It is the seventh console installment in the Mario Kart series (hence the game's title), and the second (the first being Super Mario 3D Land) installment in the Mario series overall (excluding crossover installments) to be localized to Dutch, Portuguese, and Russian.
The chance of obtaining a frenzy is increased by the driver chosen, depending on their level and rarity.Mario Kart 7 is a racing game developed by Nintendo EAD and Retro Studios for the Nintendo 3DS. So far, the only changes in the main statistics that were found affect acceleration and weight, and depend on the kart size. While the Normal characters are easier to unlock, rarer characters have a greater amount of starting points and have more favored and favorite courses. There are three tiers of rarity: Normal, Super, and High-End. Unlike other Mario Kart games, characters are sorted by their rarity of unlocking them, via opening up randomized green or gold pipes with rubies.
The Red Mii Racing Suit is also given as a free gift for players. After the tutorial, they are granted a free pipe launch which grants Peachette, Metal Mario, or Dry Bowser. Upon launching the game for the first time, players will be given either Toad or Toadette. Like in Mario Kart 8, they have customizable racing costumes, with each costume having its own special item. Miis also return from previous Mario Kart games in the Mii Tour. Currently, there are only three Mario characters from previous Mario Kart games that are not playable in this game, those being Paratroopa from Mario Kart: Double Dash!! and Wiggler and Honey Queen from Mario Kart 7. Some characters also make a return after a long absence from the series, such as Diddy Kong, Funky Kong, and Birdo, who were last playable in Mario Kart Wii, Petey Piranha, who was last playable in Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, and Donkey Kong Jr., who was last playable in Super Mario Kart. Notable new playable characters in the series include Peachette, Pauline, Hammer Bro, Boomerang Bro, Fire Bro, Ice Bro, Monty Mole, Dixie Kong, Captain Toad, Nabbit, King Bob-omb, Kamek, and Chargin' Chuck, with Kamek and Hammer Bro being playable for the first time after having been considered but scrapped from Mario Kart 64 and Mario Kart Wii respectively. For the tables to convert the level shown here into the actual statistics used by the game, see Mario Kart Tour in-game statistics.Ĭounting each Mii costume separately, there are currently 174 playable characters (175 if including Gold Mario, who appears exclusively in the Coin Rush mode) in Mario Kart Tour, the largest number of playable characters in a Mario game. For the list that covers all of the tires in the game, see Tire § Mario Kart Tour. For the list that covers all of the gliders in the game, see List of gliders in Mario Kart Tour.
For the list that covers all of the karts in the game, see List of karts in Mario Kart Tour. The character list as it appears in-game as of the New Year's 2022 Tour.