Neo Bowser City

Neo Bowser City; Koopa City
Information
Appears in	Mario Kart 7 (2011); Mario Kart 8 (DLC Pack 2) (2015); Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (2017); Mario Kart Tour (2019)
Cup(s)	Star Cup (7); Bell Cup (8, 8 Deluxe)
Tour(s)	Tokyo Tour; Halloween Tour (2019); Winter Tour (2019); London Tour; New Year's Tour (2020); Valentine's Tour; Vancouver Tour; Baby Rosalina Tour; Yoshi Tour (2020); Trick Tour (2020); Peach Tour; Pirate Tour; Los Angeles Tour (2020); Sunset Tour; Mario vs. Luigi Tour (2020); Berlin Tour; Ninja Tour (2021); Sydney Tour (April–May 2021); Trick Tour (2021); Mario vs. Peach Tour; Frost Tour; Toad vs. Toadette Tour; Singapore Tour; Wario vs. Waluigi Tour; Bowser Tour (2022); Peach vs. Bowser Tour (November–December 2022); Bowser Tour (2023)
Music sample
	Mario Kart 7 / Mario Kart Tour; Kenta Nagata, Satomi Terui; Asuka Ota, Ryo Nagamatsu (Mario Kart Wii themes); Kenta Nagata (Mario Kart 64 themes); ; Mario Kart 7 (frontrunning); ; Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe; Kenta Nagata; ; Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (frontrunning);
Course map
	Mario Kart 7; ; ; Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Mario Kart Tour;
Staff ghost(s)
7	Ret★Chuck
2:11.032
7 Expert	Ret★Matt
1:58.996
8	Nin★Guile
2:09.513
8DX 150cc	Nin★Rui
2:13.138
8DX 200cc	Nin★Massim
1:37.526

Not to be confused with Neo Bowser Castle.

This article is about the race course from Mario Kart 7. For the musical theme with the same name, see Neo Bowser City (theme).

Neo Bowser City (known as Koopa City in the British English version) is the third course of the Star Cup in Mario Kart 7. It takes place in a rainy, neon-lit, technologically advanced city themed after Bowser; it is the only Bowser-themed course in the Mario Kart series to not be a version of his castle. Neon signs are everywhere and images of Bowser himself and his signature emblem can be seen in various places. It is the second course in the Mario Kart series that takes place entirely in the rain, the first being Luigi Circuit from Mario Kart: Super Circuit. The track was one of the courses conceived by Retro Studios.^[1]

Neo Bowser City also appears as a retro course in Mario Kart 8, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, and Mario Kart Tour. In the former games, it is the first course of the Bell Cup, a cup that comes with the Animal Crossing × Mario Kart 8 add-on content pack for the original Mario Kart 8, while in the latter game, it was introduced in the Tokyo Tour.

The course's music incorporates themes from several other Mario Kart courses: the Toad Circuit and Mario Circuit theme and the title theme from Mario Kart 7, the Toad's Turnpike theme from Mario Kart 64, and the Luigi Circuit and Mario Circuit theme from Mario Kart Wii. The theme was rearranged in the "Circuit (Mario Kart 7)" remix in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate in a jazzier style more in line with the circuit theme it originally remixed.

Mario Kart 7[edit]

Course layout[edit]

This course takes place in a brightly lit city in the rain. A large percentage of the course is comprised of winding roads with moving neon arrow railings. Traction is decreased due to the rain. There is a tunnel close to the end of the course, that leads to a small upward spiral section that is covered with puddles around a tower. A Glide Ramp then appears just before the end. A billboard is seen near it with a picture of either Bowser (said picture is his artwork from Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games), the player's view, or an animated "Overtake" ad from Toad Circuit. If gliding players veer left (right in mirror mode) from the starting line, they can fly over a Koopa Clown Car with a fan to give them enough height to skip the first bend; in higher engine classes, however, they must steer back quickly to avoid hitting the wall.

The track itself begins with an S-bend; however, players must steer back quickly to avoid hitting the wall. Just before the player enters the air vent area, it is possible to be pushed through the guardrails by a heavier opponent. After that, the race continues under a tower with air ducts. Then there are two soft turns and a red tunnel. After many turns, the player exits and reaches the winding part of the road, which consists of three hairpin turns. Then, there is a shorter tunnel that leads to a road curved to the left covered with puddles. At the end, there is a glide ramp back to the finish line.

