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R.O.B. (short for Robotic Operating Buddy ) is an accessory for the Nintendo Entertainment System who has recently made appearances in a few Mario games. In Japan, he is known as the Famicom Robot, which is short for Fami ly Com puter Robot. R.O.B. functions by translating flashes of information on the television screen into physical actions (using technology similar to the Zapper Gun). R.O.B. was first used for the game Gyromite.

Players could control R.O.B. with the control pad to make him raise and lower gyroscopes. To make the gyroscope spin, the player must set the object in the gyroscope spinner and then balance it on one of the two round trays that are connected to controller two. Placing a gyro on the red tray lowers the red GATES; placing a gyro on the blue tray lowers the blue GATES.

R.O.B. is also the last unlockable character in Mario Kart DS . To unlock R.O.B., players have to win either all Mirror Nitro or Retro Cups , it doesn't matter which order you complete the cups in. In the game, he is one of the heaviest characters, his weight matched only by Bowser . R.O.B's symbol is a purple NES D-Pad. R.O.B. has two original karts , which are the ROB-BLS and the ROB-LGS . His karts are fast, heavy, and have good handling , which is uncharacteristic of a heavy character.

R.O.B. doesn't return in subsequent games, probably as he is now in the Super Smash Bros. series starting with Super Smash Bros. Brawl .

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R.O.B. is given a near-identical look to his real-world counterpart. He stands on a flat hexagonal base, and his main body is a rail upon which his arms can move up and down. Noticeably, he lacks the coiled cord that connects his arm piece to his base, and has also been given red "eyes" in his promotional art and in-game.

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• Default Karts : Standard RB, ROB-BLS
• Unlockable Kart : ROB-LGS

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The MKDS T-shirt showing R.O.B.'s name as ROBO.

• R.O.B. appears to steer his kart by pointing his two arms in the direction the player is pressing on the + Control Pad instead of turning the steering wheel, meaning he connects to the kart.
• R.O.B. is the first non- Mario character to appear in the main Mario Kart games. However, the first non- Mario character to appear in the entire series is Pac-Man .
• In the Japanese and Korean versions of Mario Kart DS , HVC-012, the original Famicom robot, takes R.O.B.'s place. HVC-012 has brown arms instead of gray.
• For unknown reasons on the Mario Kart DS T-shirt, R.O.B. is referred to as ROBO without the abbreviations too.
• R.O.B. is the first Mario Kart character who is an accessory.
• In his character and kart selection animation, R.O.B.'s entire spinal rail rotates a full 360 degrees; this action is never possible with the physical object. R.O.B. was able to only rotate his arm piece up to 180 degrees, and raise and lower it on the static spine rail.

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Mario Kart Tour: tricks, tips, and how collect all the characters and karts

Here's how to master Mario Kart Tour's gameplay

Mario Kart Tour is a mobile version of the popular and long-running Mario Kart series, released in late 2019 for Android and iOS smartphones, and it's proven popular ever since.

The main Mario Kart Tour game is centered around the race seasons mode, which offers a variety of incentives to keep you coming back to race for each new season. While you don't race other real players live in this mode, your device will still require an internet connection so you can play.

Since launch, an online multiplayer mode has also been added to Mario Kart Tour, so you can compete in live online races against other drivers from around the world.

The basics How to win races and earn points How to win multiplayer How to collect gold coins How to collect rubies How to collect Grand Stars How to unlock all characters, karts and gliders How to level up your gear Should you buy Gold Pass?

Plus, the selection of playable characters, karts, gliders and courses have been greatly expanded since launch, providing you with new ways and places to race.

While Mario Kart Tour is centered around a very simple premise - winning races - it can get very complicated. There are three different types of currency that do different things, the characters, karts and gliders have different stats that you can improve in different ways, and there are a few mechanics in the races that can make the difference between winning and losing.

We've come up with this comprehensive list detailing the different parts of the game,  helping you work out how to win races both online and offline, how to collect and spend the different types of in-game currency, and how to bulk out your collection of characters, karts and gliders, as well as level them all up.

