Battle Mode (theme)

"Battle Mode"
	"Battle Mode" in Super Mario Kart
	; Image from Nintendo Music
	Composed by:; Soyo Oka
Genre	Jazz-funk
First appearance	Super Mario Kart (1992)
Latest appearance	Mario Kart World (2025)
Quoted by
	"Koopa Beach" (Super Mario Kart); "Rainbow Road" (Mario Kart Wii)

This article is about the musical theme from Super Mario Kart. For other general battle course themes in the Mario Kart series, see Battle Course.

"Battle Mode",^[1] also known as "Battle Course",^[2] is a musical theme composed by Soyo Oka for Super Mario Kart, where it plays in all battle courses: Battle Course 1, Battle Course 2, Battle Course 3, and Battle Course 4. The main melody is played on an overdriven guitar.

History[edit]

Super Mario Kart[edit]

Main article: Koopa Beach (theme)

Super Mario Kart marks the first appearance of "Battle Mode". It is also included in the official album Super Famicom New Game Sound Museum Vol. 5.

A brief arrangement of "Battle Mode" is incorporated in the theme that plays in Koopa Beach 1 and Koopa Beach 2 approximately 25 seconds in. It is titled "Koopa Beach" in the Nintendo Music app.

Mario Kart Wii[edit]

In Mario Kart Wii, an arrangement of "Battle Mode" plays in SNES Battle Course 4.

SNES Battle Course 4 - The arrangement heard in Mario Kart Wii	File info 0:30

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Mario Kart 8 Deluxe[edit]

In Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, an arrangement of "Battle Mode" plays in SNES Battle Course 1. It is likewise titled "SNES Battle Course 1" in the Nintendo Music app. This arrangement plays the B section on an organ with heavy panning oscillation.

SNES Battle Course 1 - The arrangement heard in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe	File info 0:30

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Mario Kart Tour[edit]

In Mario Kart Tour, the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe arrangement of "Battle Mode" plays in all battle courses: GBA Battle Course 1, GCN Cookie Land, DS Twilight House, New York Minute B, and Paris Promenade B.

Mario Kart World[edit]

In Mario Kart World, an arrangement of "Battle Mode" plays in Mario Bros. Circuit during Battle mode. It is titled "Battle Course (Super Mario Kart)" in the Nintendo Music app.

Battle Course (Super Mario Kart) - The arrangement heard in Mario Kart World	File info 0:30

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Gallery[edit]

Image for "SNES Battle Course 1" from Mario Kart 8 Deluxe on Nintendo Music
Image for "Battle Course (Super Mario Kart)" from Mario Kart World on Nintendo Music

List of Super Mario appearances[edit]

Games[edit]

Work	System	Year	Type	Title	Credits
Super Mario Kart	Super Nintendo Entertainment System	1992	Original	"Battle Mode"^[1]	Soyo Oka
Super Mario Kart	Super Nintendo Entertainment System	1992	Arrangement	"Koopa Beach"^[1]	Soyo Oka
Mario Kart Wii	Wii	2008	Arrangement
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe	Nintendo Switch	2017	Arrangement	"SNES Battle Course 1"^[1]
Mario Kart Tour	iOS, Android	2022^[a]	Past arrangement (Mario Kart 8 Deluxe)
Mario Kart World	Nintendo Switch 2	2025	Arrangement	"Battle Course (Super Mario Kart)"^[1]

^ Added in the Battle Tour on October 4, 2022

Albums[edit]

Work	Year	Type	Title	Credits
Super Famicom New Game Sound Museum Vol. 5	1992	Original	「バトルゲーム」 (Batoru Gēmu)	Soyo Oka

Other media[edit]

Work	Year	Type	Title	Credits
Nintendo Music	2024	Past arrangement (Mario Kart 8 Deluxe)	"SNES Battle Course 1"
	2025^[a]	Original	"Battle Mode"	Soyo Oka
	2026^[b]	Past arrangement (Mario Kart World)	"Battle Course (Super Mario Kart)"

^ Added on January 20, 2025
^ Added on June 1, 2026

Names in other languages[edit]

Language	Name	Meaning	Note(s)	Ref.
Japanese	バトルゲーム Batoru Gēmu	Battle Game		^[1]
Spanish	Circuito de Batalla	Battle Circuit		^[2]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Nintendo Music
^ ^a ^b Mario Kart World pause menu

