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This article is about the vehicles from the Mario Kart series. For the lorry-like objects found in various other games, see Mine Cart. Mario in the Standard Kart in Mario Kart 8. Karts are motorized vehicles used in the Mario Kart series. They can come in various sizes and colors, generally regarding to certain character's size and color. The first appearance of the karts was in Super Mario Kart and consequently, they appeared in every Mario Kart game to Mario Kart 8 Deluxe thus far. The appearance of the karts also changed considerably lately in each game, coming out in a variety of shapes and features. A key on every kart lies on its stats, engine power and performance. Besides the appearance, each kart is identified by its stats, basically on their size, weight, and speed. Thus, this means a character's kart is not essentially the same as the karts of the others. The Karts also have presented in other game series and media such as in the Super Smash Bros. series, comics, and toys. History Mario Kart series Super Mario Kart For the first mainstream of the Mario Kart series, Pipe Frame Karts appear in Super Mario Kart as simple go-karts with frames of various colors, regarding to the character driving the vehicle. In game, the concept of "kart" is applied for the extra lives of a driver in Grand Prix mode. In case the player's character lost a race from fifth place or lower, or attempting to retry the race, the character loses one kart (three to start) as a life. Losing all the karts quits the Grand Prix. However, it is possible to regain one life more by placing the same position three times in a row. Mario Luigi Princess Peach Yoshi Bowser Donkey Kong Jr. Koopa Troopa Toad Mario Kart 64 The Kart from Mario Kart 64, the Pipe Frame. In Mario Kart 64, Pipe Frame Karts appear with a similar appearance to in Super Mario Kart; they have few changes from the 16-bit game but include a redesigned appearance and new sounds. Both characters and karts are classified by three classes of weights: light, medium, and heavy. Lights are karts that show a high speed but a fairly low endurance. Medium karts show all-around traits, whereas Heavy karts have high endurance but poor speed. Mario Luigi Princess Peach Toad Yoshi Donkey Kong Bowser Wario Mario Kart: Super Circuit Pipe Frame Karts, shown in Mario Kart: Super Circuit, appear the same as in Mario Kart 64. Their traits are similar to the karts shown before, which the vehicle is classified in accordance to its basic stats: Light for the Kart that shows high speed and low weight, Medium for the kart that shows a balanced ratio in speed and weight, and Heavy for the kart with great weight and low speed. In Mario Kart: Super Circuit, the player can press to sound the horn. Mario Luigi Princess Peach Toad Yoshi Donkey Kong Wario Bowser Mario Kart: Double Dash!! In Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, the basic models of the karts, seen from Super Mario Kart to Mario Kart: Super Circuit, are taken out. For the Mario Kart for the Nintendo GameCube, the karts appear in new models and styles. Most of them reflect some character's special characteristics, such as Mario's kart, the Red Fire, which it is a red and blue-colored all-terrain vehicle, rendering Mario's letter M emblem on its body and wheels. The design of the karts also are changed, regarding the new concept "two racers in one vehicle" within the game. The karts have a seat on the front where a character drives the kart and a platform in the rear of the vehicle where the second character is able to use an item, taken from the Item Boxes. Just as in Mario Kart: Super Circuit, in Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, the karts are split in three weight groups: Light, Medium, and Heavy. The use of these karts is determined by the characters' weights; therefore, while one of the two characters has a higher weight, characters use a kart within the Medium or Heavy weight class. Pairing both lightweight characters results in a vehicle used as a light kart. The Parade Kart breaks this rule, being usable for any character. The player can press the item button (/) (without the rear character holding an item) to sound the horn, and the rear player makes a small pose. Every kart has also its own stats. The kart's stats are qualified by the amount of stars on its acceleration, speed, and weight. However, these stars can be misleading. In general, lightweight karts have a high acceleration, but a fair low speed and endurance. Medium-weight karts have balanced stats, whereas heavyweight karts show a high top speed and endurance, and low acceleration. Despite that conventional-looking Karts are absent in Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, the