Mario Kart Tour update includes atrocious £39 pack that unlocks Diddy Kong

Nintendo's new Mario Kart Tour update, available now, has rotated in a fresh set of tracks, characters and kart parts to unlock via the smartphone game's gacha-style system.

You can also pay up a lot of money and buy several packs upfront, which include popular characters such as Rosalina and Diddy Kong.

The price of these packs is largely justified by the lumps of in-game currency they include. The characters bundled with them are just there to give the pack a family friendly face, and a character players will likely want.

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