[3] Added in the Battle Tour on October 4, 2022

[4] Added on January 20, 2025

[5] Added on June 1, 2026

[NMusic-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Nintendo Music

[MKWorld-2] Mario Kart World pause menu

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[Edit] Super Mario Kart
Playable characters		Bowser • Donkey Kong Jr. • Koopa Troopa • Luigi • Mario • Princess • Toad • Yoshi
Courses	Mushroom Cup	Mario Circuit 1 • Donut Plains 1 • Ghost Valley 1 • Bowser Castle 1 • Mario Circuit 2
	Flower Cup	Choco Island 1 • Ghost Valley 2 • Donut Plains 2 • Bowser Castle 2 • Mario Circuit 3
	Star Cup	Koopa Beach 1 • Choco Island 2 • Vanilla Lake 1 • Bowser Castle 3 • Mario Circuit 4
	Special Cup	Donut Plains 3 • Koopa Beach 2 • Ghost Valley 3 • Vanilla Lake 2 • Rainbow Road
	Battle courses	Battle Course 1 • Battle Course 2 • Battle Course 3 • Battle Course 4
Items and objects	Question Block items	Banana Peel • Feather • Ghost • Green Shell • Lightning • Mushroom • Red Shell • Star
	CPU-only items	Egg • Fireball • Poison Mushroom
	Miscellaneous items and objects	Coin • Jump • Kart • Trophy • Zipper
Techniques		Drift • Mini-Turbo • Hop • Rocket Start
Species, enemies, and obstacles		Big Cheep Cheep • Bullet Bill • Gopher • Flopping Cheep Cheep • Ice • Lakitu • Oil slick • Snow block • Super Thwomp • Thwomp • Warp Pipe
Music		"Awards Ceremony (1st – 3rd Place)" • "Battle Mode" • "Bowser Castle" • "Choco Island" • "Donut Plains" • "Finish! (1st – 4th Place)" • "Finish! (5th – 8th Place)" • "Ghost Valley" • "Koopa Beach" • "Mario Circuit" • "Race Results (Donkey Kong Jr.)" • "Rainbow Road" • "Staff Credits" • "Super Mario Kart Title Screen" • "Vanilla Lake"
Promotional content		Howard Lincoln Answers Your Questions • Mario Kart Dice • Super Mario Embroidery World • Super Mario Kart (Barcode Battler II) • Super Mario Kart (sliding puzzle) • Super Mario Kart: Checkered Flag • Super Mario Kart: Gekisō! Mario Kart • Super Mario Kart Kuru Kuru Puzzle • Super Mario Kart: Mario Kart Grand Prix • Super Mario Kart: Super Mario no Puzzle Kart • Super Mario Kart: Yūshō wa dare? • Wario Cheat of the Day
Miscellaneous		Battle Mode • Finish line • Gallery • Go! Go! Mario Circuit • Nintendo Music (soundtrack) • Pre-release and unused content • Staff • "Super Comboy" (song) • Super Mario Kart: Doki Doki Race
Adaptations		Super Mario (Super Mario Kart 1 · Super Mario Kart 2 · Super Mario Kart 3) • Super Mario-kun (Volume: 6)

