Bowser's Castle (Mario Kart 8 theme)

"Bowser's Castle"
	"Bowser's Castle" in Mario Kart 8
	; Image from Nintendo Music
	Composed by:; Atsuko Asahi
Key	D minor
BPM	120
First appearance	Mario Kart 8 (2014)
Latest appearance	Mario Kart World (2025)

“In this title, this is actually more like a fortress than a castle - it has a really aggressive feel. For the background music we went for a very direct approach, and you might even think it's a bit too in-your-face. We wanted the music to clearly signal that there is a big bad boss lurking here.”

—Liner notes in the Mario Kart 8 Original Soundtrack

"Bowser's Castle"^[1]^[2] is a musical theme composed by Atsuko Asahi for Mario Kart 8, where it plays in the race course of the same name.

History[edit]

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Mario Kart series[edit]

Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe[edit]

Mario Kart 8 marks the first appearance of "Bowser's Castle". It is also included in the official Mario Kart 8 Original Soundtrack album. A looping drum set beat is added to the instrumentation whenever the player is driving at top speed while in first place. Both the original theme and the frontrunning remix return in the Nintendo Switch port, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, for the same purposes.

Bowser's Castle (Frontrunning) - The remix heard in Mario Kart 8	File info 0:30

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Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit[edit]

In Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit, the original version of "Bowser's Castle" plays in the race course of the same name.

Mario Kart World[edit]

In Mario Kart World, a disco arrangement of "Bowser's Castle" can play on VS Race routes coming from Airship Fortress, Wario Shipyard, Dry Bones Burnout, and Bowser's Castle during any time of day, and on any VS Race route during nighttime. As with other arrangements of themes from Mario Kart 8, the source game listed in the game's pause menu is Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.

Bowser's Castle - The arrangement heard in Mario Kart World	File info 0:30

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Other appearances[edit]

Nintendo Sound Clock: Alarmo[edit]

One of the alarms for Nintendo Sound Clock: Alarmo is the original version of "Bowser's Castle". The character used to represent the alarm is Bowser.

List of Super Mario appearances[edit]

Games[edit]

Work	System	Year	Type	Title	Credits
Mario Kart 8	Wii U	2014	Original	"Bowser's Castle"^[1]	Atsuko Asahi
Mario Kart 8	Wii U	2014	Remix		Atsuko Asahi
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe	Nintendo Switch	2017	Original	"Bowser's Castle"^[1]	Atsuko Asahi
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe	Nintendo Switch	2017	Past remix (Mario Kart 8)		Atsuko Asahi
Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit	Nintendo Switch	2020	Original		Atsuko Asahi
Mario Kart World	Nintendo Switch 2	2025	Arrangement	"Bowser's Castle"^[3]

Albums[edit]

Work	Year	Type	Title	Credits
Mario Kart 8 Original Soundtrack	2015	Original	"Bowser's Castle"	Atsuko Asahi

Other media[edit]

Work	Year	Type	Title	Credits
Super Nintendo World	2021	Arrangement		Dani Donadi^[4]
Nintendo Music	2024	Original	"Bowser's Castle"	Atsuko Asahi
Nintendo Sound Clock: Alarmo	2024^[a]	Original	"Bowser's Castle"	Atsuko Asahi

^ Added on December 10, 2024

Names in other languages[edit]

Language	Name	Meaning	Ref.
Japanese	クッパキャッスル Kuppa Kyassuru	Bowser Castle	^[2]
Chinese (Simplified)	酷霸城堡 Kùbà Chéngbǎo (Mandarin) Houhba Sìhngbóu (Cantonese)	Bowser Castle	^[2]
Chinese (Traditional)	庫巴城堡 Kùbā Chéngbǎo (Mandarin) Fubā Sìhngbóu (Cantonese)	Bowser Castle	^[2]
Dutch	Bowsers Kasteel	Bowser's Castle	^[2]
French	Château de Bowser	Bowser's Castle	^[2]
German	Bowsers Festung	Bowser's Fortress	^[2]
Italian	Castello di Bowser	Bowser's Castle	^[2]
Korean	쿠파 성 Kupa Seong	Bowser Castle	^[2]
Polish	Twierdza Bowsera	Bowser's Fortress	^[3]
Portuguese	Castelo do Bowser	Bowser's Castle	^[2]
Russian	Замок Боузера Zamok Bouzera	Bowser's Castle	^[2]
Spanish	Castillo de Bowser	Bowser's Castle	^[2]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Mario Kart 8 Original Soundtrack
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l Nintendo Music
^ ^a ^b Mario Kart World pause menu
^ Dani Donadi. Profile. Linkedin. Retrieved July 16, 2025.

