Editing Banana Cup

The '''Banana Cup''' is a [[cup]] in the [[Mario Kart (series)|''Mario Kart'' series]] introduced in ''[[Mario Kart DS]]'' as the sixth cup. It exclusively features [[classic course]]s and is the second retro cup overall; these may be from any cup of a previous game, though they are more commonly from the [[Mushroom Cup]] or [[Flower Cup]]. The cup is somewhat more difficult than the [[Shell Cup]], and its difficulty is comparable to that of the Flower Cup. The emblem of the cup is a [[Banana]]. The Banana Cup also appears in ''[[Mario Tennis Open]]'', following the [[Flower Cup]] and preceding the [[Special Cup#Mario Tennis series|Champions Cup]]. All of the courses in ''Mario Kart DS'' and ''[[Mario Kart 7]]''{{'}}s Banana Cups have reappeared in later games in the series.

==History==

====List of courses====

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!width="25%"|Game

!width="15%"|Course 1

!width="15%"|Course 2

!width="15%"|Course 3

!width="15%"|Course 4

!''[[Mario Kart DS]]''

!''[[Mario Kart Wii]]''

!''[[Mario Kart 7]]''

|[[File:KoopaTroopaBeachMK7.png|135px]]<br>{{classic-link|N64|Koopa Troopa Beach|Koopa Beach<br><small><small>N64</small> Koopa Troopa Beach</small>}}

|[[File:MK7-SFC-MC.png|135px]]<br>{{classic-link|SNES|Mario Circuit 2}}

|[[File:Wii Coconut Mall.png|135px]]<br>{{classic-link|Wii|Coconut Mall}}

|[[File:MK7-DS-WP.png|135px]]<br>{{classic-link|DS|Waluigi Pinball}}

!''[[Mario Kart 8]]'' / ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]''

!''[[Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit]]''

===''Mario Tennis Open''===

==Completion rewards==

Most unlockable characters in ''Mario Kart 8'' are unlocked at random upon winning Grand Prix cups (separate cups must be played to unlock characters), which includes the Banana Cup. Characters that can be unlocked include Rosalina, [[Metal Mario]], [[Lakitu]], [[Toadette]], [[Baby Rosalina]], [[Pink Gold Peach]], [[Iggy|Iggy Koopa]], [[Roy|Roy Koopa]], [[Lemmy|Lemmy Koopa]], [[Larry|Larry Koopa]], [[Wendy|Wendy O. Koopa]], [[Ludwig|Ludwig von Koopa]], [[Morton|Morton Koopa Jr.]], and Mii. Mii is unlocked upon the eighth Grand Prix cup victory, unless an [[amiibo]] is used to unlock Mii beforehand.

==Profiles==

*'''''Mario Kart Wii'' trading card bio:''' ''"The Retro Cup racing festival peels off four challenging drives with the Banana Cup. It consists of one track from N64, one from Game Boy Advance, one from DS and one from GameCube...all with somewhat challenging levels of difficulty for Grand Prix or Time Trials competition."''

MK8 Banana Cup Screenshot.png|''Mario Kart 8''

|Fre=Coupe Banane

|FreM=Banana Cup

*In ''Mario Kart 8'':

**This is the only cup in the game with all courses taking place in the daytime, and is the only Banana Cup so far to have this trait.

**It is one of two cups in the game to use the same character as Staff Ghosts in two tracks of the same cup (being [[Princess Peach|Peach]] in [[GCN Dry Dry Desert|Dry Dry Desert]] and [[N64 Royal Raceway|Royal Raceway]]), the other being the [[Egg Cup]] (being [[Mario]] in [[Excitebike Arena]] and [[Mute City]]).

*This is the only retro cup in ''Mario Kart Wii'' that does not have a classic [[Mario Circuit]] course.