Shortcuts[edit]

After the S-bend, players can cut through the mud with a Mushroom. They must steer back in quickly to avoid hitting the wall.
Near the finish line, if players use a Mushroom or the Koopa Clown Car air current, they can glide through a gap on the S-bend under the red tunnel.
The last U-turn of the middle section with no railings can be skipped by drifting off the edge to cut the gap. This is not very viable for races as it saves a minimal amount of time whilst also being very risky, due to it being very precise; a sign with Bowser's head on it can also block the way and cause the player to fall out of bounds.
A glitch shortcut can be performed in the space below the S-bend. By landing on it, turning around, leaning backwards off the edge of the area (which is heavy off-road) to gain an upwards angle and using a Mushroom, it is possible to go through the bottom of the bridge and land on it. If done quickly, this saves around six to seven seconds.^[2]

Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe[edit]

3DS Neo Bowser City in Mario Kart 8

Neo Bowser City makes its classic course debut in Mario Kart 8 as a retro course in the second DLC pack Animal Crossing × Mario Kart 8 and as part of the base content of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe as the first race of the Bell Cup. The city background is more futuristic in design and features more distinctive architecture such as skyscrapers, glass tunnels, elevators, and more LED screens, instead of having mushroom hills in the far background. Some of the buildings are reused from Mute City. The blue sky is now black. The finish line banner has been redesigned, featuring hexagon patterns behind the Mario Kart logo in light blue, and on the two neon pillars (previously one) supporting the banner. The new Bowser insignia that is now used in this course is also modeled around a hexagon. It is now possible to hit the banner when gliding (causing the banner to spin), like in Mario Circuit, DS Wario Stadium, Tour Tokyo Blur, and 3DS Rock Rock Mountain.

The course as seen from the starting line

The blimp with a screen on it has been removed. Billboards now show an animated picture of the name of the course, along with Bowser in it, instead of displaying an ongoing video of the player's point of view, an animated ad, and a still picture of Bowser. The signs and animated picture display the text "Neo Bowser City," even outside of American versions, where the name of the course is different. A similar discrepancy occurs in 3DS Music Park (called "Melody Motorway" in the British English version). The rails with scrolling neon arrows have been redesigned into neon rails with light arrows on top of them.

The overall course layout follows the same path, but has received a few minor modifications. A trickable drop-off has been added at the entrance to the tunnel in place of a downhill slope. The three-quarter turn into the glider ramp at the end has been modified into an anti-gravity section, complete with spin boost pillars, while the water puddles have been removed. The beginning of the turn is also a rounded 90° turn instead of it being circular. The Koopa Clown Car air current found near the S-bend has been moved to behind the banner, instead of beside it. The music is also roughly the same, similar to Wii Mushroom Gorge, Wii Grumble Volcano, and 3DS DK Jungle, though electric guitar and a new synth bassline have been added - the original bassline still plays in the background, but it is noticeably quieter due to the track receiving slight high-pass equalization. Bowser's minions - Koopa Paratroopas, Dry Bones, Hammer Bros., Fire Bros., and Boomerang Bros. - are spectators in this course (for unknown reasons, Fire Bros. and Boomerang Bros. do not appear in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe). In addition, like in the rainy courses in Super Mario 3D World, rain drops flow down the screens of both the GamePad and the TV, as a minor visual effect.

Shortcuts[edit]

Like with the turn after the S-bend, it is now possible to use a Mushroom or Star to cut through the mud on the anti-gravity segment.

Mario Kart Tour[edit]

The course in Mario Kart Tour

Neo Bowser City reappears in Mario Kart Tour, starting with the Tokyo Tour. Appearance-wise, it features elements taken from both its Mario Kart 7 and Mario Kart 8 versions, though it contains more cues from the former due to its lack of anti-gravity. The city now has more gray and navy hues than blue, the screen near the starting line now shows four players racing, and the bridge is now a glass tunnel. The skybox has also been updated, with the track taking place during sunset. Some buildings have been redesigned to resemble more traditional Bowser castles, while neon signs with the course name can be seen throughout the track. The rain is only present if the game is not in battery saver mode. In addition, some of the Bowser insignias have reverted back to their standard appearance, while others keep their Mario Kart 8 appearances.

The course also appears as Neo Bowser City R (reversed), Neo Bowser City T (with ramps), and Neo Bowser City R/T (reversed with ramps). The former two debuted alongside the regular variant in the Tokyo Tour, while the latter debuted in the 2020 New Year's Tour. In the R and R/T variants, there are no gliding sections. In the T variant, the gliding section is optional.

Appearances[edit]

For this course's tour appearances, see List of 3DS Neo Bowser City tour appearances in Mario Kart Tour.

Top-tier and middle-tier items[edit]

Select "show" to reveal the drivers, karts, and gliders for which 3DS Neo Bowser City and its variants are always favored or favorite courses. For instances in which additional drivers, karts, and gliders temporarily had this course and its variants as favored or favorite courses, see List of 3DS Neo Bowser City tour appearances in Mario Kart Tour.

Course	Two-item drivers	Bonus points ×1.5 karts	Combo bonus ×2 gliders
Normal variant	^^^^*^	^*^^^	^^^***
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R variant	^*^^*	^*^^*^^^**	^*^^^*


T variant	^**	^^^^^^^**	^^^^^
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R/T variant	^^^*	^^	^^^^**
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* 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 for High-End items.