Toad Kart and the Toadette Kart greatly resemble a Standard Kart as seen in Mario Kart DS and later games. There are twenty-one karts in all for this installment. Red Fire Green Fire Heart Coach Bloom Coach Turbo Yoshi Turbo Birdo Goo-Goo Buggy Rattle Buggy Toad Kart Toadette Kart Koopa Dasher Para-Wing DK Jumbo Barrel Train Koopa King Bullet Blaster Wario Car Waluigi Racer Piranha Pipes Boo Pipes Parade Kart Mario Kart Arcade GP sub-series In Mario Kart Arcade GP, all the characters use a standardized model of the kart, appearing with rounded details and a solid building as opposed to many other previous Mario Kart games. However, in Mario Kart Arcade GP 2, the characters have an option to choose a secondary kart that was made for them, rather similar to Mario Kart: Double Dash!! and Mario Kart DS. Just as Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, all the karts are rated out by the amount of the stars for each aspect. Regarding to the character selected, he or she can be light, medium, or heavy, emphasizing one of these aspects for the vehicle available. Mario Kart Arcade GP Mario Luigi Yoshi Wario Peach Toad Donkey Kong Bowser Pac-Man Ms. Pac-Man Blinky Mario Kart Arcade GP 2 Standard Mario's kart Luigi's kart Peach's kart Toad's kart Yoshi's kart Donkey Kong's kart Wario's kart Bowser's kart Pac-Man's kart Ms. Pac-Man's kart Blinky's kart Mametchi's kart Personal Mario's kart Luigi's kart Pac-Man's kart Waluigi's kart Peach's kart Yoshi's kart Blinky's kart Mametchi's kart Ms. Pac-Man's kart Toad's kart Wario's kart Donkey Kong's kart Bowser's kart Mario Kart Arcade GP DX Standard Kart Lightning Champ Rainy Dream Purple Strike Mash Run Egg Rider Soul Varoon Country Winner Vacuum Star Road Galleon Bull Track Dyno Buggy Don Doko Drive Galaxy Comet Metal Spark Road Jetter Marine Diver X Racer Sweets Party Drill Master Ultra Speeder Ultra Voyager Ultra Chaser Mario Kart DS Unlike what happened in Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, the basic models of the karts reappear in Mario Kart DS, having the name of Standard Karts. These karts are redesigned, having white bumpers and a hood of different color palettes that matches the character's custom color. The decal of the character is shown over the hood, although the player can replace it for his or her own in the emblem maker option. Additionally, every character can select at least one of three vehicles (excluding Shy Guy, having only his Standard Kart SG), exclusive for being rather different in design and stats than the character's Standard Kart. While a Standard Kart has plain stats, the other vehicles can have a high speed, acceleration or items ratio, depending on what the vehicle is made for. Every Kart is qualified by six ratings: Acceleration: The time for achieving the top speed. Lightweight karts like Yoshi's Standard Kart YS have the highest acceleration rating. Speed: The top speed level when a kart moves forward. Most of the karts within the heavyweight class show the highest speed rating. Weight: The kart's endurance. When a kart has a higher weight, it is capable of knocking lighter karts further. Drifting: The friction power of the kart when turns by powersliding. A high drifting rate makes the kart turn tighter. Handling: The control over the vehicle in all type of terrains. The strength of the Mini-Turbo boost caused by drifting also depends on how high the kart's handling is. Items: The variety of items to obtain in an Item Box. As the kart's item stat is high, the character can receive more rare items to use. The smaller the kart's wheels, the lower the meter is for the Items stat. Standard Kart (Mario's) B Dasher Shooting Star Poltergust 4000 Streamliner Royale Light Tripper Mushmellow 4-Wheel Cradle Egg 1 Cucumber Rambi Rider Wildlife Tyrant Hurricane Brute Dragonfly Power Flower Light Dancer Gold Mantis Zipper Banisher Dry Bomber ROB-BLS ROB-LGS Mario Kart Wii The Karts in Mario Kart Wii are once again redesigned with various details added than they appeared formerly. Similar to Mario Kart DS, the typical go-karts receive the name of Standard Karts, and are classified according to the size of the vehicle, split in three groups: Standard Kart S for small-sized characters; Standard Kart M for medium size characters and Standard Kart L for large characters. Albeit weight classes are replaced for size classes, the general aspects of the karts are the same as appeared throughout the series. Speed: The level of the top speed. Weight: The strength of the vehicle to knock apart others. Acceleration: The time to achieve the top speed. Handling: The control of the vehicle. Drift: The friction power of the vehicle. Off-road: The speed of the vehicle over rough terrain. Mini-turbo: The power of the momentary speed burst after drifting or making a trick. In addition, each racer can vary the kart's custom stats with the bonus points he or she has for each feature and select other five karts in the determined character's size. Unlike their two-wheeled counterparts Bikes, Karts cannot perform wheelies. However, they can release a more powerful boost by drifting than a bike, depending how long the respective button is pressed. Baby Mario tricking on his Standard Kart S Mario driving his Standard Kart M Wario driving his Standard Kart L Booster Seat (Baby Booster) Blue Falcon Cheep Charger Mini Beast (Concerto) Tiny Titan (Rally Romper) Sprinter (B Dasher Mk 2) Classic Dragster (Nostalgia 1) Daytripper (Royal Racer) Super Blooper (Turbo Blooper) Wild Wing Jetsetter (Aero Glider) Honeycoupe (Dragonetti) Flame Flyer Piranha Prowler Offroader Mario Kart 7 Karts make another appearance in Mario Kart 7 for the Nintendo 3DS, with the Standards having a similar design to their appearance from Mario Kart DS. They are seen to have some new additions: they deploy gliders if a character is propelled in the air from a high place to help them glide, and when underwater, a propeller will appear at the back to help push the kart along. Players are able to customize their karts as well. Some Karts from previous installments also return in the game. Standard (Toad's) Gold Standard (Gold Kart) Birthday Girl (Royal Ribbon) Bumble V Bruiser (Growlster) Soda Jet B Dasher (Returning from Mario Kart DS) Egg 1 (Returning from Mario Kart DS) Barrel Train (Returning from Mario Kart: Double Dash!!) Tiny Tug Cact-X Koopa Clown Cloud 9 Zucchini (Gherkin) Blue Seven Bolt Buggy Pipe Frame (Returning from Super Mario Kart, Mario Kart 64, and Mario Kart: Super Circuit) Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe The standard Kart appears in Mario Kart 8. They have a similar appearance to the Standards from Mario Kart 7, but this time they have a new addition for the anti-gravity; the wheels go horizontal. Like in Mario Kart 7, the players are able to choose the bodies, wheels, and gliders for their karts. The Pipe Frame and Gold Standard return from Mario Kart 7 with slightly different appearances. The player can also press the player icon on the to sound the horn (or press the item button when there's no item being held), a feature absent since Mario Kart: Double Dash!!. Karts also come equipped with lights, which turn on when karts enter a tunnel or a dark area. Three additional karts are available for free (the GLA, W 25 Silver Arrow and the 300 SL Roadster), while eight more are paid DLC. In the enhanced Nintendo Switch port Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, all the kart parts from Mario Kart 8 return as base game content, including the DLC parts. As well, the Koopa Clown returns from Mario Kart 7 as the only kart body not present in Mario Kart 8. Mario's Standard Kart. Luigi's Standard Kart. Larry's Standard Kart. Yoshi, driving the Mach 8. Mario and the gang driving their Standard Karts. Kart parts Standard Kart Landship Cat Cruiser Badwagon Mach 8 Biddybuggy Pipe Frame Prancer Sneeker Steel Driver Sports Coupe Tri-Speeder Circuit Special Gold Standard GLA (DLC) W 25 Silver Arrow (DLC) 300 SL Roadster (DLC) Blue Falcon (DLC) Tanooki Kart (DLC) B Dasher (DLC) Streetle (DLC) P-Wing (DLC) Other appearances Club Nintendo "Die Jagd nach dem Nintendo 64: Krawall im All" Mario and Luigi driving karts in the Club Nintendo comic "Die Jagd nach dem Nintendo 64: Krawall im All". In the Club Nintendo comic "Die Jagd nach dem Nintendo 64: Krawall im All", Mario and Luigi are seen driving karts in their mission to find a spaceship shaped like the Nintendo 64. They compete against Wario and Bowser and make another reference to the Mario Kart games by dropping Banana Peels and making them crash. The karts seen in this comic resemble those seen in the then-new Mario Kart 64. Unlike their video game equivalents, though, they can also be turned into jet skis by pushing a button on their steering-wheels. Mario Kirby Meisaku Video A Kart makes an appearance resembling the one in Super Mario Kart in the Mario segment of the Mario Kirby Meisaku Video where Mario drives it during his pursuit of the mysterious thief W. Eventually, after being attacked by some monsters, he spins out near a vegetable garden. Super Mario-Kun Mario riding on a kart in Super Mario-Kun. Karts are seen the Mario Kart adaptions of Super Mario-Kun. The first time they appear, Mario races against other characters including Donkey Kong Jr. and Bowser. Mario Kart 8 From the Pit Andrew riding on a kart in From the Pit. The kart appeared in the video series Mario Kart 8 From the Pit with Crew Chief Andrew Trego. In one