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===''Mario Kart 8''===
===''Mario Kart 8''===
Most unlockable characters in ''Mario Kart 8'' are unlocked at random upon winning Grand Prix cups (separate cups must be played to unlock characters), which includes the Lightning Cup. Characters that can be unlocked include Rosalina, [[Metal Mario (character)|Metal Mario]], [[Lakitu]], [[Toadette]], [[Baby Rosalina]], [[Pink Gold Peach]], [[Iggy Koopa]], [[Roy Koopa]], [[Lemmy Koopa]], [[Larry Koopa]], [[Wendy O. Koopa]], [[Ludwig von Koopa]], [[Morton Koopa Jr.]], and Mii. Mii is unlocked upon the eighth Grand Prix cup victory, unless an [[amiibo]] is used to unlock Mii beforehand.
Most unlockable characters in ''Mario Kart 8'' are unlocked at random upon winning Grand Prix cups (separate cups must be played to unlock characters), which includes the Lightning Cup. Characters that can be unlocked include Rosalina, [[Metal Mario]], [[Lakitu]], [[Toadette]], [[Baby Rosalina]], [[Pink Gold Peach]], [[Iggy Koopa]], [[Roy Koopa]], [[Lemmy Koopa]], [[Larry Koopa]], [[Wendy O. Koopa]], [[Ludwig von Koopa]], [[Morton Koopa Jr.]], and Mii. Mii is unlocked upon the eighth Grand Prix cup victory, unless an [[amiibo]] is used to unlock Mii beforehand.


In addition, the [[Gold Standard]] body can be unlocked by getting a 1 star rank or higher on all non-DLC cups (including the Lightning Cup) on any one engine class, and the 150cc Mirror class can be unlocked by winning all 150cc cups.
In addition, the [[Gold Standard]] body can be unlocked by getting a 1 star rank or higher on all non-DLC cups (including the Lightning Cup) on any one engine class, and the 150cc Mirror class can be unlocked by winning all 150cc cups.

Revision as of 22:15, April 22, 2022

Artwork of the Lightning Cup logo, from Mario Kart 8.
The Lightning Cup logo in Mario Kart 8.

The Lightning Cup (referred to as the Thunder Cup in Mario Power Tennis and in the Mario Kart: Super Circuit and Mario Kart 7 instruction manuals) is a cup in the Mario Kart series, as well as Mario Power Tennis. Its first appearance is in Mario Kart: Super Circuit, in which it is placed between the Flower Cup and Star Cup. It is absent in Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, but appears since Mario Kart DS as a retro cup exclusively featuring classic courses. It is the only cup in the Mario Kart series to have been both a nitro cup and a retro cup. It mainly features courses from the Star Cup and the Special Cup, though Mario Kart DS features a sole course from the Mario Kart: Super Circuit Lightning Cup and Mario Kart Wii features a sole Flower Cup course. The length and difficulty of the courses in this cup tend to be on par with those in the Special Cup. In Mario Kart 7 and Mario Kart 8, the final course of the Lightning Cup is a past Rainbow Road, akin to the Special Cup's final course being a new Rainbow Road. The emblem of the cup is Lightning.

Courses

Game Course 1 Course 2 Course 3 Course 4
Mario Kart: Super Circuit Luigi Circuit
Luigi Circuit
Sky Garden
Sky Garden
The preview image for Cheep-Cheep Island from Mario Kart: Super Circuit
Cheep-Cheep Island
Localized Sunset Wilds course icon.
Sunset Wilds
Mario Kart DS Screenshot of Choco Island 2
SNES Choco Island 2
N64 Banshee Boardwalk as it is seen in Mario Kart DS
N64 Banshee Boardwalk
Screenshot of GBA Sky Garden
GBA Sky Garden
Screenshot of GCN Yoshi Circuit
GCN Yoshi Circuit
Mario Kart Wii SNES Mario Circuit 3
SNES Mario Circuit 3
Peach Gardens
DS Peach Gardens
DK Mountain
GCN DK Mountain
N64 Bowser's Castle
N64 Bowser's Castle
Mario Kart 7 KoopaCapeMK7.png
Wii Koopa Cape
DinoDinoJungleMK7.png
GCN Dino Dino Jungle
AirshipFortressMK7.png
DS Airship Fortress
SNES MK7.png
SNES Rainbow Road
Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe MK8-Course-DS Tick-TockClock.jpg
DS Tick-Tock Clock

MK8-Course-3DS PiranhaPlantSlide.jpg
3DS Piranha Plant Slide
Piranha Plant Pipeway
MK8-Course-Wii GrumbleVolcano.jpg
Wii Grumble Volcano

MK8-Course-N64 RainbowRoad.jpg
N64 Rainbow Road

Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit Jolly Workshop course icon from Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit
Jolly Workshop
Chain Chomp Stadium course icon from Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit
Chain Chomp Stadium
Ember Island course icon from Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit
Ember Island
N/A

Completion rewards in the Mario Kart series

Winning the Lightning Cup in the Mario Kart series can award the player with various bonuses, depending on the game. Additional cups unlocked are excluded from this list.