Bonus challenges[edit]

Ring Race
Icon	Course variant	Chosen driver	Chosen kart	Chosen glider	Grand Star scores	Tour appearances	Cup
	Regular	Bowser Jr.	Pipe Frame	Super Glider	10 25 35	Winter Tour (2019)	Wario Cup
	Regular	Bowser Jr.	Pipe Frame	Super Glider	10 25 35	Ninja Tour (2021)	Hammer Bro Cup

Do Jump Boosts
Icon	Course variant	Chosen driver	Chosen kart	Chosen glider	Grand Star scores	Tour appearances	Cup
	Regular	Metal Mario	Pipe Frame	Super Glider	5 8 10	Halloween Tour (2019)	Metal Mario Cup
					5 8 10	Los Angeles Tour (2020)	Donkey Kong Cup
					6 10 12	Peach vs. Bowser Tour (November–December 2022)	Peach Cup

Big Reverse Race
Icon	Course variant	Opponents									Tour appearances	Cup
Icon	Course variant		7th	6th	5th	4th	3rd	2nd	1st	Extra	Tour appearances	Cup
	Regular	Driver	^[3]	^[3]	^[3]	^[3]	^[3]	^[3]	^[3]	^[4]	New Year's Tour (2020)	Diddy Kong Cup
		Kart									New Year's Tour (2020)	Diddy Kong Cup
		Glider									Bowser Tour (2022)	Shy Guy Cup

Goomba Takedown
Icon	Course variant	Chosen driver	Chosen kart	Chosen glider	Item Box type found	Number of item slots	Grand Star scores	Tour appearances	Cup
	Regular	Bowser Jr.	Pipe Frame	Super Glider	Bob-omb	3	15 25 35	Tokyo Tour	Mario Cup
								Pirate Tour	Wario Cup
								Bowser Tour (2022)	Nabbit Cup

Glider Challenge
Icon	Course variant	Chosen driver	Chosen kart	Chosen glider	Grand Star distances	Tour appearances	Cup
	Regular	Peach	Pipe Frame	Super Glider	200 350 470	Yoshi Tour (2020)	Peach Cup
					200 350 450	Mario vs. Peach Tour	Peach Cup
						Wario vs. Waluigi Tour	Baby Mario Cup
						Bowser Tour (2022)	Bowser Cup
					200 300 400	Peach vs. Bowser Tour (November–December 2022)	Peachette Cup
					200 300 410	Bowser Tour (2023)	Pink Gold Peach Cup

Steer Clear of Obstacles
Icon	Course variant	Chosen driver	Chosen kart	Chosen glider	Obstacles	Tour appearances	Cup
	Regular	Larry	Pipe Frame	Super Glider	Puddle	Tokyo Tour	Larry Cup
						Singapore Tour	Pink Gold Peach Cup
						Peach vs. Bowser Tour (November–December 2022)	Iggy Cup

Smash Small Dry Bones
Icon	Course variant	Chosen driver	Chosen kart	Chosen glider	Grand Star scores	Tour appearances	Cup
	Regular	Ludwig	Pipe Frame	Super Glider	5 9 12	Valentine's Tour	Diddy Kong Cup

Break Item Boxes
Icon	Course variant	Chosen driver	Chosen kart	Chosen glider	Item Box type found	Number of item slots	Grand Star scores	Tour appearances	Cup
	Regular	Roy	Pipe Frame	Super Glider	Mega Mushroom Coin Super Star	2	10 15 25	London Tour	Luigi Cup
							10 15 25	Peach Tour	Morton Cup
							10 17 23	Frost Tour	Lakitu Cup
							10 17 23	Bowser Tour (2023)	Dry Bones Cup

Time Trial
Icon	Course variant	Chosen driver	Chosen kart	Chosen glider	Grand Star scores	Tour appearances	Cup
	Regular	Bowser Jr.	Pipe Frame	Super Glider	2:05.00 1:55.00 1:40.00	Halloween Tour (2019)	Toadette Cup
	Regular	Bowser Jr.	Pipe Frame	Super Glider	2:20.00 2:10.00 1:55.00	Sunset Tour	Birdo Cup
	R	Ludwig	Pipe Frame	Super Glider	2:05.00 1:55.00 1:40.00	Trick Tour (2020)	Waluigi Cup
	R	Ludwig	Pipe Frame	Super Glider	2:05.00 1:55.00 1:43.00	Sydney Tour (April–May 2021)	Lakitu Cup

Sponsors[edit]

Overtake (Mario Kart 7 only; rotating screen displays)

Mario Kart 8 Original Soundtrack liner notes[edit]

"This is a remastered version of the music from the Nintendo 3DS title. It began life as an arrangement of the music for a circuit course on Mario Kart 7. Then while we were working on it, for some reason, we decided to add a particular phrase, and all agreed that it worked pretty well."

Gallery[edit]

Mario Kart 7[edit]

A detailed map of the course
The start of the race
Bowser, racing on the 180° turns
Bowser, near the starting area
Metal Mario driving
Peach, flying with a glider
One of the billboards on the course, showing the race itself with Shy Guy racing
On the bridge in the course
The final tunnel before the finish line

Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe[edit]

The course icon
The full course icon
Results screen
The British English course icon
Dry Bowser, racing on the course on the Bone Rattler
The anti-gravity portion of the course
Toad, driving inside one of the tunnels
The stamp for this course
The animation of Bowser that plays on the TV screens

Mario Kart Tour[edit]

Course icons[edit]

For this subject's image gallery, see Gallery:Mario Kart Tour race course icons (3DS courses) § Neo Bowser City.