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Drivers
Small		Baby Mario • Baby Luigi • Baby Peach • Baby Daisy • Toad • Toadette • Koopa Troopa • Dry Bones
Medium		Mario • Luigi • Peach • Daisy • Yoshi • Birdo • Diddy Kong • Bowser Jr.
Large		Wario • Waluigi • Donkey Kong • Bowser • King Boo • Rosalina • Funky Kong • Dry Bowser
Any		Mii
Vehicles
Karts	Small	Standard Kart S • Booster Seat • Mini Beast • Cheep Charger • Tiny Titan • Blue Falcon
	Medium	Standard Kart M • Classic Dragster • Wild Wing • Super Blooper • Daytripper • Sprinter
	Large	Standard Kart L • Offroader • Flame Flyer • Piranha Prowler • Jetsetter • Honeycoupe
Bikes	Small	Standard Bike S • Bullet Bike • Bit Bike • Quacker • Magikruiser • Jet Bubble
	Medium	Standard Bike M • Mach Bike • Sugarscoot • Zip Zip • Sneakster • Dolphin Dasher
	Large	Standard Bike L • Flame Runner • Wario Bike • Shooting Star • Spear • Phantom
Courses
Wii Grand Prix	Mushroom Cup	Luigi Circuit • Moo Moo Meadows • Mushroom Gorge • Toad's Factory
	Flower Cup	Mario Circuit • Coconut Mall • DK Summit • Wario's Gold Mine
	Star Cup	Daisy Circuit • Koopa Cape • Maple Treeway • Grumble Volcano
	Special Cup	Dry Dry Ruins • Moonview Highway • Bowser's Castle • Rainbow Road
Retro Grand Prix	Shell Cup	GCN Peach Beach • DS Yoshi Falls • SNES Ghost Valley 2 • N64 Mario Raceway
	Banana Cup	N64 Sherbet Land • GBA Shy Guy Beach • DS Delfino Square • GCN Waluigi Stadium
	Leaf Cup	DS Desert Hills • GBA Bowser Castle 3 • N64 DK's Jungle Parkway • GCN Mario Circuit
	Lightning Cup	SNES Mario Circuit 3 • DS Peach Gardens • GCN DK Mountain • N64 Bowser's Castle
Battle stages	Wii Stages	Block Plaza • Delfino Pier • Funky Stadium • Chain Chomp Wheel • Thwomp Desert
Battle stages	Retro Stages	SNES Battle Course 4 • GBA Battle Course 3 • N64 Skyscraper • GCN Cookie Land • DS Twilight House
Tournament arena		Galaxy Colosseum
Other
Items and objects	Item Box items	Banana • Blooper • Bob-omb • Bullet Bill • Fake Item Box • Golden Mushroom • Green Shell • Lightning • Mega Mushroom • Mushroom • POW Block • Red Shell • Spiny Shell • Super Star • Thunder Cloud • Triple Bananas • Triple Green Shells • Triple Mushrooms • Triple Red Shells
Items and objects	Other	Barrel Cannon • Cannon • Coin • Dash Panel • Halfpipe-style boost ramp • Hot-air balloon • Launch Star • Leaf pile • Mushroom Trampoline • Ramp • Trophy
Background characters and species		Big Cheep Cheep • Birdo • Boo • Delfino Oak Tree • Goomba • Hammer Bro • Lakitu • Mii • Monty Mole • Moo Moo • Noki • Petey Piranha • Penguin • Pianta • Shy Guy • Sledge Bro • Toad • Unagi • Yoshi • Yoshi's Egg
Enemies and obstacles		Angry Sun • Baby Penguin • Big Pokey • Bob-omb Car • Boulder • Bowser Statue • Car • Cargo truck • Cataquack • Chain Chomp • Crusher • Delfino Oak Tree • Falling Pillar • Fire • Fire Bar • Fire Chain • Fire Snake • Ghost • Giant Wiggler • Goomba • Ice • Koopa Zapper • Lava • Lava Geyser • Mecha Bowser • Mecha Piranha Plant • Mine Cart • Monty Mole • Moo Moo • Oil slick • Penguin • Piranha Plant • Podoboo • Pokey • Shy Guy Galleon • Shy Guy Snowboarder • Sidestepper • Spiky Topman • Swoop • Thwomp • Warp Pipe • Volcanic debris
Techniques		Drift • Hop • Mini-Turbo • Rocket Start • Slipstream • Spin Turn • Trick • Wheelie
Battle modes		Balloon Battle • Coin Runners
Music		"Chain Chomp Wheel" • "Coconut Mall" • "Daisy Circuit" • "Delfino Pier" • "DK Summit" • "Dry Dry Ruins" • "Grumble Volcano" • "Luigi Circuit" • "Wii Maple Treeway" • "Moo Moo Meadows" • "Moonview Highway" • "Mushroom Gorge" • "Rainbow Road" • "Selection Screen" • "Staff Credits A" • "Thwomp Desert" • "Toad's Factory" • "Wario's Gold Mine"
Miscellaneous		Children's Puzzle Mario Kart • Cowboy Jed • Daisy Cruiser • Emblem • Finish line • Gallery • Glitches • Item probability distributions • Iwata Asks • Jed Junior • Mario Kart (Wii/DS) • Mario Kart Channel tournaments • Mario Kart Wii Collector's Puzzle • Mario Kart Wii Grand Prix • Mario Kart Wii Platinum Soundtrack • Pre-release and unused content • Quick Poll • Sponsors • Staff • Trading cards • The Year of Luigi Sound Selection

