Banana Cup

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Artwork of the Banana Cup logo, from Mario Kart 8.
The Banana Cup logo in Mario Kart 8.

The Banana Cup comprises four courses, each of which is taken from the nitro cups of previous Mario Kart games, mostly the Mushroom Cup and Flower Cup, although occasionally Star Cup and very rarely Special Cup tracks are featured. The cup's symbol is a Banana Peel, and the cup's tracks are slightly more difficult and/or longer when compared to those of the Shell Cup. Its length and difficulty is on par with the Flower Cup. The Banana Cup also returns in Mario Tennis Open for the Nintendo 3DS. It appears after the Flower Cup and before the Champions Cup.

Courses

Game Course 1 Course 2 Course 3 Course 4
Mario Kart DS File:MKDS Donut Plains.PNG
SNES Donut Plains 1
File:FrappeSnowlandDS.png
N64 Frappe Snowland
File:BowserCastle2ds.png
GBA Bowser Castle 2
File:BabyParkds.png
GCN Baby Park
Mario Kart Wii View of N64 Sherbet Land in Mario Kart Wii
N64 Sherbet Land
View of Shy Guy Beach in Mario Kart Wii
GBA Shy Guy Beach
View of Delfino Square in Mario Kart Wii
DS Delfino Square
View of Waluigi Stadium in Mario Kart Wii
GCN Waluigi Stadium
Mario Kart 7 KoopaTroopaBeachMK7.png
N64 Koopa Beach
Koopa Troopa Beach
SNES Mario Circuit 2
SNES Mario Circuit 2

Wii Coconut Mall
Wii Coconut Mall

DS Waluigi Pinball
DS Waluigi Pinball

Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe MK8-Course-GCN DryDryDesert.jpg
GCN Dry Dry Desert
MK8-Course-SNES DonutPlains3.jpg
SNES Donut Plains 3
MK8-Course-N64 RoyalRaceway.jpg
N64 Royal Raceway
3DS DK Jungle, Mario Kart 8.
3DS DK Jungle

Mario Tennis Open

File:DKBananaCup.jpg
Donkey Kong winning the Banana Cup

In Mario Tennis Open, the Banana Cup is the third cup in the World Open series. It is played on the DK Jungle court, and matches have one set for the starting round, three sets for the semifinals, and five sets for the finals. This cup can be unlocked by beating the Flower Cup, and once beaten will unlock the Champions Cup. The CPU difficulty is one step harder than that of the Flower Cup's.

Trading Card info

"The Retro Cup racing festival peels off four challenging drives with the Banana Cup. It consists of one track from N64, one from Game Boy Advance, one from DS and one from GameCube...all with somewhat challenging levels of difficulty for Grand Prix or Time Trials competition."

Gallery

Emblems

Trophies

Other

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Japanese バナナカップ
Banana Kappu
Banana Cup

Chinese 香蕉盃 (Traditional)
香蕉杯 (Simplified)
Xiāngjiāo Bēi
Banana Cup

Dutch Bananenbeker
Bananas Cup
German Bananen-Cup
Banana Cup
Italian Trofeo Banana
Banana Trophy
Korean 바나나 컵
Banana Keop
Banana Cup

Portuguese Taça Banana
Banana Cup
Russian Кубок банана
Kubok banana
Banana Cup

Spanish Copa Plátano
Banana Cup

Trivia

  • In Mario Kart 8, this is the only cup in the game with all courses taking place in the daytime, and is the only Banana Cup so far to have this trait. It is also one of two cups in the game to use the same character as Staff Ghosts in two tracks of the same cup (being Peach in Dry Dry Desert and Royal Raceway), the other being the Egg Cup (being Mario in Excitebike Arena and Mute City).