The course icon
The course icon of the R variant
The course icon of the T variant
The course icon of the R/T variant

Sprites[edit]

The animation of gameplay with Mario that plays on the TV screens

Screenshots[edit]

Starting line
A glass tunnel above the race course
Inside the driveable glass tunnel
Another view of the glass tunnel
Twisting turns
Luigi staring at the camera
Wario (Cowboy) tricking in the Red Taxi and Waluigi (Bus Driver) tricking in the Platinum Taxi
Mario (Tuxedo), Nabbit, and Penguin Luigi tricking on the R/T variant
Pauline, Pauline (Party Time), and Pauline (Rose) gliding on the course

Naming[edit]

Internal names[edit]

Game	Name	Meaning
Mario Kart 7	`Gctr_AdvancedCircuit`	Grand Prix Centrair^[5] Advanced Circuit
Mario Kart 8/Mario Kart 8 Deluxe	`D3ds_NeoBowserCity`	DLC 3DS Neo Bowser City
Mario Kart Tour	`G3ds_NeoBowserCity`	Grand Prix 3DS Neo Bowser City

Names in other languages[edit]

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	ネオクッパシティ^[?] Neo Kuppa Shiti	Neo Bowser City
Chinese (simplified)	新酷霸王市^[?] Xīn Kùbàwáng Shì	Neo Bowser City
Chinese (simplified)	新酷霸市^[?] Xīn Kùbà Shì	Neo Bowser City	Nintendo Music
Chinese (traditional)	新庫巴市^[?] Xīn Kùbā Shì	Neo Bowser City
Dutch	Bowser City^[?]	-
French	Koopapolis^[?]	An aggregation of "Koopa" and "metropolis"
German	Koopa-Großstadtfieber^[?]	Koopa City Fever
Italian	Koopa City^[?]	-
Korean	네오 쿠파 시티^[?] Neo Kupa Siti	Neo Bowser City
Polish	Miasto Bowser’a^[?]	Bowser’s City
Portuguese (NOA)	Cidade Bowser^[?]	Bowser City
Portuguese (NOE)	Cidade do Koopa^[?]	Koopa's City
Russian	Город Купы^[?] Gorod Kupy	Koopa City
Spanish	Ciudad Koopa^[?]	Koopa City

Notes[edit]

When exiting the tunnel in the Mario Kart 8 version of the course, a spotlight with Bowser's emblem points to the sky, possibly referencing the Bat-Signal from Batman media.
On August 18, 2016, a tweet from @NintendoAmerica gave players a "pop quiz" to race around Neo Bowser City and post their best time with a photograph as proof.^[6]
In the internal data of Mario Kart 7, Neo Bowser City is referred to as Advanced Circuit. This suggests that the track was originally meant to be designated as a circuit course, which the Mario Kart 8 Original Soundtrack liner notes also imply, with the references to the circuit themes from Wii and 7 in the song for Neo Bowser City being remnants of this idea. It is unknown if the track was conceptualized as a Bowser Circuit or a futuristic city, or if it was originally meant to be a more standard circuit course.

References[edit]

^ https://iwataasks.nintendo.com/interviews/3ds/mario-kart-7/0/3/
^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bHVR1zthbI Former world record using the glitch and the turn-skip
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g TheMadWeazel (January 1, 2020). New Year’s Tour “Diddy Kong Cup” - Mario Kart Tour. YouTube. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
^ SuperAaron260 (January 7, 2020). Mario Kart Tour - Part 66 - New Year’s Tour (Diddy Kong Cup). YouTube. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
^ The Cutting Room Floor. The Cutting Room Floor:Project Names/Nintendo. Retrieved June 13th, 2025.
^ @NintendoAmerica (August 18, 2016). "Pop quiz! Race through Neo Bowser City in #MK7 and we might share the best times! Prove it w/ a pic. #NintendoSummer" (image). Twitter.

[1] ttps://iwataasks.nintendo.com/interviews/3ds/mario-kart-7/0/3/

[2] ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bHVR1zthbI Former world record using the glitch and the turn-skip

[3DS_Neo_Bowser_City-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g TheMadWeazel (January 1, 2020). New Year’s Tour “Diddy Kong Cup” - Mario Kart Tour. YouTube. Retrieved January 30, 2021.

[4] SuperAaron260 (January 7, 2020). Mario Kart Tour - Part 66 - New Year’s Tour (Diddy Kong Cup). YouTube. Retrieved January 30, 2021.

[5] The Cutting Room Floor. The Cutting Room Floor:Project Names/Nintendo. Retrieved June 13th, 2025.

[6] @NintendoAmerica (August 18, 2016). "Pop quiz! Race through Neo Bowser City in #MK7 and we might share the best times! Prove it w/ a pic. #NintendoSummer" (image). Twitter.