Hopefully soon, you'll be decked out with all the best kit, winning every race and racking up huge amounts of points.

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What is Mario Kart Tour? The basics, explained

Most of what you'll be doing in Mario Kart Tour is racing. You'll be charging around courses collecting items and coins, and (hopefully) overtaking your opponents, while finding shortcuts, using those items to get ahead and taunting your digital opponents.

Most races are against AI bots (albeit ones with player-sounding names), but after Mario Kart Tour's launch a multiplayer mode was added that lets you play against real people online.

Outside the races, the game is organized by Tours which last two weeks. These dictate the theme of lots of the courses as well as any new character costumes and karts available during the season.

Each tour is a series of 'Cups', each one consisting of three core races and a bonus race. At the start of the tour only some of the Cups are available to play, but one new one opens each day up to a total of 12.

If you just want to drive cartoonish karts and races around cartoonish tracks, you can ignore Tours and Cups, and many of the intricate details of character levels, score multipliers and the currencies too, but if you want to experience all facets of the game, and collect all the characters and pieces of gear, it's worth playing through the Tours.

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How to win races and earn loads of points

There are some key things to remember in order to win your Mario Kart Tour races.

Firstly, learn how to drift. This is an invaluable skill that lets you turn corners quicker and earn small boosts as you do, and when you get really good you can use drifting to quickly shift to the side to pick up coins and item boxes. 

When you're drifting, look at your tires - a blue flame will appear, when you let go, you'll get a small boost forward - gold and purple flames respectively will give you longer charges, but you have to drift for longer to get them.

You can't fall off the map in Mario Kart Tour, so feel free to drift more aggressively than you otherwise would. You can drift quicker by moving your finger nearer to the side of the screen you're drifting too - this'll help you earn boost quicker, but you'll turn the corner faster too.

Moving your finger the other way will be good if you're turning a wider corner (or aren't turning a corner, just drifting cleverly to build boost), as it stops you turning as quickly.

Next, you can easily get a boost when you're starting by holding down the screen on the countdown when '2' appears. Long time Mario Kart series fans will know this already as it's a stalwart feature of the games, and it's really good for starting the race ahead of everyone else (except in later CCs or multiplayer where everyone else does it too).

Learn how to earn boosts, and where they are on each track, as they can help you get ahead. Jumps, however minor, will give you boosts, as will drifting, certain areas of floor (shown by arrows pointing forwards), and some rewards in item boxes.

Finally, be smart about shortcuts and ramps off the side of the course, as not all of them will actually help you. 

Many will actually slow you down in order to get to them, like ramps in grassy areas, so only approach these if you have a boost to get over the slow patch, and some are actually longer detours that offer more coins or item boxes instead. If coming first is your goal, usually following the track is ideal - but sometimes you don't want to win.

In Mario Kart Tour winning isn't the whole point of each race - but it is the most fun part of it. You see, you're given a score after each race that takes into account three things - the points of your character and gear (these can be leveled up, which we'll explore later on), what position you came in the race, and how many points you earned through tricks in the race.

Position is easy - you get more points for winning than you do coming second place, and more for second than third, and so on. The amount of points you get for coming each position depends on your level and what CC - what difficulty of race - you're in. 

50CC is pretty slow and easy, and thus the points are lower, 100CC is medium difficulty and speed, and 150CC is hardest and fastest, with more points awarded as a result. When you get Gold Pass, you can play 200CC too.

Your gear is something that's predetermined, based on which character, kart and glider you choose, and what points level they're at. Don't worry, we'll explain all about Base Points later on.

Finally, there are Bonus Points which are points you earn over the course of the race. There are many actions that earn these like collecting coins, hitting opponents with items and drifting well - the Mario Wiki has a more succinct breakdown - and if you pick the right kart you'll get a multiplier on these. 

You can get combos during the race if you earn Bonus Points for different things in a row, which is a really great way to collect more points, and the glider you pick can make the combo even more effective.

