Pirate Tour
The Pirate Tour from Mario Kart Tour.
Start date August 11, 2020
11:00 p.m. (PT)
End date August 25, 2020
10:59 p.m. (PT)
Number of cups 12
Ranked cups Bowser Jr. Cup (week 1)
King Boo Cup (week 2)
Coin Rush course DS Airship Fortress
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The Pirate Tour was the twenty-fourth tour of Mario Kart Tour, which began on August 12, 2020 and ended on August 25, 2020. True to its name, the tour introduced a pirate variant of Bowser Jr. while also adding in new pirate-themed kart parts such as the Pirate Sushi Racer and the Great Sail, with Airship Fortress from Mario Kart DS acting as the signature course. The tour also marked King Bob-omb's playable debut in the Mario Kart series and the Super Mario franchise in general. The menu's background featured the airships from Airship Fortress as the landmark for this tour.

This was also the last tour that contained the first set of Expert Challenges for players, which started in the Cooking Tour.

SpotlightsEdit

Pirate Pipe 1
August 11, 2020, 11:00 p.m. (PT) –
August 25, 2020, 10:59 p.m. (PT)
Pirate Pipe 2
August 18, 2020, 11:00 p.m. (PT) –
August 25, 2020, 10:59 p.m. (PT)
   
Driver Kart Glider Driver Kart Glider
           
Bowser Jr. (Pirate) Pirate Sushi Racer Lightning Oilpaper King Bob-omb Silver Bullet Blaster Bob-omb Parafoil

Special pipeEdit

Bowser's Minions Pipe
August 15, 2020, 11:00 p.m. (PT) –
August 20, 2020, 10:59 p.m. (PT)
 
Drivers
      
Dry Bowser, King Boo (Luigi's Mansion), Dry Bones (Gold), Bowser, Hammer Bro, King Boo

Names in other languagesEdit

Language Name Meaning
Italian Tubo degli scagnozzi
Minions Pipe

CupsEdit

 
Bowser Jr. Cup
Ranked cup
(week 1)
 
DS Airship Fortress
  1,400  
3DS Neo Bowser City R
  1,100  
SNES Ghost Valley 1T
  1,500 Combo Attack
  2,100   1,600   2,300  
GBA Bowser's Castle 1T
Iggy
  2,800   2,100   3,000   5
  3,500   2,700   3,800   10
  7,000   5,300   7,600   15
 
Toadette Cup
 
SNES Choco Island 1R
  1,600  
N64 Kalimari Desert 2R
  1,400  
RMX Mario Circuit 1
  1,500 Ring Race
  2,500   2,100   2,300  
DS Airship Fortress
Baby Daisy
  3,400   2,900   3,000   5
  4,300   3,600   3,800   10
  8,200   6,900   7,300   23
 
King Boo Cup
Ranked cup
(week 2)
 
GCN Yoshi Circuit R/T
  1,300  
N64 Frappe Snowland T
  1,300  
DS Airship Fortress T
  2,700 Do Jump Boosts
  2,100   2,100   4,300  
SNES Choco Island 1
Monty Mole
  2,800   2,800   5,800   5
  3,500   3,500   7,300   12
  6,500   6,500   13,500   20
 
Bowser Cup
 
3DS Daisy Hills R
  1,300  
GBA Bowser's Castle 1R
  1,300  
RMX Mario Circuit 1R
  1,300 Time Trial
  2,200   2,200   2,100  
SNES Mario Circuit 1
Toadette
  3,000   2,900   2,800   1:15.00
  3,800   3,700   3,600   1:02.00
  6,700   6,600   6,400   0:53.00
 
Dry Bones Cup
 
GBA Bowser's Castle 1T
  1,300  
DS Airship Fortress R
  1,500  
N64 Frappe Snowland
  1,000 Smash Small Dry Bones
  2,200   2,500   1,700  
RMX Mario Circuit 1
Rosalina
  2,900   3,400   2,300   5
  3,700   4,200   3,000   10
  6,400   7,300   5,100   15
 
Daisy Cup
 
3DS Daisy Hills
  1,200  
3DS Rock Rock Mountain T
  2,100  
SNES Ghost Valley 1R
  1,100 Goomba Takedown
  2,200   3,700   2,000  
DS Airship Fortress
Waluigi
  2,900   5,000   2,700   10
  3,700   6,400   3,400   25
  6,200   10,600   5,600   38
 
