A new course[1][2][3] is a course in a Mario Kart game that is new to the series and has never appeared before. New courses appear in the Mushroom Cup, Flower Cup, Star Cup, and Special Cup (and in Mario Kart: Super Circuit, Lightning Cup), with each cup containing four new courses (five in Super Mario Kart). Prior to the "new course" term being used, they were addressed by other terms based on the game they were derived from: in Mario Kart: Super Circuit, the original tracks are called Super Circuit Tracks to distinguish them from the tracks originating from Super Mario Kart, called Extra Tracks; in Mario Kart DS, the new courses are known as Nitro Courses from the project codename for the Nintendo DS, Project Nitro; and in Mario Kart Wii, the new courses are known as Wii Courses. Most new courses have gone on to later reappear in other Mario Kart games as classic courses. Starting with the DLC cups in Mario Kart 8, new courses can appear in the same cup as classic courses.

In all console Mario Kart games, at least one Mario Circuit, Bowser's Castle, Rainbow Road, beach- or water-themed course, and ice- or snow-themed course have appeared as new courses. While Mario Kart Tour does have all of these, its Mario Circuit, Bowser's Castle, and Rainbow Road have only been in the form of remix courses.

Race courses

New race courses by game

Super Mario Kart

Cup Course 1 Course 2 Course 3 Course 4 Course 5
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

Mario Kart 64

Cup Course 1 Course 2 Course 3 Course 4
Mushroom Cup  
Luigi Raceway
 
Moo Moo Farm
 
Koopa Troopa Beach
 
Kalimari Desert
Flower Cup  
Toad's Turnpike
 
Frappe Snowland
 
Choco Mountain
 
Mario Raceway
Star Cup  
Wario Stadium
 
Sherbet Land
 
Royal Raceway
 
Bowser's Castle
Special Cup  
DK's Jungle Parkway
 
Yoshi Valley
 
Banshee Boardwalk
 
Rainbow Road

Mario Kart: Super Circuit

Cup Course 1 Course 2 Course 3 Course 4
Mushroom Cup  
Peach Circuit
 
Shy Guy Beach
 
Riverside Park
 
Bowser Castle 1
Flower Cup  
Mario Circuit
 
Boo Lake
 
Cheese Land
 
Bowser Castle 2
Lightning Cup  
Luigi Circuit
 
Sky Garden
 
Cheep-Cheep Island
 
Sunset Wilds
Star Cup  
Snow Land
 
Ribbon Road
 
Yoshi Desert
 
Bowser Castle 3
Special Cup  
Lakeside Park
 
Broken Pier
 
Bowser Castle 4
 
Rainbow Road

Mario Kart: Double Dash!!

Cup Course 1 Course 2 Course 3 Course 4
Mushroom Cup  
Luigi Circuit
 
Peach Beach
 
Baby Park
 
Dry Dry Desert
Flower Cup  
Mushroom Bridge
 
Mario Circuit
 
Daisy Cruiser
 
Waluigi Stadium
Star Cup  
Sherbet Land
 
Mushroom City
 
Yoshi Circuit
 
DK Mountain
Special Cup  
Wario Colosseum
 
Dino Dino Jungle
 
Bowser's Castle
 
Rainbow Road

Mario Kart DS

Cup Course 1 Course 2 Course 3 Course 4
Mushroom Cup  
Figure-8 Circuit
 
Yoshi Falls
 
Cheep Cheep Beach
 
Luigi's Mansion
Flower Cup  
Desert Hills
 
Delfino Square
 
Waluigi Pinball
 
Shroom Ridge
Star Cup  
DK Pass
 
Tick-Tock Clock
 
Mario Circuit
 
Airship Fortress
Special Cup  
Wario Stadium
 
Peach Gardens
 
Bowser Castle
 
Rainbow Road

Mario Kart Wii

Cup Course 1 Course 2 Course 3 Course 4
Mushroom Cup  
Luigi Circuit
 
Moo Moo Meadows
 
Mushroom Gorge
 
Toad's Factory
Flower Cup  
Mario Circuit
 
Coconut Mall
 
DK Summit
DK's Snowboard Cross
 
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

Mario Kart 7

Cup Course 1 Course 2 Course 3 Course 4
Mushroom Cup  
Toad Circuit
 
Daisy Hills
 
Cheep Cheep Lagoon
Cheep Cheep Cape
 
Shy Guy Bazaar
Flower Cup  
Wuhu Loop
Wuhu Island Loop
 
Mario Circuit
 
Music Park
Melody Motorway
 
Rock Rock Mountain
Alpine Pass
Star Cup  
Piranha Plant Slide
Piranha Plant Pipeway
 