Together your Bonus Points, Base Points and Position Points will create your score for each course, which is a way of comparing your skills to your friends. You also want to get points because this score will reward you some extra coins (one for each thousand points) and Grand Stars, depending on how well you performed.

Mario Kart Tour: how to win in multiplayer

Points work the same way in multiplayer as they do in the offline game, and you should utilize similar tactics to win, but there are some extra things to bear in mind.

First, drifting isn't just important in online multiplayer - it's vital. Everyone does it, and you generally won't have a chance at winning if you aren't a master at it.

When you're playing 'offline' you can generally use items whenever you want, because there are so many other racers you're bound to hit one, but there are often fewer players in a multiplayer race, so it's worth being clever about when you use items.

Only throw a red shell if there's definitely someone ahead of you, and if you're first try and save a banana until someone's directly behind you. It's always worth saving an item to act as your shield as well, because most of the time if someone attacks you, it'll bounce off an item you have in reserve.

What are gold coins and how do you collect them?

Coins are the basic currency in Mario Kart Tour, and you'll be spending them in the shop on new characters, karts and gliders. Generally basic karts and gliders cost 500 coins, while characters cost 800, and that price goes up for gold or purple-tier as well as rarer pieces of gear. Coins can be collected in a variety of ways, but many of them are pretty slow.

Firstly, you can collect physical coins in races, and generally you'll pick up between five and 15 depending on the course. You lose coins if you're hit, so try and make sure that doesn't happen much, though this works for your opponents too so if you play aggressively you can pick more up. 

In addition, as we've already said, you get a course bonus based on points, though this won't net you many coins.

Each 'Cup' in the game consists of three levels and a bonus round with different rules - some of these bonus rounds can be particularly lucrative for picking up coins, so always make sure to do them.

Leveling up is an easy way to get coins in Mario Kart Tour, as you tend to get 100 coins every time you level up in the game. This will happen naturally as you play, and will keep your bank account getting bigger.

Another way of getting 100-coin jackpots is by completing challenges (you can find these from the menu) as when you complete a line of the multiplayer or standard challenges, you'll get a 100-coin combo care package. 

When you're playing online, if you ever find yourself waiting around for other players to join, you're actually slowly amassing coins - look at the animation at the bottom, as this tells you how many you've earned. You can get up to 100 a day just through waiting for online games.

Finally, Coin Rush is a special mode accessed in the shop where you play a race as Gold Mario, picking up as many coins as possible, and if you play well you can amass upwards of 300 coins just from the race. 

To play this mode, you need to spend rubies, the second form of currency, which we'll look at next.

What are rubies and how do you collect them?

Rubies are Mario Kart Tour's premium currency, and they're much harder to acquire, but they have a bigger variety of uses. 

You can use them to play Coin Rush and launch the Peach Pipe to win a random selection of characters, karts and gliders (this is basically a lootbox), and this latter method is the best for getting new gear.

Rubies (or gems, as some call them) are generally hard to acquire, but you can easily buy them if you want. This is what 'premium currency' tends to mean in mobile gaming, and if you're enjoying Mario Kart Tour you can put money in to it to get rubies for the Peach Pipe. Saying that, there are some ways of getting them in-game too.

The best way of winning rubies is through the weekly rankings. Each week, a certain cup will play host to a ranking, where you'll be lumped with 20 strangers, and ranked by how many points you get in the three races of the cup. The person with the most points overall gets 20 rubies, second place gets 15, third gets 10 and players 4-6 all get five.

If you're good at the game you can get loads of rubies easily this way, however depending on your performance you get bumped into higher tiers, competing with better players, so each week it'll be harder to win that top spot.

There are other ways to get rubies though. One is through challenges, as completing these will net you one, two or three rubies depending on the challenge, and these will slowly add up.

Finally, you can get rubies as a reward for earning Grand Stars in each tour. The Grand Stars you earn in each tour slowly earn you reward boxes as well as access to free Peach Pipe uses, and sometimes these boxes can get you some rubies. Want to know more about Grand Stars? Well good, because that's the next section of this article.