[5] Added on December 10, 2024

[MK8-1] Mario Kart 8 Original Soundtrack

[NMusic-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l Nintendo Music

[MKWorld-3] Mario Kart World pause menu

[4] Dani Donadi. Profile. Linkedin. Retrieved July 16, 2025.

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"Bowser's Castle"
"Bowser's Castle" in Mario Kart 8
Image from Nintendo Music
Composed by: Atsuko Asahi^[1]
Key	D minor
BPM	120
First appearance	Mario Kart 8 (2014)
Latest appearance	Mario Kart World (2025)

[Edit] Recurring themes
Donkey Kong franchise	Donkey Kong	"Hammer BGM" • "Round 1 BGM"
	Donkey Kong Jr.	"Round 1 BGM"
	Donkey Kong (NES)	"Title BGM"
	Donkey Kong Jr. (NES)	"Title BGM"
	Donkey Kong Country	"Aquatic Ambiance" • "Bonus Room Blitz" • "Cave Dweller Concert" • "Cranky's Theme" • "The Credits Concerto" • "DK Island Swing" • "Fear Factory" • "Forest Frenzy" • "Funky's Fugue" • "Gang-Plank Galleon" • "Ice Cave Chant" • "Life in the Mines" • "Mine Cart Madness" • "Northern Hemispheres" • "Simian Segue" • "Theme" • "Treetop Rock" • "Voices of the Temple"
	Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest	"Crocodile Cacophony (K. Rool's Theme)" • "K. Rool Returns (Title Theme)" • "Lockjaw's Saga (Lockjaw's Locker)" • "Run, Rambi! Run! (Parrot Chute Panic)" • "Snakey Chantey (Rattle Battle)" • "Stickerbush Symphony (Bramble Blast)" • "Token Tango (Bonus Level)"
	Donkey Kong 64	"DK Rap"
	Donkey Kong Country Returns	"Mine Menace"
Mario Bros. series	Mario Bros. (NES)	"Title BGM"
Wrecking Crew series	Wrecking Crew	"Bonus Phase" • "Golden Hammer" • "Phase BGM"
Super Mario series	Super Mario Bros.	"Castle BGM" • "Ending" • "Ground BGM" • "Invincibility BGM" • "Underground BGM" • "Underwater BGM"
	VS. Super Mario Bros.	"Gyōmu-yō Mario Namae-ire"
	Super Mario Bros. 2	"Boss BGM" • "Ending" • "Final Boss BGM" • "Ground BGM" • "Please Select Player" • "Underground BGM"
	Super Mario Bros. 3	"Airship BGM" • "Athletic BGM" • "Bros. Battle" • "Ending" • "Fortress BGM" • "Fortress Boss" • "Ground BGM" • "King of the Koopas" • "Music Box" • "P Switch BGM / Toad's House" • "Slot Game BGM / Memory Game BGM" • "Throne Room" • "Underwater BGM" • "Warp Zone" • "World 1 Map (Grass Land)" • "World 2 Map (Desert Land)" • "World 3 Map (Water Land)" • "World 4 Map (Giant Land)" • "World 5 Map (Sky Land) - On the Ground" • "World 5 Map (Sky Land) - In the Sky" • "World 6 Map (Ice Land)" • "World 7 Map (Pipe Land)" • "World 8 Map (Dark Land)"
	Super Mario Land	"Birabuto Kingdom BGM" • "Chai Kingdom BGM" • "Easton Kingdom BGM"
