Cloud Glider

Cloud Glider
The Cloud Glider in Mario Kart Tour
Type	Glider
Appears in	Mario Kart 8 Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Mario Kart Tour
Variants Rainy Balloons Blizzard Balloons Sunset Balloons Aurora Balloons Gold Cloud Balloons Tropical Balloons

The Cloud Glider is a glider in the Mario Kart series. It is composed of two balloons which resemble Lakitu's Clouds.

History

Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

The glider first appears in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. It offers a slight boost in acceleration and air handling while slightly lowering the weight and the air speed stats. In Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, a CPU Lakitu occasionally uses this glider during races.

Mario Kart Tour

The Cloud Glider returns in Mario Kart Tour as a High-End glider. It was introduced in the Tokyo Tour and became the signature glider of Waluigi (Bus Driver) in the 2020 Mario vs. Luigi Tour. Striking opponents with Lightning grants more points when using this glider. The Cloud Glider also has five other variants, named the Rainy Balloons, Blizzard Balloons, Sunset Balloons, Aurora Balloons, and Gold Cloud Balloons. The Tropical Balloons glider is also a counterpart to this glider. All six gliders are also classified as High-End gliders.

Profiles and statistics

Mario Kart 8

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

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

• 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: +0.25
• Anti-Gravity Handling: 0
• Traction: 0
• Mini-Turbo: +0.25

Mario Kart Tour

Statistics

Special skill	Lightning Plus
Favorite courses (Combo bonus ×3 and big combo-time boost)	3DS Cheep Cheep Lagoon GCN Yoshi Circuit SNES Choco Island 2R Vancouver Velocity T 3DS Daisy Hills R N64 Kalimari Desert T 3DS Mario Circuit 3DS Mario Circuit T 3DS Neo Bowser City R SNES Koopa Troopa Beach 2R Los Angeles Laps R RMX Rainbow Road 1R/T Paris Promenade 3R
Favored courses (Combo bonus ×2 and combo-time boost)	3DS Shy Guy Bazaar** 3DS Shy Guy Bazaar R Vancouver Velocity R/T 3DS Toad Circuit T* 3DS Rock Rock Mountain* SNES Mario Circuit 2T*** Paris Promenade R London Loop R SNES Vanilla Lake 1R/T** Los Angeles Laps 3DS Rosalina's Ice World Wii DK Summit Wii DK Summit T Sydney Sprint Sydney Sprint T Paris Promenade 3 Wii Coconut Mall R Sydney Sprint 3 Sydney Sprint 3R SNES Donut Plains 3R SNES Donut Plains 3R/T Sydney Sprint 3R/T
* 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.

Gallery

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  The Cloud Glider in Mario Kart 8
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  Peachette wearing her biking outfit performing a trick in the Teddy Buggy with the Cloud Glider on Merry Mountain.
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  Bowser gliding in the White Snow Skimmer with the Cloud Glider on N64 Royal Raceway in Mario Kart Tour

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Note(s)	Ref.
Japanese	もくもくバルーン Mokumoku Barūn	Billowing Balloon		[?]
Chinese (Simplified)	云朵气球 Yúnduǒ qìqiú	Cloud Balloon		[?]
Chinese (Traditional)	雲形氣球 Yúnxíng qìqiú	Cloud-shaped Balloon		[?]
Dutch	Wolkballonnen	Cloud Balloons		[?]
French	Aile nuages	Clouds Wing		[?]
German	Wolkenballons	Cloud Balloons		[?]
Italian	Paranuvolo	From parapendio ("paraglider") and nuvola ("cloud")		[?]
Korean	뭉게뭉게글라이더 Munggemungge Geullaideo	Rising Glider		[?]
Portuguese (Brazil)	Balão Cumulus	Cumulus Balloon		[?]
Portuguese (Europe)	Paranuvem	From parapente ("paraglider") and nuvem ("cloud")		[?]
Russian	Облачка Oblachka	Clouds		[?]
Spanish	Ala Nubes	Clouds Wing		[?]