A new course[1][2][3] is a course in the Mario Kart series that is new to the series and has never appeared before. New courses appear in the Mushroom Cup, Flower Cup, Star Cup, and Special Cup (and in Mario Kart: Super Circuit, Lightning Cup), with each cup containing four new courses (five in Super Mario Kart). They often take the name of the game they were derived from: in Mario Kart: Super Circuit, the original tracks are called Super Circuit Tracks to distinguish them from the tracks originating from Super Mario Kart, called Extra Tracks. In Mario Kart DS, the new courses are known as Nitro Courses from the project codename for the Nintendo DS, Project Nitro. In Mario Kart Wii, the new courses are known as Wii Courses. Most of them have reappeared in later Mario Kart games as classic courses. Starting with the DLC cups in Mario Kart 8, new courses can appear in the same cup as classic courses.

In all the console games, at least one Mario Circuit, Bowser's Castle, Rainbow Road, beach- or water-themed course, and ice- or snow-themed course have appeared as new courses. While Mario Kart Tour does have all of these except a beach- or water-themed course, its Mario Circuit, Bowser's Castle, and Rainbow Road have only been in the form of remix courses.

Race courses

New race courses by game

Super Mario Kart

Cup Course 1 Course 2 Course 3 Course 4 Course 5
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

Mario Kart 64

Cup Course 1 Course 2 Course 3 Course 4
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  
DK's Jungle Parkway
 
Yoshi Valley
 
Banshee Boardwalk
 
Rainbow Road

Mario Kart: Super Circuit

Cup Course 1 Course 2 Course 3 Course 4
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

Mario Kart: Double Dash!!

Cup Course 1 Course 2 Course 3 Course 4
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

Mario Kart DS

Cup Course 1 Course 2 Course 3 Course 4
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

Mario Kart Wii

Cup Course 1 Course 2 Course 3 Course 4
Mushroom Cup  
Luigi Circuit
 
Moo Moo Meadows
 
Mushroom Gorge
 
Toad's Factory
Flower Cup  
Mario Circuit
 
Coconut Mall
 
DK Summit
DK's Snowboard Cross
 
Wario's Gold Mine
Star Cup  
Daisy Circuit
 
Koopa Cape
 
Maple Treeway
 
Grumble Volcano
Special Cup  
Dry Dry Ruins
 
Moonview Highway
 
Bowser's Castle
 
Rainbow Road

Mario Kart 7

Cup Course 1 Course 2 Course 3 Course 4
Mushroom Cup  
Toad Circuit
 
Daisy Hills
 
Cheep Cheep Lagoon
Cheep Cheep Cape
 
Shy Guy Bazaar
Flower Cup  
Wuhu Loop
Wuhu Island Loop
 
Mario Circuit
 
Music Park
Melody Motorway
 
Rock Rock Mountain
Alpine Pass
Star Cup  
Piranha Plant Slide
Piranha Plant Pipeway
 
Wario Shipyard
Wario's Galleon
 
Neo Bowser City
Koopa City
 
Maka Wuhu
Wuhu Mountain Loop
Special Cup  
DK Jungle
 
Rosalina's Ice World
 
Bowser's Castle
 
Rainbow Road

Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

Cup Course 1 Course 2 Course 3 Course 4
Mushroom Cup  
Mario Kart Stadium
 
Water Park
 
Sweet Sweet Canyon
 
Thwomp Ruins
Flower Cup  
Mario Circuit
 
Toad Harbor
Toad Harbour
 
Twisted Mansion
 
Shy Guy Falls
Star Cup  
Sunshine Airport
 
Dolphin Shoals
 
Electrodrome
 
Mount Wario
Special Cup  
Cloudtop Cruise
 
Bone-Dry Dunes
Bone Dry Dunes
 
Bowser's Castle
 
Rainbow Road
DLC courses
Cup Course 2 Course 3 Course 4
Egg Cup  
Excitebike Arena
 
Dragon Driftway
 
Mute City
Triforce Cup  
Ice Ice Outpost
 
Hyrule Circuit
Crossing Cup  
Wild Woods
 
Animal Crossing
Bell Cup  
Super Bell Subway
 
Big Blue
Booster Course Pass courses
Cup Course 4
Propeller Cup  
Sky-High Sundae

Mario Kart Tour

A subset of Mario Kart Tour's new courses are referred to as city courses and are specifically set in real life cities. These courses typically appear in tours themed after their pertinent city, such as London Loop in the London Tour. There are up to four different layouts of city courses, with the fourth layout typically being a 1-lap circuit that incorporates most of the routes of the three previous layouts.

Despite Sky-High Sundae appearing in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe as part of the Booster Course Pass first, Mario Kart Tour also treats it as a new course instead of a classic course.

Since the content of each cup changes periodically in Mario Kart Tour, courses below are simply listed in the order in which they were introduced to the game.

Battle courses

New battle courses by game

Super Mario Kart

Mario Kart 64

Mario Kart: Super Circuit

Mario Kart: Double Dash!!

Mario Kart DS

Mario Kart Wii

Mario Kart 7

Mario Kart 8

Unlike other games in the series, Mario Kart 8 has no courses unique to Battle Mode. Instead, eight of the game's original 32 race courses (two new, six classic) are modified and used as battle courses.

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

Platform codes

Since Mario Kart 7, every course in the console Mario Kart games and in Mario Kart Tour features a specific platform code prepended to its internal name, indicating the platform on which the game each course debuted in was released. These are similar to, but distinct from, the prefixes used by classic courses to indicate their origin.

Platform code Classic course prefix counterpart Platform Game
sfc SNES Super Nintendo Entertainment System Super Mario Kart
n64 N64 Nintendo 64 Mario Kart 64
agb GBA Game Boy Advance Mario Kart: Super Circuit
gc GCN Nintendo GameCube Mario Kart: Double Dash!!
ds DS Nintendo DS Mario Kart DS
wii Wii Wii Mario Kart Wii
3ds 3DS Nintendo 3DS Mario Kart 7
u N/A Wii U Mario Kart 8
mob Tour (city courses)
N/A (other courses)
Mobile devices Mario Kart Tour
nsw N/A Nintendo Switch Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
(first used in the battle courses)

Gallery

Cup emblems

Mushroom Cup

Flower Cup

Lightning Cup

Star Cup

Special Cup

Cup trophies

Mushroom Cup

Flower Cup

Star Cup

Special Cup

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Italian Trofei Nitro
Nitro Cups

Super Circuit Tracks

Language Name Meaning
Japanese GBAコース
GBA kōsu
GBA Course

Trivia

References

  1. ^ Musa, Alexander (May 30, 2014). Mario Kart 8 PRIMA Official Game Guide. The section about the new courses on page 44 is known as "THE NEW TRACKS".
  2. ^ new internal name of the folder containing the data about the newly introduced courses in Mario Kart Tour
  3. ^ Official European page for Mario Kart 7
  4. ^ From the iQue localization prototype.