Tire
- This article is about the tires used in the Mario Kart series. For the object in the Donkey Kong Country series, see Tire (object). For the item from Mario's Time Machine, see Tire (item).
Tires (also known as wheels and written as tyres in British English versions) are vehicle parts that appear in the Mario Kart series. In Mario Kart 7, Mario Kart 8, and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, the player can select tires to use for their vehicle, and this alters the stats of the vehicle. Additionally, stacks of tires unattached to vehicles appear as obstacles in some courses in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.
HistoryEdit
Mario Kart 7Edit
Tire customization first appears in Mario Kart 7. Which tires are selected affects the stats of the kart.
Standard
Normal
Gold Tires
Gold Wheels
Wood
Wooden
Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 DeluxeEdit
Tire customization returns in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. The stats have not changed much from the previous game. In anti-gravity, tires visibly turn on their side with a blue glow, and their speed and handling stats are altered. In addition to the new tires, every tire from Mario Kart 7 excluding Mushroom and Red Monster returns in these games. Tires also appear as minor obstacles on GBA Mario Circuit, 3DS Toad Circuit, and GCN Waluigi Stadium, where they function similarly to traffic cones.
Standard
Normal
Wood
Wooden
Blue Standard
Normal Blue
Hot Monster
Funky Monster
Gold Tires
Gold Wheels
GLA Tires
GLA Wheels
(In Mario Kart 8, exclusive to the Mercedes-Benz × Mario Kart 8 DLC)
Triforce Tires
Triforce Tyres
(In Mario Kart 8, exclusive to the The Legend of Zelda × Mario Kart 8 DLC)
Leaf Tires
Leaf Tyres
(In Mario Kart 8, exclusive to the Animal Crossing × Mario Kart 8 DLC)
Ancient Tires
Ancient Tyres
(Mario Kart 8 Deluxe only, added in version 1.6.0)
Mario Kart TourEdit
In Mario Kart Tour, tires are not customizable and have no effect on stats. However, the tires of a kart are not a part of each kart's model but instead their own models loaded for each specific kart. Additionally, every tire from Mario Kart 7 is used on at least one kart, and there is an unused StdR_Red tire in the game's files.
The name shown under each tire render in the following table is its internal file name, while the name shown on the left side is the tire's name as it was known in previous games (if linked) or otherwise conjecturally derived from its internal name (if unlinked).
| Name | Group | Tire | Kart |
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| Bicycle Tires | Bicycle |  Bicycle_Black |
  
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| Gold Bicycle Tires |  Bicycle_Gold |
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| Pink Bicycle Tires |  Bicycle_Pink |
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| Monster | Big |  Big_Black |
   
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| Black-Red Monster |  Big_BlackRed |
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| Black-Yellow Monster |  Big_BlackYellow |
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| Dark Blue-Yellow Monster |  Big_DarkBlueYellow |
 
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| Light Green-Orange Monster |  Big_LightGreenOrange |
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| Pink Monster |  Big_Pink |
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| Blue Monster | BigB |  BigB_Blue |
 
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| Icy Monster |  BigB_LightBlue |
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| Black Monster | BigR |  BigR_BlackBlack |
 
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| Gold Monster |  BigR_Gold |
 
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| Red Monster |  BigR_Red |
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| Silver Monster |  BigR_WhiteSilver |
 
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| Holiday Monster | BigRainbow |  BigRainbow_Holiday |
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| Spiky Monster | BigToge |  BigToge_Black |
 
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| Silver Spiky Monster |  BigToge_BlackSilver |
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| Brown Spiky Monster |  BigToge_Brown |
 
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| Pink-Purple Spiky Monster |  BigToge_PinkPurple |
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| Red-Pink Spiky Monster |  BigToge_RedPink |
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| Yellow Spiky Monster |  BigToge_Yellow |
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| Off-Road | Block |  Block_Black |
      
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| Black-Gold Off-Road | Block_BlackGold |
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| Green Off-Road |  Block_BlackGreenWheel |
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| Black-Purple Off-Road | Block_BlackPurple |
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| Silver Off-Road |  Block_BlackSilver |
  
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| Bronze Off-Road |  Block_Brass |
 
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| Gold Off-Road |  Block_Gold |
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| Retro Off-Road |  Block_White |
  
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| Green Retro Off-Road |  Block_WhiteGreen |
 
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| Burger Tires | Burger |  Burger_Brown |
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| Gold Burger Tires | Burger_Gold |
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| Capsule Tires |  Burger_TabBlueRed |
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| Blue-Green Capsule Tires |  Burger_TabGreenBlue |
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| Pink Capsule Tires |  Burger_TabPinkPink |
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| Green-Yellow Capsule Tires |  Burger_TabYellowGreen |
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| Black Brick Block Tires | Drum | Drum_BlockBlack |
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| Brick Block Tires |  Drum_BlockBrown |
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| Gold Brick Block Tires | Drum_BlockGold |
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| Drum Tires |  Drum_Brown |
  
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| Heart Rings | HeartRing |  HeartRing_GoldPink |
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| Silver Heart Rings | HeartRing_Silver |
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| Iron Tires | Iron |  Iron_Brown |
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| Gold Iron Tires |  Iron_Gold |
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| Gray Iron Tires |  Iron_Gray |
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| Gold Monarch Tires | KingRing | KingRing_Gold |
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| Monarch Tires | KingRing_RedGold |
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| Lime Tires | Lemon |  Lemon_Green |
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| Watermelon Tires |  Lemon_Suika |
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| Lemon Tires |  Lemon_Yellow |
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| Choco Macaron Tires | Macaron |  Macaron_Brown |
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| Chocolate Mint Macaron Tires | Macaron_BrownMint |
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| Gold Macaron Tires | Macaron_Gold |
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| Macaron Tires |  Macaron_Pink |
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| Hot Pink Macaron Tires |  Macaron_ShockingPink |
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| Magic Tires | Magical |  Magical_Blue |
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| Flame Tires |  Magical_Red |
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| Starry Galaxy Tires |  Magical_Yellow |
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| Holiday Tires | Rainbow |  Rainbow_Holiday |
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| Rainbow Tires |  Rainbow_Rainbow |
 
