New course
A new course[1][2][3] refers to a course newly introduced into a game of the Mario Kart series. New courses appear in the Mushroom Cup, Flower Cup, Star Cup, and Special Cup (and in Mario Kart: Super Circuit, the Lightning Cup), with each cup containing four new courses (five in Super Mario Kart). Prior to the "new course" term being used, they were addressed by other terms based on the game they were derived from: in Mario Kart: Super Circuit, the original tracks are called Super Circuit Tracks to distinguish them from the tracks originating from Super Mario Kart, called Extra Tracks; in Mario Kart DS, the new courses are known as Nitro Courses, derived from the project codename for the Nintendo DS, Project Nitro; and in Mario Kart Wii, the new courses are known as Wii Courses. Most new courses have gone on to later reappear in other Mario Kart games as classic courses. Starting with the DLC cups in Mario Kart 8, new courses can appear in the same cup as classic courses.
In all console Mario Kart games, at least one Mario Circuit, Bowser's Castle, Rainbow Road, beach- or water-themed course, and ice- or snow-themed course have appeared as new courses. Mario Kart Tour also has all of these if remix courses are counted, but it otherwise lacks new Mario Circuit, Bowser's Castle, and Rainbow Road courses.
Race courses[edit]
New race courses by game[edit]
Super Mario Kart[edit]
Mario Kart 64[edit]
Mario Kart: Super Circuit[edit]
Mario Kart: Double Dash!![edit]
Mario Kart DS[edit]
Mario Kart Wii[edit]
Mario Kart 7[edit]
Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe[edit]
DLC courses[edit]
Cup | DLC pack | Course 2 | Course 3 | Course 4 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Egg Cup | The Legend of Zelda × Mario Kart 8 November 13, 2014 |
Excitebike Arena |
Dragon Driftway |
Mute City |
Triforce Cup | Ice Ice Outpost |
Hyrule Circuit | ||
Crossing Cup | Animal Crossing × Mario Kart 8 April 23, 2015 |
Wild Woods |
Animal Crossing | |
Bell Cup | Super Bell Subway |
Big Blue |
Booster Course Pass courses[edit]
Cup | Wave | Course 4 |
---|---|---|
Propeller Cup | Wave 2 August 4, 2022 |
Sky-High Sundae |
Fruit Cup | Wave 4 March 9, 2023 |
Yoshi's Island |
Feather Cup | Wave 5 July 12, 2023 |
Squeaky Clean Sprint |
Although the Booster Course Pass is almost completely composed of classic courses, it also contains Sky-High Sundae as the fourth and last course of the Propeller Cup, Yoshi's Island as the fourth and last course of the Fruit Cup, and Squeaky Clean Sprint as the fourth and last course of the Feather Cup. While internal data marks Sky-High Sundae, Yoshi's Island, and Squeaky Clean Sprint as originating from Mario Kart Tour,[4] they were each announced and released for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe first as completely new courses.[5][6]
Mario Kart Tour[edit]
A subset of Mario Kart Tour's new courses are referred to as city courses (capitalized in one instance)[7] and are specifically set in real life cities. These courses typically appear in tours themed after their pertinent city, such as London Loop in the London Tour. Most city courses have three distinct layouts, with two also having a fourth layout in the form of a one-lap circuit that incorporates most of the routes of the other three layouts. One of the non-city new courses has three layouts as well.
Despite Sky-High Sundae, Yoshi's Island, and Squeaky Clean Sprint appearing in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe as part of the Booster Course Pass first, Mario Kart Tour also treats them as new courses instead of classic courses.[8]
Since the content of each cup changes periodically in Mario Kart Tour, courses below are listed alongside their debut tours and dates.
City courses[edit]
Other new courses[edit]
Route 1 | Route 2 | Route 3 |
---|---|---|
Merry Mountain | ||
Winter Tour (2020) December 2, 2020 | ||
Ninja Hideaway | ||
Ninja Tour (2021) April 7, 2021 | ||
Sky-High Sundae | ||
Sundae Tour (2022) August 10, 2022 | ||
Piranha Plant Cove |
Piranha Plant Cove 2 |
Piranha Plant Cove 3 |
Exploration Tour (2023) February 8, 2023 |
Exploration Tour (2023) February 8, 2023 |
Mii Tour (2023) May 17, 2023 |
Yoshi's Island | ||
Yoshi Tour (2023) April 5, 2023 | ||
Piranha Plant Pipeline | ||
Pipe Tour July 12, 2023 | ||
Squeaky Clean Sprint | ||
Vacation Tour August 9, 2023 |
Battle courses[edit]
New battle courses by game[edit]
Super Mario Kart[edit]
Mario Kart 64[edit]
Mario Kart: Super Circuit[edit]
Mario Kart: Double Dash!![edit]
Mario Kart DS[edit]
Mario Kart Wii[edit]
Mario Kart 7[edit]
Mario Kart 8[edit]
Unlike other games in the series, Mario Kart 8 has no courses unique to Battle Mode. Instead, eight of the game's original thirty-two race courses (two new, six classic) are modified and used as battle courses.