Wario Shipyard
Wario's Galleon
 
Neo Bowser City
Koopa City
 
Maka Wuhu
Wuhu Mountain Loop
Special Cup  
DK Jungle
 
Rosalina's Ice World
 
Bowser's Castle
 
Rainbow Road

Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

Cup Course 1 Course 2 Course 3 Course 4
Mushroom Cup  
Mario Kart Stadium
 
Water Park
 
Sweet Sweet Canyon
 
Thwomp Ruins
Flower Cup  
Mario Circuit
 
Toad Harbor
Toad Harbour
 
Twisted Mansion
 
Shy Guy Falls
Star Cup  
Sunshine Airport
 
Dolphin Shoals
 
Electrodrome
 
Mount Wario
Special Cup  
Cloudtop Cruise
 
Bone-Dry Dunes
Bone Dry Dunes
 
Bowser's Castle
 
Rainbow Road
DLC courses
Cup Course 2 Course 3 Course 4
Egg Cup  
Excitebike Arena
 
Dragon Driftway
 
Mute City
Triforce Cup  
Ice Ice Outpost
 
Hyrule Circuit
Crossing Cup  
Wild Woods
 
Animal Crossing
Bell Cup  
Super Bell Subway
 
Big Blue
Booster Course Pass courses
Cup Wave Course 4
Propeller Cup Wave 2
August 4, 2022
 
Sky-High Sundae
Fruit Cup Wave 4
March 9, 2023
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Yoshi's Island

Although the Booster Course Pass is almost completely composed of classic courses, it also contains Sky-High Sundae as the fourth and last course of the Propeller Cup, and Yoshi's Island as the fourth and last course of the Fruit Cup which is set to be released on March 9, 2023. While internal data marks Sky-High Sundae and Yoshi's Island as originating from Mario Kart Tour,[4] they were both announced first and, in the case of Sky-High Sundae, released first for this game as completely new courses.[5][6]

Mario Kart Tour

A subset of Mario Kart Tour's new courses are referred to as city courses and are specifically set in real life cities. These courses typically appear in tours themed after their pertinent city, such as London Loop in the London Tour. There are up to four different layouts of city courses, with the fourth layout typically being a 1-lap circuit that incorporates most of the routes of the three previous layouts.

Despite Sky-High Sundae appearing in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe as part of the Booster Course Pass first, Mario Kart Tour also treats it as a new course instead of a classic course.[7]

Since the content of each cup changes periodically in Mario Kart Tour, courses below are listed alongside their debut tours and dates.

City courses
City Route 1 Route 2 Route 3 Route 4
New York City, United States  
New York Minute
 
New York Minute 2
 
New York Minute 3
 
New York Minute 4
New York Tour
September 25, 2019
Holiday Tour (2019)
December 18, 2019
1st Anniversary Tour
October 7, 2020
2nd Anniversary Tour
September 22, 2021
Tokyo, Japan  
Tokyo Blur
 
Tokyo Blur 2
 
Tokyo Blur 3
 
Tokyo Blur 4
Tokyo Tour
October 9, 2019
New Year's Tour (2020)
January 1, 2020
Summer Festival Tour
August 26, 2020
Mario Tour (2021)
March 10, 2021
Paris, France  
Paris Promenade
 
Paris Promenade 2
 
Paris Promenade 3
Paris Tour (2019)
November 6, 2019
Valentine's Tour
January 29, 2020
Paris Tour (2021)
June 16, 2021
London, United Kingdom  
London Loop
 
London Loop 2
 
London Loop 3
London Tour
December 4, 2019
Baby Rosalina Tour
March 11, 2020
Halloween Tour (2021)
October 20, 2021
Vancouver, Canada  
Vancouver Velocity
 
Vancouver Velocity 2
 
Vancouver Velocity 3
Vancouver Tour
February 12, 2020
Penguin Tour
December 15, 2021
Autumn Tour (2022)
November 2, 2022
Los Angeles, United States  
Los Angeles Laps
 
Los Angeles Laps 2
 
Los Angeles Laps 3
Los Angeles Tour (2020)
September 23, 2020
Los Angeles Tour (2022)
February 9, 2022
Los Angeles Tour (2021)
July 14, 2021
Berlin, Germany  
Berlin Byways
 
Berlin Byways 2
 
Berlin Byways 3
Metropolitan Tour
June 15, 2022
Berlin Tour
January 13, 2021
Anniversary Tour (2022)
September 21, 2022
Sydney, Australia  
Sydney Sprint
 
Sydney Sprint 2
 
Sydney Sprint 3
Sydney Tour (April–May 2021)
April 21, 2021
Sydney Tour (September 2021)
September 8, 2021
Anniversary Tour (2022)
September 21, 2022
Singapore, Singapore  
Singapore Speedway
 
