New course

Not to be confused with Retro Course.

A Nitro Course is a course in the Mario Kart series that has never appeared before, thus making them new courses. They have appeared in every Mario Kart title. Some of them will or have reappeared in later Mario Kart games as retro courses.

Courses

Mushroom Cup

Game	Course 1	Course 2	Course 3	Course 4	Course 5
Super Mario Kart	Mario Circuit 1	File:SNES Donut Plains 1.png Donut Plains 1	File:SNES Ghost Valley 1.png Ghost Valley 1	File:SNES Bowser Castle 1.png Bowser Castle 1	Mario Circuit 2
Mario Kart 64	File:LuigiRaceway.png Luigi Raceway	File:MooMooFarm.png Moo Moo Farm	File:KoopaTroopaBeach.png Koopa Troopa Beach	File:KalimariDesert.png Kalimari Desert	N/A
Mario Kart: Super Circuit	File:PeachCircuit.png Peach Circuit	File:ShyGuyBeach.png Shy Guy Beach	File:RiversidePark.png Riverside Park	File:BowsersCastle1.png Bowser Castle 1	N/A
Mario Kart: Double Dash!!	Luigi Circuit	Peach Beach	Baby Park	Dry Dry Desert	N/A
Mario Kart DS	File:Figure-eight Circuit.PNG Figure-8 Circuit	Yoshi Falls	File:Cheepcheepbeach.PNG Cheep Cheep Beach	File:Luigi's Mansion.PNG Luigi's Mansion	N/A
Mario Kart Wii	File:LuigiCircuit MKWii.jpg Luigi Circuit	File:MooMooMeadows MKWii.jpg Moo Moo Meadows	File:Mkwii-shroomgorge.jpg Mushroom Gorge	File:Mktrack7.jpg 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

Flower Cup

Game	Course 1	Course 2	Course 3	Course 4	Course 5
Super Mario Kart	File:SNES Choco Island 1.png Choco Island 1	File:SNES Ghost Valley 2.png Ghost Valley 2	File:SNES Donut Plains 2.png Donut Plains 2	File:SNES Bowser Castle 2 map.png Bowser Castle 2	File:SNES Mario Circuit 3 map.png Mario Circuit 3
Mario Kart 64	File:ToadsTurnpike.png Toad's Turnpike	File:FrappeSnowland.png Frappe Snowland	File:ChocoMountain.png Choco Mountain	File:MarioRaceway.png Mario Raceway	N/A
Mario Kart: Super Circuit	File:MarioCircuit.png Mario Circuit	File:BooLake.png Boo Lake	File:CheeseLand.png Cheese Land	File:BowsersCastle2.png Bowser Castle 2	N/A
Mario Kart: Double Dash!!	Mushroom Bridge	Mario Circuit	Daisy Cruiser	Waluigi Stadium	N/A
Mario Kart DS	File:DesertHillds.PNG Desert Hills	Delfino Square	File:Waluigi Pinball.PNG Waluigi Pinball	File:Shroom Ridge.PNG Shroom Ridge	N/A
Mario Kart Wii	Mario Circuit .	File:CoconutMall MKWii.jpg Coconut Mall .	File:MKwii DKsummit.jpg DK Summit DK's Snowboard Cross	File:WariosGoldMine MKWii.jpg Wario's Gold Mine .	N/A
Mario Kart 7	Wuhu Loop Wuhu Island Loop	Mario Circuit .	Music Park Melody Motorway	Rock Rock Mountain Alpine Pass	N/A
Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe	Mario Circuit .	Toad Harbor Toad Harbour	Twisted Mansion .	Shy Guy Falls .	N/A

Lightning Cup

NOTE: From Mario Kart DS onwards, it is the last cup of the Retro Courses.

Game	Course 1	Course 2	Course 3	Course 4
Mario Kart: Super Circuit	File:Luigi circuit icon.png Luigi Circuit	File:SkyGarden.png Sky Garden	File:CheepCheepIsland.png Cheep-Cheep Island	File:SunsetWilds.png Sunset Wilds

