Flower Glider

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Flower Glider
Flower Glider from Mario Kart Tour
The Flower Glider in Mario Kart Tour
Strong stats Acceleration
Weak stats Weight (MK7, MK8)
Speed, Weight (MK8D)
Appears in Mario Kart 7, Mario Kart 8, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Mario Kart Tour

The Flower Glider is a glider in the Mario Kart series. As its name states, the glider is shaped like a flower.

History

Mario Kart 7

The glider first appears in Mario Kart 7 as an unlockable glider. Here, it resembles a Bellis flower. It offers a small acceleration boost, while hindering the weight stat. Like all the other gliders, it allows karts to go airborne for a set period of time.

Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

In Mario Kart 8, the Flower Glider is given a new look, where it now resembles a sunflower. In GBA Ribbon Road, a box for a 1/7 Scale Biddybuggy toy vehicle packaged with a Flower Glider can be seen in the background.

In Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, CPU Baby Daisy and Yoshi use this with the Wild Wiggler body.

Mario Kart Tour

The Flower Glider returns in Mario Kart Tour. In this version, it keeps its redesign from Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. It is classified as a Super glider. The Flower Glider provides better chances of getting Bananas from Item Boxes while increasing the number of points earned for landing hits with Bananas.

The game introduces a pink variant, simply named the Pink Flower Glider, a blue variant that is referred to as the Blue Flower Glider, and a white variant that resembles its Mario Kart 7 appearance named the Daisy Glider.

Statistics

Mario Kart 7 Mario Kart 8 Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
  • Speed: 0
  • Sea Speed: 0
  • Air Speed: -3
  • Acceleration: +0.25
  • Weight: -0.25
  • Handling: 0
  • Sea Handling: 0
  • Air Handling: +2
  • Off-Road: 0
  • Mini-Turbo: +0.25
  • Stability: 0
  • Drift: -0.25
  • Ground Speed: 0
  • Water Speed: 0
  • Air Speed: -0.25
  • Anti-Gravity Speed: 0
  • Acceleration: +0.25
  • Weight: -0.25
  • Ground Handling: 0
  • Water Handling: 0
  • Air Handling: +0.25
  • Anti-Gravity Handling: 0
  • Traction: 0
  • Mini-Turbo: +0.25
  • Ground Speed: -0.25
  • Water Speed: 0
  • Air Speed: -0.25
  • Anti-Gravity Speed: +0.25
  • Acceleration: +0.25
  • Weight: -0.25
  • Ground Handling: 0
  • Water Handling: 0
  • Air Handling: +0.25
  • Anti-Gravity Handling: 0
  • Traction: 0
  • Mini-Turbo: +0.25

Mario Kart Tour

Statistics
Special skill   Banana Plus
Favorite courses
(Combo bonus ×3 and big combo-time boost)
 
3DS Daisy Hills
 
3DS Cheep Cheep Lagoon R
 
3DS Shy Guy Bazaar
 
3DS Shy Guy Bazaar R
Favored courses
(Combo bonus ×2 and combo-time boost)
 
3DS Daisy Hills T
 
3DS Mario Circuit R
 
DS Luigi's Mansion
 
DS Luigi's Mansion T
 
3DS Toad Circuit R**
 
3DS Toad Circuit T*
 
GCN Yoshi Circuit
 
SNES Mario Circuit 1R
 
New York Minute R/T
 
SNES Vanilla Lake 1R/T
 
N64 Kalimari Desert 2
 
Amsterdam Drift

* 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

Mario Kart 8

Mario Kart Tour

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese フラワーカイト[?]
Furawā Kaito
Flower Kite
Chinese (traditional) 花朵滑翔翼[?]
Huāduǒ huáxiángyì
Flower Glider
Dutch Bloem[?] Flower
German Blumengleiter[?] Flower Glider
Italian Fiordiplano[?] Flower Glider
Korean 플라워글라이더[?]
Peullaweogeullaideo
Flower Glider
Portuguese (NOA) Asaflora[?] Flower Wing
Portuguese (NOE) Paraflor[?] Paraflower
Russian Планер-цветок[?]
Planyor-tsvetok
Flower glider
Spanish Ala Flor[?] Flower Wing