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[Edit] Mario Kart 7
Drivers	Starting	Mario • Luigi • Peach • Yoshi • Bowser • Donkey Kong • Toad • Koopa Troopa
Drivers	Unlockable	Daisy • Wario • Rosalina • Metal Mario • Shy Guy • Honey Queen • Wiggler • Lakitu • Mii
Karts and parts	New karts	Standard • Gold Standard • Birthday Girl • Bumble V • Bruiser • Soda Jet • Tiny Tug • Cact-X • Koopa Clown • Cloud 9 • Zucchini • Blue Seven • Bolt Buggy
	Retro karts	B Dasher • Egg 1 • Barrel Train • Pipe Frame
	Tires	Standard • Gold Tires • Roller • Slim • Slick • Sponge • Mushroom • Wood • Red Monster • Monster
	Gliders	Super Glider • Gold Glider • Peach Parasol • Flower Glider • Beast Glider • Swooper • Paraglider
Courses	Mushroom Cup	Toad Circuit • Daisy Hills • Cheep Cheep Lagoon • Shy Guy Bazaar
	Flower Cup	Wuhu Loop • Mario Circuit • Music Park • Rock Rock Mountain
	Star Cup	Piranha Plant Slide • Wario Shipyard • Neo Bowser City • Maka Wuhu
	Special Cup	DK Jungle • Rosalina's Ice World • Bowser's Castle • Rainbow Road
	Shell Cup	N64 Luigi Raceway • GBA Bowser Castle 1 • Wii Mushroom Gorge • DS Luigi's Mansion
	Banana Cup	N64 Koopa Troopa Beach • SNES Mario Circuit 2 • Wii Coconut Mall • DS Waluigi Pinball
	Leaf Cup	N64 Kalimari Desert • DS DK Pass • GCN Daisy Cruiser • Wii Maple Treeway
	Lightning Cup	Wii Koopa Cape • GCN Dino Dino Jungle • DS Airship Fortress • SNES Rainbow Road
Battle stages	Retro stages	GBA Battle Course 1 • N64 Big Donut • DS Palm Shore
Battle stages	New stages	Honeybee Hive • Sherbet Rink • Wuhu Town
Items		Banana • Blooper • Bob-omb • Bullet Bill • Coin • Fire Flower • Golden Mushroom • Green Shell • Item Box • Lightning • Lucky Seven • Mushroom • Red Shell • Spiny Shell • Star • Super Leaf • Triple Bananas • Triple Green Shells • Triple Mushrooms • Triple Red Shells
Objects		Cannon • Crate • Current • Cutting torch • Glide Ramp • Hot-air balloon • Launch Star • Leaf pile • Ramp • Ring • Spinning tube / Paddle wheel • Water Geyser
Enemies and obstacles		Anchor • Banzai Bill • Barrel • Board • Boulder • Bouncing Note • Bumper • Car • Cheep Cheep • Clampy • Cutting torch • Drain pipe • Fish Bone • Flipper • Flying Shy Guy • Frogoon • Goomba • Honey • Ice • Jar / Snake jar • Lava • Mountain Goat • Noshi • Oil slick • Penguin • Pickup truck • Pinball • Piranha Plant • Puddle • Rocky Wrench • Screaming Pillar • Sidestepper • Snake • Stingby • Super Thwomp • Swoop • Table • Tiki Goon • Thwomp • Train • Walking Tree • Water Geyser
Background characters		Birdo • Boo • Goomba • Hammer Bro • Lakitu • Monty Mole • Shy Guy • Toad • Unagi
Techniques		Drift • Hop • Jump action • Mini-Turbo • Rocket Start • Slipstream • Spin Turn
Battle modes		Balloon Battle • Coin Runners
Music		"Neo Bowser City" • "Piranha Plant Slide" • "Rainbow Road" • "Rosalina's Ice World" • "Toad Circuit" • "Wario Shipyard"
Miscellaneous		Daisy Cruiser • DK's Tree House • Emblem • Finish line • First-Person View • Gallery • Ghost • Glitches • In-game statistics • Item probability distributions • Kart • Multimedia • Nintendo Music (soundtrack) • Pre-release and unused content • New sponsors • Staff • Underwater driving • Trophy