What are Grand Stars and how do you collect them?

When you're on the Mario Kart Tour menu, you can see your coins and rubies at the top but you can't see your grand stars, so some players don't realize they're actually a key part of the rewards you get as part of a Tour.

On the main Tour menu, if you scroll along past the cups, you'll see various Tour Gift icons and Pipes, each one with a figure of grand stars next to it. As you play the Tours, and collect stars, you'll earn some of these, though it's worth pointing out looking at these figures on the reward icons is the only way you can figure out how many stars you've actually got.

It's not too hard to collect Grand Stars when you work out what they are and how to collect them. The main way of getting them is in each race, as you'll earn up to five depending on how many points you score, although three is the max in bonus levels. 

Generally if you don't lose horribly, you can get three or four stars per level with the gear you start the game with, but to reach that fifth star you'll need a fair mix of skill and top-tier gear. You can replay races once you get better gear to improve your scores.

You can collect one Grand Star per day by completing a daily challenge, which you'll be notified of when you turn the app on each morning. One challenge appears each day, though you can store up to three, but then you’ll need to complete one to get any more.

Finally, some of the challenges reward Grand Stars, not rubies - these are the Tour Challenges, which reset every time the tour changes. You'll probably collect a fair few of these naturally over the course of a tour, but if not you can check them out from the menu to find which you missed. It's worth pointing out half the challenges only unlock after the tour has been running for a week, so keep checking back to the app.

How to collect all the characters, karts and gliders in Mario Kart Tour

Now you've worked out how to collect all the different forms of currency, it's time to look at how you can collect as many characters, karts and gliders as possible, so you can get more points and in turn win more races and collect more coins.

The reason you'll want plenty of different types of gear - well, other than so you can play as your favorites - is because each one has a few 'favored' race tracks, and the higher-level pieces of gear have more. Using the optimal piece of gear can transform your racing experience.

A character will offer you three items instead of one from an item box on their favored courses, and two items in a selection of other courses. Karts will give you a 1.5x multiplier on bonus points on some courses and a 2x multiplier on their favored ones. 

Gliders will give you 2x combo bonus for some courses, and a more lenient time restriction between tricks before your combo is dropped, and on some others they'll offer you 3x bonus and an even longer combo-time boost.

The easiest way to collect gear is to buy them with real money - certain timely karts, characters and gliders can be bought in bundles, which sometimes include rubies too, and this can be the quickest way to get rarer items. You can earn plenty of things through gameplay though, so you don't always need to spend real cash.

One of the best ways to get gear is through Peach Pipes - when you spend 5 rubies you get a random character, kart or glider, though you can spend 45 rubies to get 10 spins - we'd recommend saving up your rubies to be able to do this, as that works out as you getting one for free.

The other way to buy items is through the main store, which lets you buy them with gold coins, though the prices can be a little steep, especially for higher-tier items.

When you start playing Mario Kart Tour, you're only allowed to see one row of store items at once (so one character, one glider, and one kart), but when you reach level 7, then 12, you unlock a second and third row. We'd recommend saving your money for then, so you can see more of your options, and also because these subsequent rows tend to offer rarer items.

The items in the shop change daily, but given the huge number of characters, karts and gliders in the game, it'll take you a long time to unlock them all, especially given the price. 

How to improve characters, karts and gliders

Characters, karts and gliders have two different metrics to show how well they perform - a score, which indicates how many points you get per race just for choosing it, and a level, which functions as a form of multiplier for bonus points in races.

There's only one way to improve the level, that second stat, and that's by getting duplicate pieces of gear in the shop or peach pipes. Since the former is random, you may sometimes feel irked that you picked a duplicate instead of getting an entirely new piece of gear, so the level up and subsequent point multiplier might make that a little bit less galling.

It's easy to improve the base score of a character, kart or glider in Mario Kart Tour. Simply using the gear in a race will grant it some experience points which help it increase levels, so a trusty kart or your favored character can quickly become a high level powerhouse.