	Super Mario World	"Bowser BGM" • "Donut Plains (Map Screen)" • "Ending" • "Forest of Illusion (Map Screen)" • "Ground BGM" ("Athletic BGM" · "Bonus Game BGM" · "Castle BGM" · "Ghost House BGM" · "Underground BGM" · "Underwater BGM") • "Koopalings BGM" • "P Switch BGM" • "Special World (Map Screen)" • "Star World (Map Screen)" • "Title BGM" • "Valley of Bowser (Map Screen)" • "Vanilla Dome (Map Screen)" • "Yoshi's Island (Map Screen)"
	Super Mario 64	"Big Boo's Haunt" • "Bowser's Road" • "Bowser's Theme" • "Dire, Dire Docks" • "File Select" • "The Final Battle" • "Hazy Maze Cave" • "Lethal Lava Land" • "Main Theme" ("Cool, Cool Mountain" · "Opening" · "Slider") • "The Merry-Go-Round" • "Metal Mario" • "Peach's Castle" • "Piranha Plant's Lullaby" • "Staff Roll" • "Stage Boss" • "Title Theme"
	Super Mario Sunshine	"Boss Battle" • "Isle Delfino" ("Ricco Harbor" · "Staff Credits") • "Secret Course"
	New Super Mario Bros.	"Castle Theme" • "Ground Theme" ("Athletic Theme") • "Mega Mario" • "Switch On!" • "Tower Theme"
	Super Mario Galaxy	"A-wa-wa-wa!" • "Aquatic Race" • "Battlerock Galaxy" • "Buoy Base Galaxy" • "Catastrophe" • "Cosmic Comet" • "Deep Dark Galaxy" • "Dino Piranha" • "Egg Planet" • "Enter Bowser Jr.!" • "Enter the Galaxy" • "Final Battle with Bowser" • "The Galaxy Reactor" • "Gateway Galaxy" • "Gusty Garden Galaxy" • "The Honeyhive" • "Ice Mario" • "Ice Mountain" • "King Bowser" • "King Kaliente" • "Kingfin" • "Luma" • "Major Burrows" • "Megaleg" • "Melty Molten Galaxy" • "Overture" • "Peach's Castle Stolen" • "Purple Comet" • "Rosalina in the Observatory" ("Family") • "Space Athletic" • "Space Junk Road" • "The Star Festival" • "Super Mario 2007" • "Super Mario Galaxy" • "A Tense Moment" • "The Toad Brigade" • "Waltz of the Boos"
	New Super Mario Bros. Wii	"Bonus Area" • "Bowser Jr. Battle" • "Castle Theme" • "Coast Theme" • "Desert Theme" • "Forest Theme" • "Ghost House Theme" • "Koopaling Battle" • "Lava Cave / Underground Ruins Theme" • "Lava Theme" • "Title Theme" • "Toad House Minigame" • "Underground Theme" • "Underwater Theme"
	Super Mario Galaxy 2	"Bowser Jr.'s Fiery Flotilla" • "Bowser's Galaxy Generator" • "Cloudy Court Galaxy" • "Fated Battle" • "Melty Monster Galaxy" • "Puzzle Plank Galaxy" • "Slimy Spring Galaxy" • "Starship Mario" • "The Starship's Journey" • "Super Mario Galaxy 2 Trailer Theme" ("Sky Station Galaxy" · "Wild Glide Galaxy") • "Teleporter Melody" • "Yoshi Star Galaxy"
	Super Mario 3D Land	"Beach Theme" • "Castle Theme"^{[conjectural]} • "Main Theme" • "Snow Course" • "Victory Parade"
	New Super Mario Bros. U	"Ground Theme" ("Athletic Theme")
	Super Mario 3D World	"A Boss Approaches" • "Captain Toad Goes Forth" • "Chainlink Charge" • "Piranha Creeper Creek" • "Super Bell Hill"
