New course
A new course[1][2][3] is a course in the Mario Kart series that is new to the series and has never appeared before. New courses appear in the Mushroom Cup, Flower Cup, Star Cup, and Special Cup (and in Mario Kart: Super Circuit, Lightning Cup), with each cup containing four new courses (five in Super Mario Kart). They often take the name of the game they were derived from: in Mario Kart: Super Circuit, the original tracks are called Super Circuit Tracks to distinguish them from the tracks originating from Super Mario Kart, called Extra Tracks. In Mario Kart DS, the new courses are known as Nitro Courses from the project codename for the Nintendo DS, Project Nitro. In Mario Kart Wii the new courses are known as Wii courses. Most of them have reappeared in later Mario Kart games as classic courses. Starting with the DLC cups in Mario Kart 8, new courses can appear in the same cup as classic courses.
In all the console games, at least one Mario Circuit, Bowser's Castle, Rainbow Road, beach- or water-themed course, and ice- or snow-themed course have appeared as new courses. While Mario Kart Tour does have all of these except a beach- or water-themed course, its Mario Circuit, Bowser's Castle, and Rainbow Road have only been in the form of remix courses.
Race courses
New race courses by game
Super Mario Kart
Mario Kart 64
Mario Kart: Super Circuit
Mario Kart: Double Dash!!
Mario Kart DS
Mario Kart Wii
Mario Kart 7
Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
DLC courses
Cup | Course 2 | Course 3 | Course 4 |
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Egg Cup | ![]() Excitebike Arena |
![]() Dragon Driftway |
![]() Mute City |
Triforce Cup | ![]() Ice Ice Outpost |
![]() Hyrule Circuit | |
Crossing Cup | ![]() Wild Woods |
![]() Animal Crossing | |
Bell Cup | ![]() Super Bell Subway |
![]() Big Blue |
Booster Course Pass courses
Cup | Course 4 |
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Propeller Cup | ![]() Sky-High Sundae |
Mario Kart Tour
A subset of Mario Kart Tour's new courses are referred to as city courses and are specifically set in real life cities. These courses typically appear in tours themed after their pertinent city, such as London Loop in the London Tour. There are up to four different layouts of city courses, with the fourth layout typically being a 1-lap circuit that incorporates most of the routes of the three previous layouts.
Since the content of each cup changes periodically in Mario Kart Tour, courses below are simply listed in the order in which they were introduced to the game.
Battle courses
New battle courses by game
Super Mario Kart
Mario Kart 64
Mario Kart: Super Circuit
Mario Kart: Double Dash!!
Mario Kart DS
Mario Kart Wii
Mario Kart 7
Mario Kart 8
Unlike other games in the series, Mario Kart 8 has no courses unique to Battle Mode. Instead, eight of the game's original 32 race courses (two new, six classic) are modified and used as battle courses.
- MK8-Course-MarioCircuit.png
- MK8-Course-GCN SherbetLand.png
- MK8-Course-N64 YoshiValley.png
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Platform codes
Since Mario Kart 7, every course in the console Mario Kart games and in Mario Kart Tour features a specific platform code prepended to its internal name, indicating the platform on which the game each course debuted in was released. These are similar to, but distinct from, the prefixes used by classic courses to indicate their origin.
Platform code | Classic course prefix counterpart | Platform | Game |
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sfc | SNES | Super Nintendo Entertainment System | Super Mario Kart |
n64 | N64 | Nintendo 64 | Mario Kart 64 |
agb | GBA | Game Boy Advance | Mario Kart: Super Circuit |
gc | GCN | Nintendo GameCube | Mario Kart: Double Dash!! |
ds | DS | Nintendo DS | Mario Kart DS |
wii | Wii | Wii | Mario Kart Wii |
3ds | 3DS | Nintendo 3DS | Mario Kart 7 |
u | N/A | Wii U | Mario Kart 8 |
mob | Tour (city courses) N/A (other courses) |
Mobile devices | Mario Kart Tour |
nsw | N/A | Nintendo Switch | Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (first used in the battle courses) |
Gallery
Cup emblems
Mushroom Cup
Flower Cup
Lightning Cup
Star Cup
Special Cup
Mario Kart: Super Circuit (China)[4]
Cup trophies
Mushroom Cup
The Mushroom Cup trophy in Mario Kart: Double Dash!!.
The Mushroom Cup trophy in Mario Kart DS.
The Mushroom Cup trophy in Mario Kart Wii.
The Mushroom Cup trophy in Mario Kart 7.
- MK8 Mushroom Cup.jpg
The Mushroom Cup trophy in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.
Flower Cup
- FlowerCup MK8.jpg
The Flower Cup trophy in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.
Star Cup
- MK8 Star Cup Screenshot.jpg
The Star Cup trophy in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.
Special Cup
- MK8 Special Cup Screenshot.jpg
The Special Cup trophy in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.
Names in other languages
Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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Italian | Trofei Nitro[?] | Nitro Cups |
Super Circuit Tracks
Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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Trivia
- The four worlds after World Bowser in Super Mario 3D World resemble the new cups (World Mushroom for Mushroom Cup, World Flower for Flower Cup, World Star for Star Cup, and World Crown for Special Cup).
References
- ^ Musa, Alexander (May 30, 2014). Mario Kart 8 PRIMA Official Game Guide. The section about the new courses on page 44 is known as "THE NEW TRACKS".
- ^ new internal name of the folder containing the data about the newly introduced courses in Mario Kart Tour
- ^ Official European page for Mario Kart 7
- ^ From the iQue localization prototype.