[Edit] Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Drivers
Feather			Baby Mario • Baby Luigi • Baby Peach • Baby Daisy • Baby Rosalina • Lemmy • Dry Bones
Light			Toad • Koopa Troopa • Shy Guy (Light-blue^a · Black^a · Green^a · Yellow^a · White^a · Blue^a · Pink^a · Orange^a) • Lakitu • Toadette • Larry • Wendy • Cat Peach^a • Villager (Female)^a • Isabelle^a • Bowser Jr. • Inkling Girl • Diddy Kong^c
Medium			Peach • Daisy • Yoshi (Light-blue^a · Black^a · Red^a · Yellow^a · White^a · Blue^a · Pink^a · Orange^a) • Mario • Luigi • Iggy • Ludwig • Tanooki Mario^a • Villager (Male)^a • Inkling Boy • Birdo^c (Light-blue ^c · Black ^c · Red ^c · Yellow ^c · White ^c · Blue ^c · Green ^c · Orange ^c) • Kamek^c • Peachette^c
Cruiser			Rosalina • Donkey Kong • Waluigi • Roy • Link^a • King Boo • Wiggler^c • Pauline^c
Heavy			Metal Mario (Gold) • Pink Gold Peach • Bowser • Wario • Morton • Dry Bowser^a • Petey Piranha^c • Funky Kong^c
Any			Mii
Vehicle parts
Bodies		Karts	Standard Kart • Pipe Frame • Mach 8 • Steel Driver • Cat Cruiser • Circuit Special • Tri-Speeder • Badwagon • Prancer • Biddybuggy • Landship • Sneeker • Sports Coupe • Gold Standard • GLA^a • W 25 Silver Arrow^a • 300 SL Roadster^a • Blue Falcon^a • Tanooki Kart^a • B Dasher^a • Streetle^a • P-Wing^a • Koopa Clown
		Standard bikes	Standard Bike • The Duke • Flame Rider • Varmint • Mr. Scooty • City Tripper^a • Master Cycle Zero^b
		Sport bikes	Comet • Sport Bike • Jet Bike • Yoshi Bike • Master Cycle^a
		ATVs	Standard ATV • Wild Wiggler • Teddy Buggy • Bone Rattler^a • Splat Buggy • Inkstriker
Tires			Standard • Monster • Roller • Slim • Slick • Metal • Button • Off-Road • Sponge • Wood • Cushion • Blue Standard • Hot Monster • Azure Roller • Crimson Slim • Cyber Slick • Retro Off-Road • Gold Tires • GLA Tires^a • Triforce Tires^a • Leaf Tires^a • Ancient Tires^b
Gliders			Super Glider • Cloud Glider • Wario Wing • Waddle Wing • Peach Parasol • Parachute • Parafoil • Flower Glider • Bowser Kite • Plane Glider • MKTV Parafoil • Gold Glider • Hylian Kite^a • Paper Glider^a • Paraglider^b
Courses
New courses		Mushroom Cup	Mario Kart Stadium • Water Park • Sweet Sweet Canyon • Thwomp Ruins
		Flower Cup	Mario Circuit • Toad Harbor • Twisted Mansion • Shy Guy Falls
		Star Cup	Sunshine Airport • Dolphin Shoals • Electrodrome • Mount Wario
		Special Cup	Cloudtop Cruise • Bone-Dry Dunes • Bowser's Castle • Rainbow Road
Classic courses		Shell Cup	Wii Moo Moo Meadows • GBA Mario Circuit • DS Cheep Cheep Beach • N64 Toad's Turnpike
		Banana Cup	GCN Dry Dry Desert • SNES Donut Plains 3 • N64 Royal Raceway • 3DS DK Jungle
		Leaf Cup	DS Wario Stadium • GCN Sherbet Land • 3DS Music Park • N64 Yoshi Valley
		Lightning Cup	DS Tick-Tock Clock • 3DS Piranha Plant Slide • Wii Grumble Volcano • N64 Rainbow Road
DLC courses^a		Egg Cup	GCN Yoshi Circuit • Excitebike Arena • Dragon Driftway • Mute City
		Triforce Cup	Wii Wario's Gold Mine • SNES Rainbow Road • Ice Ice Outpost • Hyrule Circuit
		Crossing Cup	GCN Baby Park • GBA Cheese Land • Wild Woods • Animal Crossing
		Bell Cup	3DS Neo Bowser City • GBA Ribbon Road • Super Bell Subway • Big Blue
Booster courses^c		Golden Dash Cup	Tour Paris Promenade • 3DS Toad Circuit • N64 Choco Mountain • Wii Coconut Mall
		Lucky Cat Cup	Tour Tokyo Blur • DS Shroom Ridge • GBA Sky Garden • Ninja Hideaway
		Turnip Cup	Tour New York Minute • SNES Mario Circuit 3 • N64 Kalimari Desert • DS Waluigi Pinball
		Propeller Cup	Tour Sydney Sprint • GBA Snow Land • Wii Mushroom Gorge • Sky-High Sundae
		Rock Cup	Tour London Loop • GBA Boo Lake • 3DS Rock Rock Mountain • Wii Maple Treeway
		Moon Cup	Tour Berlin Byways • DS Peach Gardens • Merry Mountain • 3DS Rainbow Road
		Fruit Cup	Tour Amsterdam Drift • GBA Riverside Park • Wii DK Summit • Yoshi's Island
		Boomerang Cup	Tour Bangkok Rush • DS Mario Circuit • GCN Waluigi Stadium • Tour Singapore Speedway
		Feather Cup	Tour Athens Dash • GCN Daisy Cruiser • Wii Moonview Highway • Squeaky Clean Sprint
		Cherry Cup	Tour Los Angeles Laps • GBA Sunset Wilds • Wii Koopa Cape • Tour Vancouver Velocity
		Acorn Cup	Tour Rome Avanti • GCN DK Mountain • Wii Daisy Circuit • Piranha Plant Cove
		Spiny Cup	Tour Madrid Drive • 3DS Rosalina's Ice World • SNES Bowser Castle 3 • Wii Rainbow Road
Battle courses	Wii U	New courses	Mario Circuit • Toad Harbor
	Wii U	Classic courses	Wii Moo Moo Meadows • GCN Dry Dry Desert • SNES Donut Plains 3 • N64 Toad's Turnpike • GCN Sherbet Land • N64 Yoshi Valley
	Switch	New courses	Battle Stadium • Sweet Sweet Kingdom • Dragon Palace • Lunar Colony • Urchin Underpass
	Switch	Classic courses	3DS Wuhu Town • GCN Luigi's Mansion • SNES Battle Course 1
Music
