbrella]], [[Blizzard Balloons]], [[Sunset Balloons]], [[Strawberry Crêpe]], [[Wonderful Wings]], [[Starchute]], [[Silver Starchute]], [[Daisy Glider]], [[Butterfly Wings]], [[Butterfly Sunset]], [[Butterfly Prism]], [[Meteor Balloons]], [[Crimson Crane]], [[Strawberry Donut]], [[Heart Balloons]], [[Great Sail]], [[Black Great Sail]], [[Dragon Wings]], [[Black Toe-Bean Balloons]], [[Toe-Bean Balloons]], [[Tropical Glider]], [[8-Bit Star]], [[Manta Glider]], [[Silver Bells]], [[Treasure Map]], [[Cheep Cheep Masks]], [[Pretzel Glider]], [[Calico Parafoil]], [[Snow Crystals]], [[Silver Surf Master]], [[Starry Great Sail]], [[Home-Field Glider]], [[Candlelight Flight (glider)|Candlelight Flight]], [[Tulip Corsage]]

The limited-time event where [[event token]]s appear began on September 21, 2022 and will end on October 4, 2022. Event tokens could be earned by causing opponents to crash.

!colspan=3|Items available in Tier Shop (September 28, 2022 - October 4, 2022)<ref>[https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/990263373910376550/1022651337734889543/week2.png]</ref>

*This is the first tour since the [[Valentine's Tour]] to feature an addition to the list of favorite courses for a Normal driver, as well as the first since the [[Marine Tour]] to feature an addition to the list of favorite courses for any Normal item, with [[Koopa Troopa]] getting Sydney Sprint 3R as a favorite course.

*This is the first tour to include the normal and R variants, but not the T variant, of a track (namely Tokyo Blur).