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Prerelease:Mario Kart Tour

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This page details prerelease information and/or media for Mario Kart Tour.

Hmmm...
To do:
  • Add info regarding the beta version of the game that shows an extremely early version of GBA Sunset Wilds shown in a Nintendo of Japan conference
  • Early special skills and rarities for characters, karts and gliders
  • Early course icons
This cactus is UNDER CONSTRUCTION
This article is a work in progress.
...Well, all the articles here are, in a way. But this one moreso, and the article may contain incomplete information and editor's notes.

Closed Beta

On April 23, 2019, Nintendo opened applications for participating in a closed beta test of Mario Kart Tour to Android users in North America and Japan, which began on May 22, 2019 and ended on June 4, 2019.

General Changes

  • Rubies were originally emeralds.
  • Originally, a stamina bar was present, consisting of up to five hearts. One heart would be consumed every time a player raced, and once the stamina was depleted, players would not be able to play until it recharged. Players would replenish hearts when they leveled up, if they waited out the timer, or if they purchased hearts with emeralds. The stamina icon sprite can still be found in the final game.
  • Quick Tickets were not present yet, meaning there was no way to speed up the unlocking process for certain cups.
  • The classes "Common", "Rare", and "Super Rare" were renamed to "Normal", "Super", and "High-End", respectively.
  • The names of the four bonus challenges "Rocket Start!", "Race through the rings", "Don't crash", and "Beat Up Goombas" were changed to "Ready, Set, Rocket Start", "Ring Race", "Steer Clear of Obstacles", and "Goomba Takedown" respectively.
  • The Daily Selects Shop initially only had 6 items as opposed to 9.
  • Combo Bonuses had yet to be implemented yet.
  • Higher tier karts originally increased speed, while higher tier gliders only increased item luck.
  • The maximum level cap for characters was originally 10 instead of 6 (later increased to 7 in the Snow Tour and later 8 as of the Mii Tour).
  • Daisy's artwork was reused from Mario Kart 7 instead of a updated version of said artwork.
  • Lemmy & Larry's special is the Triple Banana, which were replaced by the Bubble & Boomerang Flower respectively and was unused in the final game until the London Tour, as Waluigi (Bus Driver)'s special item.
  • The countdown sound effect was taken from Mario Kart DS (this was also the sound effect used in Mario Kart Wii and Mario Kart 7). In the final game, the sound effect is instead taken from Mario Kart 8.
  • Many drivers were missing. Luigi & Wario just so happens to be one of those drivers.
  • There are no city or RMX tracks in the Beta Test.
  • The Main Menu Music was different.

Beta Tour

The beta only featured one tour, known as Beta Test (Beta Test Tour in the news section). There were no T variant or R/T variant courses featured in the beta and only four of the thirteen courses in the beta had R variants.

Multiplayer Beta Test

Nintendo held two multiplayer beta tests: one exclusive to Gold Pass members from December 18, 2019, to December 26, 2019, and one for all players, regardless of purchasing the Gold Pass or not, from January 22, 2020, to January 28, 2020.

As for differences, the cup rotation was originally every 30 minutes as opposed to every 15 minutes. Additionally, it's icon was different, being a globe instead of a group of Toads.