All Mario Kart Tour’s exclusive characters are back for 2 weeks
Plus players will receive 50 Rubies over the month
Mario Kart Tour has made all previous exclusive content available for its New Year tour.
The event, which runs until Tuesday, January 14 at 10pm PST / 6am GMT, will see all previously event-exclusive drivers, karts and gliders made available in the game’s gacha-like Pipe mechanic, with slightly boosted appearance rates (still less than 1%).
To celebrate the new year, players will also receive 5 Rubies – the in-game currency used to access the Pipe – each day, for a total of up to 50 Rubies.
The additional Rubies will likely come as a welcome addition for free-to-play users, as Mario Kart Tour otherwise makes the currency very difficult to obtain without spending real money.
The New Year tour also adds characters Mario (Happi), Toad (Party Time), Gold Koopa (Freerunning) and Red Yoshi.
Mario Kart Tour launched on September 25 and reportedly surpassed 123 million downloads in its first month, making it by far Nintendo’s most successful mobile game launch in terms of installs.
The game’s microtransaction mechanics include a gacha-like system for unlocking content, while the Gold Pass subscription service provides access to more unlockable in-game rewards and 200cc races.
Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa recently told investors Mario Kart Tour earnings were off to a good start.
