
Koopa Kart 8 is the eighth installment in the Koopa Kart series and the fifth installment to be made by HammerBro101 Incorporated. It was released for the Wii U and Nintendo Switch in early March 2017, making it the first Koopa Kart game to be released on two or more consoles. As in Koopa Kart Wii, this game features sixteen racers on each track.
Items[]
Koopa Kart 8 introduces four new items: the Boomerang Flower, Hammer Flower, Piranha Plant, and Crazy Eight, the last of which replaces the Lucky Seven from Koopa Kart 7.
Item | Description | Placements |
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![]() Crazy Eight (New Item) |
New to Koopa Kart 8 and replacing the Lucky Seven from Koopa Kart 7, the Crazy Eight gives you eight items that line up behind your kart. The items are the same as in the Lucky Seven, but the Fake Item Box joins the mix. You can use one item at a time and switch the order of which items you want to use by pressing up or down on the D-Pad. | 7th-13th |
![]() Boomerang Flower (New Item) |
New to Koopa Kart 8, the Boomerang Flower allows you to throw a Boomerang, which can be thrown thrice before flying into the distance. | 4th-9th |
![]() Hammer Flower (New Item) |
A newcomer to Koopa Kart 8, the Hammer Flower acts like the Fire Flower, except it gives you hammers instead to flip over players. As with the Fire Flower, the Hammer Flower can be used until ten seconds after the first hammer is thrown or ten hammers are thrown. | 5th-12th |
![]() Piranha Plant (New Item) |
The Piranha Plant is a new item in Koopa Kart 8. This carnivorous plant will attach himself to the front of your kart and bite the air, giving you a speed boost. He can also eat Bloopers. If he eats you, you will flip over and lose your items. | 7th-12th |
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The Gold POW Block will send a soundwave to everyone in front of you that will flip them twice and make them drop their items in a way similar to that caused by a Bullet Bill after just under five seconds. Like in the previous installment, pressing the trick button will not work against this item, and you can use a cannon or a certain item to avoid the effects. However, since it was stupidly overpowered in Koopa Kart 7, in this installment, as a way to nerf the item, this dangerous item can be avoided if you are in the air, similar to its weaker counterpart from Koopa Kart Wii. Also, it now destroys items on the track and causes parts of the track to collapse for each use. | 7th-13th |
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The Lakithunder Cloud gives you a speed boost, and if another racer tries to steal it, it will shrink them to a tiny size. If you want to steal this item from another player, you'll have to use a Star, Super Mega Mushroom, or Bullet Bill. Unlike in the previous installment, this item also boosts your handling. Also, you will no longer lose the cloud if you use a cannon, allowing you to have fun with the item for longer, provided you don't come near too many racers. | 4th-9th |
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The Super Mega Mushroom grows your kart to a massive size, allowing you to flatten your opponents like a pancake. You are invincible to every item, and yes, that includes Stars, Lightning, and Bullet Bills. Unlike in the previous installment, this item only boosts speed and off-road. | 5th-11th |
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The Fire Flower will allow you to throw one fireball at a time, which can potentially burn out nearby racers and faraway targets. You can only have three fireballs on the screen at a time, as throwing a fourth one will cause the first fireball thrown to disappear. The item will disappear ten seconds after you throw the first fireball. Otherwise, it will disappear after you throw ten fireballs. | 3rd-9th |