Dry Bowser Cup
 
N64 Kalimari Desert 2T
  1,600  
RMX Mario Circuit 1T
  1,700  
DS Airship Fortress
  1,600 Big Reverse Race
  2,800   3,000   2,900  
GCN Yoshi Circuit
Any character
  3,900   4,100   4,000   50cc
  4,900   5,200   5,000   100cc
  7,900   8,400   8,100   150cc
 
Diddy Kong Cup
 
SNES Choco Island 1
  1,800  
3DS Rock Rock Mountain
  1,600  
3DS Neo Bowser City T
  1,800 Time Trial
  3,300   3,000   3,300  
GBA Bowser's Castle 1R
King Boo
  4,500   4,000   4,500   1:35.00
  5,700   5,100   5,800   1:25.00
  8,900   8,000   9,000   1:15.00
 
Wendy Cup
 
3DS Rock Rock Mountain R
  1,500  
3DS Neo Bowser City
  1,300  
3DS Daisy Hills T
  1,800 Steer Clear of Obstacles
  2,800   2,500   3,500  
SNES Choco Island 1
Wendy
  3,800   3,500   4,800   1
  4,800   4,400   6,100   2
  7,300   6,700   9,200   3
 
Luigi Cup
 
GBA Bowser's Castle 1
  1,400  
DS Airship Fortress T
  2,900  
SNES Ghost Valley 1
  1,500 Break Item Boxes
  2,800   5,700   2,800  
3DS Rock Rock Mountain
Peach
  3,800   7,800   3,900   5
  4,800   9,900   5,000   10
  7,100   14,600   7,300   15
 
Wario Cup
 
DS Airship Fortress R
  1,700  
SNES Choco Island 1T
  2,200  
DS Luigi's Mansion R/T
  2,000 Goomba Takedown
  3,500   4,500   3,900  
3DS Neo Bowser City
Bowser Jr.
  4,800   6,200   5,400   15
  6,100   7,800   6,900   25
  8,700   11,200   9,800   35
 
Koopa Troopa Cup
 
N64 Frappe Snowland R
  1,500  
N64 Kalimari Desert 2
  2,100  
SNES Mario Circuit 1R/T
  1,900 vs. Mega Bowser Jr.
  3,000   4,300   4,000  
DS Airship Fortess
Any character
  4,200   5,900   5,500   50cc
  5,300   7,500   7,000   100cc
  7,400   10,400   9,700   150cc

Signature kart setsEdit

Drivers with a corresponding cup in the tour were bumped one rank up in every course of their cup.

Cup Character Kart Glider
Second course of every cup      
Third course of every cup      
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

RewardsEdit

Gold cells indicate rewards exclusive to Gold Pass members.

  30   60   75   120   165   200
             
Piston Glider Bull's-Eye Banzai Bullet Blaster Dark Clown Dry Bones Bullet Bill Parachute Boo Hanafuda


Grand Stars   15 30 45 60 75 90 105 120 135 150 165 180 190 200 210 220 225 230 235 240 245 250 255 260 265 270 Total Grand total
Free pipe launch   1 1 1 1 4
Coin   100 100 100 100 100 100 100 700 1800
300 300 500 1100
Rubies   5 3 3 3 3 3 20 50
5 5 5 5 5 5 30
Item tickets   2 2 2 2 2 10 25
2 2 2 3 3 3 15
Star tickets   1 1 2 3
1 1
Point-boost tickets   1 1 1 3 5
1 1 2
  1 1 1 3 5
1 1 2
  1 1 1 3 5
1 1 2
Level-boost ticket       3 12
                  9

New contentEdit

ItemsEdit

DriversEdit

KartsEdit

GlidersEdit

CoursesEdit

Edit

Name Availability Cost Contents Banner image
Value Pack August 11, 2020 – August 25, 2020 US$1.99   Rubies ×5

  Star ticket ×2
  Item ticket ×3

 
Great Sail Pack August 11, 2020 – August 25, 2020 US$19.99   Great Sail ×1

  Glider point-boost ticket ×1
  Rubies ×45

 
Wild Black Pack August 11, 2020 – August 25, 2020 US$39.99   Black Shy Guy ×1

  Wild Black ×1
  Rubies ×90

 
Wicked Wings Pack August 18, 2020 – August 25, 2020 US$19.99   Wicked Wings ×1

  Glider point-boost ticket ×1
  Rubies ×45

 
P-Wing Pack August 18, 2020 – August 25, 2020 US$39.99   King Boo ×1

  P-Wing ×1
  Rubies ×90

 

