Starchute
Starchute from Mario Kart Tour
Appears in Mario Kart Tour

The Starchute is a High-End glider in Mario Kart Tour. It was introduced in the 2019 Winter Tour and is the signature glider of Mario (Santa), Builder Toad, Mario (Sunshine) and Yoshi (Reindeer). The glider is a parachute that resembles a Super Star, but with yellow eyes. The Starchute provides better chances of getting Coins from Item Boxes and increases the number of points earned for collecting them.

The Starchute has four variants in-game; a rainbow-colored variant named the Rainbow Starchute that was introduced in the Vancouver Tour, an American flag-themed variant named the Star-Spangled Glider that was introduced in the 2020 Los Angeles Tour, a silver variant named the Silver Starchute that was introduced in the 2020 Winter Tour, a black variant named the Black Starchute that was introduced in the 2022 Bowser Tour, and a colorful variant named the Mosaic Starchute that was introduced in the Pipe Tour. All variants share the High-End classification.

AvailabilityEdit

Starting from the New Year's 2021 Tour, the Starchute is no longer tour-exclusive and is available in regular tour pipes, including the All-Clear Pipe. It would later be added to the Daily Selects set in the 2022 Mii Tour. The following table shows the glider's availability by tour.

Tour Availability
Winter Tour (2019) Winter Pipe 1
(spotlight)
Winter Pipe 2
London Tour London Pipe 1
London Pipe 2
Holiday Tour (2019) Holiday Pipe 1
Holiday Pipe 2
Trick Tour (2020) Trick Pipe 1
Trick Pipe 2
(spotlight)
Marine Tour Undersea Pipe
Los Angeles Tour (2020) Los Angeles Pipe 1
(spotlight)
Los Angeles Pipe 2
Winter Tour (2020) Winter Pipe 1
Winter Pipe 2
(spotlight)
Starry Gliders Pipe
Rosalina Tour Rosalina Pipe 1
Snow Tour Week 1 Tier Shop
10,000 coins
Mario Tour (2021) Token Shop
(100 event tokens)
Ninja Tour (2021) Tier Shop
10,000 coins
April 7, 2021–April 13, 2021
Los Angeles Tour (2021) Premium Challenges card completion reward
Holiday Tour (2021) Tier Shop
10,000 coins
December 8, 2021–December 14, 2021

StatisticsEdit

Special skill   Coin Plus
Favorite courses
(Combo bonus ×3 and big combo-time boost)
 
GCN Yoshi Circuit R/T
 
GCN Dino Dino Jungle T
 
GCN Dino Dino Jungle R/T
 
SNES Mario Circuit 3
 
DS DK Pass
 
DS DK Pass R
 
3DS Toad Circuit R/T
 
SNES Rainbow Road R/T
 
RMX Choco Island 1R
 
SNES Koopa Troopa Beach 2R
 
Los Angeles Laps
 
Paris Promenade T
 
New York Minute 3T
 
Merry Mountain T
 
3DS Rosalina's Ice World R
Favored courses
(Combo bonus ×2 and combo-time boost)
 
GBA Bowser's Castle 1R/T*
 
DS Luigi's Mansion T**
 
DS Waluigi Pinball R/T
 
DS DK Pass T
 
Tokyo Blur 2T
 
Paris Promenade 2R
 
Paris Promenade 2R/T
 
3DS Mario Circuit*
 
London Loop T
 
RMX Mario Circuit 1R/T***
 
SNES Vanilla Lake 1R/T
 
RMX Choco Island 1
 
SNES Koopa Troopa Beach 2T**
 
Paris Promenade
 
New York Minute 3R
 
Merry Mountain
 
Merry Mountain R
 
3DS Rosalina's Ice World
 
3DS Rosalina's Ice World T
 
N64 Yoshi Valley
 
GBA Battle Course 1

* indicates a favored course upgraded to a favorite course after reaching level 3. ** indicates a favored course upgraded to a favorite course after reaching level 6.
*** indicates a favored course upgraded to a favorite course after reaching level 8.

GalleryEdit

Names in other languagesEdit

Language Name Meaning
Japanese スターシューター
Sutā Shūtā
Star Shooter

Chinese 滑翔之星
Huáxiáng zhī xīng
Gliding Star

French Aile étoile
Star Wing
German Goldstern-Schirm
Gold Star Umbrella
Italian Stellacadute
From stella ("star") and paracadute ("parachute")
Korean 스타슈터
Seuta Syuteo
Star Shooter

Portuguese Pairaestrela dourada
From pairar ("hover") and estrela ("star") + golden
Spanish Paraestrella
From paracaídas ("parachute") and estrella ("star")