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The Super Leaf will spawn a tail on the back of your kart, allowing you to collect nearby Coins and flip nearby opponents. The tail acts automatically, and the range is decent. It will also free up an item slot when used, unlike its Mario Kart 7 variant. | 1st-7th |
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The Blooper will blind everyone in front of you and make their vehicles harder to control. You can remove the ink if you get a speed boost. | 5th-12th |
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The well-known Bullet Bill transforms you into a Bullet Bill, allowing you to autopilot the track and bowl over any players within your path. | 11th-16th |
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The Banana will spin you out if you even dare to hit one! You can defend yourself with this item. | 1st-7th |
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The Triple Banana creates a line of three Bananas that protects you from up to three items. | 1st-4th |
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The Quintuple Banana creates a line of five Bananas that protects you from up to five items. | 1st-5th |
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The Green Shell travels in a straight line and bounces off walls. It flips over any kart it hits. You can use this as a means of defense by holding it behind you. | 1st-7th |
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The Triple Green Shell deploys a line of three Green Shells behind your kart that can be used defensively or offensively. | 2nd-7th |
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The Red Shell automatically targets the kart in front of you, flipping it over unless it has a means of defense. | 1st-12th |
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The Triple Red Shell deploys a line of three Red Shells behind your kart that can be used defensively or offensively. | 5th-12th |
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The Fake Item Box looks almost exactly like an Item Box, so it's easy to mistake it for one. It can be held behind the kart as a means of defense and can float in mid-air. As in previous installments, this item will flip you over if you hit it. | 1st-7th |
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The dreaded Blue Spiny Shell targets the racer in 1st place and dives onto it, tossing it upwards with an explosion. Starting from this installment, you can use a Mushroom to avoid the explosion. Like in 64 and Advance, this item will travel on the ground, hitting other players on its way to the 1st place racer. It will then grow wings once it passes the 2nd place racer. | 5th-11th |
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The Poison Mushroom will shrink you if you run into it, but if you run into it while you're already small, you will return to normal size. | 3rd-7th |
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The classic Mushroom gives you a speed boost that allows you to ignore off-road terrain that would normally slow you down. use this to make shortcuts. | 3rd-11th |
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The Triple Mushroom gives you three speed boosts, though you can only use one speed boost at a time. This is your default item in Time Trial mode. | 4th-16th |
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The Golden Mushroom gives you infinite speed boosts for 7-8 seconds, allowing you to ignore off-road terrain and make huge shortcuts. | 8th-16th |
