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The '''Super Mario Kart Tour''' was the twenty-sixth tour of ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'', which began on September 9, 2020 and ended on September 22, 2020. The tour introduced [[Mario]] and [[Donkey Kong Jr.]] in their ''[[Super Mario Kart]]'' sprite-based appearance as new drivers, the latter making his first playable appearance in the ''[[Mario Kart (series)|Mario Kart]]'' series since the aforementioned game. A new remix course based on [[SNES Rainbow Road]], named [[RMX Rainbow Road 1]], was added as the signature course of this tour. This was the first tour to introduce an RMX course since the [[Flower Tour]] nine tours prior. The drivers were announced in the [[Super Mario Bros. 35th Anniversary|''Super Mario Bros.'' 35th Anniversary]] Direct on September 3, 2020.<ref>Nintendo (September 3, 2020). [https://youtu.be/s_UcjEq2Dgk Super Mario Bros. 35th Anniversary Direct]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved September 3, 2020.</ref> Participating in the tour was one of the [[My Nintendo]] missions for the anniversary, with rewards including sweepstakes and a collectible pin set.<ref>[https://mario.nintendo.com/missions/#all The official home of Super Mario™ – My Nintendo missions]. ''nintendo.com''. Retrieved September 4, 2020. ([http://web.archive.org/web/20200922222034/https://mario.nintendo.com/missions/ Archived] September 22, 2020, 22:20:34 UTC via Wayback Machine.)</ref> The menu's background featured the main intersection of RMX Rainbow Road 1 as the landmark for this tour. This was the first tour to include different music in its trailer other than its main background music (SNES Rainbow Road's theme): at the start and end of the trailer, the race start and victory themes play respectively.