ChallengesEdit

Tour Challenges 1 Tour Challenges 2 Gold Challenges
Completion reward:   Quick ticket ×1 Completion reward:   Coin Rush ticket ×1 Completion reward:   Rubies ×5
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Land 3 hits with Bob-ombs. Get a Fantastic combo a total of 3 times. Use 15 Mushrooms. Land 5 hits with Bananas. Do 50 Jump Boosts. Do a total of 3 Slipstream boosts. Land 5 hits with Red Shells. Get a Fantastic combo a total of 5 times. Do 10 Rocket Starts.
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
Finish a race by gliding over the finish line. Earn a score of 9,000 or higher using a driver wearing a shell. Cause opponents to crash in Frenzy mode. Perform a total of 3 Jump Boosts by bouncing off hot-air balloons. Earn a score of 10,000 or higher on a T or R/T course. Get a combo count of ×20 or higher. Cause opponents to crash 3 times while gliding. Get 1st place on an SNES course using a driver with a mustache. Take out 5 Piranha Plants.
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
Earn a score of 6,000 or higher using a Koopaling. Earn a total score of 20,000 or higher in the King Boo Cup. Drive a distance of 20,000 or more. Earn a score of 7,000 or higher using a driver with a hat. Earn a total score of 15,000 or higher in the Daisy Cup. Race in every course of every cup, including bonus challenges. Land 3 hits with Green Shells in a single race using a driver wearing a shell. Earn a total score of 25,000 or higher in the Dry Bowser Cup. Get a nonstop combo.

Initial pipe appearance ratesEdit

All-Clear PipeEdit

The All-Clear Pipe randomly shot out one of the following regular High-End items.

High-End items obtained from the All-Clear Pipe during the Pirate Tour
High-End drivers Dry Bowser, Metal Mario, Pink Gold Peach, Pauline, Peachette, Ice Mario
High-End karts B Dasher, Badwagon, Circuit Special, Bruiser, Wild Wing, Bumble V, Wildfire Flyer, Red B Dasher, P-Wing, Green Apple Kart, Poison Apple Kart, Dozer Dasher, Banana Master, Offroader, Pink Wing, Koopa King, Cact-X
High-End gliders Swooper, Cloud Glider, Gold Glider, Pink Gold Paper Glider, Butterfly Sunset, Crimson Crane, Strawberry Donut, Heart Balloons, Tropical Glider, Great Sail


Pirate Pipe 1Edit

Class Parts Rate (each)
High-End spotlight driver Bowser Jr. (Pirate) 1.0000%
High-End spotlight kart Pirate Sushi Racer 1.0000%
High-End drivers Dry Bowser, Metal Mario, Pink Gold Peach, Pauline, Peachette, King Bob-omb, Ice Mario 0.1429%
High-End karts B Dasher, Badwagon, Circuit Special, Bruiser, Wild Wing, Bumble V, Wildfire Flyer, Red B Dasher, P-Wing, Green Apple Kart, Poison Apple Kart, Dozer Dasher, Banana Master, Offroader, Pink Wing, Silver Bullet Blaster, Koopa King, Cact-X 0.0556%
High-End gliders Swooper, Cloud Glider, Gold Glider, Pink Gold Paper Glider, Butterfly Sunset, Crimson Crane, Strawberry Donut, Heart Balloons, Tropical Glider, Great Sail 0.2000%
Super spotlight glider Lightning Oilpaper 1.0000%
Super drivers Donkey Kong, Toad, Bowser, Luigi, Mario, Peach, Yoshi, Daisy, Lakitu, King Boo, Toadette, Bowser Jr., Waluigi, Wario, Rosalina, Birdo, Diddy Kong, Hammer Bro, Boomerang Bro, Fire Bro, Ice Bro, Red Yoshi, Black Shy Guy, Pink Shy Guy, Toad (Pit Crew), Monty Mole, Birdo (Light Blue), Birdo (Yellow), Red Koopa (Freerunning) 0.3103%
Super karts Zucchini, Egg 1, Daytripper, Mach 8, Cloud 9, Soda Jet, Koopa Clown, Poltergust 4000, Royale, Barrel Train, Turbo Yoshi, Blue Seven, Flame Flyer, Para-Wing, Super Blooper, Turbo Birdo, Streamliner, DK Jumbo, Red Turbo Yoshi, Light-blue Turbo Birdo, Yellow Turbo Birdo 0.3333%
Super gliders Flower Glider, Peach Parasol, BaNaNa Parafoil, Bob-omb Parafoil, Wario Wing, Oilpaper Umbrella, Shell Parachute, Blue Flower Glider, Pink Flower Glider, Waluigi Wing, ? Block, 8-Bit Jumping Mario, Eggshell Glider 0.2308%
Normal drivers Koopa Troopa, Shy Guy, Dry Bones, Baby Daisy, Baby Luigi, Baby Mario, Baby Peach, Baby Rosalina, Iggy, Larry, Lemmy, Ludwig, Morton, Roy, Wendy 2.1333%
Normal karts Birthday Girl, Landship, Bullet Blaster, Mushmellow, Biddybuggy, Pipe Frame, Pipe Buggy, Cheep Charger, Red Kiddie Kart, Koopa Dasher, Green Kiddie Kart 2.3636%
Normal gliders Super Glider, Paper Glider, Parachute, Parafoil, Piston Glider, Droplet Glider, BBIA Parafoil, Piranha Plant Parafoil, Minion Paper Glider 1.7778%


