Cloudtop Cruise (theme)

"Cloudtop Cruise"
	"Cloudtop Cruise" in Mario Kart 8
	; Image from Nintendo Music
	Composed by:; Atsuko Asahi
Key	D major, E-flat major
BPM	158
Time signature(s)	8; 8
First appearance	Mario Kart 8 (2014)
Latest appearance	Mario Kart World (2025)

“On this title, we set ourselves on a challenge of creating melodies we'd never come up with before, and we put a huge amount of effort into this track. We thought that a full orchestra would be perfect for creating that sense of a vast world in the clouds. We've included the thundercloud version of the track, as well as a medley.”

—Liner notes in the Mario Kart 8 Original Soundtrack

"Cloudtop Cruise"^[1]^[2] is a musical theme composed by Atsuko Asahi for Mario Kart 8, where it plays in the race course of the same name. The ending section incorporates brief arrangements of "Gusty Garden Galaxy" from Super Mario Galaxy and the "Super Mario Galaxy 2 Trailer Theme" from Super Mario Galaxy 2.

The first portion of the course's music plays on amiibo screens in select retail stores.

Reuses[edit]

The following list does not include ports or remakes of Mario Kart 8.

Game	Description
Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit	"Cloudtop Cruise" plays in Chain Chomp Glacier.

Arrangements[edit]

Mario Kart series[edit]

Mario Kart 8[edit]

In Mario Kart 8, an additional metal arrangement of "Cloudtop Cruise" plays during the thundercloud section in the same race course, titled "Cloudtop Cruise (Thunderclouds)" in the Nintendo Music app. This arrangement was also arranged by Atsuko Asahi. In the game's official soundtrack, both the original version and the thundercloud arrangement are played in sequence on the same track. An additional, looping drum set beat is layered on top on both versions of the theme when the player driving at full speed in first place.

The theme that plays during the staff credits, likewise titled "Staff Credits" in the game's official soundtrack and the Nintendo Music app, incorporates a brief quote of "Cloudtop Cruise" before transitioning into "Mount Wario" near the end. This arrangement was arranged by Ryo Nagamatsu.

Cloudtop Cruise (Thunderclouds) - The arrangement heard in Mario Kart 8	File info 0:30

Cloudtop Cruise (Frontrunning) - The version with the frontrunning beats	File info 0:30

Cloudtop Cruise (Thunderclouds / Frontrunning) - The frontrunning version of the arrangement heard in Mario Kart 8	File info 0:30

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Mario Kart World[edit]

In Mario Kart World, an arrangement of "Cloudtop Cruise" can play in Free Roam and during routes in Grand Prix or VS Race. In Grand Prix, it is one of the themes that can play on the route from Crown City to Peach Stadium in the Shell Cup.

Cloudtop Cruise - The arrangement heard in Mario Kart World	File info 0:30

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Super Smash Bros. for Wii U[edit]

In Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, an arrangement of "Cloudtop Cruise" arranged by Atsuko Asahi can play in the Mario Circuit stage. It is identical to the original, except the brass and string leads are replaced by the guitar from the Thundercloud version.

This arrangement returns in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, now titled "Cloudtop Cruise - Mario Kart 8," where it can play in any Super Smash Bros.-series and Mario Kart-series stage.

Cloudtop Cruise - The arrangement heard in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U	File info 0:30

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Other arrangements[edit]

Super Nintendo World[edit]

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At the Super Nintendo World theme park, an arrangement of "Cloudtop Cruise" plays in the Cloudtop Cruise section of Mario Kart: Bowser's Challenge.

Gallery[edit]

Image for "Cloudtop Cruise (Thunderclouds)" from Mario Kart 8 Deluxe on Nintendo Music
"Cloudtop Cruise - Mario Kart 8" in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

List of Super Mario appearances[edit]

Games[edit]

Work	System	Year	Type	Title	Credits
Mario Kart 8	Wii U	2014	Original	"Cloudtop Cruise"^[1]	Atsuko Asahi
			Arrangement	"Cloudtop Cruise (Thunderclouds)"^[1]	Atsuko Asahi
			Arrangement	"Staff Credits"^[1]	Ryo Nagamatsu
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U			Arrangement	"Cloudtop Cruise"^[3]	Atsuko Asahi
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe	Nintendo Switch	2017	Original	"Cloudtop Cruise"^[1]	Atsuko Asahi
			Past arrangement (Mario Kart 8)	"Cloudtop Cruise (Thunderclouds)"^[1]	Atsuko Asahi
			Past arrangement (Mario Kart 8)	"Staff Credits"^[1]	Ryo Nagamatsu
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate		2018	Past arrangement (Super Smash Bros. for Wii U)	"Cloudtop Cruise - Mario Kart 8"^[4]	Atsuko Asahi
Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit		2020	Original		Atsuko Asahi
Mario Kart World	Nintendo Switch 2	2025	Arrangement