If you've just drawn a new super-rare character but they’re a much lower level than your favorites, you can use vouchers to level them up without using them. These Tickets, as they're called, can be gained in a huge variety of ways, including daily log-in bonuses, tour rewards, challenge rewards and more.

Using Tickets on a piece of gear will grant it some experience points, so if you use a few you can quickly use them to get your new character, kart or glider to a high level. 

It's worth pointing out there's a max base level dictated by which piece of equipment it is (characters can have more than karts or gliders) and the rarity (purple items have a higher limit than gold, which has a higher limit than the base pieces of kit).

When you have a top-level purple item, especially a top-level character, kart and glider all in use at once, you're going in to races with 2,800 base points already, which will ensure you plenty of grand stars and gold coins, and you'll get even more if any of those have high levels from duplicates.

What is the Gold Pass and should I buy it?

Mario Kart Tour has a season-pass-style item called the Gold Pass, which you can buy monthly if you really want to get the most out of the game. It gives you a few extra rewards and unlocks a new game mode.

Gold Pass gives you extra gift rewards in tours, including sometimes gold-tier and purple-tier character, karts and gliders, as well as extra rubies - frequent players will find it a lucrative way of boosting their gear count.

A new round of challenges is available to Gold Pass members too, which gives you an extra way of earning grand stars to help you get those extra rewards.

Finally, the Gold Pass unlocks 200CC mode, which is a faster and harder version of racing which ensures you more position points. 

If you play Mario Kart Tour frequently and are invested in getting as many characters, karts and gliders as possible, Gold Pass will likely help you get them faster, and let you enjoy them more. 

However if you just like to pick up Mario Kart Tour for some fun racing action from time-to-time, you might not feel the need to get Gold Pass.

It’s worth pointing out there's a two-week free trial for Gold Pass so if you're not sure whether it's for you, you can test it out for free.

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Spring Tour

The Spring Tour was the ninety-fourth tour of Mario Kart Tour , which began on April 19, 2023 and ended on May 2, 2023. It will be rerun from April 17, 2024 to April 30, 2024 as the game's hundred-and-twentieth tour. Like the Metropolitan Tour , this tour featured the first two routes for all of the European city courses ( Paris Promenade , London Loop , Berlin Byways , and Amsterdam Drift ) in addition to introducing a brand new city course set in Athens , Greece called Athens Dash , making this the first tour to introduce a new city to the game since the Bangkok Tour twenty-one tours prior. A battle course based on Paris Promenade, named Paris Promenade B, debuted in this tour as well, making this the first tour since the 2022 Autumn Tour twelve tours prior to introduce a battle course to the game. It was also the final battle course introduced in the game. This was also the first tour to introduce a new city course and multiple routes for it simultaneously, as well as the first tour to debut a new city but not be named after the debuting city. This is also the first tour since the 2nd Anniversary Tour to give Bowser a new favorite course. The menu's background featured the Parthenon and the Athena statue as the landmarks for this tour.

This was the first tour since the Animal Tour eleven tours prior to not reuse the name of an already-existing tour. Because of this, it was also the first tour of 2023 to not share its name with another tour.

A variant of Toad dressed as a tourist was also introduced in this tour. This tour also marked the first re-appearance of the first Berlin Byways route since its debut, as well as the debut of its R/T variant, and the first appearance of London Loop R/T since the 1st Anniversary Tour sixty-six tours prior.

Like the April–May 2021 Sydney Tour and New Year's 2022 Tour , the tour's trailer was released later than the usual time.

The Spring Celebration event that began in the 2023 Ninja Tour ended in this tour.

• 1.1 Daily Spotlight
• 3 Today's Challenge
• 5.1.1 Mii Racing Suits
• 5.3 Gliders
• 5.4 Balloon designs
• 5.5 Race courses
• 5.6 Battle courses
• 6 Paid banners
• 7 Challenges
• 8 Gold Pipe
• 9.1 Banner items
• 9.2 Other items
• 10 Token Shop
• 11 Tier Shop
• 13 Names in other languages

Spotlight Shop [ edit ]

Daily spotlight [ edit ].

