New course
- Not to be confused with Retro Course.
A Nitro Course is the term used to refer to an original course in the Mario Kart series that is new to the series and has never appeared before. They have appeared in every Mario Kart title. Some of them will or have reappeared in later Mario Kart games as retro courses.
Courses
Mushroom Cup
Flower Cup
Lightning Cup
NOTE: From Mario Kart DS onwards, it is the last cup of the Retro Courses.
Game | Course 1 | Course 2 | Course 3 | Course 4 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mario Kart: Super Circuit | File:Luigi circuit icon.png Luigi Circuit |
File:SkyGarden.png Sky Garden |
File:CheepCheepIsland.png Cheep-Cheep Island |
File:SunsetWilds.png Sunset Wilds |
Star Cup
Special Cup
DLC Cups
Egg Cup
Game | Course 1 | Course 2 | Course 3 | Course 4 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe | GCN Yoshi Circuit Retro |
Excitebike Arena Nitro |
File:MK8-DLC-Course-DragonDriftway.jpg Dragon Driftway Nitro |
Mute City Nitro |
Triforce Cup
Game | Course 1 | Course 2 | Course 3 | Course 4 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe | Wii Wario's Gold Mine Retro |
SNES Rainbow Road Retro |
Ice Ice Outpost Nitro |
Hyrule Circuit Nitro |
Crossing Cup
Game | Course 1 | Course 2 | Course 3 | Course 4 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe | GCN Baby Park Retro |
GBA Cheese Land Retro |
Wild Woods Nitro |
Animal Crossing Nitro |
Bell Cup
Game | Course 1 | Course 2 | Course 3 | Course 4 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe | 3DS Neo Bowser City Koopa City Retro |
GBA Ribbon Road white Retro |
Super Bell Subway white Nitro |
Big Blue white Nitro |
Gallery
Cups emblems
Mushroom Cup
- SMK-MushroomCup.png
Super Mario Kart
- MKSC-MushroomCup.png
Mario Kart: Super Circuit
- MKDS-MushroomCup.png
Mario Kart DS
Flower Cup
- SMK-FlowerCup.png
Super Mario Kart
- MKDS-FlowerCup.png
Mario Kart DS
Lightning Cup
- MKSC-LightningCup.png
Mario Kart: Super Circuit.
Star Cup
- SMK-StarCup.png
Super Mario Kart
- MK64-StarCup.png
Mario Kart 64
- MKSC-StarCup.png
Mario Kart: Super Circuit
- MKSC Star Cup icon.png
Mario Kart: Super Circuit
- MKDD-StarCup.png
Mario Kart: Double Dash!!
- MKDS-StarCup.png
Mario Kart DS
- Star-MKWii-Icon.png
Mario Kart Wii
- MK7-StarCup.png
Mario Kart 7
- MK8 StarCup.png
Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
- MK8 StarCuptv.svg
Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
- Mario Kart 8 - Star Cup logo.svg
Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Special Cup
- SMK-SpecialCup.png
Super Mario Kart
- MK64-SpecialCup.png
Mario Kart 64
- MKSC-SpecialCup.png
Mario Kart: Super Circuit
- MKSC Special Cup icon.png
Mario Kart: Super Circuit
- MKDD-SpecialCup.png
Mario Kart: Double Dash!!
- MKDS-SpecialCup.png
Mario Kart DS
- Special Cup.png
Mario Kart Wii
- MK7-SpecialCup.png
Mario Kart 7
- MK8 SpecialCup.png
Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
- MK8 SpecialCuptv.svg
Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
- Mario Kart 8 - Special Cup logo.svg
Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Cups trophies
Mushroom Cup
- Mushcup.png
The Mushroom Cup trophy in Mario Kart: Double Dash!!.
- DSmushroom Cup.png
The Mushroom Cup trophy in Mario Kart DS.
The Mushroom Cup trophy in Mario Kart Wii.
The Mushroom Cup trophy in Mario Kart 7.
- Mushroomcup.mk8.jpg
The Mushroom Cup trophy in Mario Kart 8.
Flower Cup
- Flowercup.Png
The Flower Cup trophy in Mario Kart: Double Dash!!.
- MKwii-Flowercup.jpg
The Flower Cup trophy in Mario Kart Wii.
- FlowerCup MK8.jpg
The Flower Cup trophy in Mario Kart 8.
Star Cup
- MKSCCongratsScreen.PNG
The Star Cup trophy in Mario Kart: Super Circuit.
- Star Cup1.PNG
The Star Cup trophy in Mario Kart: Double Dash!!.
- StarCup MK8r.jpeg
The Star Cup trophy in Mario Kart 8.
Special Cup
- MKDDSpecialCup.png
The Special Cup trophy in Mario Kart: Double Dash!!.
- SpecialcupDS.png
The Special Cup trophy in Mario Kart DS.
- SpecialCupWii.png
The Special Cup trophy in Mario Kart Wii.
- SpecialcupMK7.png
The Special Cup trophy in Mario Kart 7.
- SpecialCup MK8.jpg
The Special Cup trophy in Mario Kart 8.
Trivia
- A Nitro Mario Circuit, a beach or water themed course, a snow or ice themed course, Bowser's Castle, and Rainbow Road have appeared in all of the Mario Kart games.
- In Mario Kart: Super Circuit, the original tracks are called Super Circuit Courses to distinguish them from the tracks originated from Super Mario Kart, called Extra Courses.
- The Triforce, Egg, Crossing, and Bell cups are the first cups to include both Nitro and Retro Courses.
- The four worlds after World Bowser in Super Mario 3D World resemble the Nitro Cups (World Mushroom for Mushroom Cup, Flower for Flower Cup, Star for Star Cup and Crown for Special Cup).