Boost Rush
Boost Rush is a mode featured in New Super Mario Bros. U and its Nintendo Switch remake. In Boost Rush, the player will play through a series of levels grouped together in packs, and the objective is to play through autoscrolling levels and collect the most coins, lose the least amount of lives, and make or beat the best time. The speed of the scrolling increases every ten Coins, while Star Coins are worth 20 coins each. Like in Story Mode, the player has limited lives and can gain more by collecting coins or extra lives, although all players share the same lives, and the player using Boost Mode can pop any players in bubbles. When a player is playing Boost Rush, Miis can be seen in the background, supporting the players.
While playing the Penguin Pack, all Ice Flowers found in the levels are replaced by Penguin Suits.
Course packs
| Course Pack / Difficulty | Course 1 | Course 2 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Easy Pack ★ |
 Acorn Plains Way |
 Stone-Eye Zone | ||||
Flying Squirrel Pack ★★ |
Course 1 | Course 2 | ||||
 Spinning-Star Sky |
 Lemmy's Swingback Castle | |||||
Acrobat Pack ★★★ |
Course 1 | Course 2 | Course 3 | |||
 Mushroom Heights |
 Dry Desert Mushrooms |
 Wendy's Shifting Castle | ||||
Yoshi Pack ★★★★ |
Course 1 | Course 2 | ||||
 Fuzzy Clifftop |
 Yoshi Hill | |||||
Penguin Pack![Penguin Pack icon in New Super Mario Bros. U]]'s Boost Mode#Boost Rush Mode](/File:NSMBU_Penguin_Pack_Icon.png){kind=icon} ★★★★ |
Course 1 | Course 2 | ||||
 Fliprus Lake |
 Cooligan Fields | |||||
Expert Pack ★★★★★ |
Course 1 | Course 2 | Course 3 | |||
 Painted Swampland |
 Meteor Moat |
 Iggy's Volcanic Castle | ||||
Superstar Pack ★★★★★ |
Course 1 | Course 2 | ||||
 Hammerswing Caverns |
 Lakitu! Lakitu! Lakitu! | |||||
Random Pack
|
Course 1 | Course 2 | ||||
| Randomized | ||||||
Profiles
New Super Mario Bros. U
- Instruction manual bio: "Play through a series of courses back to back, and try to clear them as quickly as possible. In addition to being able to play as Mario and friends, you can also play as Mii characters."
- "If you've created a Mii character in the Mii Maker™ application, you will be able to select your Mii character. For more details, please launch Mii Maker and read the electronic manual from the HOME Menu."
New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe
- North American website bio: "Rush through courses that scroll at increasing speeds as you collect Coins, and aim for the fastest possible completion time."
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ブーストモード[?] Būsuto Mōdo |
Boost Mode | |
| Chinese | 加倍模式[?] Jiābèi Móshì |
Extra Mode | |
| Dutch | Recordrace[?] | Record race | |
| Italian | Partita turbo[?] | Turbo match | |
| Korean | 부스트 모드[?] Buseuteu Modeu |
Boost Mode | |
| Portuguese (NOE) | Partida Turbo[?] | Turbo Match | |
| Russian | Спринт[?] Sprint |
Sprint |