The Daily Spotlight contains a mixture of items themed around the tour, items that have ranked tracks as favorites, and gold items. The rates listed are specific for that type of item; drivers, karts, and gliders are selected separately. Items marked with an asterisk (*) do not appear in the Daily Spotlight during the week they are available as Spotlight Shop banner items.

Cups [ edit ]

Today's challenge [ edit ].

Players' most recently used kart and glider are chosen, and favorite and favored ones have extra priority. Opponents are arranged randomly. On day 1 of this tour, players finish a race in London Loop in the Mii Cup using the Blue Mii Racing Suit for a free pipe launch. Starting from day 2, players have to finish a race in the earliest incomplete course that is not in any of the ranked cups using the driver shown on the course's thumbnail every day to obtain the corresponding reward in the table below. Once all of the courses are completed, the courses are selected at random.

Rewards [ edit ]

Gold cells indicate rewards that are exclusive to Gold Pass members.

2023 [ edit ]

2024 [ edit ], new content [ edit ], drivers [ edit ].

Toad (Tourist)

Mii Racing Suits [ edit ]

Blue Mii Racing Suit

Karts [ edit ]

Jumbo Jetter

Gold Paintster

Silver Flower Kart

Bronze Cucumber

Cream Classic

Gliders [ edit ]

Golden Glider

Gold Tulips

Balloon designs [ edit ]

Toad Balloon

Race courses [ edit ]

Athens Dash (N, R, T, R/T)

Athens Dash 2 (N, R, T, R/T)

Berlin Byways (R/T)

Battle courses [ edit ]

Paris Promenade B

Paid banners [ edit ]

Challenges [ edit ], gold pipe [ edit ].

The Gold Pipe, including the All-Clear Pipe, randomly shoots out one of the following regular High-End items. The appearance rate can be viewed via the "Pipe content" link on the Gold Pass purchase screen.

Mii Racing Suit Shop [ edit ]

Banner items [ edit ], other items [ edit ], token shop [ edit ].

The limited-time event where event tokens appear began on April 19, 2023 and ended on May 2, 2023; and started on April 17, 2024 and ended on April 30, 2024 for the rerun. Event tokens could be earned by causing opponents to crash.

Tier Shop [ edit ]

The shop features a variety of set and randomized items available for purchase. The item slots in the shop are unlocked based on the highest tier of players.

Gallery [ edit ]

Promotional artwork for the tour

Landscape version of the loading screen

Names in other languages [ edit ]

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Mario Kart Tour launches the Mario Tour with Mario (King), 8-Bit Pipe Frame kart and more

• 8-Bit Pipe Frame kart and the 8-Bit Super Glider will be in the Spotlight Shop
• Koopa (Freerunning) and Rainbow Pipe Buggy have been added
• Clear limited-time challenges to nab Mario (Classic)

Nintendo has launched a new in-game event for Mario Kart Tour, letting players join in on The Mario Tour, where the course DS Mario Circuit is taking centre stage. In particular, Mario (King) will be gracing the Spotlight Shop along with the 8-Bit Pipe Frame kart and the 8-Bit Super Glider for the first half of the tour.

In the latest update for Mario Kart Tour, you can also look forward to welcoming the driver Koopa (Freerunning) with the Triple Green Shells Special Skill. As the skill name suggests, this surrounds your kart with three green shells which you can fire at once. On the other hand, you can score the Rainbow Pipe Buggy when you climb the charts in the ranked cup. The Special Skill Jump Boost Plus enhances your Jump Boost boost time as well as the points you earn whenever you execute the boost.

Want to see which karts to aim for? Why not take a look at our Mario Kart Tour kart tier list to get an idea?

Additionally, you can also nab Mario (Classic) whenever you clear limited-time challenges during the event. Plus, if you're a first-time subscriber to the Mario Kart Tour Gold Pass, you can enjoy a trial period of two weeks for free to see if it's your cup of tea.

