Not to be confused with Toad Cup, another cup with a similar-looking mushroom as the emblem.
Artwork of the Mushroom Cup logo, from Mario Kart 8.
The Mushroom Cup logo in Mario Kart 8.

The Mushroom Cup (transliterated as Kinoko Cup on one occasion[1]) is a cup that commonly appears as the first and easiest cup in the Mario Kart series, similarly to the Shell Cup since Mario Kart DS, except the Mushroom Cup has only new courses. It is represented by a Dash Mushroom. In Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, the Mushroom Cup is one of four cups to be themed around a Mushroom, alongside the Golden Dash Cup, the Propeller Cup, and the Rock Cup.

List of Mario Kart coursesEdit

Game Course 1 Course 2 Course 3 Course 4 Course 5
Super Mario Kart  
Mario Circuit 1
 
Donut Plains 1
 
Ghost Valley 1
 
Bowser Castle 1
 
Mario Circuit 2
Mario Kart 64  
Luigi Raceway
 
Moo Moo Farm
 
Koopa Troopa Beach
 
Kalimari Desert
N/A
Mario Kart: Super Circuit Super Circuit tracks  
Peach Circuit
 
Shy Guy Beach
 
Riverside Park
 
Bowser Castle 1
N/A
Extra tracks  
Mario Circuit 1
 
Donut Plains 1
 
Ghost Valley 1
 
Bowser Castle 1
N/A
Mario Kart: Double Dash!!  
Luigi Circuit
 
Peach Beach
 
Baby Park
 
Dry Dry Desert
N/A
Mario Kart DS  
Figure-8 Circuit
 
Yoshi Falls
 
Cheep Cheep Beach
 
Luigi's Mansion
N/A
Mario Kart Wii  
Luigi Circuit
 
Moo Moo Meadows
 
Mushroom Gorge
 
Toad's Factory
N/A
Mario Kart 7  
Toad Circuit
 
Daisy Hills
 
Cheep Cheep Lagoon
Cheep Cheep Cape
 
Shy Guy Bazaar
N/A
Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe  
Mario Kart Stadium
 
Water Park
 
Sweet Sweet Canyon
 
Thwomp Ruins
N/A
Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit  
Live Circuit
 
Lightning Lagoon
 
Piped Wetlands
N/A N/A

Completion rewardsEdit

Winning the Mushroom 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: Double Dash!!Edit

Mario Kart DSEdit

  • All nitro cups (includes Mushroom Cup) on 50cc: Dry Bones
  • All nitro cups (includes Mushroom Cup) on 100cc: Three karts for each playable character
  • All nitro cups (includes Mushroom Cup) or all retro cups (excludes Mushroom Cup) on 150cc: Seven karts for each playable character
  • All cups on 150cc: 150cc Mirror class
  • All nitro cups (includes Mushroom Cup) or all retro cups (excludes Mushroom Cup) on 150cc Mirror: R.O.B.
  • All cups on 150cc Mirror: All karts for each playable character

Mario Kart WiiEdit

  • Mushroom and Flower Cups: Star Cup
  • 1 star rank or higher on all nitro cups (includes Mushroom Cup) on 50cc: Baby Daisy
  • 1 star rank or higher on all nitro cups (includes Mushroom Cup) on 100cc: Sneakster
  • 1 star rank or higher on all nitro cups (includes Mushroom Cup) on 150cc: Dry Bowser
  • All cups on 150cc: 150cc Mirror class
  • 1 star rank or higher on all cups on 150cc Mirror: Rosalina

Mario Kart 7Edit

  • All cups on a single cc class: Mii
  • 150cc Mushroom Cup: Daisy
  • All cups on 50cc, 100cc, and 150cc: 150cc Mirror class

Mario Kart 8Edit

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 Mushroom 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 Mushroom Cup) on any one engine class, and the 150cc Mirror class can be unlocked by winning all 150cc cups.

Mario Kart 8 DeluxeEdit

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

Appearances outside the Mario Kart seriesEdit

The Mushroom Cup also appears in Mario Power Tennis and Mario Superstar Baseball. In Super Mario Strikers, the Mushroom Cup has four teams and three rounds. When the player places in the top three, the Flower Cup and Konga Coliseum are unlocked. A similar cup is the Super Mushroom Cup. In Mario Sports Mix, the Mushroom Cup is the first cup to be played in the tournament.

The Mushroom Cup also makes an appearance in Mario Tennis Open as the first cup of the World Open. It is played on the Mushroom Valley court, and the CPU difficulty is the easiest in the World Open. The cup is the only one to be unlocked from the start, and its matches have one set each for the starting round and semifinals, and three sets for the finals.

The Mushroom Cup reappears as the first cup in the COM Tournament mode of Mario Tennis Aces, and it uses the lowest CPU difficulty of all three cups.

ProfilesEdit

  • Mario Kart 64 website: "The Mushroom Cup is made up of four introductory courses."
  • Mario Kart Wii trading card: "Long-time Mario Kart fans may experience déjà vu when checking out the first two tracks of the Mushroom Cup. Luigi Circuit looks a lot like Luigi's tracks from other Mario Kart games and Moo Moo Meadows harkens back to Moo Moo Farm. But rest assured, the layouts are new."

GalleryEdit

Emblems and LogosEdit

TrophiesEdit

Names in other languagesEdit

Language Name Meaning
Japanese キノコカップ
Kinoko Kappu
Mushroom Cup

Chinese (simplified) 蘑菇杯
Mógū Bēi
Mushroom Cup

Chinese (traditional) 蘑菇盃
Mógū Bēi
Mushroom Cup

Dutch Paddenstoelbeker
Mushroom Cup
French Coupe Champignon
Mushroom Cup
German Pilz-Cup
Mushroom Cup
Italian Trofeo Fungo
Coppa fungo (Mario Kart: Super Circuit)
Mushroom Trophy
Mushroom Cup
Korean 버섯 컵
Beoseot Keop
Mushroom Cup

Portuguese (NOA) Copa Cogumelo
Mushroom Cup
Portuguese (NOE) Taça Cogumelo
Mushroom Cup
Russian Кубок гриба
Kubok griba
Mushroom Cup

Spanish Copa Champiñón
Mushroom Cup

TriviaEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ Nintendo Magazine System (UK) issue 51, page 26.