Mario Kart 8 Championship 2014

The Mario Kart 8 Championship 2014 was a competition held by news website Nintendo Life in collaboration with the official Nintendo UK online store.^[1] It consisted of four online Mario Kart 8 tournaments, referred to as heats, which served as qualifiers for a grand final held live at EGX London 2014; to qualify for the final, players had to place first to third by number of circuit points at the end of a heat.^[1] Nintendo Life covered travel and accommodation expenses for the qualifying players.^[1]

The following is further information about the Mario Kart 8 Championship 2014 event.

Heats[edit]

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First heat^[1]	In-game name	MK8 EGX Qualifying^[2]
	Period	August 16, 2014, 16:00–⁠20:00 BST
	Code	2876-5853-5012
Second heat^[3]	In-game name	MK8 EGX Qualifying 2
	Period	August 24, 2014, 14:00–⁠18:00 BST
	Code	5794-2562-1682
Third heat^[4]	In-game name	MK8 EGX Qualifying 3
	Period	September 6, 2014, 14:00–⁠18:00 BST
	Code	3320-6917-7272
Fourth heat^[5]	In-game name	MK8 EGX Qualifying 4
	Period	September 14, 2014, 16:00–⁠20:00 BST
	Code	9654-7542-0621
Structure of every heat		Mode: 150cc Race Items: Normal Items COM: Hard COM Public/Private: Code Required^[6]

Final[edit]

Location	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London
Date	September 27, 2014 BST
Grand prize	A physical copy of every new game published by Nintendo on the Wii U and released within the 12 months following September 27, 2014 £100 in Nintendo eShop credit

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Whitehead, Thomas (August 14, 2014). Play & Win: The UK Mario Kart 8 Championship, Heat One, Is On Saturday 16th August. nintendolife.com. Retrieved September 5, 2022. (Archived August 15, 2014, 03:47:06 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
^ nintendolife (August 16, 2014). Post. Facebook. Retrieved September 5, 2022. (Archived March 1, 2026, 22:05:28 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
^ Whitehead, Thomas (August 22, 2014). Play & Win: Mario Kart 8 Championship - Heat 2 - Launches on Sunday 24th August. nintendolife.com. Retrieved September 5, 2022. (Archived August 25, 2014, 00:52:16 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
^ Whitehead, Thomas (September 4, 2014). Play & Win: Mario Kart 8 Championship - Heat 3 - Launches on Saturday 6th September. nintendolife.com. Retrieved September 5, 2022. (Archived April 13, 2015, 15:40:28 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
^ Whitehead, Thomas (September 12, 2014). Play & Win: Mario Kart 8 Championship - Heat 4 - Sunday 14th September. nintendolife.com. Retrieved September 5, 2022. (Archived September 14, 2014, 00:11:27 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
^ Contest page. nintendolife.com. Archived August 31, 2014, 23:09:11 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved September 5, 2022.

External links[edit]

August 13, 2014. Join the Mario Kart 8 Championship 2014. Nintendo of Europe. Retrieved March 1, 2026 from nintendo.com (UK & Ireland). (Archived March 1, 2026, 22:05:09 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
Contest page. nintendolife.com. Archived August 6, 2014, 04:12:42 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved September 5, 2022.

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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	"Animal Crossing (Autumn)" • "Animal Crossing (Spring)" • "Animal Crossing (Summer)" • "Animal Crossing (Winter)" • "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") • "Mount Wario" • "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		"Tour Amsterdam Drift" • "Tour Bangkok Rush" • "GBA Boo Lake" • "SNES Bowser Castle 3" • "N64 Choco Mountain" • "Wii Coconut Mall" • "Wii Daisy Circuit" • "GCN Daisy Cruiser" • "GCN DK Mountain" • "Wii DK Summit" • "N64 Kalimari Desert" • "Wii Koopa Cape" • "Tour Los Angeles Laps" • "Wii Maple Treeway" • "DS Mario Circuit" • "SNES Mario Circuit 3" • "Merry Mountain" • "Wii Moonview Highway" • "Wii Mushroom Gorge" • "Tour New York Minute" • "Ninja Hideaway" • "DS Peach Gardens" • "Piranha Plant Cove" • "3DS Rainbow Road" • "Wii Rainbow Road" • "GBA Riverside Park" • "3DS Rock Rock Mountain" • "3DS Rosalina's Ice World" • "DS Shroom Ridge" • "Tour Singapore Speedway" • "GBA Sky Garden" • "Sky-High Sundae" • "GBA Snow Land" • "Squeaky Clean Sprint" • "GBA Sunset Wilds" • "3DS Toad Circuit" • "Tour Tokyo Blur" • "Tour Vancouver Velocity" • "GCN Waluigi Stadium" • "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 (Booster Course Pass)"^c • "Super Star"
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 • Boulder • Bowser Statue • Bumper^c • Cannon • Cash • Ceiling Needle^c • Cheese^a • Clock hand • Coin • Crate • Current • Dash Panel • 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 fireball • 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 • 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