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The Star gives you invincibility, allowing you to bowl over players and protect yourself from every single item. The effect lasts for 7.5 seconds. | 9th-16th |
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The Lightning item will zap everyone except you, slowing them down and making them drop their items. If you're in last place, you will grow back almost instantly. However, if you're in first place, you will be small for a long time. | 12th-16th |
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The Bob-omb will count down before exploding, tossing any kart upwards and making it drop its items. It isn't a good idea to hold this behind you, because this means disaster for you! | 3rd-8th |
Cups[]
Nitro Cups[]
Retro Cups[]
Downloadable Cups[]
Cup | First Race | Second Race | Third Race | Final Race |
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GCN Monty Mole Circuit | Tall Tall Mountain | Sky Land Dragon Way | Pipe Land Pandemonium |
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Wii Goomba's Silver Mine | SNES Rainbow Road | Ice Land Outpost | Giant Land Circuit |
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GCN Wiggler Park | GBA Cheese Desert | Poison Jungle | Gelato Beach |
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3DS Neo Mario City | GBA Ribbon Highway | Hazy Maze Subway | Dinosaur Land |
Karting Course Pass Cups[]
Wave 1[]
Wave 2[]
Wave 3[]
Cup | First Race | Second Race | Third Race | Final Race |
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![]() Gray Shell Cup |
Tour Rio de Janeiro Runway | GBA Phantom Lake | 3DS Glider Mountain | Wii Twisted Treeway |
![]() Violet Shell Cup |
Tour Buenos Aires Byways | DS Lakitu Gardens | Festive Mountain | 3DS Rainbow Road |
Wave 4[]
Cup | First Race | Second Race | Third Race | Final Race |
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![]() White Shell Cup |
Tour Amsterdam Adventure | GBA Riverside Jungle | Wii Hammer Bro Summit | Chocolate Island |
![]() Magenta Shell Cup |
Tour Bangkok Bruisers | DS Koopa Circuit | GCN Buzzy Beetle Stadium | Tour Singapore Drifters |
Wave 5[]
Wave 6[]
Cup | First Race | Second Race | Third Race | Final Race |
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![]() Silver Shell Cup |
Tour Rome Runners | GCN Hammer Bro Volcano | Wii Lakithunder Circuit | Tour Piranha Atplantis |
![]() Platinum Shell Cup |
Tour Madrid Madness | 3DS King Boo's Snow Island | SNES Mario Airship 3 | Wii Rainbow Road |
Racers[]
Default Racers[]
Koopa Troopa (Light)
Paratroopa (Light)
Goomba (Light)
Dry Bones (Light)
Wiggler (Medium)
Lakitu (Medium)
Lakithunder (Medium)
Hammer Bro (Medium)
Bowser Jr. (Medium)
Princess Sasha (Medium, New Driver)
Bowser (Heavy)
Funky Kong (Heavy)
Dread Kong (Heavy)
Karate Kong (Heavy)
Ninja Kong (Heavy)
Sumo Kong (Heavy)
Chargin' Chuck (Medium)
Flame Chomp (Light, New Racer)
Cheep Cheep (Light)
Count Bleck (Heavy)
Cackletta (Heavy)
Unlockable Racers[]
Koopa Kid (Medium)
Dimentio (Medium)
King Boo (Heavy)
Galoomba (Light)
Shy Guy (Light)
Petey Piranha (Heavy)
Blue Spiny Koopa (Medium)
Doopliss (Medium)
Dry Bowser (Heavy)
Monty Mole (Light)
Bowsette (Heavy, New Driver)
Koopa Kidette (Medium, New Driver)
Spiny (Light)
Buzzy Beetle (Light)
Parabones (Medium, New Driver)
Baby Sasha (Light, New Driver)
Spike Top (Light, New Driver)
Deep Cheep (Light, New Driver)
Gooper Blooper (Heavy)
Shadow Demoness (Heavy)
Fawful (Medium)
Karting Course Pass Racers[]
Vehicles[]
Returning Vehicles[]
Returning Karts[]
Vehicle | Weight Class | Strong Stats | Average Stats | Weak Stats | Bike Counterpart | Class | Availability |
