Blue Falcon

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Blue Falcon
Blue Falcon from Mario Kart 8
The Blue Falcon in Mario Kart 8.
Size class MKW: Small
MK8 and MK8D: Any
Strong stats Speed (MKW, MK8D)
Speed, Acceleration (MK8)
Average stats Acceleration, Drift (MKW)
Handling (MK8)
Traction (MK8D)
Weak stats Weight, Handling, Off-Road, Mini-Turbo (MKW)
Weight, Traction (MK8)
Acceleration, Weight, Handling (MK8D)
Appears in Mario Kart Wii, Mario Kart 8 (DLC Pack 1), Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

The Blue Falcon is a kart in the Mario Kart series modeled after the vehicle of the same name used by Captain Falcon in the F-Zero series. In Mario Kart Wii, the Blue Falcon is based on its design from F-Zero X and F-Zero GX, while in Mario Kart 8, it is based on its design from the original F-Zero. In Mario Kart Wii, the coloring of Baby Mario's Blue Falcon is the same as its namesake and the emblem is located on the hood, two tailfins, and rear. The kart bears less resemblance to the vehicle it is based on in Mario Kart Wii, having four wheels and a battery at the bottom. Its depiction in Mario Kart 8 is more accurate; it now emits flames, which changes color during a mini-turbo drift, instead of exhaust smoke. In Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, the emblem is located on the sides of the kart.

History[edit]

Club Nintendo (German magazine)[edit]

Caped Mario riding Yoshi, in front of an F-Zero machine
Mario and Yoshi overtaking the Blue Falcon

Blue Falcon appears in "Super Mario: Im Rausch der Geschwindigkeit", a two-page comic published in the 4/1992 issue of the German Club Nintendo magazine. In the comic, Mario and Yoshi are chased by Blue Falcon for violating the speed limit.

Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars[edit]

In Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars and its remake, a toy model of the Blue Falcon can be seen in Cinder Toad's shop alongside miniature versions of the Fire Stingray from F-Zero and the Arwing from Star Fox.

Super Smash Bros. series[edit]

This section is a stub. Please consider expanding it to include any missing information. Specifics: There are more stages where the Blue Falcon appears.

Mewtwo, King Dedede, and Pichu battling on Big Blue in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. The various F-Zero machines making up the stage are taking a jump. King Dedede is standing on the Blue Falcon.
The Blue Falcon as a platform and stage hazard on Big Blue in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

The Blue Falcon appears throughout the Super Smash Bros. series, both alongside and without Captain Falcon.

In every Super Smash Bros. game except for Super Smash Bros. Melee, Captain Falcon enters Stage by driving onto the screen in the Blue Falcon. Before a battle begins, he jumps out and the Blue Falcon drives away.

The Blue Falcon is a feature on every stage based on the F-Zero series, participating in a race on the track alongside the other F-Zero machines. Most stages have different mechanics for the F-Zero machines. On List of stages debuting in Super Smash Bros. Melee#Big Blue, the Blue Falcon is one of the F-Zero machines advancing from right to left on the track. Characters and items can stand on it, which is important to do because standing on the track means being pulled backward because the stage's framing moves along with the F-Zero machines. Being pulled into the front of an F-Zero machine, including the Blue Falcon, causes the F-Zero machine to damage and launch the character. On Mute City SNES, the Blue Falcon takes part in a race from the behind the back perspective of the original F-Zero game. The design of the Blue Falcon, as with everything on the stage, is also based directly on that game. The stage is framed around this behind the back perspective, with the accompanying floating platforms taking the same turns the Blue Falcon does. The players can stand on the Blue Falcon, and they cannot take damage from it in any way.

Starting in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, the Blue Falcon serves as Captain Falcon's Final Smash and maintains this role in each game thereafter. The move has the Blue Falcon rush from the foreground to the background just in front of Captain Falcon. Its trajectory is such that curves around Captain Falcon. If the Blue Falcon hits anyone, a cutscene starts where those opponents are transported to a flat F-Zero track in an unidentifiable location. Captain Falcon then drives the Blue Falcon into the opponents, launching them diagonally upward, and gameplay resumes with the opponents still being launched.