Star Cup

Game	Course 1	Course 2	Course 3	Course 4	Course 5
Super Mario Kart	File:SNES Koopa Beach 1.png Koopa Beach 1	File:SNES Choco Island 2.png Choco Island 2	File:SNES Vanilla Lake 1.png Vanilla Lake 1	File:SNES Bowser Castle 3 map.png Bowser Castle 3	File:SNES Mario Circuit 4.png Mario Circuit 4
Mario Kart 64	File:WarioStadium.png Wario Stadium	File:SherbetLand.png Sherbet Land	File:RoyalRaceway.png Royal Raceway	File:Bowser'sCastle.png Bowser's Castle	N/A
Mario Kart: Super Circuit	File:SnowLand.png Snow Land	File:RibbonLand.png Ribbon Road	File:YoshiDesert.png Yoshi Desert	File:BowsersCastle3.png Bowser Castle 3	N/A
Mario Kart: Double Dash!!	Sherbet Land	Mushroom City	Yoshi Circuit	DK Mountain	N/A
Mario Kart DS	File:DK Pass.PNG DK Pass	File:MKDS Tick Tock Clock.PNG Tick-Tock Clock	File:Mario-circuit.png Mario Circuit	File:Bateau-volant.png Airship Fortress	N/A
Mario Kart Wii	File:Daisy circuit1.PNG Daisy Circuit	File:Koopa Cape.jpg Koopa Cape	File:Mkwmapletreeway.jpg Maple Treeway	File:Grumble Volcano.PNG Grumble Volcano	N/A
Mario Kart 7	Piranha Plant Slide Piranha Plant Pipeway	Wario Shipyard Wario's Galleon	Neo Bowser City Koopa City	Maka Wuhu Wuhu Mountain Loop	N/A
Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe	Sunshine Airport	Dolphin Shoals	Electrodrome	Mount Wario	N/A

Special Cup

Game	Course 1	Course 2	Course 3	Course 4	Course 5
Super Mario Kart	File:SNES Donut Plains 3.png Donut Plains 3	File:SNES Koopa Beach 2.png Koopa Beach 2	File:SNES Ghost Valley 3.png Ghost Valley 3	File:SNES Vanilla Lake 2.png Vanilla Lake 2	File:SNES Rainbow Road.png Rainbow Road
Mario Kart 64	File:DK'sJungleParkway.png DK's Jungle Parkway	File:YoshiValley.png Yoshi Valley	File:BansheeBoardwalk.png Banshee Boardwalk	File:RainbowRoadMK64.png Rainbow Road	N/A
Mario Kart: Super Circuit	File:LakesidePark.png Lakeside Park	File:BrokenPier.png Broken Pier	File:BowsersCastle4.png Bowser Castle 4	File:RainbowRoad.png Rainbow Road	N/A
*Mario Kart: Double Dash!!*	Wario Colosseum	Dino Dino Jungle	Bowser's Castle	Rainbow Road	N/A
Mario Kart DS	File:Estadiowario.PNG Wario Stadium	File:Peach GardensDS.PNG Peach Gardens	File:Castillo Bowser.PNG Bowser Castle	File:Rainbow RoadDS.PNG Rainbow Road	N/A
Mario Kart Wii	File:Dry Dry Ruins.PNG Dry Dry Ruins	Moonview Highway	Bowser's Castle	File:RainbowRoadwiiview.png Rainbow Road	N/A
Mario Kart 7	DK Jungle	Rosalina's Ice World	Bowser's Castle	Rainbow Road	N/A
Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe	Cloudtop Cruise .	Bone-Dry Dunes Bone Dry Dunes	Bowser's Castle .	Rainbow Road .	N/A

DLC Cups

Egg Cup

Game	Course 1	Course 2	Course 3	Course 4
Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe	GCN Yoshi Circuit Retro	Excitebike Arena Nitro	File:MK8-DLC-Course-DragonDriftway.jpg Dragon Driftway Nitro	Mute City Nitro

Triforce Cup

Game	Course 1	Course 2	Course 3	Course 4
Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe	Wii Wario's Gold Mine Retro	SNES Rainbow Road Retro	Ice Ice Outpost Nitro	Hyrule Circuit Nitro

Crossing Cup

Game	Course 1	Course 2	Course 3	Course 4
Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe	GCN Baby Park Retro	GBA Cheese Land Retro	Wild Woods Nitro	File:MK8-DLC-Course-AnimalCrossing.jpg Animal Crossing Nitro

Bell Cup

Game	Course 1	Course 2	Course 3	Course 4
Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe	3DS Neo Bowser City Koopa City Retro	GBA Ribbon Road . Retro	Super Bell Subway . Nitro	Big Blue . Nitro