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Standard Kart Light | Light | Acceleration, Handling, Drift, Mini-Turbo | Speed, Off-Road | Weight, Items | Standard Bike Small | Standard | Default |
Booster Stroller | Light | Acceleration, Handling, Off-Road, Mini-Turbo | Drift | Speed, Weight, Items | Mini Chopper | Control | Default |
Miniature Muscle | Light | Speed, Items, Drift, Mini-Turbo | None | Weight, Acceleration, Handling, Off-Road | Yoshi Drifter | Speed | Default |
Tarantula Trekker | Light | Acceleration, Handling, Drift, Mini-Turbo | Off-Road | Speed, Weight, Items | Hisser | Cruiser | Unlockable |
Monster Stomper | Light | Speed, Items, Off-Road | Weight, Acceleration, Handling, Mini-Turbo | Drift | Birdo Basher | Rally | Unlockable |
Bullet Speeder | Light | Speed, Items, Drift | Acceleration | Weight, Handling, Off-Road, Mini-Turbo | Mario Masher | Jet | Unlockable |
Standard Kart Medium | Medium | Drift | Speed, Weight, Acceleration, Handling, Off-Road, Mini-Turbo, Items | None | Standard Bike Medium | Standard | Default |
Classic Limousine | Medium | Acceleration, Handling, Drift, Mini-Turbo | Speed, Weight, Off-Road | Items | Retro Cruiser | Acceleration | Default |
Star Wing | Medium | Speed, Weight, Drift, Mini-Turbo, Items | None | Acceleration, Handling, Off-Road | Hang On Motorcycle | Speed | Default |
Carriage Kart | Medium | Acceleration, Handling, Off-Road, Mini-Turbo | Weight | Speed, Drift, Items | Chocolate Scooter | Control | Unlockable |
Turbo Shark | Medium | Speed, Items, Off-Road | Weight, Acceleration, Handling, Mini-Turbo | Drift | Whale Watcher | Rally | Unlockable |
Formula Racer | Medium | Speed, Weight, Items | Drift | Acceleration, Handling, Off-Road, Mini-Turbo | Stealther | Jet | Unlockable |
Standard Kart Heavy | Heavy | Speed, Weight, Items | Acceleration, Handling, Drift, Off-Road, Mini-Turbo | None | Standard Bike Heavy | Standard | Default |
Sand Driver | Heavy | Weight, Acceleration, Handling, Off-Road | Speed, Mini-Turbo | Items, Drift | Tatanga Bike | Control | Default |
Wave Flyer | Heavy | Speed, Weight, Drift, Mini-Turbo, Items | None | Acceleration, Handling, Off-Road | Wave Runner | Speed | Default |
Ghost Catcher | Heavy | Speed, Weight | Items, Handling, Drift | Acceleration, Off-Road, Mini-Turbo | Piranha Baiter | Standard | Unlockable |
Albino Alligator | Heavy | Speed, Weight, Items | None | Acceleration, Handling, Drift, Off-Road, Mini-Turbo | Sword Speeder | Jet | Unlockable |
Dragoncoupe | Heavy | Speed, Weight, Drift, Mini-Turbo | Items | Acceleration, Handling, Off-Road | Floating Heart | Speed | Unlockable |
Returning Bikes[]
Vehicle | Weight Class | Strong Stats | Average Stats | Weak Stats | Kart Counterpart | Class | Availability |
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Standard Bike Light (Outside Drift) | Light | Acceleration, Handling, Drift, Mini-Turbo | Speed, Off-Road | Weight, Items | Standard Kart Small | Standard | Default |
Yoshi Drifter (Inside Drift) | Light | Speed, Items, Drift, Mini-Turbo | Handling | Weight, Acceleration, Off-Road | Miniature Muscle | Speed | Default |
Mini Chopper (Outside Drift) | Light | Acceleration, Handling, Off-Road, Mini-Turbo | Drift | Speed, Weight, Items | Booster Stroller | Control | Default |
Hisser (Inside Drift) | Light | Acceleration, Handling, Off-Road, Mini-Turbo | Items | Speed, Weight | Tarantula Trekker | Cruiser | Unlockable |
Birdo Basher (Inside Drift) | Light | Off-Road, Items | Speed, Acceleration, Handling, Mini-Turbo | Weight, Drift | Monster Romper | Rally | Unlockable |
Chomp Handler (Inside Drift) | Light | Speed, Drift, Items | Acceleration, Handling, Off-Road, Mini-Turbo | Weight | Luigi Cruiser | Standard | Unlockable |
