Spiny Cup

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Spiny Cup Emblem

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 since Mario Kart: Super Circuit, making it the only all-classic course cup to do so. 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 in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Tour Madrid Drive
3DS Rosalina's Ice World in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
3DS Rosalina's Ice World
Bowser Castle 3 in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
SNES Bowser Castle 3
Wii Rainbow Road in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Wii Rainbow Road

Gallery

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

Unused icons of the DLC cups in Mario Kart 8
The unused Spiny Shell cup icon (far right)