The label used for new courses in trailers for the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass
The label used for new courses in trailers for the Mario Kart 8 DeluxeTemplate:Booster Course Pass.

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, the 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, derived 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. Mario Kart Tour also has all of these if remix courses are counted, but it otherwise lacks new Mario Circuit, Bowser's Castle, and Rainbow Road 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 File:MK8-Course-MarioKartStadium.png
Mario Kart Stadium
 
Water Park
File:MK8-Course-SweetSweetCanyon.png
Sweet Sweet Canyon
File:MK8-Course-ThwompRuins.png
Thwomp Ruins
Flower Cup File:MK8-Course-MarioCircuit.png
Mario Circuit
 
Toad Harbor
Toad Harbour
File:MK8-Course-TwistedMansion.png
Twisted Mansion
File:MK8-Course-ShyGuyFalls.jpg
Shy Guy Falls
Star Cup  
Sunshine Airport
 
Dolphin Shoals
File:MK8-Course-Electrodrome.jpg
Electrodrome
File:MK8-Course-MountWario.jpg
Mount Wario
Special Cup File:MK8-Course-CloudtopCruise.png
Cloudtop Cruise
File:MK8-Course-Bone-DryDunes.png
Bone-Dry Dunes
Bone Dry Dunes
 
Bowser's Castle
File:MK8-Course-RainbowRoad.png
Rainbow Road
DLC courses
Cup DLC pack Course 2 Course 3 Course 4
Egg Cup The Legend of Zelda × Mario Kart 8
November 13, 2014
File:MK8-DLC-Course-ExcitebikeArena.jpg
Excitebike Arena
 
Dragon Driftway
File:MK8-DLC-Course-MuteCity-section.jpg
Mute City
Triforce Cup  
Ice Ice Outpost
File:MK8-DLC-Course-HyruleCircuit.jpg
Hyrule Circuit
Crossing Cup Animal Crossing × Mario Kart 8
April 23, 2015
 
Wild Woods
 
Animal Crossing
Bell Cup File:MK8-DLC-Course-SuperBellSubway.jpg
Super Bell Subway
File:MK8-DLC-Course-BigBlue-overview.jpg
Big Blue
Template:Booster Course Pass courses
Cup Wave Course 4
Propeller Cup Wave 2
August 4, 2022
File:MK8-Course-Sky-High-Sundae.jpg
Sky-High Sundae
Fruit Cup Wave 4
March 9, 2023
File:YoshisIslandMk8Stilt.jpg
Yoshi's Island
Feather Cup Wave 5
July 12, 2023
File:MK8-Course-SqueakyCleanSprint.jpg
Squeaky Clean Sprint

Although the Template: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, Yoshi's Island as the fourth and last course of the Fruit Cup, and Squeaky Clean Sprint as the fourth and last course of the Feather Cup. While internal data marks Sky-High Sundae, Yoshi's Island and Squeaky Clean Sprint as originating from Mario Kart Tour,[4] they were both announced and 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 (capitalized in one instance)[7] 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, Yoshi's Island, and Squeaky Clean Sprint appearing in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe as part of the Booster Course Pass first, Mario Kart Tour also treats them as new courses instead of classic courses.[8]

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
[[Template:Tour1]]
September 25, 2019
[[Template:Tour7]]
December 18, 2019
[[Template:Tour28]]
October 7, 2020
[[Template:Tour53]]
September 22, 2021
Tokyo, Japan  
Tokyo Blur
 
Tokyo Blur 2
 
Tokyo Blur 3
 
Tokyo Blur 4
[[Template:Tour2]]
October 9, 2019
[[Template:Tour8]]
January 1, 2020
[[Template:Tour25]]
August 26, 2020
[[Template:Tour39]]
March 10, 2021
Paris, France  
Paris Promenade
 
Paris Promenade 2
 
Paris Promenade 3
[[Template:Tour4]]
November 6, 2019
[[Template:Tour10]]
January 29, 2020
[[Template:Tour46]]
June 16, 2021
London, United Kingdom  
London Loop
 