Courses	Base game courses	New courses	"Bone-Dry Dunes" • "Cloudtop Cruise" • "Dolphin Shoals" • "Dragon Driftway"^a ("Dragon Palace") • "Electrodrome" • "Excitebike Arena"^a • "Hyrule Circuit" • "Ice Ice Outpost"^a • "Mario Circuit" ("Mario Kart Stadium") • "Mute City"^a • "Rainbow Road" • "Shy Guy Falls" • "Sunshine Airport" • "Super Bell Subway"^a • "Sweet Sweet Canyon" ("Sweet Sweet Kingdom") • "Thwomp Ruins" • "Toad Harbor" • "Twisted Mansion" • "Water Park" • "Wild Woods"^a
	Base game courses	Classic courses	"GCN Baby Park"^a • "DS Cheep Cheep Beach" • "GBA Cheese Land"^a • "3DS DK Jungle" • "SNES Donut Plains 3" • "GCN Dry Dry Desert" • "Wii Grumble Volcano" • "GBA Mario Circuit" • "Wii Moo Moo Meadows" • "3DS Music Park" • "3DS Neo Bowser City"^a • "3DS Piranha Plant Slide" • "N64 Rainbow Road" • "SNES Rainbow Road"^a • "GBA Ribbon Road"^a • "N64 Royal Raceway" • "GCN Sherbet Land" • "DS Tick-Tock Clock" • "N64 Toad's Turnpike" • • "Waluigi Pinball" ("DS Waluigi Pinball" • "DS Wario Stadium") • "Wii Wario's Gold Mine"^a • "GCN Yoshi Circuit"^a • "N64 Yoshi Valley"
	Booster Course Pass courses^c		"SNES Bowser Castle 3" • "N64 Choco Mountain" • "Wii Coconut Mall" • "Wii Daisy Circuit" • "GCN Daisy Cruiser" • "GCN DK Mountain" • "Wii DK Summit" • "Ghost House BGM" ("GBA Boo Lake") • "Ghost Valley" ("GBA Boo Lake") • "N64 Kalimari Desert" • "Tour Los Angeles Laps" ("Staff Credits (Booster Course Pass)") • "Wii Maple Treeway" • "DS Mario Circuit" • "SNES Mario Circuit 3" • "Merry Mountain" • "Wii Moonview Highway" • "Wii Mushroom Gorge" • "Ninja Hideaway" ("Staff Credits (Booster Course Pass)") • "DS Peach Gardens" • "Piranha Plant Cove" • "3DS Rainbow Road" • "Wii Rainbow Road" • "3DS Rock Rock Mountain" • "3DS Rosalina's Ice World" • "DS Shroom Ridge" • "Tour Singapore Speedway" ("Staff Credits (Booster Course Pass)") • "GBA Sky Garden" • "Sky-High Sundae" ("Staff Credits (Booster Course Pass)") • "GBA Snow Land" • "Squeaky Clean Sprint" • "GBA Sunset Wilds" • "3DS Toad Circuit" • "Tour Tokyo Blur" ("Staff Credits (Booster Course Pass)") • "Tour Vancouver Velocity" ("Staff Credits (Booster Course Pass)") • "Yoshi's Island"
	Battle courses		"SNES Battle Course 1" • "Battle Stadium" • "GCN Luigi's Mansion" • "Lunar Colony"
Other			"Awards Ceremony (1st – 3rd Place)" ("Trophy Theme A") • "Final Lap!" • "Goal!"^c ("Finish! (Yoshi's Island)" • "Results (Yoshi's Island)") • "Mario Kart 8 Title Screen" ("Current Standings" • "Selection Screen (Wireless)" • "Spectating" • "Starting Grid (Grand Prix / VS Race)") • "Results Screen A" • "Staff Credits" • "Staff Credits" (Mario Kart 64) ("Current Standings" • "Trophy Theme A" • "Trophy Theme B") • "Staff Credits" (Super Mario Kart) ("Staff Credits (Booster Course Pass)") • "Super Star" • "Super Mario Kart Title Screen"
Other
Items			Banana • Blooper • Boo • Boomerang Flower • Bullet Bill • Coin • Crazy Eight • Feather • Fire Flower • Golden Mushroom • Green Shell • Lightning • Mushroom • Piranha Plant • Red Shell • Spiny Shell • Super Horn • Triple Bananas • Triple Green Shells • Triple Mushrooms • Triple Red Shells
Course objects			Antigravity panel • Arrow field^c • Barrel • Bath Bomb^c • Beach Ball^c • Bell^a • Board • Bob-omb Car^c • Boulder • Bowser Statue • Bus • Bumper^c • Cannon • Car • Cargo truck • Cash • Ceiling Needle^c • Cheese^a • Clock hand • Coin • Crate • Current • Dash Panel • Dash panel ramp truck • Drain pipe • Falling Pillar • Fire • Fire Bar • Fire Chain • Flipper^c • Glide Ramp • Goal Ring^c • Hoop^c • Hot-air balloon • Half-pipe^c • Ice • Icicle^c • Item Box • Lava Geyser • Leaf pile^a • Master Sword^a • Mecha Piranha Plant^c • Metal ball^c • Mine Cart^a • Mushroom Platform^c • Mushroom Trampoline^c • Oil slick • Pickup truck • Pit^a • Ring • Roller • Rupee^a • Snowboy^a • Snowman • Spin Boost Pillar • Spinner • Spinning tube^c • Submarine • Table^c • Tire stack • Toy Duck^c • Toy Goomba^c • Traffic cone • Train^a • Volcanic debris • Water Geyser^c • Winged Cloud^c
Enemies and species			Big Wiggler^c • Bone Piranha Plant • Boo • Bouncing Note • Bulber^c • Chain Chomp • Cheep Cheep • Clampy^c • Deku Baba^a • Dolphin • Dry Bones • Exploring Shy Guy^c • Fire Piranha Plant^c • Fire Snake • Fish Bone • Freezie • Frogoon • Fuzzy^c • Goomba • Goomba Tower • Goonie^c • Hammer Knight • Huffin Puffin^c • Incoming Chomp^c • Innertube Goomba^c • Jellybeam • Keese^a • Lava Bowser • Manta • Mecha Cheep • Mechakoopa • Mini Toad^a • Monty Mole • Moo Moo • Mr. Resetti^a • Nep-Enut^c • Noki • Penguin^c • Petal Guy^c • Pianta • Piranha Plant • Pokey • Ptooie^c • Raving Piranha Plant • Rocky Wrench^c • Screaming Pillar • Shoe^c • Sidestepper • Skating Shy Guy • Small bird • Snowboarding Shy Guy^c • Star Thwomp^a • Stilt Guy^c • Swoop • Thwomp • Tiki Goon • Toad • Unagi • Whomp^c • Yoshi