Mario Kart series[edit]

Mario Kart Wii[edit]

The Blue Falcon is an unlockable small vehicle, unlocked by winning the Lightning Cup in Mirror Mode or by playing 4,200 races. The kart emphasizes top speed and trades off other stats, similar to its medium and large counterparts (the Sprinter and Jetsetter respectively), though not as polarizing. It is the fastest small vehicle in the game, with its top speed being equivalent to the Flame Runner's. However, the vehicle is rather light and has average drifting and acceleration, but its other stats are rather low. In fact, the Blue Falcon is the only small vehicle to have a Mini-Turbo lower than thirty, unless driven by Baby Daisy, Koopa Troopa, Dry Bones, or the Mii based on their Mini-Turbo bonuses. Its weight is tied with the Standard Kart S. Its acceleration is tied with the Super Blooper. Its off-road is tied with the Honeycoupe, the Wild Wing, and the Sneakster. The Blue Falcon's off-road is rather poor; it has the worst off-road performance, handling, and Mini-Turbo out of all small vehicles. The Blue Falcon also has the lowest stat total out of any small vehicle in the game, having 249 stat points. This is one of only four karts in the game with a weight stat of less than thirty, the other three being the Booster Seat, Standard Kart S, and Cheep Charger.

The Blue Falcon is one of the six vehicles in Mario Kart Wii to not have a counterpart for its size class, with the other five vehicles being the Classic Dragster, Jet Bubble, Piranha Prowler, Phantom, and Zip Zip.

Although it is called the Blue Falcon, most characters driving this vehicle have non-blue color schemes; for example, Baby Luigi has a green Blue Falcon. If Baby Luigi or Baby Daisy ride the Blue Falcon, it will surpass the Sprinter's, Flame Flyer and Sneakster's, and Flame Runner's default speed by one point, three points, and five points respectively. Also, if Toadette rides the Blue Falcon, it will surpass the Piranha Prowler's and Bullet Bike's default off-road stat by one point.

Color schemes[edit]
Character Color Scheme Image Character Color Scheme Image
Baby Mario Blue body and seat, dark red fin stripes, light brown stripe through the middle Baby Mario's Blue Falcon Baby Luigi Green body, blue fin stripes and seat, light brown stripe through the middle Baby Luigi's Blue Falcon
Baby Peach Pink body, yellow fin stripes, blue seat, light brown stripe through the middle Baby Peach's Blue Falcon Baby Daisy Orange body, shamrock green fin stripes, blue seat, yellow stripe through the middle Baby Daisy's Blue Falcon
Toad Dark blue body, red fin stripes and stripe through the middle, blue seat Toad's Blue Falcon Toadette Magenta body, red fin stripes, blue seat, light brown stripe through the middle Toadette's Blue Falcon
Koopa Troopa Golden-yellow body, lime green fin stripes and stripe through the middle, blue seat Koopa Troopa's Blue Falcon Dry Bones Dark gray body, light gray fin stripes and stripe through the middle, blue seat Dry Bones in the Blue Falcon on the character select screen
Male Mii Cadet blue body, dark blue fin stripes, seat and stripe through the middle Blue Falcon from Mario Kart Wii Female Mii White body, magenta fin stripes, seat and stripe through the middle Blue Falcon from Mario Kart Wii

Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe[edit]

Luigi drives in the Blue Falcon on Rainbow Road in Mario Kart 8.
Luigi driving the Blue Falcon in Mario Kart 8.

The Blue Falcon returns in Mario Kart 8 as one of the vehicles included in The Legend of Zelda × Mario Kart 8 downloadable content pack, as well as one of the three retro vehicle bodies to return in the game along with the B Dasher and Pipe Frame. The model is redesigned to look like the original Blue Falcon from F-Zero for the SNES, complete with flames coming out from the exhaust pipes and an engine noise mimicking that of its original counterpart, and it no longer changes color depending on which character is using it. The tailfins also move when the kart turns. It can also be used by a character of any weight class, as opposed to being exclusive to lightweight characters. Its engine sound is actually a deeper pitched version of the Jet Bike's, which is a ducted jet engine. The exhaust flames change color when performing a Mini-Turbo. CPUs never use the Blue Falcon, thus making this kart a player-exclusive kart.

In terms of its stats, the Blue Falcon's stat distribution is similar to that of the Soda Jet from Mario Kart 7; it gives a high boost in speed and acceleration as well as an average Mini-Turbo, at the cost of some weight and traction. Also, the Blue Falcon's stats are shared with the Streetle, which is available in the Animal Crossing × Mario Kart 8 DLC pack.

It is one of the several vehicles in Mario Kart 8 to have a supercharged engine, the others being the Mach 8, Sports Coupe, Circuit Special, B Dasher, Badwagon, P-Wing, Comet, and Jet Bike.

A Stamp of the Blue Falcon became available in Version 4.0 of Mario Kart 8, which was released on April 23, 2015.

In Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, it can be unlocked randomly by collecting coins and now shares stats with the Splat Buggy. It provides a higher boost to traction, anti-gravity handling, and water handling, while reducing water speed, air speed, acceleration, weight, ground handling, and air handling. CPUs will never use this vehicle body, making it among the few player-exclusive vehicle parts in the game.