[Edit] Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Drivers
Featherweight			Baby Mario • Baby Luigi • Baby Peach • Baby Daisy • Baby Rosalina • Lemmy • Dry Bones
Light			Toad • Koopa Troopa • Shy Guy (Light-blue^a · Black^a · Green^a · Yellow^a · White^a · Blue^a · Pink^a · Orange^a) • Lakitu • Toadette • Larry • Wendy • Cat Peach^a • Villager (Female)^a • Isabelle^a • Bowser Jr. • Inkling Girl • Diddy Kong^c
Medium			Peach • Daisy • Yoshi (Light-blue^a · Black^a · Red^a · Yellow^a · White^a · Blue^a · Pink^a · Orange^a) • Mario • Luigi • Iggy • Ludwig • Tanooki Mario^a • Villager (Male)^a • Inkling Boy • Birdo^c (Light-blue ^c · Black ^c · Red ^c · Yellow ^c · White ^c · Blue ^c · Green ^c · Orange ^c) • Kamek^c • Peachette^c
Cruiser			Rosalina • Donkey Kong • Waluigi • Roy • Link^a • King Boo • Wiggler^c • Pauline^c
Heavy			Metal Mario (Gold) • Pink Gold Peach • Bowser • Wario • Morton • Dry Bowser^a • Petey Piranha^c • Funky Kong^c
Any			Mii
Vehicle parts
Bodies		Karts	Standard Kart • Pipe Frame • Mach 8 • Steel Driver • Cat Cruiser • Circuit Special • Tri-Speeder • Badwagon • Prancer • Biddybuggy • Landship • Sneeker • Sports Coupe • Gold Standard • GLA^a • W 25 Silver Arrow^a • 300 SL Roadster^a • Blue Falcon^a • Tanooki Kart^a • B Dasher^a • Streetle^a • P-Wing^a • Koopa Clown
		Standard bikes	Standard Bike • The Duke • Flame Rider • Varmint • Mr. Scooty • City Tripper^a • Master Cycle Zero^b
		Sport bikes	Comet • Sport Bike • Jet Bike • Yoshi Bike • Master Cycle^a
		ATVs	Standard ATV • Wild Wiggler • Teddy Buggy • Bone Rattler^a • Splat Buggy • Inkstriker
Tires			Standard • Monster • Roller • Slim • Slick • Metal • Button • Off-Road • Sponge • Wood • Cushion • Blue Standard • Hot Monster • Azure Roller • Crimson Slim • Cyber Slick • Retro Off-Road • Gold Tires • GLA Tires^a • Triforce Tires^a • Leaf Tires^a • Ancient Tires^b
Gliders			Super Glider • Cloud Glider • Wario Wing • Waddle Wing • Peach Parasol • Parachute • Parafoil • Flower Glider • Bowser Kite • Plane Glider • MKTV Parafoil • Gold Glider • Hylian Kite^a • Paper Glider^a • Paraglider^b
Courses
New courses		Mushroom Cup	Mario Kart Stadium • Water Park • Sweet Sweet Canyon • Thwomp Ruins
		Flower Cup	Mario Circuit • Toad Harbor • Twisted Mansion • Shy Guy Falls
		Star Cup	Sunshine Airport • Dolphin Shoals • Electrodrome • Mount Wario
		Special Cup	Cloudtop Cruise • Bone-Dry Dunes • Bowser's Castle • Rainbow Road
Classic courses		Shell Cup	Wii Moo Moo Meadows • GBA Mario Circuit • DS Cheep Cheep Beach • N64 Toad's Turnpike
		Banana Cup	GCN Dry Dry Desert • SNES Donut Plains 3 • N64 Royal Raceway • 3DS DK Jungle
		Leaf Cup	DS Wario Stadium • GCN Sherbet Land • 3DS Music Park • N64 Yoshi Valley
		Lightning Cup	DS Tick-Tock Clock • 3DS Piranha Plant Slide • Wii Grumble Volcano • N64 Rainbow Road
DLC courses^a		Egg Cup	GCN Yoshi Circuit • Excitebike Arena • Dragon Driftway • Mute City
		Triforce Cup	Wii Wario's Gold Mine • SNES Rainbow Road • Ice Ice Outpost • Hyrule Circuit
		Crossing Cup	GCN Baby Park • GBA Cheese Land • Wild Woods • Animal Crossing
		Bell Cup	3DS Neo Bowser City • GBA Ribbon Road • Super Bell Subway • Big Blue
Booster courses^c		Golden Dash Cup	Tour Paris Promenade • 3DS Toad Circuit • N64 Choco Mountain • Wii Coconut Mall
		Lucky Cat Cup	Tour Tokyo Blur • DS Shroom Ridge • GBA Sky Garden • Ninja Hideaway
		Turnip Cup	Tour New York Minute • SNES Mario Circuit 3 • N64 Kalimari Desert • DS Waluigi Pinball
		Propeller Cup	Tour Sydney Sprint • GBA Snow Land • Wii Mushroom Gorge • Sky-High Sundae
		Rock Cup	Tour London Loop • GBA Boo Lake • 3DS Rock Rock Mountain • Wii Maple Treeway
		Moon Cup	Tour Berlin Byways • DS Peach Gardens • Merry Mountain • 3DS Rainbow Road
		Fruit Cup	Tour Amsterdam Drift • GBA Riverside Park • Wii DK Summit • Yoshi's Island
		Boomerang Cup	Tour Bangkok Rush • DS Mario Circuit • GCN Waluigi Stadium • Tour Singapore Speedway
		Feather Cup	Tour Athens Dash • GCN Daisy Cruiser • Wii Moonview Highway • Squeaky Clean Sprint
		Cherry Cup	Tour Los Angeles Laps • GBA Sunset Wilds • Wii Koopa Cape • Tour Vancouver Velocity
		Acorn Cup	Tour Rome Avanti • GCN DK Mountain • Wii Daisy Circuit • Piranha Plant Cove
		Spiny Cup	Tour Madrid Drive • 3DS Rosalina's Ice World • SNES Bowser Castle 3 • Wii Rainbow Road
Battle courses		Wii U	Wii Moo Moo Meadows • GCN Dry Dry Desert • SNES Donut Plains 3 • N64 Toad's Turnpike • Mario Circuit • GCN Sherbet Land • N64 Yoshi Valley • Toad Harbor
Battle courses		Switch	3DS Wuhu Town • GCN Luigi's Mansion • SNES Battle Course 1 • Urchin Underpass • Dragon Palace • Battle Stadium • Sweet Sweet Kingdom • Lunar Colony
Other
Items			Banana • Blooper • Boo • Boomerang Flower • Bullet Bill • Coin • Crazy Eight • Feather • Fire Flower • Golden Mushroom • Green Shell • Lightning • Mushroom • Piranha Plant • Red Shell • Spiny Shell • Super Horn • Triple Bananas • Triple Green Shells • Triple Mushrooms • Triple Red Shells
Course objects			Antigravity Panel • Arrow field^c • Barrel • Bath Bomb^c • Beach Ball^c • Bell^a • Board • Bob-omb Car^c • Boulder • Bowser Statue • Bus • Bumper^c • Cannon • Car • Cargo truck • Cash • Ceiling Needle^c • Clock hand • Coin • Crate • Current • Dash Panel • Dash panel ramp truck • Drain pipe • Falling Pillar • Fire • Fire Bar • Fire Chain • Flipper^c • Glide Ramp • Goal Ring^c • Hoop^c • Hot-air balloon • Half-pipe^c • Ice • Icicle^c • Item Box • Lava Geyser • Leaf pile^a • Master Sword^a • Mecha Piranha Plant^c • Metal ball^c • Millstone • Mine Cart^a • Mushroom Platform^c • Mushroom Trampoline^c • Oil slick • Pickup truck • Pit^a • Ring • Rupee^a • Snowboy^a • Snowman • Spin Boost Pillar • Spinner • Spinning tube^c • Submarine • Table^c • Tire stack • Toy Duck^c • Toy Goomba^c • Traffic cone • Train^a • Volcanic debris • Water Geyser^c • Winged Cloud^c
