With the Flower Tour finished and done, Mario Kart Tour has now rolled out its next tour, which will be bringing ꦗwith it some exciting new racers and other additions.
This time, the upcoming tour will be bringing with it racers Dixie Kong and Funky Kong from the Donkey Kong Country series. Appropriately called the Jungle Tour, the new tour also add🀅s the Rambi Rider racing kart.
Two new trailers for th♋e Jungle Tour can be seen below.
One of the trailers even shows a clip of Donkey Kong Country.
As mentioned before, the headlining additions include Dixie Kong and Funky Kong. Prior to their Mario Kart Tour additions, Funky Kong had been a playable racer in Mario Kart Wii. However, this is Dixie Kong's first appearance in a Mario Kart title.
In terms of first video game appearances, Funky Kong was first seen in Donkey Kong Country heading Funky's Flights. This was a rental service that allowed Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong to go between the different worlds, so long as you had gained access to them. Funky Kong appeared in subsequent Donkey Kong Country titles and Donkey Kong 64.
Dixie Kong, on the other hand, first appeared in Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy Kong's Quest as a playable character. She had also appeared in later Donkey Kong Country titles, including Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! and Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze. In some ways, she was one of the more useful playable character𝓰s due to her ability to hover.
Perhaps the most endearing addition in Jungle Tour is the Rambi Rider kart. While the vehicle actually appeared in Mario Kart DS, the kart is another reference to the Donkey Kong Country series. Specifically, it is shaped exactly like Rambi the Rhino, a rhinoceros that players rode in the Donkey Kong Country games that wo𒁃uld decimate enemies and nearly act as a form of invincibility.
The Jungle Tour will be lasting until June 2, 2020. So if you're a fan of the Donkey Kong Country series, go ahead and relish the abil🍬ity to play as two of the most bel🎀oved Kongs in the franchise.
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