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Mario Kart Tour's Holiday Tour closes out 2019 in style with new drivers and 18 challenging cups

Winter Tour is now live

Mario Kart Tour's Holiday Tour closes out 2019 in style with new drivers and 18 challenging cups
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Despite suffering a rocky fan reaction at launch, Mario Kart Tour has seemingly won back some love thanks to its regular content drops and themed tours. The game's latest tour is themed around the holidays, hopefully offering some festive fun with its new drivers, karts, and cups.

First off, the official MK Tour Twitter account has confirmed that the winter tour offers "a variety of courses across a total of 18 cups". There appears to be several new characters/costumes to collect, including a holiday Yoshi and Pauline.

You can see some of the new karts in the tweet below from an unofficial MK Tour news account. They're all pretty neat, with my personal favourites being the Jingle Bells and Turbo Birdo karts.

There's also a little rumour going around that the game's long-awaited multiplayer beta will kick off on Christmas day. As first spotted by GoNintendo, dataminers have seemingly uncovered the date, though you should always take such rumours with a pinch of salt. And even if it does turn out to be true, remember that only Gold Pass subscribers will have access to the initial beta.

If you're in need of some friend codes for any upcoming challenges, we've got over 19,000 right here for you. And if you're looking to get back into Mario Kart Tour, you'll find it available for download right now from both the App Store and Google Play.

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Cameron Bald
Cameron Bald
Cameron started out as an intern here in late 2018, then went on to join us as our News Editor in July 2019. He brings with him an encyclopedic knowledge of decade-old GamesMaster review scores and plenty of stinking takes on games, movies, and proper pizza etiquette.