London Loop 2
 
London Loop 3
[[Template:Tour6]]
December 4, 2019
[[Template:Tour13]]
March 11, 2020
[[Template:Tour55]]
October 20, 2021
Vancouver, Canada  
Vancouver Velocity
 
Vancouver Velocity 2
 
Vancouver Velocity 3
[[Template:Tour11]]
February 12, 2020
[[Template:Tour59]]
December 15, 2021
[[Template:Tour82]]
November 2, 2022
Los Angeles, United States  
Los Angeles Laps
 
Los Angeles Laps 2
 
Los Angeles Laps 3
[[Template:Tour27]]
September 23, 2020
[[Template:Tour63]]
February 9, 2022
[[Template:Tour48]]
July 14, 2021
Berlin, Germany  
Berlin Byways
 
Berlin Byways 2
 
Berlin Byways 3
[[Template:Tour72]]
June 15, 2022
[[Template:Tour35]]
January 13, 2021
[[Template:Tour79]]
September 21, 2022
Sydney, Australia  
Sydney Sprint
 
Sydney Sprint 2
 
Sydney Sprint 3
[[Template:Tour42]]
April 21, 2021
[[Template:Tour52]]
September 8, 2021
[[Template:Tour79]]
September 21, 2022
Singapore, Singapore  
Singapore Speedway
 
Singapore Speedway 2
 
Singapore Speedway 3
[[Template:Tour61]]
January 12, 2022
[[Template:Tour75]]
July 27, 2022
[[Template:Tour88]]
January 25, 2023
Amsterdam, Netherlands  
Amsterdam Drift
 
Amsterdam Drift 2
 
Amsterdam Drift 3
[[Template:Tour68]]
April 20, 2022
[[Template:Tour72]]
June 15, 2022
[[Template:Tour84]]
November 30, 2022
Bangkok, Thailand  
Bangkok Rush
 
Bangkok Rush 2
 
Bangkok Rush 3
[[Template:Tour73]]
June 29, 2022
[[Template:Tour88]]
January 25, 2023
[[Template:Tour88]]
January 25, 2023
Athens, Greece  
Athens Dash
 
Athens Dash 2
 
Athens Dash 3
[[Template:Tour94]]
April 19, 2023
[[Template:Tour94]]
April 19, 2023
[[Template:Tour105]]
September 20, 2023
Rome, Italy  
Rome Avanti
 
Rome Avanti 2
 
Rome Avanti 3
[[Template:Tour99]]
June 29, 2023
[[Template:Tour99]]
June 29, 2023
[[Template:Tour105]]
September 20, 2023
Madrid, Spain  
Madrid Drive
 
Madrid Drive 2
 
Madrid Drive 3
[[Template:Tour103]]
August 23, 2023
[[Template:Tour103]]
August 23, 2023
[[Template:Tour105]]
September 20, 2023
Other new courses
Route 1 Route 2 Route 3
 
Merry Mountain
[[Template:Tour32]]
December 2, 2020
 
Ninja Hideaway
[[Template:Tour41]]
April 7, 2021
 
Sky-High Sundae
[[Template:Tour76]]
August 10, 2022
 
Piranha Plant Cove
 
Piranha Plant Cove 2
 
Piranha Plant Cove 3
[[Template:Tour89]]
February 8, 2023
[[Template:Tour89]]
February 8, 2023
[[Template:Tour96]]
May 17, 2023
 
Yoshi's Island
[[Template:Tour93]]
April 5, 2023
 
Piranha Plant Pipeline
[[Template:Tour100]]
July 12, 2023
 
Squeaky Clean Sprint
[[Template:Tour102]]
August 9, 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

City course

Language Name Meaning Notes

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 America (February 9, 2023). Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Booster Course Pass - Wave 4 Announcement - Nintendo Direct 2.8.23. YouTube. Retrieved February 12, 2023.
  7. ^ "All of the courses that appear in this tour will be City Courses!" - 2023 Anniversary Tour preview news post
  8. ^ August 10, 2022. Race the new Sky-High Sundae course in the Mario Kart Tour and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe games today! Nintendo.com.
  9. ^ From the iQue localization prototype.