Moon Cup
The Moon 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 third wave of the DLC, being released alongside the Rock Cup, the sixth cup of the pass overall, and the eighteenth cup of the game overall. Like most cups in the pass, it only features classic courses. Excluding the Extra Cups in Mario Kart: Super Circuit and the cups in Mario Kart Tour, this is the second cup in the Mario Kart series to feature two classic courses from the same game, after the Lucky Cat Cup, as it features two courses from Mario Kart Tour: Berlin Byways and Merry Mountain. It is the only cup in the game to feature a Mario Kart Tour course that is not first or last. The emblem of the cup is a Power Moon. The decorations on this cup's trophy are violet.
List of courses
| Course 1 | Course 2 | Course 3 | Course 4 |
|---|---|---|---|
 Tour Berlin Byways |
 DS Peach Gardens |
 Merry Mountain |
 3DS Rainbow Road |
Gallery
Generic Moon Cup course icon used before Wave 3's release
The Moon Cup's trophy screen
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ムーンカップ[?] Mūn Kappu |
Moon Cup | |
| Chinese (simplified) | 月亮杯[?] Yuèliàng Bēi |
Moon Cup | |
| Chinese (traditional) | 月亮盃[?] Yuèliàng Bēi |
Moon Cup | |
| Dutch | Maanbeker[?] | Moon Cup | |
| French | Coupe lune[?] | Moon Cup | |
| German | Mond-Cup[?] | Moon Cup | |
| Italian | Trofeo Luna[?] | Moon Trophy | |
| Korean | 문 컵[?] Mun Keop |
Moon Cup | |
| Portuguese | Taça Lua[?] | Moon Cup | |
| Russian | Кубок луны[?] Kubok luny |
Moon Cup | |
| Spanish | Copa Luna[?] | Moon Cup |
Trivia
- In the game's data, the filename for DS Peach Gardens implies that it was originally set to be the second course of the Rock Cup, and the filename for GCN Waluigi Stadium (which is the third course of the Boomerang Cup in the final version) implies that it was originally set for the Moon Cup's second slot instead. A video uploaded by Nintendo of America on YouTube lists Wii Maple Treeway (which was originally meant to be the second course of the Acorn Cup internally and is the fourth course of the Rock Cup in the final version) as the second course of the cup.[1]
- The Moon Cup is one of two cups comprised entirely of classic courses in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe to have all of its starting lines use the same Mario Kart logo (that being the modern one), the other being the Acorn Cup.
References
- ^ Nintendo (November 22, 2022). Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - Booster Course Pass DLC Wave 3 - Nintendo Switch. YouTube. Retrieved December 2, 2022.
