Gold Glider

Gold Glider
The Gold Glider in Mario Kart Tour
Strong stats	None (MK7, MK8) Weight (MK8D)
Weak stats	None (MK7, MK8) Traction (MK8D)
Appears in	Mario Kart 7, Mario Kart 8, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Mario Kart Tour

The Gold Glider is a glider in the Mario Kart series. It is a gold variant of the Super Glider.

History

Mario Kart 7

In Mario Kart 7, the Gold Glider can be unlocked by connecting with 100 people with StreetPass, or by collecting 10,000 coins. It does not offer any stat boosts and is therefore a purely aesthetic unlockable. It does, however, slightly increase the kart's gliding distance.

When the Gold Gilder is combined with the Gold Tires and Gold Standard body, they complete the whole Gold Standard. This kart gives great speed (the 2nd biggest boost in the game) and good weight, but has a bad acceleration and handling boost, and has the worst off-road in the game.

CPUs never use the Gold Glider, along with the Gold Standard, and the Gold Tires, making this glider player-exclusive.

Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

The Gold Glider returns as an unlockable glider in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. Instead of being entirely gold, the cloth is now black, and the game logo's "8", surrounded by a wreath of olive leaves, appears in place of the character's emblem, like the Gold Standard. Like in the previous game, it is unlocked by collecting 10,000 coins (halved to 5,000 coins in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe), and it does not offer any stat boosts. In Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, it now offers a slight boost to weight and anti-gravity speed while slightly lowering traction; its stats are now identical to the Wario Wing, Plane Glider, and Paraglider.

Mario Kart Tour

The Gold Glider returns in Mario Kart Tour as a High-End glider. Similarly to Mario Kart 7, it resembles the Super Glider, only with a gold color scheme. Unlike the Super Glider, this glider provides better chances of obtaining Coins from Item Boxes and increases the number of points earned from them.

The Gold Glider appears in the First, Second, and All-Clear Pipes of every tour and is part of the base Daily Selects set. The following table shows the glider's additional availability by tour.

Tour	Availability
Winter Tour (2019)	Gold Glider Pack November 26, 2019–December 3, 2019 $39.99 / €43.99 / AU$62.99
Mario Bros. Tour	Gold gift 288 Grand Stars
Cooking Tour	Gold Pipe
1st Anniversary Tour	Gold Pipe
	Gold Glider Pack October 14, 2020–October 21, 2020 $19.99 / €21.99 / AU$30.99
New Year's 2021 Tour	Gold Pipe
Mario Tour	Token Shop 100 event tokens
Summer Tour	Tier Shop 10,000 coins June 30, 2021–July 6, 2021
Los Angeles Tour (2021)	Gold Pipe
Kamek Tour	Tier Shop 10,000 coins August 25, 2021–August 31, 2021
2nd Anniversary Tour	Gold gift 160 Grand Stars
Halloween Tour (2021)	Tier Shop 10,000 coins October 20, 2021–October 26, 2021
Holiday Tour (2021)	Gold gift 40 Grand Stars

Gold Mario uses this glider on several Coin Rush courses with a gliding segment.

Statistics

Mario Kart 7

All Stats: 0

Whole Gold Standard Speed: +1.25 Sea Speed: -1 Air Speed: -0.25 Acceleration: -0.75 Weight: +0.75 Handling: -1.25 Sea Handling: 0 Air Handling: -1 Off-Road: -2.75 Mini-Turbo: 0 Stability: 0 Drift: -1.25

Mario Kart 8

All Stats: 0

Whole Gold Standard Ground Speed: +0.75 Water Speed: 0 Air Speed: +0.75 Anti-Gravity Speed: +0.5 Acceleration: -0.75 Weight: +0.75 Ground Handling: 0 Water Handling: 0 Air Handling: 0 Anti-Gravity Handling: -0.25 Traction: -1.5 Mini-Turbo: -1

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

Ground Speed: 0 Water Speed: -0.25 Air Speed: 0 Anti-Gravity Speed: +0.25 Acceleration: 0 Weight: +0.25 Ground Handling: 0 Water Handling: +0.25 Air Handling: 0 Anti-Gravity Handling: -0.25 Traction: -0.25 Mini-Turbo: 0

Whole Gold Standard Ground Speed: +0.75 Water Speed: -0.5 Air Speed: -0.25 Anti-Gravity Speed: 0 Acceleration: -1.5 Weight: +0.75 Ground Handling: -0.25 Water Handling: 0 Air Handling: -1 Anti-Gravity Handling: -0.75 Traction: -1.75 Mini-Turbo: -1

Mario Kart Tour

Statistics

Special skill	Coin Plus
Favorite courses (Combo bonus ×3 and big combo-time boost)	SNES Mario Circuit 1 SNES Mario Circuit 1R SNES Mario Circuit 1T DS Luigi's Mansion T DS DK Pass T 3DS Toad Circuit 3DS Toad Circuit T N64 Koopa Troopa Beach R SNES Rainbow Road SNES Rainbow Road T New York Minute R/T New York Minute 3R/T RMX Rainbow Road 2R RMX Choco Island 2R
Favored courses (Combo bonus ×2 and combo-time boost)	SNES Mario Circuit 1R/T* 3DS Cheep Cheep Lagoon R** GBA Bowser's Castle 1T* SNES Choco Island 2T 3DS Rainbow Road** 3DS Daisy Hills 3DS Mario Circuit New York Minute Los Angeles Laps New York Minute 3 New York Minute 3T New York Minute 3R RMX Rainbow Road 2 SNES Donut Plains 2T*** RMX Choco Island 2 Vancouver Velocity 2T 3DS Bowser's Castle Los Angeles Laps 2 Bangkok Rush GBA Battle Course 1
* indicates a favored course upgraded to a favorite course after reaching level 3. ** indicates a favored course upgraded to a favorite course after reaching level 6. *** indicates a favored course upgraded to a favorite course after reaching level 8.

Gallery

Mario Kart 7

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  The Gold Glider in Mario Kart 7

Mario Kart 8

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  The Gold Glider in Mario Kart 8

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  The Gold Glider in use on Twisted Mansion

Mario Kart Tour

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  Luigi gliding in the Green Kiddie Kart with the Gold Glider on 3DS Toad Circuit

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  Dry Bones (Gold) gliding in the Gold Train with the Gold Glider

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  Dry Bowser (Gold) gliding in the Gold Pipe Frame with the Gold Glider on 3DS Rosalina's Ice World R

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  Gold Koopa (Freerunning) gliding in the Gold Pipe Frame with the Gold Glider on Paris Promenade R

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  Mario gliding with the Gold Glider on RMX Vanilla Lake 1R

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Chinese (simplified)	黄金滑翔翼[?] Huángjīn Huáxiángyì	Gold Glider
Chinese (traditional)	黃金滑翔翼[?] Huángjīn Huáxiángyì	Gold Glider
Dutch	Gouden vleugel[?]	Golden wing
German	Goldgleiter[?]	Gold Glider
Italian	Ali d'oro (Mario Kart 8) Ala d'oro (Mario Kart 7 / Mario Kart Tour)[?]	Golden Wings Golden Wing
Korean	골드글라이더[?] Goldeu Geullaideo	Gold Glider
Portuguese (NOA)	Asa Delta de ouro[?]	Gold Hang Glider
Portuguese (NOE)	Planadouro[?]	Contraction of planador ("kite") and ouro ("gold")
Russian	Золотой планёр[?] Zolotoy planyor	Gold glider
Spanish (NOA)	Ala dorada[?]	Golden wing
Spanish (NOE)	Dorada[?]	Golden