Pirate Pipe 2Edit

Class Parts Rate (each)
High-End spotlight driver King Bob-omb 1.0000%
High-End spotlight kart Silver Bullet Blaster 1.0000%
High-End drivers Dry Bowser, Metal Mario, Pink Gold Peach, Pauline, Peachette, Bowser Jr. (Pirate), Ice Mario 0.1429%
High-End karts B Dasher, Badwagon, Circuit Special, Bruiser, Wild Wing, Bumble V, Wildfire Flyer, Red B Dasher, P-Wing, Green Apple Kart, Poison Apple Kart, Dozer Dasher, Banana Master, Offroader, Pink Wing, Pirate Sushi Racer, Koopa King, Cact-X 0.0556%
High-End gliders Swooper, Cloud Glider, Gold Glider, Pink Gold Paper Glider, Butterfly Sunset, Crimson Crane, Strawberry Donut, Heart Balloons, Tropical Glider, Great Sail 0.2000%
Super spotlight glider Bob-omb Parafoil 1.0000%
Super drivers Donkey Kong, Toad, Bowser, Luigi, Mario, Peach, Yoshi, Daisy, Lakitu, King Boo, Toadette, Bowser Jr., Waluigi, Wario, Rosalina, Birdo, Diddy Kong, Hammer Bro, Boomerang Bro, Fire Bro, Ice Bro, Red Yoshi, Black Shy Guy, Pink Shy Guy, Toad (Pit Crew), Monty Mole, Birdo (Light Blue), Birdo (Yellow), Red Koopa (Freerunning) 0.3103%
Super karts Zucchini, Egg 1, Daytripper, Mach 8, Cloud 9, Soda Jet, Koopa Clown, Poltergust 4000, Royale, Barrel Train, Turbo Yoshi, Blue Seven, Flame Flyer, Para-Wing, Super Blooper, Turbo Birdo, Streamliner, DK Jumbo, Red Turbo Yoshi, Light-blue Turbo Birdo, Yellow Turbo Birdo 0.3333%
Super gliders Flower Glider, Peach Parasol, BaNaNa Parafoil, Wario Wing, Oilpaper Umbrella, Shell Parachute, Lightning Oilpaper, Blue Flower Glider, Pink Flower Glider, Waluigi Wing, ? Block, 8-Bit Jumping Mario, Eggshell Glider 0.2308%
Normal drivers Koopa Troopa, Shy Guy, Dry Bones, Baby Daisy, Baby Luigi, Baby Mario, Baby Peach, Baby Rosalina, Iggy, Larry, Lemmy, Ludwig, Morton, Roy, Wendy 2.1333%
Normal karts Birthday Girl, Landship, Bullet Blaster, Mushmellow, Biddybuggy, Pipe Frame, Pipe Buggy, Cheep Charger, Red Kiddie Kart, Koopa Dasher, Green Kiddie Kart 2.3636%
Normal gliders Super Glider, Paper Glider, Parachute, Parafoil, Piston Glider, Droplet Glider, BBIA Parafoil, Piranha Plant Parafoil, Minion Paper Glider 1.7778%