Enemies and species			Big Wiggler^c • Bone Piranha Plant • Boo • Bouncing Note • Bulber^c • Chain Chomp • Cheep Cheep • Clampy^c • Deku Baba^a • Dolphin • Dry Bones • Exploring Shy Guy^c • Fire Piranha Plant^c • Fire Snake • Fish Bone • Freezie • Frogoon • Fuzzy^c • Goomba • Goomba Tower • Goonie^c • Hammer Knight • Huffin Puffin^c • Incoming Chomp^c • Innertube Goomba^c • Jellybeam • Keese^a • Lava Bowser • Manta • Mecha Cheep • Mechakoopa • Mini Toad^a • Monty Mole • Moo Moo • Mr. Resetti^a • Nep-Enut^c • Noki • Penguin^c • Petal Guy^c • Pianta • Piranha Plant • Pokey • Ptooie^c • Raving Piranha Plant • Rocky Wrench^c • Screaming Pillar • Shoe^c • Sidestepper • Skating Shy Guy • Small bird • Snowboarding Shy Guy^c • Star Thwomp^a • Stilt Guy^c • Swoop • Thwomp • Tiki Goon • Toad • Unagi • Whomp^c • Yoshi
Techniques			Anti-gravity • Drift • Hop • Mini-Turbo • Rocket Start • Slipstream • Spin Boost • Spin Turn • Jump Boost • U-turn • Underwater driving
Notable areas, landmarks, and sightings			Amsterdam (Canal)^c • Athens (Hadrian's Arch · Parthenon) ^c • Bangkok^c • Berlin (Berlin Wall · Brandenburg Gate · Charlottenburg Palace) ^c • Bowser's Castle • Daisy Cruiser^a • DK's Tree House • Hammer Bros. Sphinx • London (Big Ben · Tower Bridge · Tower of London) ^c • Luigi's Mansion • Madrid (Prado Museum · Ventas Bullring) ^c • New York (Empire State Building · Statue of Liberty · Rockefeller Center) ^c • Paris (Arc de Triomphe · Cathedral of Notre Dame · Eiffel Tower · Louvre) ^c • Rome (Colosseum · Spanish Steps · Trevi Fountain) ^c • Peach's Castle • Sydney^c • Tokyo^c • Vancouver^c
Battle modes			Balloon Battle • Renegade Roundup • Bob-omb Blast • Coin Runners • Shine Thief
Music			"Battle Stadium" • "Bone-Dry Dunes" • "Cloudtop Cruise" • "Dragon Driftway" • "Electrodrome" • "Ice Ice Outpost" • "Lunar Colony" • "Mario Circuit" • "Sky-High Sundae"^c • "Squeaky Clean Sprint"^c • "Sweet Sweet Canyon" • "Thwomp Ruins" • "Toad Harbor" • "Twisted Mansion" • "Wild Woods"^a
Official tournaments	Mario Kart 8		Mario Kart 8 promotion tour • Mario Kart 8 Champions of San Diego • Mario Kart 8 Championship 2014
	Mario Kart 8 Deluxe	Worldwide	My Nintendo Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Community Challenge
		North America	NOA 150cc Tournament and NOA Battlethon • Mario Kart North American Open • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Holiday Fun Run • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Championship Cup 2022 • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe North American Qualifier 2022 • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe North American Qualifier 2023 • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Championship Cup 2023 • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Championship 2023 Qualifier • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Championship 2023
		Australia and New Zealand	2017 online tournaments • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Super Saturdays • Mario Kart AU/NZ My Nintendo Cup • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe: AU/NZ Grand Prix
		China	Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Summit Invitational Tournament • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Online Tournaments (2021 Tencent series) • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe National Battle Team Open Tournament / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Open Team Championship
		Europe	Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Seasonal Circuit • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe European Championship 2023
		Hong Kong	Nintendo HK 2021 Cup
		Japan	Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Online Challenge / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Online Challenge Final Stage
		Spain	TorneoMK8D
		UK and Ireland	Nintendo UK VS Cup • Nintendo VS UK Cup
Miscellaneous			Andrew Trego • Animal Crossing × Mario Kart 8^a • "Blue Shell Blues" • Cheese^a • Emblem • Finish line • From the Pit • Gallery (Deluxe) • Ghost • Glitches • Gravity • Heart^c • Highlight Reel • Hyrule Castle^a • In-game statistics (Deluxe) • Item probability distributions • Lakitu • The Legend of Zelda × Mario Kart 8^a • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass^c • Mario Kart Band • Mario Kart TV • Mercedes-Benz × Mario Kart 8^a • Miiverse • Nintendo Music (soundtrack) • Poochy^c • Pre-release and unused content • Soundtrack • Sponsors • Staff (Mario Kart 8 · Mario Kart 8 Deluxe · Booster Course Pass) • Stamp (list) • Update history
Related Play Nintendo activities			Mario Kart 8 Party Starter • Take a spin in one of these beauties! • Get behind the wheel! featuring Mario Kart 8 Deluxe • Gaming gardens trivia quiz • Leaf it to me • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Memory Match-Up • One cup, four tracks… • Racing through this poll
Indicates exclusivity to Mario Kart 8 ^a Indicates downloadable content in Mario Kart 8 Indicates exclusivity to Mario Kart 8 Deluxe ^b Indicates content available in version 1.6.0 and later of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe ^c Indicates content available in the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass

[Edit] Mario Kart Tour courses
New courses	City courses	New York Minute • Tokyo Blur • Paris Promenade • London Loop • Vancouver Velocity • Los Angeles Laps • Berlin Byways • Sydney Sprint • Singapore Speedway • Amsterdam Drift • Bangkok Rush • Athens Dash • Rome Avanti • Madrid Drive
New courses	Other	Merry Mountain • Ninja Hideaway • Sky-High Sundae • Piranha Plant Cove • Yoshi's Island • Piranha Plant Pipeline • Squeaky Clean Sprint
Remix courses		RMX Mario Circuit 1 • RMX Choco Island 1 • RMX Rainbow Road 1 • RMX Rainbow Road 2 • RMX Choco Island 2 • RMX Vanilla Lake 1 • RMX Ghost Valley 1 • RMX Bowser's Castle 1 • RMX Donut Plains 1 • RMX Vanilla Lake 2
Classic courses	SNES courses	Mario Circuit 1 • Donut Plains 1 • Ghost Valley 1 • Mario Circuit 2 • Choco Island 1 • Ghost Valley 2 • Donut Plains 2 • Mario Circuit 3 • Choco Island 2 • Vanilla Lake 1 • Bowser Castle 3 • Donut Plains 3 • Koopa Troopa Beach 2 • Vanilla Lake 2 • Rainbow Road
	N64 courses	Luigi Raceway • Koopa Troopa Beach • Kalimari Desert • Frappe Snowland • Choco Mountain • Mario Raceway • Royal Raceway • Yoshi Valley
	GBA courses	Peach Circuit • Riverside Park • Bowser's Castle 1 • Boo Lake • Bowser's Castle 2 • Luigi Circuit • Sky Garden • Cheep-Cheep Island • Sunset Wilds • Snow Land • Yoshi Desert • Bowser's Castle 3 • Lakeside Park • Bowser's Castle 4
	GCN courses	Baby Park • Mushroom Bridge • Daisy Cruiser • Waluigi Stadium • Yoshi Circuit • DK Mountain • Dino Dino Jungle
	DS courses	Luigi's Mansion • Waluigi Pinball • Shroom Ridge • DK Pass • Mario Circuit • Airship Fortress • Peach Gardens
	Wii courses	Mushroom Gorge • Coconut Mall • DK Summit • Daisy Circuit • Koopa Cape • Maple Treeway • Dry Dry Ruins • Moonview Highway • Rainbow Road
	3DS courses	Toad Circuit • Daisy Hills • Cheep Cheep Lagoon • Shy Guy Bazaar • Mario Circuit • Rock Rock Mountain • Piranha Plant Slide • Wario Shipyard • Neo Bowser City • Rosalina's Ice World • Bowser's Castle • Rainbow Road
Battle courses	New courses	New York Minute B • Paris Promenade B
Battle courses	Classic courses	Battle Course 1 • Cookie Land • Twilight House

Neo Bowser City

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