	Super Mario Maker	"Flying Battleship Theme" • "Title"
	Super Mario Odyssey	"Fossil Falls" • "Jump Up, Super Star!" • "New Donk City"
Dr. Mario series	Dr. Mario	"Chill" • "Fever" • "Game Over" • "Selection Screen" • "Title Screen" • "Vs. Game Over"
Mario Kart series	Super Mario Kart	"Awards Ceremony (1st – 3rd Place)" • "Bowser Castle" • "Donut Plains" • "Ghost Valley" • "Mario Circuit" • "Rainbow Road" • "Super Mario Kart Title Screen"
	Mario Kart 64	"Battle Arenas" • "Choco Mountain" • "D.K.'s Jungle Parkway" • "Frappe Snowland" • "Kalimari Desert" • "Koopa Troopa Beach" • "Luigi Raceway" • "Mario Kart 64 Title Screen" • "Moo Moo Farm" • "Rainbow Road" • "Results (1st – 4th Place)" • "Staff Credits" • "Toad's Turnpike"
	Mario Kart: Super Circuit	"Bowser Castle" • "Peach Circuit"
	Mario Kart: Double Dash!!	"Baby Park" • "Luigi Circuit" • "Peach Beach"
	Mario Kart DS	"Cheep Cheep Beach" • "Luigi's Mansion" • "Peach Gardens" • "Waluigi Pinball"
	Mario Kart Wii	"Coconut Mall" • "Grumble Volcano" • "Luigi Circuit" • "Wii Maple Treeway" • "Moo Moo Meadows" • "Mushroom Gorge" • "Rainbow Road" • "Wario's Gold Mine"
	Mario Kart 7	"Neo Bowser City" • "Piranha Plant Slide" • "Rainbow Road" • "Toad Circuit"
	Mario Kart 8	"Bowser's Castle" • "Cloudtop Cruise" • "Mario Circuit" ("Mario Kart Stadium") • "Mario Kart 8 Title Screen" • "Rainbow Road" • "Twisted Mansion"
Mario Party series	Mario Party 9	"Good Job!"
Yoshi series	Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island	"Athletic BGM" • "Bowser" • "Flower Field BGM" • "Goal!" • "Opening Melody" • "Powerful Mario" • "Yoshi's Island"
Yoshi series	Yoshi's Story	"Yoshi's Song" ("Yoshis on the Beach") • "Yoshi's Story!" • "Yoshi's Tale"
Wario franchise	Wario Land 3	"Out of the Woods"^{[conjectural]}
	WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!	"Pyoro: Stage" • "Sci-Fi (Dribble & Spitz) - Drifting Away" • "Title" ("Reality (Dr. Crygor) - Stage")
	WarioWare: Twisted!	"Mona Pizza"
	WarioWare: Touched!	"Ashley's Theme"
Luigi's Mansion series	Luigi's Mansion	"Title Theme (Humming)" ("Professor E. Gadd's Lab")
Mario vs. Donkey Kong series	Mario vs. Donkey Kong	"Mini Mario Stage"^{[conjectural]} • "Title Theme"
Super Smash Bros. series	Super Smash Bros. Melee	"Rainbow Cruise"
Other	The Legend of Zelda	"Magic Whistle Melody" • "Overworld Theme"
	Mario Paint	"Drawing Board 1" • "Gnat Attack: Level 1" • "Save & Load"
	Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars	"Beware of Forest Mushrooms" • "Bowser's Keep" • "Hello, Happy Kingdom" • "Super Mario House"
	Miscellaneous	"Galop infernal" • "Mute City" • "Title BGM" (Excitebike) • "Totakeke's theme"