Gallery

Cups emblems

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The Special Cup emblem from Mario Kart 64
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The Lightning Cup emblem from Mario Kart: Super Circuit
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Special Cup sprite from Mario Kart Wii
The Mushroom Cup logo in Mario Kart 8
The Mushroom Cup emblem in Mario Kart 8
The flower cup logo in Mario Kart 8
The Flower Cup emblem in Mario Kart 8
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The logo in Mario Kart 8
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The Star Cup emblem in Mario Kart 8
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The Special Cup logo in Mario Kart 8
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The Special Cup emblem in Mario Kart 8

Cups trophies

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The Mushroom Cup trophy in Mario Kart: Double Dash!!
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The Mushroom Cup trophy in Mario Kart DS
The Mushroom Cup trophy in Mario Kart Wii
The Mushroom Cup trophy in Mario Kart 7
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The Mushroom Cup trophy in Mario Kart 8
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The Flower Cup trophy in Mario Kart: Double Dash!!
The Flower Cup trophy in Mario Kart DS
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The Flower Cup trophy in Mario Kart Wii
The Flower Cup trophy in Mario Kart 7
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The Flower Cup trophy in Mario Kart 8
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The Star Cup trophy in Mario Kart: Super Circuit
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The Star Cup trophy in Mario Kart: Double Dash!!
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The Star Cup trophy in Mario Kart DS
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The Star Cup trophy in Mario Kart Wii
The Star Cup trophy in Mario Kart 7
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The Star Cup trophy in Mario Kart 8
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The Special Cup trophy in Mario Kart: Double Dash!!
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The Special Cup trophy in Mario Kart DS
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The Special Cup trophy in Mario Kart Wii
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The Special Cup trophy in Mario Kart 7
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The Special Cup trophy in Mario Kart 8

Trivia

A nitro Mario Circuit, a beach or water themed course, a snow or ice themed course, Bowser's Castle, and Rainbow Road have appeared in all of the Mario Kart games.
In Mario Kart: Super Circuit, the original tracks are called Super Circuit Courses to distinguish them from the tracks originated from Super Mario Kart, called Extra Courses.
The Triforce, Egg, Crossing, and Bell cups are the first cups to include both nitro and retro courses.
The four worlds after World Bowser in Super Mario 3D World resemble the Nitro Cups (World Mushroom for Mushroom Cup, Flower for Flower Cup, Star for Star Cup and Crown for Special Cup).
All 3D Mario Kart games feature a nitro Wario-themed course and at least one public-road-themed course.

Super Mario Kart
Playable characters		Bowser • Donkey Kong Jr. • Koopa Troopa • Luigi • Mario • Princess • 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	Question Block items	Banana Peel • Feather • Ghost • Green Shell • Lightning • Mushroom • Red Shell • Star
	CPU-only items	Egg • Fireball • Poison Mushroom
	Miscellaneous items and objects	Coin • Jump • Kart • Trophy • Zipper
Techniques		Drift • Mini-Turbo • Hop • Rocket Start
Species, enemies, and obstacles		Big Cheep Cheep • Bullet Bill • Gopher • Flopping Cheep Cheep • Lakitu • Oil slick • Super Thwomp • Thwomp • Warp Pipe
Miscellaneous		Finish line • Gallery • Pre-release and unused content • Staff

Mario Kart 64
Drivers	Lightweights	Peach • Toad • Yoshi
	Middleweights	Mario • Luigi
	Heavyweights	D.K. • 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	D.K.'s Jungle Parkway • Yoshi Valley • Banshee Boardwalk • Rainbow Road
	Battle Mode	Big Donut • Block Fort • Double Deck • Skyscraper
Enemies and obstacles		Baby Penguin • Bat • Boulder • Bus • Cactus • Car • Chomp • Chubby • Crab • Ghost • Giant Egg • Lava • Mini Bomb Kart • Penguin • Piranha Plant • Porcupine • Snowman • Thwomp • Train • Truck
Background species		Big Cheep Cheep • Boo • Bowser Statue • Cheep Cheep • Lakitu • Moo Moo
Items and objects	Item Box items	Banana • Banana Bunch • Boo • Fake Item • Green Shell • Lightning • Mushroom • Red Shell • Spiny Shell • Super Mushroom • Super Star • Triple Green Shells • Triple Mushrooms • Triple Red Shells
Items and objects	Other	Dash Panel • Hot-air balloon • Kart • Pipe Frame • Ramp • Trophy
Techniques		Hop • Mini-Turbo • Rocket Start • Slide • Slipstream • Spin-Turn
Miscellaneous		Castle Grounds • Driver's Points • 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