If you're eager to join in on all the fun, you can do so by downloading Mario Kart Tour on the iOS App Store and on the Google Play Store for Android devices. It's a free-to-play game with in-app purchases.

You can also join the community of followers on the official Twitter page to stay updated on all the latest developments, visit the official website for more info, or take a little peek at the embedded clip above to get a feel of the update's vibes and visuals.

R.O.B. (Mario Kart DS)

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R.O.B. appears as a new unlockable character in Mario Kart DS for the Nintendo DS , marking its first appearance since the Nintendo Entertainment System . It has not appeared in any other Mario Kart titles.

• 2.1 Standard RB
• 2.2 ROB-BLS
• 2.3 ROB-LGS

R.O.B. is a Heavy character, which affects its Weight stats in Karts. It can be unlocked by obtaining all Gold Trophies on 150cc Mirror Mode cups (Nitro or Retro).

Standard RB [ ]

R.O.B.'s standard kart is the ROB Kart . It's insignia is a purple d-pad, and it otherwise has the same appearance as every standard kart. R.O.B. is the only character in Mario Kart DS who doesn't control his kart with the wheel; instead, it seems to control the kart by moving his arms.

ROB-BLS [ ]

The ROB-BLS is R.O.B.'s first Kart. It is a round, hollow kart with five round holes and a block on each, resembling the trays and blocks used by the actual R.O.B. accessory to play Stack-Up . The kart was changed between regions: in Japan, the color of the kart is white with red areas as opposed to the primarily darker gray shade used in other regions, matching with R.O.B. itself.

• Speed: 10/10
• Acceleration: 5.5/10
• Weight: 7.5/10
• Handling: 7/10
• Drift: 3/10
• Items: 3/10

ROB-LGS [ ]

The ROB-LGS are R.O.B.s second Kart, featuring the lowest drift stat in the game. It is a kart with very little room, two leg-like stands, two small wheels, and one big wheel. The kart was changed between regions: in Japan, the color of the kart is white with red areas as opposed to the primarily darker gray shade used in other regions, matching with R.O.B. itself. The "LGS" represents "legs," as the kart appears to be long legs for R.O.B..

• Speed: 9/10
• Acceleration: 5/10
• Weight: 7/10
• Handling: 6/10
• Drift: 2.5/10
• Items: 10/10

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• In the Japanese version of the game, R.O.B. is colored like his Japanese model, and is named HVC-012, the model number for the Japanese version of R.O.B. His karts have also different colors in the Japanese version.
• The staff ghost data for Desert Hills and Rainbow Road feature the Japanese R.O.B. and vehicles, no matter what version of the game the player has.
• 1 R.O.B. (Mario Kart DS)
• 3 R.O.B. Blaster

The Autumn Tour brings a bounty of kart-racing fun

Feast your eyes on a cornucopia of karting mayhem with the Autumn Tour—the latest limited-time event in the Mario Kart Tour game, happening now.

Enjoy bountiful racing fun on newly added courses New York Minute B and Vancouver Velocity 3. Orange Yoshi makes their Mario Kart Tour driver debut, and you can dress your Mii™ character in the newly added Yellow Mii Racing Suit.

Mario Kart Tour is for everyone, newcomers and karting veterans alike. We hope you have a good time racing and collecting Grand Stars!

The Autumn Tour runs from now until 9:59 p.m. PT on Nov. 15, 2022.

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About mario kart tour.

In the free-to-start Mario Kart Tour game, players can put the pedal to the metal in courses inspired by real-world locations as well as Mario Kart series favorites. Put powerful items to use as you tear up the track and go for a high score in endless racing fun. Collect and upgrade a variety of drivers, karts, and gliders to find the combo that will lead you to victory!

For more information about the Mario Kart Tour game, visit the official site: https://mariokarttour.com/

Free to start; optional in-game purchases available. Persistent internet, compatible smart device, and Nintendo Account required. Data charges may apply. Terms apply . See game for details.