Techniques			Anti-gravity • Drift • Hop • Mini-Turbo • Rocket Start • Slipstream • Spin Boost • Spin Turn • Jump Boost • U-turn • Underwater driving
Notable areas, landmarks, and sightings			Amsterdam (Canal)^c • Athens (Hadrian's Arch · Parthenon) ^c • Bangkok^c • Berlin (Berlin Wall · Brandenburg Gate · Charlottenburg Palace) ^c • Bowser's Castle • Daisy Cruiser^a • DK's Tree House • Hammer Bros. Sphinx • London (Big Ben · Tower Bridge · Tower of London) ^c • Luigi's Mansion • Madrid (Prado Museum · Ventas Bullring) ^c • New York (Empire State Building · Statue of Liberty · Rockefeller Center) ^c • Paris (Arc de Triomphe · Cathedral of Notre Dame · Eiffel Tower · Louvre) ^c • Rome (Colosseum · Spanish Steps · Trevi Fountain) ^c • Peach's Castle • Sydney^c • Tokyo^c • Vancouver^c
Battle modes			Balloon Battle • Renegade Roundup • Bob-omb Blast • Coin Runners • Shine Thief
Official tournaments	Mario Kart 8		Mario Kart 8 promotion tour • Mario Kart 8 Champions of San Diego • Mario Kart 8 Championship 2014
	Mario Kart 8 Deluxe	Worldwide	My Nintendo Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Community Challenge
		North America	NOA 150cc Tournament and NOA Battlethon • Mario Kart North American Open • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Holiday Fun Run • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Championship Cup 2022 • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe North American Qualifier 2022 • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe North American Qualifier 2023 • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Championship Cup 2023 • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Championship 2023 Qualifier • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Championship 2023
		Australia and New Zealand	2017 online tournaments • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Super Saturdays • Mario Kart AU/NZ My Nintendo Cup • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe: AU/NZ Grand Prix • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe: AU/NZ Championship 2024
		China	Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Summit Invitational Tournament • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Online Tournaments (2021 Tencent series) • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe National Battle Team Open Tournament
		Europe	Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Seasonal Circuit • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe European Championship 2023
		Hong Kong	Nintendo HK 2021 Cup
		Japan	Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Online Challenge / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Online Challenge Final Stage
		Spain	TorneoMK8D
		UK and Ireland	Nintendo UK VS Cup • Nintendo VS UK Cup
Mario Kart 8 Dokodemo Game Collection			Anaboko Meiro (Blue) • Anaboko Meiro (Red) • Dokan ni Shoot (Blue) • Dokan ni Shoot (Red) • Flipper Shot (Blue) • Flipper Shot (Red) • Target Shot (Blue) • Target Shot (Red)
Miscellaneous			Andrew Trego • Animal Crossing × Mario Kart 8^a • "Blue Shell Blues" • Children's Puzzle Mario Kart • Emblem • Epic Mario Kart Takedowns Compilation • Finish line • Gallery (Deluxe) • Ghost • Glitches • Gravity • Happy Meal • Heart^c • Highlight Reel • Hyrule Castle^a • In-game statistics (Deluxe) • Item probability distributions • Lakitu • The Legend of Zelda × Mario Kart 8^a • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass^c • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Review Roundup • Mario Kart 8 From the Pit • Mario Kart Band • Mario Kart Cube Puzzle 9-koma • Mario Kart Items to Put Your Bro on Blast • Mario Kart TV • Mercedes-Benz × Mario Kart 8^a • Miiverse • Nintendo Music (soundtrack) • Personality quiz: Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - Cups • Poochy^c • Pre-release and unused content • Soundtrack • Sponsors • Staff (Mario Kart 8 · Mario Kart 8 Deluxe · Booster Course Pass) • Stamp (list) • Update history
Related Play Nintendo activities			Mario Kart 8 Party Starter • Take a spin in one of these beauties! • Gaming gardens trivia quiz • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Kart Customizer Game • Leaf it to me • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Memory Match-Up • One cup, four tracks… • Racing through this poll • Spring break adventures! • Which Mario Game Is Perfect for You?
Indicates exclusivity to Mario Kart 8 ^a Indicates downloadable content in Mario Kart 8 Indicates exclusivity to Mario Kart 8 Deluxe ^b Indicates content available in version 1.6.0 and later of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe ^c Indicates content available in the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass

