Mario Kart (series): Difference between revisions

|''Mario Kart Tour'' was released on mobile devices in 2019. The game's courses are divided into "tours" which change every other Wednesday. At the start of each tour, new (or new variants of) drivers, karts, and gliders are added, the challenges and rewards change out, and one or more new courses are often introduced, along with the current selection of playable courses and cups being switched out. The new courses are mostly based on the real world cities of [[New York]], [[Tokyo]], [[Paris]], [[London]], [[Vancouver]], [[Los Angeles]], and [[Berlin]], with [[Merry Mountain|one]] being a fictional representation of the [[North Pole]]. There are also RMX ("remix") courses that use assets from SNES courses but arranged in a new layout. Additionally, the game adds new variants of existing courses (reverse, trick, and reverse/trick variants), a new feature known as "frenzies", which are activated when a character receives three of the same item at once and allows the character to use that item continually for a limited time while also becoming invincible, and a score mechanic, where the player earns points for actions such as performing techniques (e.g. Mini-Turbos, Jump Boosts), interacting with course elements (e.g. driving over a Dash Panel), or hitting opponents with items. ''Mario Kart Tour'' is free to play, but has in-app purchases available including a 1-month Gold Pass subscription and {{wp|Loot box|loot boxes}} in the form of unlockable elements (drivers, karts, and gliders) being shot out of [[Warp Pipe|Pipe]]s (with [[Ruby|rubies]], the game's premium currency, being spent to shoot items out of said Pipes). New playable characters to the series introduced in this game include [[Pauline]], [[Hammer Bro]], [[Boomerang Bro]], [[Fire Bro]], [[Ice Bro]], [[Monty Mole]], [[Dixie Kong]], [[Captain Toad]], [[Nabbit]], [[King Bob-omb]], and [[Kamek]], as well as several other variants and power-up forms of existing playable characters, such as Mario (Musician) or [[Peachette]]; [[Diddy Kong]], [[Birdo]], and [[Funky Kong]] also return after being notable for their absence in the previous two installments, and [[Donkey Kong Jr.]] returns after only being playable in the first installment.