Super Glider
Super Glider from Mario Kart Tour
Super Glider from Mario Kart Tour
Strong stats None
Weak stats None
Appears in Mario Kart 7, Mario Kart Arcade GP DX, Mario Kart 8, Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam (Character Card cameos) Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Mario Kart Arcade GP VR, Mario Kart Tour

The Super Glider is the default glider in all games of the Mario Kart series starting with Mario Kart 7. It does not offer any stat boosts in any way, but like all the other gliders in the series, it enables racers to go airborne after driving off a Glide Ramp. Its color scheme is determined by the character who is using it.

History

Mario Kart series

Mario Kart 7

The Super Glider made its first appearance in Mario Kart 7 as the default glider. It features the emblem of the character on each side. It does not increase nor decrease any stats. It shares its stats with the Gold Glider and Beast Glider.

Color schemes
Character Color Icon
Glider Frame
Mario Red Slate  
Luigi Green Slate  
Peach Medium Pink Slate  
Yoshi Turquoise-blue Slate  
Bowser Yellow-orange Black  
Donkey Kong Brown Black  
Toad Blue Slate  
Koopa Troopa Lime Green Slate  
Daisy Medium Orange Slate  
Wario Purple Slate  
Rosalina Aqua-green Slate  
Metal Mario Silver Dark-silver  
Shy Guy White Dark-gray  
Honey Queen Bright Lavender Gold  
Wiggler Sienna Gold  
Lakitu Sky Blue White  
Red Mii Light-red Red  
Orange Mii Light-orange Orange  
Yellow Mii Light-yellow Yellow  
Light-green Mii Light-lime Lime  
Green Mii Light-green Dark-green  
Blue Mii Light-blue Blue  
Light-blue Mii Light-azure Azure  
Pink Mii Pink Red-pink  
Purple Mii Light-purple Purple  
Brown Mii Light-brown Dark-brown  
Black Mii Grey Black  
White Mii White Light-grey  

Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

The Super Glider returns as the default glider in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. This time, it features the emblem of the character in the center of the glider, instead of on both sides. It also has a stripe in the middle of the glider. The color of the stripe varies by character. Once again, it does not increase nor decrease any stats. It shares its stats with the Wario Wing, Waddle Wing, Plane Glider, Gold Glider, and Paper Glider. Mario's Super Glider appears on the logo of the sponsor Dream Gliders. In Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, it only now shares stats with the Waddle Wing and Hylian Kite.

Color schemes
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Frame colors
Characters(s) Frame Nose Tips Stand
Most characters White Gray Yellow White
Metal Mario Metallic gray Metallic gray Dark gray Metallic gray
Pink Gold Peach Metallic pink Gold Metallic light-yellow Metallic pink
Bowser, Koopalings, White Mii/Yoshi/Shy Guy/Birdo Dark gray Dark gray Yellow Dark gray
Tanooki Mario Beige Gray Orange Beige
Cat Peach Light pink Gray Yellow Pink
Link Gold Black Black Gold
Villager (Boy) Black Gray Yellow Black
Villager (Girl) White Red Red White
Isabelle White Gray Orange-yellow White
Dry Bowser Red-orange Dark gray Dark gray Red-orange
Dry Bones Medium-dark gray Dark gray Yellow Medium-dark gray
King Boo Medium-dark gray Dark gray Red Gray

Mario Kart Tour

The Super Glider returns in Mario Kart Tour, where it serves as the starting glider. It is classified as a Normal glider despite its namesake, and retains its appearance from Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. The Super Glider offers better chances of obtaining Mushrooms from Item Boxes and increases the number of points earned for using Mushrooms. The game introduces five variants of this glider: the Droplet Glider, Le Tricolore, Piston Glider, Safety Glider, and Mushroom Glider, with the Gold Glider also serving as a variant to this glider. A pixelated counterpart called the 8-Bit Super Glider also appears in the game. It is the only available glider in several bonus challenges. The color of the Super Glider matches with the color of the Pipe Frame, which is determined by the driver. Due to the existence of a separate Gold Glider, drivers of gold Pipe Frames, excluding Gold Mario, use black Super Gliders for their karts.

Color schemes
Character(s) Color Image
                         Red  
                      Green  
                         Pink  
          Turquoise-blue  
                         Yellow  
             Orange  
                      Blue  
        Aqua-green  
                   Light-blue  
             Purple  
          Indigo  
        Magenta  
         Gray  
                  Light-gray  
                     Black  
                Brown  
     Silver  
  Pink Gold  

Super Mario Maker

The Super Glider makes a small appearance in Super Mario Maker, being seen in the jumping sprite for the Costume Mario costume Kart Mario.

Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam

The Super Glider is shown on three Character Cards in Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam. One of them is a Luigi card that shows the Mario Kart 7 artwork of him gliding, and can be used in a battle to raise a character's speed by 35% for a limited time. Another card is a Peach Card that shows a different Mario Kart 7 artwork of her gliding, and can be used to enable the character with the highest attack power to act first in a battle, also for a limited time. The last card is a Luigi + Bowser Duo Card that features the same artwork of Luigi as previously and has the same effects as the aforementioned Peach Card.

Profiles and statistics

Mario Kart 7

  • All Stats: 0

Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

  • All Stats: 0

Mario Kart Tour

Special skill   Mushroom Plus
Favorite courses
(Combo bonus ×3 and big combo-time boost)
 
SNES Mario Circuit 1
Favored courses
(Combo bonus ×2 and combo-time boost)
 
3DS Daisy Hills R
 
N64 Koopa Troopa Beach R
 
N64 Koopa Troopa Beach T
 
3DS Mario Circuit R
 
SNES Ghost Valley 1
 
3DS Toad Circuit
 
3DS Toad Circuit T
 
GCN Yoshi Circuit T
 
SNES Mario Circuit 1T
 
SNES Mario Circuit 2R**
 
SNES Vanilla Lake 1R/T
 
Wii Maple Treeway
 
GBA Battle Course 1
 
Athens Dash
 
GCN Mushroom Bridge R
 
Wii Moonview Highway

* indicates a favored course upgraded to a favorite course after reaching level 3. ** indicates a favored course upgraded to a favorite course after reaching level 6.
*** indicates a favored course upgraded to a favorite course after reaching level 8.

Gallery

Artwork

Screenshots

Color schemes

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Japanese スーパーカイト
Sūpā Kaito
Super Kite

Chinese (simplified) 超级滑翔翼
Chāojí huáxiángyì
Super Glider

Chinese (traditional) 超級滑翔翼
Chāojí huáxiángyì
Super Glider

Dutch Standaard
Standard
German Standard-Gleiter
Standard Glider
Italian Superplano
Super Glider
Korean 슈퍼글라이더
Syupeo Geulaideo
Super Glider

Portuguese (NOA) Superasa Delta
Super Hang Glider
Portuguese (NOE) Superparapente
Super Paraglider
Russian Суперпланёр
Superplanyor
Superglider

Spanish Superala
Superwing