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Courses	Race courses	New courses	"Mario Bros. Circuit" ("Opening (Mushroom Cup)" • "Replay" • "Trophy Theme") • "Boo Cinema" • "Rainbow Road" ("Opening (Special Cup)" • "Results Screen (Rainbow Road)") • "Starview Peak"
	Race courses	Returning courses	"Airship Fortress" ("Opening (Flower Cup)") • "Choco Mountain" ("Opening (Lightning Cup)") • "Desert Hills" • "Dino Dino Jungle" • "DK Pass" • "Koopa Troopa Beach" ("Opening (Shell Cup)") • "Mario Circuit" ("Opening (Special Cup)" • "Staff Credits") • "Moo Moo Meadows" • "Peach Beach" ("Opening (Banana Cup)") • "Shy Guy Bazaar" • "Sky-High Sundae" ("Opening (Star Cup)") • "Toad's Factory" • "Wario Shipyard" ("Opening (Star Cup)") • "Wario Stadium" ("Opening (Flower Cup)")
	Battle courses		"Battle Course" (Mario Kart: Double Dash!!) • "Battle Course" (Mario Kart DS) • "Battle Course" (Mario Kart 64) • "Battle Course" (Super Mario Kart) • "Battle Stadium" • "Chain Chomp Wheel" • "Delfino Pier" • "Thwomp Desert"
Arrangements	Mario Kart arrangements	Super Mario Kart	"Bowser Castle" • "Choco Island" • "Donut Plains" • "Ghost Valley" • "Koopa Beach" • "Rainbow Road" • "Staff Credits" • "Title Screen" • "Vanilla Lake"
		Mario Kart 64	"Character Select" • "DK's Jungle Parkway" • "Frappe Snowland" • "Kalimari Desert" • "Koopa Troopa Beach" • "Moo Moo Farm" • "Rainbow Road" • "Results Screen" • "Title Screen" • "Toad's Turnpike"
		Mario Kart: Super Circuit	"Bowser Castle" • "Cheese Land" • "Peach Circuit" • "Rainbow Road" • "Ribbon Road" • "Shy Guy Beach" • "Yoshi Desert"
		Mario Kart: Double Dash!!	"Baby Park" • "Dry Dry Desert" • "Luigi Circuit" • "Mushroom Bridge" • "Rainbow Road" • "Sherbet Land"
		Mario Kart DS	"Cheep Cheep Beach" • "Delfino Square" • "Figure-8 Circuit" • "Luigi's Mansion" • "Peach Gardens" • "Rainbow Road" • "Shroom Ridge" • "Staff Credits" • "Tick-Tock Clock" • "Waluigi Pinball" • "Yoshi Falls"
		Mario Kart Wii	"Coconut Mall" • "Daisy Circuit" • "DK Summit" • "Dry Dry Ruins" • "Grumble Volcano" • "Luigi Circuit" • "Maple Treeway" • "Moonview Highway" • "Mushroom Gorge" • "Rainbow Road" • "Staff Credits A" • "Wario's Gold Mine"
		Mario Kart 7	"Bowser's Castle" • "Daisy Hills" • "Music Park" • "Piranha Plant Slide" • "Rainbow Road" • "Rock Rock Mountain" • "Rosalina's Ice World" • "Toad Circuit"
		Mario Kart 8 Deluxe	"Bone-Dry Dunes" • "Cloudtop Cruise" • "Dolphin Shoals" • "Dragon Driftway" • "Electrodrome" • "Ice Ice Outpost" • "Mario Circuit" • "Mario Kart 8" • "Rainbow Road" • "Shy Guy Falls" • "Sunshine Airport" • "Super Bell Subway" • "Sweet Sweet Canyon" • "Thwomp Ruins" • "Toad Harbor" • "Twisted Mansion" • "Water Park" • "Wild Woods"
		Mario Kart Tour	"Bangkok Rush" • "Merry Mountain" • "Ninja Hideaway" • "Los Angeles Laps" • "Singapore Speedway" • "Tokyo Blur" • "Vancouver Velocity"
	Super Mario arrangements	Super Mario Bros.	"Ending" • "Game Over" • "Ground BGM" • "Underground BGM" • "Underwater BGM"
		Super Mario Bros. 2	"Ground BGM" • "Please Select Player" • "Underground BGM"
		Super Mario Bros. 3	"Airship BGM" • "Athletic BGM" • "Course Clear" • "Ending" • "Fortress Boss BGM" • "Ground BGM" • "Underwater BGM" • "World 1 Map (Grass Land)" ("Overworld Medley") • "World 2 Map (Desert Land)" ("Overworld Medley") • "World 3 Map (Water Land)" ("Overworld Medley") • "World 5 Map (Sky Land) - In the Sky" ("Overworld Medley") • "World 7 Map (Pipe Land)" ("Overworld Medley")