Bowser's Minions PipeEdit

Items obtained from a new Bowser's Minions Pipe
Item  
Normal
 
Super
 
High-End
Character Kart Glider Character Kart Glider Character Kart Glider
Amount 35 0 0 12 0 0 3 0 0


Class Parts Rate (each)
High-End drivers Dry Bowser, King Boo (Luigi's Mansion), Dry Bones (Gold) 2.0000%
Super drivers Bowser, King Boo, Hammer Bro, Boomerang Bro, Fire Bro, Ice Bro 4.0000%
Normal drivers Dry Bones, Iggy, Larry, Lemmy, Ludwig, Morton, Roy, Wendy 8.7500%

Event ShopEdit

The limited-time event where event tokens appeared lasted from August 18, 2020 to August 25, 2020. However, the shop was available for two more days until August 27, 2020 for players to spend any already collected event tokens. Event tokens could be earned from landing hits with shells.

Event Shop (August 18, 2020 - August 27, 2020)
     
Ruby ×3
  50
Amount: 5
Coin ×500
  30
Amount: 5
Coin Rush ticket
  20
Amount: 1
     
Bowser Jr.
  50
Amount: 1
Koopa Clown
  50
Amount: 1
Parafoil
  15
Amount: 3
     
Point-boost ticket (driver)
  10
Amount: 3
Point-boost ticket (kart)
  10
Amount: 3
Point-boost ticker (glider)
  10
Amount: 3
     
Item ticket
  5
Amount: 10
Level-boost ticket (Normal)
  50
Amount: 2
Level-boost ticket (Super)
  100
Amount: 1
     
Star ticket
  20
Amount: 3
Points-cap ticket (Normal)
  100
Amount: 1
Points-cap ticket (Super)
  200
Amount: 1

ProfilesEdit

  • Mario Kart Tour Twitter:
    • "The Wild West Tour is wrapping up in #MarioKartTour. Starting Aug. 11, 11 PM PT, you can set sail for the Pirate Tour! Speaking of which, is that a pirate hat? What seaworthy swashbuckler could it belong to?"[1]
    • "It's time for the Pirate Tour! The DS Airship Fortress course makes its debut in Mario Kart Tour. It's a long way down from this floating fortress, so make sure you stay on course!"[2]
    • "The Bowser's Minions Pipe is available from Aug 15, 11 PM PT, to Aug 20, 10:59 PM PT. You'll find Dry Bones (Gold), King Boo, and even the King of the Koopas himself in this limited-time pipe."[3]
    • "Who would make a perfect portrait for #MKTPerfectShot in the Pirate Tour? Why, Bullet Bill, of course! You can find them everywhere you look in #MarioKartTour as a special item, being fired out of cannons, and even in the design of karts! What's your favorite Bullet Bill cameo?"[4]
    • "The Pirate Tour is almost over. Thanks for racing! Next up in #MarioKartTour is the Summer Festival Tour!"[5]

Names in other languagesEdit

Language Name Meaning
Japanese パイレーツツアー
Pairētsu Tsuā
Pirate Tour

Chinese (simplified) 海盗巡回赛
Hǎidào Xúnhuísài
Pirate Tour

Chinese (traditional) 海盜巡迴賽
Hǎidào Xúnhuísài
Pirate Tour

French Saison des pirates
Pirates' Season
German Piraten-Tour-Saison
Pirates' Tour Season
Italian Tour dei pirati
Pirates' Tour
Korean 해적 투어
Haejeog Tueo
Pirate Tour

Portuguese Temporada Pirata
Pirate Season
Spanish Temporada pirata
Pirate Season

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ mariokarttourEN (August 7, 2020). Twitter. Retrieved August 12, 2020.
  2. ^ mariokarttourEN (August 12, 2020). Twitter. Retrieved August 12, 2020.
  3. ^ mariokarttourEN (August 16, 2020). Twitter. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
  4. ^ mariokarttourEN (August 22, 2020). Twitter. Retrieved August 22, 2020.
  5. ^ mariokarttourEN (August 25, 2020). Twitter. Retrieved August 25, 2020.