Albums[edit]

Work	Year	Type	Title	Credits
Mario Kart 8 Original Soundtrack	2015	Original	"Cloudtop Cruise"	Atsuko Asahi
		Past arrangement (Mario Kart 8)	"Cloudtop Cruise"	Atsuko Asahi
		Past arrangement (Mario Kart 8)	"Staff Credits"	Ryo Nagamatsu

Other media[edit]

Work	Year	Type	Title	Credits
Super Nintendo World	2021	Arrangement		Dani Donadi^[5]

Names in other languages[edit]

"Cloudtop Cruise"[edit]

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	スカイガーデン^[1] Sukai Gāden	Sky Garden
Chinese (simplified)	空中花园^[1] Kōngzhōng huāyuán	Sky Garden
Chinese (traditional)	空中花園^[1] Kōngzhōng huāyuán	Sky Garden
Dutch	Wildewolkenweg^[1]	Wild Cloudway
French (NOA)	Dans les nuages^[1]	In the Clouds
French (NOE)	Voie céleste^[1]	Celestial Way
German	Wolkenstraße^[1]	Cloudstreet
Italian	Vascello Nuvolante^[1]	"Cloudflying" Vessel – "Nuvolante" is a pun of "nuvola" (cloud) and "volante" (flying)
Korean	스카이 가든^[1] Seukai Gadeun	Sky Garden
Portuguese	Via Nublada^[1]	Cloudy Way
Russian	Заоблачный круиз^[1] Zaoblachnyy kruiz	Cloudstrider Cruise
Spanish	Ruta Celeste^[1]	Celestial Route

"Cloudtop Cruise (Thunderclouds)"[edit]

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	スカイガーデン（雷雲）^[1] Sukai Gāden (raiun)	Sky Garden (thundercloud)
Chinese (simplified)	空中花园（雷云）^[1] Kōngzhōng huāyuán (léiyún)	Sky Garden (Thunder Cloud)
Chinese (traditional)	空中花園（雷雲）^[1] Kōngzhōng huāyuán (léiyún)	Sky Garden (Thunder Cloud)
Dutch	Wildewolkenweg (donderwolken)^[1]	Wild Cloudway (thunderclouds)
French (NOA)	Dans les nuages (dans les nuages)^[1]	In the Clouds (in the clouds)
French (NOE)	Voie céleste (dans les nuages)^[1]	Celestial Way (in the clouds)
German	Wolkenstraße (Gewitterwolken)^[1]	Cloudstreet (Thunderclouds)
Italian	Vascello Nuvolante (temporale)^[1]	"Cloudflying" Vessel (storm)
Korean	스카이 가든(뇌운)^[1] Seukai Gadeun (noeun)	Sky Garden (thundercloud)
Portuguese	Via Nublada (temporal)^[1]	Cloudy Way (thunderclouds)
Russian	Заоблачный круиз (грозовые тучи)^[1] Zaoblachnyy kruiz (grozovyye tuchi)	Cloudstrider Cruise (storm clouds)
Spanish	Ruta Celeste (nubes tormentosas)^[1]	Celestial Route (stormclouds)

References[edit]

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^ Mario Kart 8 Original Soundtrack
^ Super Smash Bros. for Wii U Sound Test
^ Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Sound Test
^ Dani Donadi. Profile. Linkedin. Retrieved July 16, 2025.

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[2] Mario Kart 8 Original Soundtrack

[3] Super Smash Bros. for Wii U Sound Test

[4] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Sound Test

[linkedin-5] Dani Donadi. Profile. Linkedin. Retrieved July 16, 2025.

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"Cloudtop Cruise"
"Cloudtop Cruise" in Mario Kart 8
Image from Nintendo Music
Composed by: Atsuko Asahi
Key	D major, E-flat major
BPM	158
Time signature(s)	⁸ ₈
First appearance	Mario Kart 8 (2014)
Latest appearance	Mario Kart World (2025)