Standard Bike Medium (Outside Drift) | Medium | Drift | Speed, Weight, Acceleration, Handling, Off-Road, Mini-Turbo, Items | None | Standard Kart Medium | Standard | Default |
Hang On Motorcycle (Inside Drift) | Medium | Speed, Drift, Mini-Turbo, Items | Weight | Acceleration, Handling, Off-Road | Star Wing | Speed | Default |
Chocolate Scooter (Outside Drift) | Medium | Acceleration, Handling, Off-Road, Mini-Turbo | Drift | Speed, Weight, Items | Carriage Kart | Control | Default |
Off-Road Chopper (Outside Drift) | Medium | Handling, Off-Road | Speed, Weight, Acceleration, Mini-Turbo, Items | Drift | All Terrain Jeep | Rally | Unlockable |
Stealther (Inside Drift) | Medium | Speed, Items | Weight, Drift | Acceleration, Handling, Off-Road, Mini-Turbo | Formula Racer | Jet | Unlockable |
Whale Watcher (Inside Drift) | Medium | Speed, Items, Off-Road | Weight, Acceleration, Handling, Mini-Turbo | Drift | Turbo Shark | Rally | Unlockable |
Standard Bike Heavy (Outside Drift) | Heavy | Speed, Weight, Items | Acceleration, Handling, Drift, Off-Road, Mini-Turbo | None | Standard Kart Heavy | Standard | Default |
Wave Runner (Inside Drift) | Heavy | Speed, Weight, Drift, Mini-Turbo, Items | None | Acceleration, Handling, Off-Road | Wave Flyer | Speed | Default |
Tatanga Bike (Outside Drift) | Heavy | Weight, Acceleration, Handling, Off-Road, Mini-Turbo | Speed | Items, Drift | Sand Driver | Control | Default |
Floating Heart (Outside Drift) | Heavy | Speed, Weight, Drift, Mini-Turbo | Items | Acceleration, Handling, Off-Road | Dragoncoupe | Speed | Unlockable |
Sword Speeder (Inside Drift) | Heavy | Speed, Weight, Items | None | Acceleration, Handling, Drift, Off-Road, Mini-Turbo | Albino Alligator | Jet | Unlockable |
Stallion (Outside Drift) | Heavy | Weight, Handling, Off-Road, Items | Speed, Acceleration, Mini-Turbo | Drift | Elephant Offroader | Rally | Unlockable |
New Vehicles[]
New Karts[]
Vehicle | Weight Class | Strong Stats | Average Stats | Weak Stats | Bike Counterpart | Class | Availability |
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Luigi Cruiser | Light | Speed, Drift, Items | Acceleration, Handling, Mini-Turbo | Weight, Off-Road | Chomp Handler | Standard | Unlockable |
Panda Pouncer | Light | Speed, Drift, Mini-Turbo, Items | Weight, Handling, Acceleration, Off-Road | None | Wiggler Waiter | Speed | Unlockable |
All Terrain Jeep | Medium | Speed, Weight, Handling, Off-Road | Acceleration, Mini-Turbo, Items | Drift | Off-Road Chopper | Rally | Unlockable |
Jet Jostler | Medium | Speed, Weight, Drift, Mini-Turbo, Items | Handling, Off-Road | Acceleration | Helicopter Hustler | Speed | Unlockable |
Lightning Striker | Heavy | Weight, Acceleration, Handling, Drift, Mini-Turbo | Speed, Off-Road | Items | Earthquake Causer | Cruiser | Unlockable |
Elephant Offroader | Heavy | Speed, Weight, Off-Road, Items | Acceleration, Handling, Mini-Turbo | Drift | Stallion | Rally | Unlockable |
New Bikes[]
Vehicle | Weight Class | Strong Stats | Average Stats | Weak Stats | Kart Counterpart | Class | Availability |
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Mario Masher (Inside Drift) | Light | Speed, Items, Drift | Acceleration, Off-Road | Weight Handling, Mini-Turbo | Bullet Speeder | Jet | Unlockable |
Wiggler Waiter (Outside Drift) | Light | Speed, Drift, Mini-Turbo, Items | Weight, Handling, Acceleration, Off-Road | None | Panda Pouncer | Speed | Unlockable |
Retro Cruiser (Inside Drift) | Medium | Acceleration, Handling, Drift, Mini-Turbo | Weight, Off-Road | Speed, Items | Classic Limousine | Cruiser | Unlockable |
