Bolt Buggy

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Bolt Buggy
Bolt Buggy from Mario Kart Tour
The Bolt Buggy in Mario Kart Tour
Strong stats Speed, Weight, Off-Road
Weak stats Acceleration, Handling
Appears in Mario Kart 7, Mario Kart Tour

The Bolt Buggy is a kart in the Mario Kart series. It resembles the Pipe Frame with a yellow chassis similar to Donkey Kong's color scheme and a pair of headlights in the front. The emblem is located on the back of the kart. The Varmint from Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe has a similar design to this vehicle.

History[edit]

Mario Kart 7[edit]

The Bolt Buggy first appears in Mario Kart 7 as a default kart body part. It boosts speed, weight, and off-road, but its acceleration and handling are hindered during the process. It is one of the only five karts to increase off-road boost, with the other four being the Bumble V, Cact-X, Pipe Frame, and Tiny Tug. Also, the Bolt Buggy is tied with the B Dasher and Blue Seven for the lowest acceleration of all kart bodies. The engine sound is actually a lower-pitched version of several karts from Mario Kart DS, such as the Poltergust 4000, ROB-LGS and Zipper. It also sounds similar to the Koopa King from Mario Kart: Double Dash!! and a BMW M3 GT2 4.0L V8 engine. It has the lowest calculated stat total of all kart bodies.

Mario Kart Tour[edit]

The Bolt Buggy appears in Mario Kart Tour, where it is classified as a tour-exclusive Super kart. It was added to the game in the Jungle Tour and is the signature kart of Funky Kong. The kart uses the Monster tires from Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, and offers longer-lasting Slipstream boosts and increases the number of points earned for performing Slipstreams.

The kart also has a black and red variant called the Dark Buggy and a green and blue variant called the Green Lightning, and both of them are classified as High-End karts.

Starting from the Battle Tour, the Bolt Buggy has been available in regular pipes and is currently a part of the Daily Selects set. The following table shows the kart's availability by tour.

Tour Availability
Jungle Tour Jungle Pipe 1
(Spotlight)
Jungle Pipe 2
Los Angeles Tour (2020) Los Angeles Pipe 1
Los Angeles Pipe 2
(Spotlight)
Autumn Tour (2021) Token Shop
50 event tokens

Profiles and statistics[edit]

Mario Kart 7 stat boosts[edit]

  • Speed: +0.25
  • Sea Speed: -0.5
  • Air Speed: -0.25
  • Acceleration: -0.5
  • Weight: +0.25
  • Handling: -0.25
  • Sea Handling: 0
  • Air Handling: 0
  • Off-Road: +0.25
  • Mini-Turbo: -0.5
  • Stability: 0
  • Drift: -0.25

Mario Kart Tour[edit]

Statistics
Special skill Slipstream Plus icon from Mario Kart Tour Slipstream Plus
Favorite courses
(Bonus points ×2)
GCN Dino Dino Jungle from Mario Kart Tour
GCN Dino Dino Jungle
GCN Dino Dino Jungle R from Mario Kart Tour
GCN Dino Dino Jungle R
SNES Vanilla Lake 1 from Mario Kart Tour
SNES Vanilla Lake 1
SNES Vanilla Lake 1R from Mario Kart Tour
SNES Vanilla Lake 1R
N64 Kalimari Desert R from Mario Kart Tour
N64 Kalimari Desert R
SNES Donut Plains 1 from Mario Kart Tour
SNES Donut Plains 1
GCN Dino Dino Jungle R/T from Mario Kart Tour
GCN Dino Dino Jungle R/T
SNES Donut Plains 1R/T from Mario Kart Tour
SNES Donut Plains 1R/T
Tokyo Blur R/T from Mario Kart Tour
Tokyo Blur R/T
GCN Cookie Land from Mario Kart Tour
GCN Cookie Land
Favored courses
(Bonus points ×1.5)
N64 Kalimari Desert from Mario Kart Tour
N64 Kalimari Desert
RMX Choco Island 1 from Mario Kart Tour
RMX Choco Island 1
GCN Dino Dino Jungle T from Mario Kart Tour
GCN Dino Dino Jungle T
DS DK Pass R from Mario Kart Tour
DS DK Pass R
N64 Kalimari Desert T from Mario Kart Tour
N64 Kalimari Desert T*
SNES Donut Plains 1R from Mario Kart Tour
SNES Donut Plains 1R**
SNES Koopa Troopa Beach 2 from Mario Kart Tour
SNES Koopa Troopa Beach 2
SNES Koopa Troopa Beach 2T from Mario Kart Tour
SNES Koopa Troopa Beach 2T
DS Airship Fortress from Mario Kart Tour
DS Airship Fortress
DS Airship Fortress T from Mario Kart Tour
DS Airship Fortress T
Los Angeles Laps R from Mario Kart Tour
Los Angeles Laps R
Los Angeles Laps from Mario Kart Tour
Los Angeles Laps
3DS Rosalina's Ice World T from Mario Kart Tour
3DS Rosalina's Ice World T
3DS Rosalina's Ice World R from Mario Kart Tour
3DS Rosalina's Ice World R
SNES Donut Plains 2 from Mario Kart Tour
SNES Donut Plains 2
SNES Donut Plains 2R from Mario Kart Tour
SNES Donut Plains 2R
Wii Koopa Cape R from Mario Kart Tour
Wii Koopa Cape R
Wii Dry Dry Ruins from Mario Kart Tour
Wii Dry Dry Ruins
Athens Dash 2T from Mario Kart Tour
Athens Dash 2T
Rome Avanti T from Mario Kart Tour
Rome Avanti T

* indicates a favored course upgraded to a favorite course after reaching level 3. ** indicates a favored course upgraded to a favorite course after reaching level 6.
*** indicates a favored course upgraded to a favorite course after reaching level 8.

  • Mario Kart Tour Twitter: Thundering onto the #MarioKartTour track is the Bolt Buggy! This banana-colored monster machine is great for off-roading and straightaways. There's no time to wave goodbye to your rivals when you're fast as lightning![1]

Gallery[edit]

Mario Kart 7[edit]

Mario Kart Tour[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese バナナバギー[?]
Banana Bagī
Banana Buggy
Chinese (simplified) 香蕉越野车[?]
Xiāngjiāo yuèyěchē
Banana Buggy
Chinese (traditional) 香蕉越野車[?]
Xiāngjiāo yuèyěchē
Banana Buggy
Dutch Bananenbuggy[?] Banana Buggy
French Buggy Banane[?] Banana Buggy
German Bananabuggy[?] Banana Buggy
Italian Bananauto[?] From banana and auto ("car")
Korean 바나나버기[?]
Banana Beogi
Banana Buggy
Portuguese (NOA) Buguelâmpago[?] From bugue ("buggy") and relâmpago ("lightning")
Portuguese (NOE) Velozmóvel[?] From veloz ("fast") and automóvel ("automobile")
Russian Быстрый багги[?]
Bystryy baggi
Quick buggy
Spanish Kartplátano[?] Banana Kart

References[edit]

  1. ^ mariokarttourEN (May 23, 2020). Twitter. Retrieved May 24, 2020.