Spiny Cup
The Spiny Cup is a cup that appears in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe as part of the Booster Course Pass DLC. It is the second of two cups in the sixth and final wave of the DLC, being released alongside the Acorn Cup, the twelfth and final cup of the pass overall, and the twenty-fourth and final cup of the game overall. The emblem of the cup is a Spiny Shell, making the Spiny Cup one of the two cups in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe to have a kind of shell as its emblem, alongside the Shell Cup. Like most cups in the pass, it only features classic courses, ending with a Bowser's Castle and Rainbow Road course similarly to the Special Cup. It is the first cup since the Moon Cup to not end on a course without a prefix or a Mario Kart Tour course, and the first cup since the Rock Cup to only feature one prefix-less or Mario Kart Tour course. It is also the only cup in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe to have a course originally from Super Mario Kart that is not the second course in the cup.
Courses
| Course 1 | Course 2 | Course 3 | Course 4 |
|---|---|---|---|
 Tour Madrid Drive |
 3DS Rosalina's Ice World |
 SNES Bowser Castle 3 |
 Wii Rainbow Road |
Gallery
Generic Spiny Cup course icon used before Wave 6's release
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | トゲゾーカップ[?] Togezō Kappu |
Spiny Cup | |
| Chinese (simplified) | 刺刺龟杯[?] Cìcìguī Bēi |
Spiny Cup | |
| Chinese (traditional) | 刺刺龜盃[?] Cìcìguī Bēi |
Spiny Cup | |
| Dutch | Spiny-beker[?] | Spiny Cup | |
| German | Stachi-Cup[?] | Spiny Cup | |
| Italian | Trofeo Spinoso[?] | Spiny Trophy | |
| Korean | 가시돌이 컵[?] Gasidori Keop |
Spiny Cup | |
| Portuguese | Taça Espinhos[?] | Spiny Cup | |
| Russian | Кубок Колючкина[?] Kubok Kolyuchkina |
Spiny Cup | |
| Spanish (NOA) | Copa Picos[?] | Spikes Cup | |
| Spanish (NOE) | Copa Pinchos[?] | Spikes Cup |
Trivia
- A cup based on the Spiny Shell was originally going to appear as DLC in the original Mario Kart 8 for the Wii U.
- In the game's data, it suggests that Tour Athens Dash (which is the first course of the Feather Cup in the final version) was intended to be the first course of this cup.
- This is the first retro cup in the Mario Kart series to place a Bowser's Castle course before a Rainbow Road, as the Special Cup has done since Mario Kart: Super Circuit.