Helicopter Hustler (Inside Drift) | Medium | Speed, Weight, Drift, Mini-Turbo, Items | Handling, Off-Road | Acceleration | Jet Jostler | Speed | Unlockable |
Earthquake Causer (Inside Drift) | Heavy | Weight, Acceleration, Handling, Drift, Mini-Turbo | Speed, Off-Road | Items | Lightning Striker | Cruiser | Unlockable |
Piranha Baiter (Inside Drift) | Heavy | Speed, Weight | Items, Handling, Drift | Acceleration, Off-Road, Mini-Turbo | Ghost Catcher | Standard | Unlockable |
Unlock Criteria[]
Criteria for Unlocking Racers[]
Racer | Standard Criteria |
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Baby Sasha | Win the 50cc Blue Shell Cup |
Blue Spiny Koopa | Win the 50cc Orange Shell Cup |
Bowsette | |
Buzzy Beetle | |
Deep Cheep | |
Dimentio | |
Doopliss | |
Dry Bowser | |
Fawful | |
Galoomba | |
Gooper Blooper | |
King Boo | |
Koopa Kid | |
Koopa Kidette | Win 50cc Red Shell Cup |
Monty Mole | |
Parabones | |
Petey Piranha | |
Shadow Demoness | |
Shy Guy | |
Spike Top | |
Spiny |
Criteria for Unlocking Vehicles[]
Vehicle | Standard Criteria |
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Albino Alligator | Rank 1 Star or higher on all 150cc Retro Cups |
Birdo Basher | Play Time Trials on 8 different courses |
Sword Speeder | Unlock 12 Expert Staff Ghosts |
Whale Watcher | Win the 200cc Blue Shell Cup |
Wiggler Waiter | Win the 50cc Orange Shell Cup |
Point Distribution[]
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Racers | ||
Light | Paratroopa • Koopa Troopa • Shy Guy • Cheep Cheep • Baby Sasha • Goomba • Flame Chomp • Galoomba • Spiny • Buzzy Beetle • Deep Cheep • Spike Top • Monty Mole • Dry Bones | |
Medium | Koopa Kidette • Princess Sasha • Lakitu • Wiggler • Hammer Bro. • Bowser Jr. • Koopa Kid • Doopliss • Dimentio • Parabones • Blue Spiny Koopa • Fawful • Chargin' Chuck | |
Heavy | Bowser • Ninja Kong • Sumo Kong • Dry Bowser • King Boo • Bowsette • Cackletta • Shadow Demoness • Gooper Blooper • Petey Piranha • Karate Kong • Dread Kong • Count Bleck • Funky Kong | |
Tracks | ||
Nitro Tracks | Green Shell Cup | Koopa Kart Stadium • Water Rollercoaster • Cake Canyon • Thwomp Pyramid |
Red Shell Cup | Koopa Circuit • Cheep Cheep Harbor • Gravitated Mansion • Shy Guy Mine | |
Blue Shell Cup | Galaxy Airport • Dolphin Isle • Disco Motorway • Mount Goomba | |
Yellow Shell Cup | Airship Driveway • Dry Bowser Sands • Mario's Airship • Rainbow Road | |
Retro Tracks | Paratroopa Shell Cup | Wii Moo Moo Pasture • GBA Koopa Circuit • DS Toad Beach • N64 Paratroopa's Turnpike |
Buzzy Beetle Shell Cup | GCN Spiny Desert • SNES Donut Forest 3 • N64 Lakitu Raceway • 3DS Hammer Bro Jungle | |
Spiny Shell Cup | DS Dry Bones Stadium • GCN Gelato Ice Land • 3DS Music City • N64 Monty Mole Valley | |
Blue Spiny Shell Cup | DS Clockwork Driveway • 3DS Paragoomba Slide • Wii POW Block Volcano • N64 Rainbow Road | |
Downloadable Tracks | Black Shell Cup | GCN Monty Mole Circuit • Tall Tall Mountain • Sky Land Dragon Way • Pipe Land Pandemonium |
Orange Shell Cup | Wii Goomba's Silver Mine • SNES Rainbow Road • Ice Land Outpost • Giant Land Circuit | |
Purple Shell Cup | GCN Wiggler Park • GBA Cheese Desert • Poison Jungle • Gelato Beach | |
Gold Shell Cup | 3DS Neo Mario City • GBA Ribbon Highway • Hazy Maze Subway • Dinosaur Land | |
Other | ||
Items | Banana • Blooper • Blue Spiny Shell • Bob-omb • Boomerang Flower • Bullet Bill • Crazy Eight • Fake Item Box • Fire Flower • Gold POW Block • Golden Mushroom • Green Shell • Hammer Flower • Lakithunder Cloud • Lightning • Mushroom • Piranha Plant • Poison Mushroom • Quintuple Banana • Red Shell • Star • Super Leaf • Super Mega Mushroom • Triple Banana • Triple Green Shell • Triple Mushroom • Triple Red Shell |