Leaf Cup

The Leaf Cup is a cup from the Mario Kart series first introduced in Mario Kart DS. The cup's emblem is a Super Leaf; since Mario Kart 7, the item's redesign from Super Mario 3D Land is used. In the Leaf Cup, the player competes certain race courses from previous Mario Kart games. The Leaf Cup usually contains tracks from the Flower Cup and Star Cup, with some occasional Special Cup tracks, though Mario Kart DS featured a sole track from Mario Kart: Super Circuit's Lightning Cup and Mario Kart 7 featured a sole Mushroom Cup course. The Leaf Cup is slightly more difficult when compared to the Banana Cup. Just like the Star Cup, the tracks are usually as long as the ones in the Flower Cup and the Banana Cup. However, its difficulty is on par with the Star Cup.

Completion rewards in the Mario Kart series
Winning the Leaf Cup in the Mario Kart series can award the player with various bonuses, depending on the game. Additional cups unlocked are excluded from this list.

Mario Kart DS

 * All retro cups (includes Leaf Cup) on 50cc: Daisy
 * All retro cups (includes Leaf Cup) on 100cc: Waluigi
 * All retro cups (includes Leaf Cup) or all nitro cups (excludes Leaf Cup) on 150cc: Seven karts for each playable character
 * All cups on 150cc: 150cc Mirror class
 * All retro cups (includes Leaf Cup) or all nitro cups (excludes Leaf Cup) on 150cc Mirror: R.O.B.
 * All cups on 150cc Mirror: All karts for each playable character

Mario Kart Wii

 * Leaf Cup: Lightning Cup
 * 50cc Leaf Cup: Super Blooper
 * 1 star rank or higher on all retro cups (includes Leaf Cup) on 50cc: Cheep Charger
 * 100cc Leaf Cup: Dry Bones
 * 1 star rank or higher on all retro cups (includes Leaf Cup) on 100cc: Bowser Jr.
 * 150cc Leaf Cup: Daytripper
 * 1 star rank or higher on all retro cups (includes Leaf Cup) on 150cc: Jetsetter
 * All cups on 150cc: 150cc Mirror class
 * Mirror Leaf Cup: Jet Bubble
 * 1 star rank or higher on all cups on 150cc Mirror: Rosalina

Mario Kart 7

 * All cups on a single cc class: Mii
 * 150cc Leaf Cup: Wiggler
 * All cups on 50cc, 100cc, and 150cc: 150cc Mirror class

Mario Kart 8
Most unlockable characters in Mario Kart 8 are unlocked at random upon winning Grand Prix cups (separate cups must be played to unlock characters), which includes the Leaf Cup. Characters that can be unlocked include Rosalina, Metal Mario, Lakitu, Toadette, Baby Rosalina, Pink Gold Peach, Iggy Koopa, Roy Koopa, Lemmy Koopa, Larry Koopa, Wendy O. Koopa, Ludwig von Koopa, Morton Koopa Jr., and Mii. Mii is unlocked upon the eighth Grand Prix cup victory, unless an amiibo is used to unlock Mii beforehand.

In addition, the Gold Standard body can be unlocked by getting a 1 star rank or higher on all non-DLC cups (including the Shell Cup) on any one engine class, and the 150cc Mirror class can be unlocked by winning all 150cc cups.

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

 * 1 star rank or higher on all cups on 150cc Mirror: Gold Standard
 * All cups on 200cc: Gold Mario

Trading Card info
"The Leaf Cup takes us back to some tracks that are definitely fan favorites. Go retro while you find shortcuts at DS Desert Hills, avoid the giant Thwomps at GBA Bowser Castle 3, blast over the river at N64 DK's Jungle Parkway, and fake out the Chain Chomp at GCN Mario Circuit."

Trivia

 * This is the only Retro Cup to always have a course from Mario Kart: Double Dash!!.
 * The Leaf Cup trophy in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe has a backwards silhouette of Tanooki Mario's artwork from Super Mario 3D Land behind it, with the tail molded to stick out from behind.

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