of the episodes, Andrew is sitting on a kart while singing the Super Star theme. Super Mario Maker One of the various forms of Costume Mario is Mario driving a kart. When he is jumping, his kart deploys a glider. The sound effects from Super Mario Kart are heard. Paper Mario: Color Splash Huey, Mario, and Luigi riding in his green kart as seen in Paper Mario: Color Splash. Luigi can be seen driving on his kart when Mario and Huey retrieve all six Big Paint Stars. It can also be seen at the end of the game. Super Smash Bros. series Super Smash Bros. Melee Trophy Name Image Game Description Racing Kart Super Mario Kart 9/92 The famous racing karts from the ever-popular Mario Kart racing series come loaded for speed with three different engine sizes: 50, 100, and 150 cc. The karts' handling differs with the characters driving them, but all of them utilize Mario Kart standards like drift, jump, and turbo. They're extremely durable and impossible to total. Super Smash Bros. Brawl Karts make a brief appearance in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Unlike in Melee, where they appear as trophies, they are obstacles for the Mario Circuit battle stage. All the karts are as seen in Mario Kart DS, driven by red Shy Guys competing a race, while characters carry out their battle there. The karts tend to pass in the road where contestants fight, dealing damage to anybody who makes contact with them. Characters can use their moves against karts to send them flying away. Unlike how they looked in Mario Kart DS, Karts come in various colors, and their bumpers and emblems are colored differently as well. Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U Karts driven by Shy Guys reappear in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS on the Rainbow Road stage, as well as in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U on both the new Mario Circuit stage and the one returning from Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Mario, Luigi, Peach, Bowser, and Donkey Kong were also seen driving karts in Rosalina's trailer. Names in other languages Language Name Meaning Japanese カート Kāto Kart Russian Карт Kart Kart Trivia The Kart appears in Nintendo Monopoly under the name "Mario Kart", where it replaces Reading Railroad as a purchasable vehicle. It costs $200. There is also a Coin Block/Brick Block card that charges the player $150 for renewing their Kart license in the 2006 version, and only $50 in the 2010 version. The ? Block card in both versions allows the player to take a spin in the kart, which advances them to the Mario Kart space along with a $200 passing Go bonus. In the DS game Nintendogs, it is possible to find Mario, Peach, and Bowser Karts from Mario Kart DS which play the Mario Circuit, Peach Beach, and Bowser's Castle music from Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, respectively, when used. Mario and Peach Karts also return in the 3DS game Nintendogs + Cats while Yoshi Kart replaces Bowser Kart. When used, Mario, Peach and Yoshi karts play Mario Circuit, DS Peach Gardens, and DS Yoshi Falls music, from Mario Kart Wii, respectively. In Mario Kart 7 the Gold Standard's steering wheel is gold, but in first person view, it is black, unless the player has earned the Golden Steering Wheel. [Edit] Super Mario Kart Playable characters Bowser • Donkey Kong Jr. • Koopa Troopa • Luigi • Mario • Princess Peach • Toad • Yoshi Courses Mushroom Cup Mario Circuit 1 • Donut Plains 1 • Ghost Valley 1 • Bowser Castle 1 • Mario Circuit 2 Flower Cup Choco Island 1 • Ghost Valley 2 • Donut Plains 2 • Bowser Castle 2 • Mario Circuit 3 Star Cup Koopa Beach 1 • Choco Island 2 • Vanilla Lake 1 • Bowser Castle 3 • Mario Circuit 4 Special Cup Donut Plains 3 • Koopa Beach 2 • Ghost Valley 3 • Vanilla Lake 2 • Rainbow Road Battle Courses Battle Course 1 • Battle Course 2 • Battle Course 3 • Battle Course 4 Items and objects ? Panel Items Banana Peel • Feather • Ghost • Green Shell • Lightning • Mushroom • Red Shell • Star CPU-only Items Egg • Fireball • Poison Mushroom Miscellaneous Items and objects Coin • Kart • Trophy • Zipper Techniques Drift • Mini-Turbo • Hop • Rocket Start Species, enemies and obstacles Cheep Cheep • Chomp • Fishin' Lakitu • Monty Mole • Oil Slick • Super Thwomp • Thwomp • Warp Pipe Miscellaneous Finish Line • Gallery • Pre-release and unused content • Staff • Starting Grid [Edit] Mario Kart 64 Main Characters Lightweights Princess Peach • Toad • Yoshi Middleweights Mario • Luigi Heavyweights Donkey Kong • Wario • Bowser Courses Mushroom Cup Luigi Raceway • Moo Moo Farm • Koopa Troopa Beach • Kalimari Desert Flower Cup Toad's Turnpike • Frappe Snowland • Choco Mountain • Mario Raceway Star Cup Wario Stadium • Sherbet Land • Royal Raceway • Bowser's Castle Special Cup DK's Jungle Parkway • Yoshi Valley • Banshee Boardwalk • Rainbow Road Battle Mode Big Donut • Block Fort • Double Deck • Skyscraper Enemies and obstacles Bat • Boulder • Bus • Car • Cargo truck • Chomp • Chubby • Crab • Ghost • Lava • Mini Bomb Kart • Penguin • Piranha Plant • Porcupine • Snowman • Thwomp • Train • Yoshi Egg Background species Boo • Cheep Cheep • Fishin' Lakitu • Gray Bowser Statue • Lakitu • Moo Moo Items and objects Item Box items Banana • Boo • Fake Item Box • Green Shell • Lightning • Mushroom • Red Shell • Spiny Shell • Super Mushroom • Super Star Other Dash Panel • Kart • Pipe Frame • Ramp • Trophy Techniques Drift • Hop • Mini-Turbo • Rocket Start • Slipstreaming Miscellaneous Finish Line • Gallery • Glitches • Mario Kart 64: Greatest Hits Soundtrack • Mario Kart 64 on Club Circuit • Mario Kart 64 Original Soundtrack • Mario Kart 64 Race Tracks • Media • Pre-release and unused content • Sponsors • Staff • Starting Grid [Edit] Mario Kart: Super Circuit Racers Light Peach • Toad • Yoshi Medium Mario • Luigi Heavy Donkey Kong • Wario • Bowser Super Circuit Courses Mushroom Cup Peach Circuit • Shy Guy Beach • Riverside Park • Bowser Castle 1 Flower Cup Mario Circuit • Boo Lake • Cheese Land • Bowser Castle 2 Lightning Cup Luigi Circuit • Sky Garden • Cheep-Cheep Island • Sunset Wilds Star Cup Snow Land • Ribbon Road • Yoshi Desert • Bowser Castle 3 Special Cup Lakeside Park • Broken Pier • Bowser Castle 4 • Rainbow Road Extra Courses Mushroom Cup Mario Circuit 1 • Donut Plains 1 • Ghost Valley 1 • Bowser Castle 1 Flower Cup Mario Circuit 2 • Choco Island 1 • Ghost Valley 2 • Donut Plains 2 Lightning Cup Bowser Castle 2 • Mario Circuit 3 • Koopa Beach 1 • Choco Island 2 Star Cup Vanilla Lake 1 • Bowser Castle 3 • Mario Circuit 4 • Donut Plains 3 Special Cup Koopa Beach 2 • Ghost Valley 3 • Vanilla Lake 2 • Rainbow Road Battle Courses Battle Course 1 • Battle Course 2 • Battle Course 3 • Battle Course 4 Background species Bob-omb • Boo • Cheep Cheep • Fishin' Lakitu • Goomba • Goonie • Hammer Bro • Koopa Paratroopa • Koopa Troopa • Lakitu • Magikoopa • Shy Guy • Toad Enemies and obstacles Lava • Lava Boulder • Lava Bubble • Little Mouser • Mechakoopa • Penguin • Piranha Plant • Pirate Guy • Puddle • Shy Guy • Shy Guy Galleon • Shy Guy Tent • Sidestepper • Snowman • Thwomp Items and objects Banana • Boo • Coin • Dash Panel • Green Shell • Kart • Lightning • Mushroom • Pipe Frame • Red Shell • Spiny Shell • Star • Trophy Techniques Drift • Hop • Mini-Turbo • Rocket Start Miscellaneous Finish Line • Gallery • Media • Pre-release and unused content • Staff • Starting Grid [Edit] Mario Kart: Double Dash!! Racers Light Baby Mario • Baby Luigi • Koopa Troopa • Koopa Paratroopa • Diddy Kong • Bowser Jr. • Toad • Toadette Medium Mario • Luigi • Princess Peach • Princess Daisy • Yoshi • Birdo • Waluigi Heavy Donkey Kong • Bowser • Wario • Petey Piranha • King Boo Karts Light Goo-Goo Buggy • Barrel Train • Bullet Blaster • Koopa Dasher • Para-Wing • Rattle Buggy • Toad Kart • Toadette Kart Medium Bloom Coach • Green Fire • Heart Coach • Red Fire • Turbo Birdo • Turbo Yoshi • Waluigi Racer Heavy Boo Pipes • DK Jumbo • Koopa King • Piranha Pipes • Wario Car Other Parade Kart Courses Mushroom Cup Luigi Circuit • Peach Beach • Baby Park • Dry Dry Desert Flower Cup Mushroom Bridge • Mario Circuit • Daisy Cruiser • Waluigi Stadium Star Cup Sherbet Land • Mushroom City • Yoshi Circuit • DK Mountain Special Cup Wario Colosseum • Dino Dino Jungle • Bowser's Castle • Rainbow Road Battle courses Cookie Land • Block City • Nintendo GameCube • Pipe Plaza • Luigi's Mansion • Tilt-a-Kart Items Standard Banana • Fake Item Box • Green Shell • Lightning • Mushroom • Red Shell • Shine Sprite • Spiny Shell • Star • Trophy Special Birdo Egg • Bob-omb • Bowser's Shell • Chain Chomp • Giant Banana • Golden Mushroom • Green Fireball • Heart • Red Fireball • Red Shell • Yoshi Egg Objects Barrel Cannon • Dash Panel • Item Box • Kart • Mushroom Car • Ramp • Yoshi Cookie Background characters and species Baby Bowser • Boo • Donkey Kong Jr. • Fishin' Lakitu • Hammer Bro • Helicopter Yoshi • Kamek • Noki • Koopa Paratroopa • Pianta • Poochy • Shy Guy • Snifit • Toad • Train • Toadsworth Enemies and obstacles Bomb-car • Boulder • Bus • Car • Cargo truck • Cataquack • Chain Chomp • Delfino Oak Tree • Dinosaur • Fire Bar • Fire Chain • Freezie • Ghost • Goomba • Gray Bowser Statue • Lava • Lava Bubble • Mecha Piranha Plant • Mushroom Car • Piranha Plant • Pit Plant • Pokey • Skating Shy Guy • Snowman • Thwomp • Warp Pipe • Wiggler Wagon Techniques Double Dash • Drift • Mini-Turbo • Rocket Start • Slide-Attack Miscellaneous All-Cup Tour • Daisy Cruiser • Finish Line • Glitches • Pre-release and