Mario Kart: Super Circuit
Drivers	Light	Peach • Toad • Yoshi
	Medium	Mario • Luigi
	Heavy	Donkey Kong • Wario • Bowser
Super Circuit tracks	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 tracks	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 • 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 • Triple Green Shells • Triple Mushrooms • Triple Red Shells • Trophy
Techniques		Drift • Hop • Mini-Turbo • Rocket Start • Spin Turn
Miscellaneous		Cheese • Finish line • Gallery • Media • Pre-release and unused content • Staff

Mario Kart: Double Dash!!
Drivers	Light	Baby Mario • Baby Luigi • Toad • Toadette • Koopa • Paratroopa • Diddy Kong • Bowser Jr.
	Medium	Mario • Luigi • Princess Peach • Princess Daisy • Yoshi • Birdo • Waluigi
	Heavy	Donkey Kong • Bowser • Wario • Petey Piranha • King Boo
Karts	Light	Goo-Goo Buggy • Rattle Buggy • Toad Kart • Toadette Kart • Koopa Dasher • Para-Wing • Barrel Train • Bullet Blaster
	Medium	Red Fire • Green Fire • Heart Coach • Bloom Coach • Turbo Yoshi • Turbo Birdo • Waluigi Racer
	Heavy	DK Jumbo • Koopa King • Wario Car • Piranha Pipes • Boo Pipes
	Any	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 • Luigi's Mansion • Nintendo GameCube • Pipe Plaza • Tilt-a-Kart
Objects	Standard items	Banana • Fake Item • Green Shell • Lightning • Mushroom • Red Shell • Shine Sprite • Spiny Shell • Star • Triple Mushrooms • Trophy
	Special items	Birdo's Egg • Bob-omb • Bowser's Shell • Chain Chomp • Giant Banana • Golden Mushroom • Green Fireball • Heart • Red Fireball • Red Shell • Triple Green Shells • Triple Red Shells • Yoshi's Egg
	Course objects	Barrel Cannon • Cannon • Car (Mushroom-shaped) • Dash Panel • Item Box • Kart • Ramp • Yoshi Cookie
Background characters and species		Baby Bowser • Boo • Donkey Kong Jr. • Hammer Bro • Helicopter Yoshi • Kamek • Lakitu • Noki • Koopa Paratroopa • Pianta • Poochy • Shy Guy • Snifit • Toad • Train • Toadsworth
Enemies and obstacles		Big Pokey • Bomb-car • Boulder • Bus • Car • Cataquack • Chain Chomp • Delfino Oak Tree • Fire Bar • Fire Chain • Freezie • Ghost • Goomba • Lava • Mechanical Bowser • Mechanical Piranha Plant • Noshi • Piranha Plant • Pit Plant • Podoboo • Pokey • Skating Shy Guy • Snowman • Table • Thwomp • Truck • Warp Pipe • Wiggler Wagon
Techniques		Double Dash • Drift • Mini-Turbo • Rocket Start • Slide Attack
Miscellaneous		All-Cup Tour • Daisy Cruiser • Finish line • Gallery • Glitches • Media • Pre-release and unused content • Sponsors • Staff

Mario Kart DS
Drivers 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 • Block Fort • Pipe Plaza
Items and objects		Banana • Blooper • Bob-omb • Boo • Bullet Bill • Cannon • Coin • Dash Panel • Emblem • Fake Item Box • Fire Chain • Green Shell • Item Box • Lava • Lightning • Mushroom • Red Shell • Shine Sprite • Spiny Shell • Super Star • Triple Bananas • Triple Green Shells • Triple Mushrooms • Triple Red Shells • Trophy
Species, enemies, and obstacles		Angry Sun • Big Bully • Bubba • Bus • Bumper • Car • Chain Chomp • Cheep Cheep • Chief Chilly • Eyerok • Firesnake • Flipper • Ghost • Goomboss • Lakitu • Monty Mole • Moo Moo • Pianta • Piranha Plant • Pokey • Pinball • Pendulum • Puddle • Rocky Wrench • Swoop • Thwomp • Truck • Venus Fire Trap • Walking Tree • Wiggler
Techniques		Drift • Hop • Mini-Turbo • Rocket Start • Slipstream • Spin Turn
Miscellaneous		Boss arenas • Finish line • Gallery • Item probability distributions • Media • Pre-release and unused content • Sponsors • Staff