[Edit] Recurring themes and sound effects
Donkey Kong franchise	Donkey Kong	"Game Start" • "Hammer BGM" • "Round 1 BGM" • "Round Start BGM"
	Donkey Kong Jr.	"Game Start" • "Round 1 BGM" • "Title BGM"
	Donkey Kong (NES)	"Title BGM"
	Donkey Kong Country	"Aquatic Ambiance" • "Bonus Room Blitz" • "Cave Dweller Concert" • "Cranky's Theme" • "The Credits Concerto" • "DK Island Swing" • "Fear Factory" • "Forest Frenzy" • "Funky's Fugue" • "Gang-Plank Galleon" • "Ice Cave Chant" • "Life in the Mines" • "Lost a Balloon" • "Mine Cart Madness" • "Northern Hemispheres" • "Simian Segue" • "Treetop Rock" • "Voices of the Temple" • "Well Done"
	Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest	"Crocodile Cacophony (K. Rool's Theme)" • "Lockjaw's Saga (Lockjaw's Locker)" • "Run, Rambi! Run! (Parrot Chute Panic)" • "Stickerbush Symphony (Bramble Blast)"
	Donkey Kong 64	"DK Rap"
	Donkey Kong Country Returns	"Mine Menace"
Mario Bros. series	Mario Bros.	"Coin" • "Game Start" • "Title BGM"
Wrecking Crew series	Wrecking Crew	"Bonus Phase" • "Golden Hammer" • "Phase BGM"
Super Mario series	Super Mario Bros.	"1-Up" • "Castle BGM" • "Course Clear" ("Power Up") • "Ending" • "Ground BGM" ("Game Over" · "Player Down") • "Invincibility BGM" • "Pause" • "Pipe Travel / Power-Down" • "Timer Warning" • "Underground BGM" • "Underwater BGM" • "World Clear"
	VS. Super Mario Bros.	"Gyōmu-yō Mario Namae-ire"
	Super Mario Bros. 2	"Boss BGM" • "Ground BGM" • "Please Select Player" • "Underground BGM"
	Super Mario Bros. 3	"Airship BGM" • "Athletic BGM" • "Bros. Battle" • "Ending" • "Fortress BGM" • "Fortress Boss" • "Game Over" • "Ground BGM" • "King of the Koopas" • "Music Box" • "P Switch BGM / Toad's House" • "Player Down" • "Slot Game BGM / Memory Game BGM" • "Underwater BGM" • "Warp Zone" • "World 1 Map (Grass Land)" • "World 2 Map (Desert Land)" • "World 3 Map (Water Land)" • "World 4 Map (Giant Land)" • "World 5 Map (Sky Land) - On the Ground" • "World 5 Map (Sky Land) - In the Sky" • "World 6 Map (Ice Land)" • "World 7 Map (Pipe Land)" • "World 8 Map (Dark Land)"
	Super Mario Land	"Chai Kingdom BGM" • "Main Theme" • "Underground Theme"
	Super Mario World	"Bowser BGM" • "Donut Plains (Map Screen)" • "Ending" • "Forest of Illusion (Map Screen)" • "Ground BGM" ("Athletic BGM" · "Bonus Game BGM" · "Castle BGM" · "Course Clear" · "Ghost House BGM" · "Underground BGM" · "Underwater BGM") • "Koopalings BGM" • "P Switch BGM" • "Star World (Map Screen)" • "Title BGM" • "Vanilla Dome (Map Screen)" • "Yoshi ni noru toki" • "Yoshi's Island (Map Screen)"
	Super Mario 64	"Bowser's Road" • "Bowser's Theme" • "Dire, Dire Docks" • "File Select" • "Lethal Lava Land" • "Main Theme" ("Cool, Cool Mountain" · "Course Clear" · "Slider") • "The Merry-Go-Round" • "Metal Mario" • "Peach's Castle" • "Piranha Plant's Lullaby" • "Staff Roll" • "Star Catch Fanfare" • "Toad's Message"
	Super Mario Sunshine	"Isle Delfino" ("Ricco Harbor") • "Secret Course"
	New Super Mario Bros.	"Castle Theme" • "Course Clear" • "Ground Theme" ("Athletic Theme") • "Mega Mario" • "Paah" • "Switch On!" • "Tower Theme"
	Super Mario Galaxy	"Buoy Base Galaxy" • "Egg Planet" • "Enter Bowser Jr.!" • "Gusty Garden Galaxy" • "Luma" • "Overture" • "Purple Comet" • "Rosalina in the Observatory" • "Space Junk Road" • "The Toad Brigade" • "Waltz of the Boos"
	New Super Mario Bros. Wii	"Bonus Area" • "Castle Theme" • "Coast Theme" • "Desert Theme" • "Forest Theme" • "Ghost House Theme" • "Lava Cave / Underground Ruins Theme" • "Lava Theme" • "Title Theme" ("Game Over") • "Toad House Minigame" • "Underwater Theme"
	Super Mario Galaxy 2	"Bowser's Galaxy Generator" • "Puzzle Plank Galaxy" • "Slimy Spring Galaxy" • "Super Mario Galaxy 2 Trailer Theme" • "Teleporter Melody"
	Super Mario 3D Land	"Castle Theme" • "Main Theme" • "Snow Course" • "Underwater Theme"