unused content • Single-appearance sponsors • Multiple-appearance sponsors • Staff • Starting Grid [Edit] Mario Kart Arcade GP Characters Playable Blinky • Bowser • Donkey Kong • Luigi • Mario • Ms. Pac-Man • Pac-Man • Princess Peach • Toad • Wario • Yoshi Non-playable Baby Mario • Baby Luigi • Bill Blaster • Bowser Jr. • Bullet Bill • Cataquack • Cheep Cheep • Diddy Kong • Dry Bones • Expresso the Ostrich • Hammer Bro • Kamek • Koopa • Koopa Paratroopa • Lakitu • Lava Bubble • Mecha-Bowser • Mechakoopa • Monster • Pianta • Piranha Plant • Princess Daisy • Professor Elvin Gadd • Rambi the Rhino • Robo Mario • Squawks the Parrot • Toad • Thwomp • Ukiki • Waluigi Courses Mario Cup Mario Highway • Mario Beach DK Cup DK Jungle • Bananan Ruins Wario Cup Diamond City • Snow Panic Pac-Man Cup Pac Mountain • Pac Labyrinth Bowser Cup Bowser's Castle • Castle Wall Rainbow Cup Rainbow Coaster • Rainbow Downhill Items 10T Hammer • Absorbing Mushroom • Banana • Banana Shot • Barrel • Basin • Big & Small Tire • Bob-omb • Boo • Bowser Shell • Black Shell • Car Horn • Chain Chomp • Conga • Cream Pie • Dash Bazooka • Dash Mushroom • Dizziness Virus • Driver Virus • Egg Body • Fireball • Firecracker • Flaming Tender • Flare Ball • Frying Pan • Galaga • Giant Banana • Ghost Morph • Giant Mushroom • Green Shell • Hammer • Heart • Heavy Mushroom • High Beam • Horn • Invisible Mushroom • Item Seal • Jump Seal • Laughter Bag • Magic Hand • Miracle Mushroom • Monster's Hammer • Mushroom Hammer • Mushroom Powder • Mustache Pen • Needle Bomb • Off-Key Speaker • Peach's Bird • Petit Monster • Piranha Plant • Poison Mushroom • Pooka • Power Ball • Rain Cloud • Rally X • Reflect Shield • Rolling Egg • Shell Body • Shield • Slimy Mushroom • Smokescreen • Snot Bomb • Snow Cloud • Square Tire • Sticky Oil • Stretch Punch • Star • Tacks • Thundercloud • Thunder Stick • Thwomp • Time Bomb • Time Bomb (L) • Tongue • Tornado • Tox-Banana Shot • Trash Can • Triple Banana • Triple Basin • Triple Black • Triple Boo • Triple Green Shells • Triple Needle • Triple Pen • Triple Pie • Triple Smoke • Triple Square • Triple Tack • Wacking Fan • Wario Car • Wheel Virus Techniques Drift • Hop • Mini-Turbo • Rocket Start Miscellaneous Finish Line • Pre-release and unused content • Staff • Starting Grid [Edit] Mario Kart DS Characters and their Karts Mario (Standard MR • B Dasher • Shooting Star) • Luigi (Standard LG • Poltergust 4000 • Streamliner) • Princess Peach (Standard PC • Royale • Light Tripper) • Yoshi (Standard YS • Egg 1 • Cucumber) • Toad (Standard TD • Mushmellow • 4-Wheel Cradle) • Donkey Kong (Standard DK • Rambi Rider • Wildlife) • Wario (Standard WR • Brute • Dragonfly) • Bowser (Standard BW • Tyrant • Hurricane) • Princess Daisy (Standard DS • Power Flower • Light Dancer) • Dry Bones (Standard DB • Banisher • Dry Bomber) • Waluigi (Standard WL • Gold Mantis • Zipper) • R.O.B. (Standard RB • ROB-BLS • ROB-LGS) • Shy Guy (Standard SG) Cups and Courses Mushroom Cup Figure-8 Circuit • Yoshi Falls • Cheep Cheep Beach • Luigi's Mansion Flower Cup Desert Hills • Delfino Square • Waluigi Pinball • Shroom Ridge Star Cup DK Pass • Tick-Tock Clock • Mario Circuit • Airship Fortress Special Cup Wario Stadium • Peach Gardens • Bowser Castle • Rainbow Road Shell Cup SNES Mario Circuit 1 • N64 Moo Moo Farm • GBA Peach Circuit • GCN Luigi Circuit Banana Cup SNES Donut Plains 1 • N64 Frappe Snowland • GBA Bowser Castle 2 • GCN Baby Park Leaf Cup SNES Koopa Beach 2 • N64 Choco Mountain • GBA Luigi Circuit • GCN Mushroom Bridge Lightning Cup SNES Choco Island 2 • N64 Banshee Boardwalk • GBA Sky Garden • GCN Yoshi Circuit Battle Mode Nintendo DS • Twilight House • Palm Shore • Tart Top • N64 Block Fort • GCN Pipe Plaza Items and objects Banana • Blooper • Bob-omb • Boo • Bullet Bill • Coin • Dash Panel • Emblem • Fake Item Box • Fire Chain • Green Shell • Item Box • Lava • Lightning • Mushroom • Red Shell • Shine Sprite • Spiny Shell • Super Star • Trophy Species, enemies, and obstacles Angry Sun • Big Bully • Bubba • Bus • Bumper • Car • Cargo truck • Chain Chomp • Cheep Cheep • Chief Chilly • Eyerok • Fire Snake • Fishin' Lakitu • Flipper • Ghost • Monty Mole • Moo Moo • Pianta • Piranha Plant • Pokey • Pinball • Puddle • Rocky Wrench • Swoop • Thwomp • Walking Tree • Wiggler Techniques Drift • Hop • Mini-Turbo • Rocket Start • Slipstreaming Miscellaneous Item probability distributions • Finish Line • New sponsors • Pre-release and unused content • Recurring sponsors • Staff • Starting Grid [Edit] Mario Kart Arcade GP 2 Characters Balanced Luigi • Mario • Pac-Man • Waluigi Strong Acceleration Blinky • Peach • Yoshi Easy Control Mametchi • Ms. Pac-Man • Toad High Speed Bowser • Donkey Kong • Wario Non-playable Baby Luigi • Baby Mario • Birdo • Bowser Jr. • Cheep Cheep • Daisy • Diddy Kong • Dry Bones • Hammer Bro • Jr. Pac-Man • Kamek • Koopa • Koopa Paratroopa • King Boo • Mechakoopa • Monster • Nipper Plant • Noki • Pianta • Piranha Plant • Professor Elvin Gadd • Robo Mario • Toadette • Toadsworth Items Basin • Banana Peel • Banana Shot • Big & Small Tire • Boo • Black Shell • Broken Wheel • Car Horn • Fake Item Box • Green Shell • Invisible Mushroom • Item Box • Item Seal • Mario Coin • Metal Mushroom • Mouse Cracker • Dash Mushroom • Dizziness Virus • Needle Bomb • Pie • Rabbit Ear • Rain Cloud • Reflect Shield • Saggy Gummy • Shield • Snow Cloud • Square Tire • Star • Sticky Oil • Tacks • Thundercloud • Thunder Stick • Time Bomb • Tornado Courses Yoshi Cup Yoshi Park 1 • Yoshi Park 2 Mario Cup Mario Highway • Mario Beach Waluigi Cup Stadium Arena • Waluigi Stadium DK Cup DK Jungle • Bananan Ruins Wario Cup Diamond City • Snow Panic Pac-Man Cup Pac Mountain • Pac Labyrinth Bowser Cup Bowser's Castle • Castle Wall Rainbow Cup Rainbow Coaster • Rainbow Downhill Techniques Drift • Hop • Mini-Turbo • Rocket Start Miscellaneous Finish Line • Gallery • Staff [Edit] Mario Kart Wii Racers Small Baby Mario • Baby Luigi • Baby Peach • Baby Daisy • Toad • Toadette • Koopa Troopa • Dry Bones Medium Mario • Luigi • Princess Peach • Princess Daisy • Yoshi • Birdo • Diddy Kong • Bowser Jr. Large Wario • Waluigi • Donkey Kong • Bowser • King Boo • Rosalina • Funky Kong • Dry Bowser Any Mii Vehicles Karts Small Standard Kart S • Booster Seat • Mini Beast • Cheep Charger • Tiny Titan • Blue Falcon Medium Standard Kart M • Classic Dragster • Wild Wing • Super Blooper • Daytripper • Sprinter Large Standard Kart L • Offroader • Flame Flyer • Piranha Prowler • Jetsetter • Honeycoupe Bikes Small Standard Bike S • Bullet Bike • Bit Bike • Quacker • Magikruiser • Jet Bubble Medium Standard Bike M • Mach Bike • Sugarscoot • Zip Zip • Sneakster • Dolphin Dasher Large Standard Bike L • Flame Runner • Wario Bike • Shooting Star • Spear • Phantom Courses Nitro Grand Prix Mushroom Cup Luigi Circuit • Moo Moo Meadows • Mushroom Gorge • Toad's Factory Flower Cup Mario Circuit • Coconut Mall • DK Summit • Wario's Gold Mine Star Cup Daisy Circuit • Koopa Cape • Maple Treeway • Grumble Volcano Special Cup Dry Dry Ruins • Moonview Highway • Bowser's Castle • Rainbow Road Retro Grand Prix Shell Cup GCN Peach Beach • DS Yoshi Falls • SNES Ghost Valley 2 • N64 Mario Raceway Banana Cup N64 Sherbet Land • GBA Shy Guy Beach • DS Delfino Square • GCN Waluigi Stadium Leaf Cup DS Desert Hills • GBA Bowser Castle 3 • N64 DK's Jungle Parkway • GCN Mario Circuit Lightning Cup SNES Mario Circuit 3 • DS Peach Gardens • GCN DK Mountain • N64 Bowser's Castle Battle Stages Wii Stages Block Plaza • Delfino Pier • Funky Stadium • Chain Chomp Wheel • Thwomp Desert • Galaxy Colosseum (only during tournaments) Retro Stages SNES Battle Course 4 • GBA Battle Course 3 • N64 Skyscraper • GCN Cookie Land • DS Twilight House Other Items and objects Item Box Items Banana • Blooper • Bob-omb • Bullet Bill • Fake Item Box • Golden Mushroom • Green Shell • Lightning • Mega Mushroom • Mushroom • POW Block • Red Shell • Spiny Shell • Super Star • Thunder Cloud Other Barrel Cannon • Coin • Dash Panel • Launch Star • Mushroom Trampoline • Ramp • Trophy • Vertical dash panel Background characters and species Birdo • Boo • Cheep Cheep • Delfino Oak Tree • Fishin' Lakitu • Goomba • Hammer Bro • Mii • Monty Mole • Moo Moo • Noki • Petey Piranha • Penguin • Pianta • Shy Guy • Sledge Bro • Toad • Unagi • Yoshi • Yoshi Egg Enemies and obstacles Angry Sun • Big Pokey • Big Wiggler • Bob-omb Car • Boulder • Car • Cargo truck • Mine Cart • Cataquack • Chain Chomp • Chomp • Delfino Oak Tree • Fire Bar • Fire Chain • Fire Snake • Ghost • Goomba • Gray Bowser Statue • Koopa Zapper • Lava • Lava Bubble • Lava Geyser • Mecha Bowser • Mecha Piranha Plant • Monty Mole • Moo Moo • Oil Slick • Penguin • Piranha Plant • Pirate Guy • Pokey • Shy Guy Galleon • Shy Guy Snowboarder • Sidestepper • Spiky Topman • Swoop • Thwomp • Topman • Warp Pipe • Volcanic debris Techniques Drift • Hop • Mini-Turbo • Rocket Start • Slipstreaming • Trick • Wheelie Miscellaneous Emblem • Finish Line • Glitches • Item probability distributions • Mario Kart Wii Grand Prix • Mario Kart Wii Platinum Soundtrack • New sponsors • Pre-release and unused content • Recurring sponsors • Staff • Starting Grid • Trading cards [Edit] Mario Kart 7 Drivers Starting Mario • Luigi • Princess Peach • Yoshi • Bowser • Donkey Kong • Toad • Koopa Troopa Unlockable Princess 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 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 New Stages Honeybee Hive • Sherbet Rink • Wuhu Town Items and objects Banana • Barrel • Blooper • Board • Bob-omb • Boulder • Bullet Bill • Bumper • Burner • Car • Cargo truck • Coin • Crate • Current • Dash Panel • Drain Pipe • Emblem • Fire Flower • Flipper • Glide Ramp • Golden Mushroom • Green Shell • Item Box • Kart • Launch Star • Lava • Lightning • Lucky Seven • Mushroom • Oil Slick • Pinball • Puddle • Ramp • Red Shell • Ring • Spiny Shell • Star • Super Leaf • Train • Trophy Enemies and species Banzai Bill • Cheep Cheep • Clampy • Cobrat • Dinosaur • Fish Bone • Fishin' Lakitu • Flying Shy Guy • Frogoon • Ghost • Goomba • Mountain Goat • Penguin • Piranha Plant • Rocky Wrench • Screaming Pillar • Stingby • Super Thwomp • Swoop • Tiki Goon • Thwomp • Toad • Unagi • Walking Tree Techniques Drift • Hop • Mini-Turbo • Rocket Start • Slipstreaming • Trick Miscellaneous DK's Tree House • Finish Line • First-Person View • Gallery • Glitches • In-game statistics • Item probability distributions • Media • New sponsors • Pre-release and unused content‎ • Recurring sponsors • Staff • Starting Grid [Edit] Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Racers Featherweight Baby Mario • Baby Luigi • Baby Peach • Baby Daisy • Baby Rosalina • Lemmy Koopa Light Princess Peach • Princess Daisy • Yoshi (Light Blue* · Black* · Red* · Yellow* · White* · Blue* · Pink* · Orange*) • Toad • Koopa Troopa • Shy Guy (Light Blue* · Black* · Green* · Yellow* · White* · Blue* · Pink* · Orange*) • Lakitu • Toadette • Larry Koopa • Wendy O. Koopa • Cat Peach* • Villager (Female)* • Isabelle* • Dry Bones • Bowser Jr. • Inkling Girl Medium Mario • Luigi • Iggy Koopa • Ludwig von Koopa • Tanooki Mario* • Villager (Male)* • Inkling Boy Heavy Rosalina • Metal Mario (Gold ) • Pink Gold Peach • Donkey Kong • Waluigi • Roy Koopa • Link* • King Boo Cruiser Bowser • Wario • Morton Koopa Jr. • Dry Bowser* 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* • W 25 Silver Arrow* • 300 SL Roadster* • Blue Falcon* • Tanooki Kart* • B Dasher* • Streetle* • P-Wing* • Koopa Clown Standard bikes Standard Bike • The Duke • Flame Rider • Varmint • Mr. Scooty • City Tripper* • Master Cycle Zero ** Sport bikes Comet • Sport Bike • Jet Bike • Yoshi Bike • Master Cycle* ATVs Standard ATV • Wild Wiggler • Teddy Buggy • Bone Rattler* • Inkstriker • Splat Buggy 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* • Triforce Tires* • Leaf Tires* • Ancient Tires ** 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* • Paper Glider* • Paraglider ** Courses Nitro cups 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 Retro cups 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 cups* 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 Battle Courses Wii U Wii Moo Moo Meadows • GCN Dry Dry Desert • SNES Donut Plains 3 • N64 Toad's Turnpike • Mario Circuit • Toad Harbor • GCN Sherbet Land • N64 Yoshi Valley NS Battle Stadium • Sweet Sweet Kingdom • Dragon Palace • Lunar Colony • 3DS Wuhu Town • GCN Luigi's Mansion • SNES Battle Course 1 • Urchin Underpass Other Items and objects Antigravity Panel • Banana • Barrel • Blooper • Board • Boo • Boomerang Flower • Boulder • Bowser Statue • Bullet Bill • Bus • Car • Cargo truck • Crate • Crazy Eight • Current • Dash Panel • Dash panel ramp truck • Drain Pipe • Feather • Fire Flower • Fire Bar • Fire Chain • Glide Ramp • Golden Mushroom • Green Shell • Item Box • Lava Geyser • Lightning • Millstone • Mine Cart • Mushroom • Oil Slick • Piranha Plant • Red Shell • Ring • Surfboard vehicle • Snowboy • Snowman • Spinner • Spiny Shell • Stamp • Super Horn • Volcanic debris Enemies and species Bone Piranha Plant • Boo • Bouncing Note • Bowser Monument • Chain Chomp • Cheep Cheep • Chomp • Deku Baba • Dolphin • Fire Snake • Fish Bone • Fishin' Lakitu • Freezie • Frogoon • Ghost • Goomba • Goomba Tower • Hammer Knight • Keese • Little Bird • Manta • Mechakoopa • Mini Toad • Monty Mole • Moo Moo • Mr. Resetti • Noki • Pianta • Piranha Plant • Pokey • Raving Piranha Plant • Screaming Pillar • Sidestepper • Skating Shy Guy • Super Thwomp • Swoop • Thwomp • Tiki Goon • Unagi Techniques Anti-gravity • Drift • Gravity • Highlight Reel • Hop • Mini-Turbo • Rocket Start • Slipstreaming • Spin Boost • Trick Miscellaneous Andrew Trego • DK's Tree House • Emblem • Finish Line • From the Pit • Highlight Reel • In-game statistics (Deluxe) • Item probability distributions • Mario Kart Band • Mario Kart TV • Miiverse • Pre-release and unused content • Soundtrack • New sponsors • Returning sponsors • Staff (Deluxe) • Stamps • Starting Grid * - Indicates downloadable content in Mario Kart 8 • ** - Indicates content available in version 1.6.0 of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe • - Indicates exclusivity to Mario Kart 8 • - Indicates exclusivity to Mario Kart 8 Deluxe