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe[edit]
Mario Kart Tour[edit]
New York Minute B
Autumn Tour (2022)
November 2, 2022Paris Promenade B
Spring Tour
April 19, 2023
Platform codes[edit]
Since Mario Kart 7, every course in the console Mario Kart games and in Mario Kart Tour features a specific platform code prepended to its internal name, indicating the platform on which the game each course debuted in was released. These are similar to, but distinct from, the prefixes used by classic courses to indicate their origin.
Platform code | Classic course prefix counterpart | Platform | Game |
---|---|---|---|
sfc | SNES1 | Super Nintendo Entertainment System | Super Mario Kart |
n64 | N642 | Nintendo 64 | Mario Kart 64 |
agb | GBA | Game Boy Advance | Mario Kart: Super Circuit |
gc | GCN3 | Nintendo GameCube | Mario Kart: Double Dash!! |
ds | DS | Nintendo DS | Mario Kart DS |
wii | Wii | Wii | Mario Kart Wii |
3ds | 3DS | Nintendo 3DS | Mario Kart 7 |
u | N/A | Wii U | Mario Kart 8 |
mob | Tour (city courses)4 N/A (other courses) |
Mobile devices | Mario Kart Tour |
nsw | N/A | Nintendo Switch | Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (first used in the Booster Course Pass)5 |
Footnotes[edit]
1 - Games in Japanese, Korean, and Chinese use the SFC prefix, reflecting the console's Japanese name, "Super Famicom".
2 - Prior to Mario Kart 8, games in Japanese, Korean, and Chinese use the 64 prefix.
3 - Games in Japanese, Korean, and Chinese use the GC prefix.
4 - In the Tencent release of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, none of the courses from Mario Kart Tour have the Tour prefix.
5 - Even though they were first playable on the Nintendo Switch, the battle courses introduced in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe all feature the u platform code.
Gallery[edit]
Cup emblems[edit]
Mushroom Cup[edit]
Flower Cup[edit]
Lightning Cup[edit]
Star Cup[edit]
Special Cup[edit]
Mario Kart: Super Circuit (China)[9]
Cup trophies[edit]
Mushroom Cup[edit]
The Mushroom Cup trophy in Mario Kart: Double Dash!!.
The Mushroom Cup trophy in Mario Kart DS.
The Mushroom Cup trophy in Mario Kart Wii.
The Mushroom Cup trophy in Mario Kart 7.
The Mushroom Cup trophy in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.
Flower Cup[edit]
Star Cup[edit]
Special Cup[edit]
Names in other languages[edit]
Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Japanese | 新コース[?] Shin kōsu |
New course | |
Italian | Trofei Nitro[?] | Nitro Cups |
Super Circuit Tracks[edit]
Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Japanese | GBAコース[?] GBA kōsu |
GBA Course |
City course[edit]
Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Japanese | 都市コース[?] Toshi kōsu |
City course |
Notes[edit]
- The four special worlds after World Bowser in Super Mario 3D World use similar symbols to those of the four new cups (World Star for the Star Cup, World Mushroom for the Mushroom Cup, World Flower for the Flower Cup, and World Crown for the Special Cup).
References[edit]
- ^ "THE NEW TRACKS" – Musa, Alexander (May 30, 2014). Mario Kart 8 PRIMA Official Game Guide. Prima Games (American English). ISBN 978-0-804-16328-6. Page 44.
- ^ new internal name of the folder containing the data about the newly introduced courses in Mario Kart Tour
- ^ Mario Kart 7. Nintendo of UK (British English). Retrieved June 25, 2024.
- ^ In the ID list of Mario Kart Tour, Sky-High Sundae's internal name is Gmob_IceBuilding; among the datamined map objects of Mario Kart Tour, those that were eventually used in the Yoshi's Island course of the Booster Course Pass, in particular FlowerRingMobyi, are referred to belong to Mobyi.
- ^ "Sky-High Sundae – The competition may heat up, but that doesn’t mean you can’t chill out in this sweet race, which is filled with larger-than-life desserts at nearly every turn. Prove you’re number one under the sun(dae) in this debut course!" – July 28, 2022. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - Booster Course Pass Wave 2 Approaches the Starting Line on Aug. 4. Nintendo.com. (Archived November 28, 2023, 04:31:49 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
- ^ Nintendo of America (February 9, 2023). Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Booster Course Pass - Wave 4 Announcement - Nintendo Direct 2.8.23. YouTube (American English). Retrieved February 12, 2023.
- ^ "All of the courses that appear in this tour will be City Courses!" – 2023 Anniversary Tour preview news post.
- ^ August 10, 2022. Race the new Sky-High Sundae course in the Mario Kart Tour and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe games today!. Nintendo.com (American English). Retrieved June 25, 2024.
- ^ From the iQue localization prototype.