Mario Kart DS

  • All retro cups (includes Lightning Cup) on 50cc: Daisy
  • All retro cups (includes Lightning Cup) on 100cc: Waluigi
  • All retro cups (includes Lightning Cup) or all nitro cups (excludes Lightning Cup) on 150cc: Seven karts for each playable character
  • All cups on 150cc: 150cc Mirror class
  • All retro cups (includes Lightning Cup) or all nitro cups (excludes Lightning Cup) on 150cc Mirror: R.O.B.
  • All cups on 150cc Mirror: All karts for each playable character

Mario Kart Wii

  • 50cc Lightning Cup: Diddy Kong
  • 1 star rank or higher on all retro cups (includes Lightning Cup) on 50cc: Cheep Charger
  • 100cc Lightning Cup: Zip Zip
  • 1 star rank or higher on all retro cups (includes Lightning Cup) on 100cc: Bowser Jr.
  • 150cc Lightning Cup: Honeycoupe
  • 1 star rank or higher on all retro cups (includes Lightning Cup) on 150cc: Jetsetter
  • All cups on 150cc: 150cc Mirror class
  • Mirror Lightning Cup: Blue Falcon
  • 1 star rank or higher on all cups on 150cc Mirror: Rosalina

Mario Kart 7

  • All cups on a single cc class: Mii
  • 150cc Lightning Cup: Lakitu
  • All cups on 50cc, 100cc, and 150cc: 150cc Mirror class

Mario Kart 8

Most unlockable characters in Mario Kart 8 are unlocked at random upon winning Grand Prix cups (separate cups must be played to unlock characters), which includes the Lightning Cup. Characters that can be unlocked include Rosalina, Metal Mario, Lakitu, Toadette, Baby Rosalina, Pink Gold Peach, Iggy Koopa, Roy Koopa, Lemmy Koopa, Larry Koopa, Wendy O. Koopa, Ludwig von Koopa, Morton Koopa Jr., and Mii. Mii is unlocked upon the eighth Grand Prix cup victory, unless an amiibo is used to unlock Mii beforehand.

In addition, the Gold Standard body can be unlocked by getting a 1 star rank or higher on all non-DLC cups (including the Lightning Cup) on any one engine class, and the 150cc Mirror class can be unlocked by winning all 150cc cups.

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

  • 1 star rank or higher on all cups on 150cc Mirror: Gold Standard
  • All cups on 200cc: Gold Mario

Mario Kart Wii trading card information

The Lightning Cup card from the Mario Kart Wii trading cards

"You'll be glad to see that all four tracks in the Lightning Cup have made a big comeback! All feature updated graphics and all the fun you can handle. And two of them, GCN DK Mountain and N64 Bowser's Castle, offer up all the challenge you can handle!"

Gallery

Emblems

Trophies

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese サンダーカップ[?]
Sandā Kappu
Thunder Cup
Chinese 閃電盃 (Traditional)
闪电杯 (Simplified)
[?]

Shǎndiàn Bēi
Lightning Cup
Dutch Bliksembeker[?] Lightning Cup
German Blitz-Cup[?] Lightning Cup
Italian Trofeo Fulmine[?] Lightning Trophy
Korean 번개 컵[?]
Beongae Keop
Lightning Cup
Portuguese (NOA) Copa Relâmpago[?] Lightning Cup
Portuguese (NOE) Taça Relâmpago[?] Lightning Cup
Russian Кубок молнии[?]
Kubok molnii
Lightning Cup
Spanish Copa Centella[?] Spark Cup

Trivia

  • The Lightning Cup is the only cup in Mario Kart: Super Circuit to not feature a Bowser's Castle course.
  • Mario Kart 7's Lightning Cup is the only retro cup not to have at least one course from Mario Kart 64, and the only Lightning Cup to feature multiple courses from the Special Cup.