The Super Mario Bros. Movie[edit]

A poster featuring the Blue Falcon appears in the background of Mario's Brooklyn bedroom in The Super Mario Bros. Movie.

Profiles and statistics[edit]

Super Smash Bros. Brawl[edit]

Trophy
Blue Falcon
Blue Falcon trophy
Appears in:
Wii Super Smash Bros. Brawl
How to unlock: Clear All-Star Mode as Captain Falcon
Captain Falcon's Final Smash. His beloved ship, the Blue Falcon, roars onto the screen once he touches a foe in front of him. The enemy gets sent to a racetrack, at which point the Blue Falcon screams down at a ridiculous speed and launches the unlucky victim. What track is it? Where did the machine come from? This is one technique that's an utter mystery.

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS[edit]

Trophy
Blue Falcon
Trophy for the Blue Falcon
Category: Stage
How to unlock:
Random
The trademark vehicle of famed bounty hunter Captain Falcon. Both of their names refer to the bird's ability to swoop in and capture its prey—a subtle nod to Captain Falcon's bounty-hunting exploits. The Blue Falcon itself is a well-rounded vehicle, allowing the pilot's talent to really show. (American English)
The trademark vehicle of famed bounty hunter Captain Falcon. The "Falcon" in both of their names refers to the bird's ability to swoop in and capture its prey at speed, which, of course, alludes to the Captain's bounty-hunting exploits. The Blue Falcon itself is a well-rounded vehicle, allowing the talents of its pilot to speak for themselves. (British English)

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U[edit]

Trophy
Blue Falcon
Blue Falcon trophy from Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
Category: Final Smash
(Applies only to the Wii U version) Trophy Box: 52: F-Zero
How to unlock:
Complete All-Star Mode as Captain Falcon
Captain Falcon's Final Smash lets him pull opponents into the middle of an F-Zero race—where competitors have been known to break the speed of sound—and run them over with his racing machine, the Blue Falcon. If he manages to grab you, there's no escape. The impact launches its victims diagonally upward. (American English)
Captain Falcon's Final Smash lets him pull opponents into the middle of an F-Zero race – where competitors have been known to reach speeds of 1,500km/h – and run them over with his racing machine, the Blue Falcon. If he manages to grab you, there's no escape. The impact launches its victims diagonally upwards. (British English)

Mario Kart Wii[edit]

Speed: 60/80
Weight: 29/80
Acceleration: 35/80
Handling: 29/80
Drift: 43/80
Off-Road: 24/80
Mini-Turbo: 29/80
Vehicle type:
Drift

Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe[edit]

Mario Kart 8

  • 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
  • Anti-Gravity Handling: 0
  • Traction: -0.5
  • Mini-Turbo: 0

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

  • Ground Speed: +0.25
  • Water Speed: -0.25
  • Air Speed: 0
  • Anti-Gravity Speed: +0.25
  • Acceleration: -0.25
  • Weight: -0.5
  • Ground Handling: -0.25
  • Water Handling: +0.25
  • Air Handling: -0.5
  • Anti-Gravity Handling: +0.5
  • Traction: 0
  • Mini-Turbo: -0.25

Gallery[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese ブルーファルコン[1]
Burū Farukon
Blue Falcon
Chinese (Simplified) 蓝色猎鹰[1]
Lánsè Lièyīng (Mandarin)
Làahmsīk Lihpyīng (Cantonese)
Blue Falcon
Chinese (Traditional) 藍色獵鷹[1]
Lánsè Lièyīng (Mandarin)
Làahmsīk Lihpyīng (Cantonese)
Blue Falcon
Dutch Blue Falcon[1] -
French Blue Falcon[1] -
German Blue Falcon[1] -
Italian Blue Falcon[1] -
Korean 블루팔콘[1]
Beullu Palkon
Blue Falcon
Portuguese (Europe) Blue Falcon[1] -
Russian Синий сокол[1]
Siniy sokol
Blue falcon
Spanish (Latin America) Halcón Azul[1] Blue Falcon Mario Kart 8
Blue Falcon[2] - Mario Kart Wii
Spanish (Europe) Blue Falcon[1] -

Notes[edit]

  • Though it never appeared in the game, the Mario Kart 8 version of the Blue Falcon had specific files relating to it within Mario Kart Tour, with the specific codename BFalcon8. This includes names in all available languages, with its Brazilian Portuguese name, "Falcão Azul" (meaning "Blue Falcon") being new. [3]
  • The color scheme of Baby Luigi, Toadette and Dry Bones' Blue Falcons resemble the namesake vehicle's alternate colors in F-Zero X.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l In-game name in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.
  2. ^ In-game name in Mario Kart Wii.
  3. ^ Polley001. Mario Kart Tour Text Dump. Google Sheets. Retrieved December 3, 2025.