Koopa Freerunning

Mario and the Roving Racers participating in Koopa Freerunning

Koopa Freerunning is a minigame featured in Super Mario Odyssey. Upon the player completing the main story, a Koopa Troopa wearing a green hat appears in the various kingdoms and challenges Mario to a race against him and three other Koopa Troopas (red, blue, and purple—known as the Roving Racers) across the kingdom's landscape for a Power Moon; these races are known as Regular Cups. The kingdom's landscape often changes to how it was before the kingdom's Multi Moons were collected during the race, such as the Snow Kingdom being under a blizzard and the Seaside Kingdom being in the daytime. Upon Mario destroying the respective kingdom's Moon Rock and clearing the Regular Cup, the purple Koopa Troopa is replaced with a Golden Koopa, who is much smarter than the other racers and uses advanced shortcuts and techniques; these races are known as Master Cups and award another Power Moon. Mario and the Roving Racers can capture enemies in their environment to speed themselves up; however, the Roving Racers rapidly spin inside their shells and move rather than possess the enemy. After collecting both Power Moons from a specific race, Mario can keep racing to beat his high scores; every time Mario beats the Golden Koopa afterwards, the Koopa Troopa awards 50 to 100 coins depending on the kingdom in which the race takes place. The Roving Racers appear in every kingdom besides the Cloud Kingdom, Ruined Kingdom, Dark Side, and Darker Side.

Next to the Koopa Troopa who starts the race is a Rankings Board for the race, which shows global and friend leaderboards for all of the minigames when the player is connected to the Internet.

List of Koopa Freerunning races

Kingdom	Image	Starting location	Ending location	Shortcuts
Cap Kingdom		Top of Top-Hat Tower	Tallest hill near the Odyssey	Long-jumping off the top of the tower towards the bridge and breaking the fall by ground-pounding or throwing Cappy just before landing can save Mario several seconds.
Cascade Kingdom		Near the Odyssey	In front of the 8-bit section near the Stone Bridge	Wall-jumping and then diving onto the ledge in front of the bridge over the waterfall saves Mario time by not having to go around it.
Sand Kingdom		In front of the building in Tostarena Northwest Reaches (Green Koopa Troopa and Rankings Board) Roof of the building in Tostarena Northwest Reaches (actual race)	Entrance of Tostarena Town	Mario riding a Jaxi across the desert and not braking makes the race much faster. Mario can also travel through the series of spark pylons from the start to the Inverted Pyramid, then to the Round Tower, and finally to Tostarena Town.
Lake Kingdom		Near the Odyssey	Water Plaza Terrace	Triple-jumping and cap-diving onto the ledge with the Goombas at the start of the race allows Mario to skip most of the underwater segment and clear the race much faster than even the Golden Koopa.
Wooded Kingdom		Forest Charging Station	Iron Road: Halfway Point	Mario can long-jump and then cap-dive to skip the entire maze, saving lots of time.
Lost Kingdom		Near the Odyssey	Rocky Mountain Summit	Mario can jump and dive around the side of the two Trapeetle segments to save a few seconds each.
Metro Kingdom		Rooftop north of the park by the Main Street Entrance	Rooftop pool to the left of New Donk City Hall	Mario can capture two spark pylons on the right side of New Donk City Hall, travel up them, and then long-jump off the top to reach the pool much faster.
Snow Kingdom		Northwest corner of the kingdom	Near the Odyssey	Removing the stakes in the water and riding the resulting whirlwinds can immediately take Mario to the bridge in front of the goal, saving a lot of time.
Seaside Kingdom		Island above Ocean Trench East (Green Koopa Troopa and Rankings Board) Underwater area in front of the Sphynx (actual race)	Above Rolling Canyon	Mario can capture a Gushen above the water and use it to move much faster across the water than with normal swimming. It can also be used to surmount the cliff by landing in the elevated pool to the left of Rolling Canyon's entrance, then flying over to the cliff and releasing the Gushen to get on top of the cliff. There are also Volbonans that Mario can capture to flick himself to the goal.
Luncheon Kingdom		Outside Volcano Cave	Top of the Peak Climb	Long-jumping and cap-diving from the beginning to the cliffside gives Mario a good headstart. There is also a hidden staircase towards the last area of the race that takes Mario immediately to the goal.
Bowser's Kingdom		Beneath the Keep	Near the Odyssey	Mario can long-jump from the edge of the roof at the start of the race all the way down to the underwater area, skipping a significant amount of the race.
Moon Kingdom		Right of the stairs to the Wedding Hall (Green Koopa Troopa and Rankings Board) Bridge in front of the Wedding Hall (actual race)	Tall plateau to the west of the Odyssey	Mario making multiple Long Jumps and Triple Jumps at the beginning of the race can save time. Using the Rocket Flowers found on the surface shortens Mario's time even more.
Mushroom Kingdom		Mushroom Pond	Peach's Castle Main Entrance	Mario using the Rocket Flowers scattered around the area and not crashing into walls makes the race shorter.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	ノコノコレース[?] Nokonoko Rēsu	Koopa Troopa Race
Chinese (simplified)	喏库喏库赛跑[?] Nuòkùnuòkù Sàipǎo	Koopa Troopa Race
Chinese (traditional)	慢慢龜賽跑[?] Mànmanguī Sàipǎo	Koopa Troopa Race
Dutch	Koopa-parkoers[?]	Koopa Parkour
French	Course Koopa[?]	Koopa Race
German	Koopa-Freerunning[?]	Koopa Freerunning
Italian	Corsa dei Koopa[?]	Koopa Race
Korean	엉금엉금 레이스[?] Eonggeum'eonggeum Reiseu	Koopa Troopa Race
Russian	Купа-кросс[?] Kupa-kross	Koopa Cross
Spanish (NOA)	Carrera de koopas[?]	Koopa Race
Spanish (NOE)	Carrera de Koopas[?]	Koopa Race