[Edit] Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Drivers
Feather			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	New courses	Mario Circuit • Toad Harbor
	Wii U	Classic courses	Wii Moo Moo Meadows • GCN Dry Dry Desert • SNES Donut Plains 3 • N64 Toad's Turnpike • GCN Sherbet Land • N64 Yoshi Valley
	Switch	New courses	Battle Stadium • Sweet Sweet Kingdom • Dragon Palace • Lunar Colony • Urchin Underpass
	Switch	Classic courses	3DS Wuhu Town • GCN Luigi's Mansion • SNES Battle Course 1
Music
Courses	Base game courses	New courses	"Bone-Dry Dunes" • "Cloudtop Cruise" • "Dolphin Shoals" • "Dragon Driftway"^a ("Dragon Palace") • "Electrodrome" • "Excitebike Arena"^a • "Hyrule Circuit" • "Ice Ice Outpost"^a • "Mario Circuit" ("Mario Kart Stadium") • "Mute City"^a • "Rainbow Road" • "Shy Guy Falls" • "Sunshine Airport" • "Super Bell Subway"^a • "Sweet Sweet Canyon" ("Sweet Sweet Kingdom") • "Thwomp Ruins" • "Toad Harbor" • "Twisted Mansion" • "Water Park" • "Wild Woods"^a
	Base game courses	Classic courses	"GCN Baby Park"^a • "DS Cheep Cheep Beach" • "GBA Cheese Land"^a • "3DS DK Jungle" • "SNES Donut Plains 3" • "GCN Dry Dry Desert" • "Wii Grumble Volcano" • "GBA Mario Circuit" • "Wii Moo Moo Meadows" • "3DS Music Park" • "3DS Neo Bowser City"^a • "3DS Piranha Plant Slide" • "N64 Rainbow Road" • "SNES Rainbow Road"^a • "GBA Ribbon Road"^a • "N64 Royal Raceway" • "GCN Sherbet Land" • "DS Tick-Tock Clock" • "N64 Toad's Turnpike" • "Waluigi Pinball" ("DS Waluigi Pinball" • "DS Wario Stadium") • "Wii Wario's Gold Mine"^a • "GCN Yoshi Circuit"^a • "N64 Yoshi Valley"
	Booster Course Pass courses^c		"SNES Bowser Castle 3" • "N64 Choco Mountain" • "Wii Coconut Mall" • "Wii Daisy Circuit" • "GCN Daisy Cruiser" • "GCN DK Mountain" • "Wii DK Summit" • "Ghost House BGM" ("GBA Boo Lake") • "Ghost Valley" ("GBA Boo Lake") • "N64 Kalimari Desert" • "Tour Los Angeles Laps" ("Staff Credits (Booster Course Pass)") • "Wii Maple Treeway" • "DS Mario Circuit" • "SNES Mario Circuit 3" • "Merry Mountain" • "Wii Moonview Highway" • "Wii Mushroom Gorge" • "Ninja Hideaway" ("Staff Credits (Booster Course Pass)") • "DS Peach Gardens" • "Piranha Plant Cove" • "3DS Rainbow Road" • "Wii Rainbow Road" • "3DS Rock Rock Mountain" • "3DS Rosalina's Ice World" • "DS Shroom Ridge" • "Tour Singapore Speedway" ("Staff Credits (Booster Course Pass)") • "GBA Sky Garden" • "Sky-High Sundae" ("Staff Credits (Booster Course Pass)") • "GBA Snow Land" • "Squeaky Clean Sprint" • "GBA Sunset Wilds" • "3DS Toad Circuit" • "Tour Tokyo Blur" ("Staff Credits (Booster Course Pass)") • "Tour Vancouver Velocity" ("Staff Credits (Booster Course Pass)") • "Yoshi's Island"
	Battle courses		"SNES Battle Course 1" • "Battle Stadium" • "GCN Luigi's Mansion" • "Lunar Colony" • "3DS Wuhu Town"
Other			"Awards Ceremony (1st – 3rd Place)" ("Trophy Theme A") • "Final Lap!" • "Goal!"^c ("Finish! (Yoshi's Island)" • "Results (Yoshi's Island)") • "Mario Kart 8 Title Screen" ("Current Standings" • "Selection Screen (Wireless)" • "Spectating" • "Starting Grid (Grand Prix / VS Race)") • "Results Screen A" • "Staff Credits" • "Staff Credits" (Mario Kart 64) ("Current Standings" • "Trophy Theme A" • "Trophy Theme B") • "Staff Credits" (Super Mario Kart) ("Staff Credits (Booster Course Pass)") • "Super Star" • "Super Mario Kart Title Screen"
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 • Cheese^a • 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 • Mine Cart^a • Mushroom Platform^c • Mushroom Trampoline^c • Oil slick • Pickup truck • Pit^a • Ring • Roller • 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
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 • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe: AU/NZ Championship 2024
		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
		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
Mario Kart 8 Dokodemo Game Collection			Anaboko Meiro (Blue) • Anaboko Meiro (Red) • Dokan ni Shoot (Blue) • Dokan ni Shoot (Red) • Flipper Shot (Blue) • Flipper Shot (Red) • Target Shot (Blue) • Target Shot (Red)
Miscellaneous			Andrew Trego • Animal Crossing × Mario Kart 8^a • "Blue Shell Blues" • Children's Puzzle Mario Kart • Emblem • Epic Mario Kart Takedowns Compilation • Finish line • Gallery (Deluxe) • Ghost • Glitches • Gravity • Happy Meal • 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 8 Deluxe Review Roundup • Mario Kart 8 From the Pit • Mario Kart Band • Mario Kart Cube Puzzle 9-koma • Mario Kart Items to Put Your Bro on Blast • Mario Kart TV • Mercedes-Benz × Mario Kart 8^a • Miiverse • Nintendo Music (soundtrack) • Nintendo Sound Clock: Alarmo (theme) • Nintendo Switch 2024 Qiūjì Huódòng • Personality quiz: Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - Cups • 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! • Gaming gardens trivia quiz • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Kart Customizer Game • Leaf it to me • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Memory Match-Up • One cup, four tracks… • Racing through this poll • Spring break adventures! • Which Mario Game Is Perfect for You?
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

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