	New Super Mario Bros. U	"Ground Theme"
	Super Mario 3D World	"A Boss Approaches" • "Chainlink Charge" • "Piranha Creeper Creek" • "Super Bell Hill"
	Super Mario Maker	"Title Theme"
	Super Mario Odyssey	"Fossil Falls" • "Jump Up, Super Star!"
Dr. Mario series	Dr. Mario	"Chill" • "Fever" • "Game Over" • "Selection Screen" • "Title Screen"
Mario Kart series	Super Mario Kart	"Awards Ceremony (1st – 3rd Place)" • "Donut Plains" • "Mario Circuit" • "Rainbow Road" • "Super Mario Kart Title Screen"
	Mario Kart 64	"Battle Arenas" • "Choco Mountain" • "D.K.'s Jungle Parkway" • "Frappe Snowland" • "Kalimari Desert" • "Koopa Troopa Beach" • "Luigi Raceway" • "Mario Kart 64 Title Screen" • "Moo Moo Farm" • "Rainbow Road" • "Results (1st − 4th Place)" • "Staff Credits" • "Starting Grid (Time Trials / Battle)" • "Toad's Turnpike"
	Mario Kart: Super Circuit	"Koopa Castle Course" • "GBA Mario Circuit"
	Mario Kart: Double Dash!!	"GCN Baby Park" • "Mario Circuit" • "Peach Beach"
	Mario Kart DS	"DS Cheep Cheep Beach" • "DS Peach Gardens" • "Waluigi Pinball"
	Mario Kart Wii	"Coconut Mall" • "Luigi Circuit/Mario Circuit" • "Wii Maple Treeway" • "Moo Moo Meadows" • "Mushroom Gorge" • "Wario's Gold Mine"
	Mario Kart 7	"Neo Bowser City" • "Piranha Plant Slide" • "Rainbow Road" • "Toad Circuit"
	Mario Kart 8	"Cloudtop Cruise"
Yoshi franchise	Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island	"Athletic BGM" • "Bowser" • "Flower Field BGM" • "Goal!" • "Opening Melody" • "Powerful Mario" • "Stage Start" • "Yoshi's Island"
Yoshi franchise	Yoshi's Story	"Yoshi's Song" ("Yoshis on the Beach") • "Yoshi's Story!" • "Yoshi's Tale"
Luigi's Mansion series	Luigi's Mansion	"Title Theme (Humming)"
Wario franchise	WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!	"Drifting Away" • "Pyoro" • "WarioWare, Inc." ("Dr. Crygor")
	WarioWare: Twisted!	"Mona Pizza"
	WarioWare: Touched!	"Ashley's Theme"
Mario vs. Donkey Kong series	Mario vs. Donkey Kong	"Mini Mario Stage"
Super Smash Bros. series	Super Smash Bros. Melee	"Rainbow Cruise"
Other	The Legend of Zelda	"Important Item Acquired" • "Magic Whistle Melody" • "Overworld Theme"
	Mario Paint	"Drawing Board 1" • "Gnat Attack: Level 1" • "Save & Load"
	Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars	"Beware of Forest Mushrooms" • "Hello, Happy Kingdom"
	Miscellaneous	"Galop infernal d'Orphée aux Enfers" • "Mute City" • "Totakeke's theme"

[Edit] Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Drivers
Featherweight			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	Wii Moo Moo Meadows • GCN Dry Dry Desert • SNES Donut Plains 3 • N64 Toad's Turnpike • Mario Circuit • GCN Sherbet Land • N64 Yoshi Valley • Toad Harbor
Battle courses		Switch	3DS Wuhu Town • GCN Luigi's Mansion • SNES Battle Course 1 • Urchin Underpass • Dragon Palace • Battle Stadium • Sweet Sweet Kingdom • Lunar Colony
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 • 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 • Millstone • Mine Cart^a • Mushroom Platform^c • Mushroom Trampoline^c • Oil slick • Pickup truck • Pit^a • Ring • 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
Music			"Battle Stadium" • "Bone-Dry Dunes" • "Cloudtop Cruise" • "Dragon Driftway" • "Electrodrome" • "Ice Ice Outpost" • "Lunar Colony" • "Mario Circuit" • "Mute City"^a • "Sky-High Sundae"^c • "Squeaky Clean Sprint"^c • "Sweet Sweet Canyon" • "Thwomp Ruins" • "Toad Harbor" • "Twisted Mansion" • "Wild Woods"^a
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
		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 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Open Team Championship
		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
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