Singapore Speedway 2
 
Singapore Speedway 3
Singapore Tour
January 12, 2022
Ocean Tour
July 27, 2022
Winter Tour (2023)
January 25, 2023
Amsterdam, Netherlands  
Amsterdam Drift
 
Amsterdam Drift 2
 
Amsterdam Drift 3
Amsterdam Tour
April 20, 2022
Metropolitan Tour
June 15, 2022
Peach vs. Bowser Tour (November–December 2022)
November 30, 2022
Bangkok, Thailand  
Bangkok Rush
 
Bangkok Rush 2
 
Bangkok Rush 3
Bangkok Tour
June 29, 2022
Winter Tour (2023)
January 25, 2023
Winter Tour (2023)
January 25, 2023
Other new courses
 
Merry Mountain
 
Ninja Hideaway
 
Sky-High Sundae
 
Piranha Plant Cove
Winter Tour (2020)
December 2, 2020
Ninja Tour (2021)
April 7, 2021
Sundae Tour (2022)
August 10, 2022
Exploration Tour (2023)
February 8, 2023
 
Piranha Plant Cove 2
Exploration Tour (2023)
February 8, 2023

Battle courses

New battle courses by game

Super Mario Kart

Mario Kart 64

Mario Kart: Super Circuit

Mario Kart: Double Dash!!

Mario Kart DS

Mario Kart Wii

Mario Kart 7

Mario Kart 8

Unlike other games in the series, Mario Kart 8 has no courses unique to Battle Mode. Instead, eight of the game's original thirty-two race courses (two new, six classic) are modified and used as battle courses.

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

Mario Kart Tour

Platform codes

Since Mario Kart 7, every course in the console Mario Kart games and in Mario Kart Tour features a specific platform code prepended to its internal name, indicating the platform on which the game each course debuted in was released. These are similar to, but distinct from, the prefixes used by classic courses to indicate their origin.

Platform code Classic course prefix counterpart Platform Game
sfc SNES1 Super Nintendo Entertainment System Super Mario Kart
n64 N642 Nintendo 64 Mario Kart 64
agb GBA Game Boy Advance Mario Kart: Super Circuit
gc GCN3 Nintendo GameCube Mario Kart: Double Dash!!
ds DS Nintendo DS Mario Kart DS
wii Wii Wii Mario Kart Wii
3ds 3DS Nintendo 3DS Mario Kart 7
u N/A Wii U Mario Kart 8
mob Tour (city courses)4
N/A (other courses)
Mobile devices Mario Kart Tour
nsw N/A Nintendo Switch Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
(first used in the Booster Course Pass)5

Notes

1 - Games in Japanese, Korean, and Chinese use the SFC prefix, reflecting the console's Japanese name, "Super Famicom".
2 - Prior to Mario Kart 8, games in Japanese, Korean, and Chinese use the 64 prefix.
3 - Games in Japanese, Korean, and Chinese use the GC prefix.
4 - In the Tencent release of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, none of the courses from Mario Kart Tour have the Tour prefix.
5 - Even though they were first playable on the Nintendo Switch, the battle courses introduced in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe all feature the u platform code.

Gallery

Cup emblems

Mushroom Cup

Flower Cup

Lightning Cup

Star Cup

Special Cup

Cup trophies

Mushroom Cup

Flower Cup

Star Cup

Special Cup

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning Notes
Italian Trofei Nitro[?] Nitro Cups

Super Circuit Tracks

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese GBAコース[?]
GBA kōsu
GBA Course

Trivia

References

  1. ^ Musa, Alexander (May 30, 2014). Mario Kart 8 PRIMA Official Game Guide. The section about the new courses on page 44 is known as "THE NEW TRACKS".
  2. ^ new internal name of the folder containing the data about the newly introduced courses in Mario Kart Tour
  3. ^ Official European page for Mario Kart 7
  4. ^ In the ID list of Mario Kart Tour, Sky-High Sundae's internal name is Gmob_IceBuilding; among the datamined map objects of Mario Kart Tour, those that were eventually used in the Yoshi's Island course of the Booster Course Pass, in particular FlowerRingMobyi, are referred to belong to Mobyi.
  5. ^ July 26, 2022. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass Wave 2 Approaches the Starting Line on Aug. 4. Nintendo.com. "Sky-High Sundae – The competition may heat up, but that doesn’t mean you can’t chill out in this sweet race, which is filled with larger-than-life desserts at nearly every turn. Prove you’re number one under the sun(dae) in this debut course!"
  6. ^ Nintendo of Anerica (February 9, 2023). Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Booster Course Pass - Wave 4 Announcement - Nintendo Direct 2.8.23. YouTube. Retrieved February 12, 2023.
  7. ^ August 10, 2022. Race the new Sky-High Sundae course in the Mario Kart Tour and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe games today! Nintendo.com.
  8. ^ From the iQue localization prototype.