		Super Mario Land	"Ground BGM" • "Underground BGM"
		Super Mario World	"Donut Plains (Map Screen)" ("Overworld Medley") • "Ending" • "Forest of Illusion (Map Screen)" ("Overworld Medley") • "Ground BGM" ("Bonus Game BGM" • "Castle BGM" • "Underground BGM" • "Underwater BGM") • "Koopalings BGM" • "Special World (Map Screen)" ("Overworld Medley") • "Star World (Map Screen)" ("Overworld Medley") • "Title BGM" • "Yoshi's Island (Map Screen)" ("Overworld Medley")
		Super Mario Land 2 - 6 Golden Coins	"Main Theme"
		Super Mario 64	"Bowser's Road" • "Bowser's Theme" • "Dire, Dire Docks" • "File Select" • "Peach's Castle" • "Piranha Plant's Lullaby" • "Staff Roll" • "Title Theme" ("Cool, Cool Mountain" • "Slider")
		Super Mario Sunshine	"Delfino Plaza" ("Ricco Harbor") • "Secret Course - Sky and Sea"
		New Super Mario Bros.	"Castle BGM" • "Ground BGM"
		Super Mario Galaxy	"Buoy Base Galaxy" • "Egg Planet" • "Enter Bowser Jr.!" • "Final Battle with Bowser" • "Gusty Garden Galaxy" • "Purple Comet" • "Rosalina in the Observatory 3" • "Space Junk Road"
		New Super Mario Bros. Wii	"Beach Theme" • "Castle BGM" • "Castle Boss" • "Credits Theme 1" • "Desert BGM" • "Underwater BGM" • "Volcano BGM"
		Super Mario Galaxy 2	"Bowser's Galaxy Generator" • "Cloudy Court Galaxy" • "Digga-Leg" • "Melty Monster Galaxy" • "Puzzle Plank Galaxy" • "Starship Mario 1" • "Sky Station Galaxy" • "The Starship's Journey" • "Yoshi Star Galaxy"
		Super Mario 3D Land	"Beach Theme" • "Ground Theme" • "Snow Mountain Theme"
		New Super Mario Bros. U	"Ground Theme"
		Super Mario 3D World	"A Boss Approaches" ("Bowser's Highway Showdown" • "World 8") • "Athletic Theme" • "Captain Toad Goes Forth" • "Double Cherry Pass" • "Hands-On Hall" • "Hisstocrat" • "Piranha Creeper Creek" • "Shifty Boo Mansion" • "Sprawling Savanna" • "Super Bell Hill"
		Super Mario Maker	"Title Screen"
		Super Mario Odyssey	"Break Free (Lead the Way)" • "Fossil Falls" • "Jump Up, Super Star!" • "Peronza Plaza" • "Shiveria Town" • "Steam Gardens" • "Tostarena Ruins"
		Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury	"Attack! Bowser's Fury" • "Plessie Ride!"
	Yoshi arrangements	Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island	"Athletic BGM" • "Bowser" • "Flower Field BGM" • "Opening Melody" • "Stage Boss" • "Stage Start"
	Yoshi arrangements	Yoshi's Story	"Yoshi's Song" • "Yoshi's Tale"
	Other arrangements	Mario Paint	"Flyswatter Level 1" • "Painting Mode 1"
		Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3	"Main Theme"
		Donkey Kong Country	"DK Island Swing"
		Luigi's Mansion	"Title Theme (Humming)"
		WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!	"Voices Being Carried on the Waves"
		Flipnote Studio	"Mario Drawing Song"
Other			"Awards Ceremony (1st – 3rd Place)" ("Trophy Theme") • "Final Lap Fanfare" • "Mario Kart 64 Title Screen" ("Victory Lap (Rainbow Road)") • "Mission Clear" • "Results Screen A" • "Staff Credits" • "Staff Credits" (Mario Kart 64) ("Special Cup Appears" • "Trophy Theme" • "Victory Lap" • "Victory Lap (Rainbow Road)") • "Super Star" • "Title Theme" ("Opening (Knockout Tour)" • "Peach Stadium" • "Rainbow Road" • "Replay" • "Course Select" • "Special Cup Appears" • "Spectating")

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