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| Slim (Mario Kart 7) | Ring7 |  Ring7_Black |
     
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| Black-Gold Slim (Mario Kart 7) |  Ring7_BlackGold |
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| Brown Slim (Mario Kart 7) |  Ring7_Brown |
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| Tiger Slim (Mario Kart 7) |  Ring7_BrownRed |
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| Gold Slim (Mario Kart 7) |  Ring7_Gold |
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| Party Slim (Mario Kart 7) |  Ring7_Party |
 
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| Pink Slim (Mario Kart 7) |  Ring7_Pink |
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| Grand Slim (Mario Kart 7) |  Ring7_WhiteGold |
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| Slim (Mario Kart 8) | Ring8 |  Ring8_Black |
  
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| Yellow-Green Slim (Mario Kart 8) |  Ring8_BlackYellow |
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| Metal (Mario Kart Tour) | Screw |  Screw_DarkBlue |
   
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| Gold Metal (Mario Kart Tour) | Screw_Gold |
 
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| Pink Metal (Mario Kart Tour) |  Screw_PinkYellow |
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| Blue Snorkel Tires | ScrewNormal | ScrewNormal_Blue |
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| Gold Snorkel Tires |  ScrewNormal_Gold |
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| Snorkel Tires |  ScrewNormal_Red |
  
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| Yellow Snorkel Tires | ScrewNormal_Yellow |
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| Black Cactus Mushroom | SKinoko |  SKinoko_CactusBlack |
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| Cactus Mushroom |  SKinoko_CactusRed |
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| 1UP Mushroom |  SKinoko_Green |
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| Huffin Puffin Mushroom | SKinoko_KGBlue |
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| Rainbow Mushroom | SKinoko_Kogane |
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| Orange Mushroom |  SKinoko_Orange |
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| Pink Mushroom |  SKinoko_Pink |
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| Mushroom |  SKinoko_Red |
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| Yellow-Brown Mushroom | SKinoko_YellowBrown |
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| Slick | Slick |  Slick_Black |
   
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| Green Slick |  Slick_BlackLightGreen |
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| Yellow Slick |  Slick_BlackYellow |
 
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| Speeder Slick |  Slick_BlackYellow02 |
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| Blue-Silver Slick |  Slick_BlueSilver |
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| Gold-Green Slick |  Slick_GoldGreen |
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| Gold-Silver Slick |  Slick_GoldSilver |
  
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| Pink Slick |  Slick_Pink |
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| Pink-Silver Slick |  Slick_PinkSilver |
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| Light Pink Slick |  Slick_LightPink |
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| Cyber Slick |  Slick_Purple |
  
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| Red Slick |  Slick_RedBlack |
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| Red-Gold Slick |  Slick_RedGold |
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| Flaming Slick |  Slick_RedYellow |
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| Silver-Gold Slick |  Slick_SilverGold |
 
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| Red-Spoked | SlimSpoke |  SlimSpoke_BlackRed |
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| Blue-Spoked |  SlimSpoke_BlueRed |
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| Roller (Mario Kart 7) | Small |  Small_Black |
     
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| Gold Roller (Mario Kart 7) |  Small_Gold |
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| Azure Roller (Mario Kart Tour) | SmallB |  SmallB_Blue |
 
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| Bright Roller (Mario Kart Tour) | SmallB_Easter |
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| Roller (Mario Kart 8) | SmallR |  SmallR_Red |
  
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| Sponge | Sponge |  Sponge_Orange |
        
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| Sunny Sponge |  Sponge_OrangeBlue |
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| Pink Sponge |  Sponge_Pink |
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| Purple Sponge |  Sponge_Purple |
 
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| Standard (Mario Kart 8) | Std |  Std_Black |
                    
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| Black Standard (Mario Kart 8) |  Std_BlackBlack |
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| Black-Gold Standard (Mario Kart 8) |  Std_BlackGold |
 
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| Pink Standard (Mario Kart 8) |  Std_BlackPink |
 
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| Red Standard (Mario Kart 8) |  Std_BlackRed |
       
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| Black-Silver Standard (Mario Kart 8) |  Std_BlackSilver |
 
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| White Standard (Mario Kart 8) |  Std_BlackWhite |
 
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| Blue Standard (Mario Kart 8) |  Std_BlueSilver |
  
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| Gold Tires (Mario Kart 8) |  Std_Gold |
        
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| Purple Standard (Mario Kart 8) |  Std_PurpleRed |
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| Silver Standard (Mario Kart 8) | Std_Silver |
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| White-Gray Standard (Mario Kart 8) |  Std_WhiteGray |
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| White-Green Standard (Mario Kart 8) |  Std_WhiteGreen |
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| White-Red Standard (Mario Kart 8) |  Std_WhiteRed |
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| Blue Standard (Mario Kart Tour) | StdB |  StdB_Blue |
 
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| Purple-Gold Standard (Mario Kart Tour) |  StdB_PurpleGold |
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| Snow Standard (Mario Kart Tour) |  StdB_Snow |
 
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| 8-Bit Standard | StdDot |  StdDot_Black |
 
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| Gold 8-Bit Standard | StdDot_Gold |
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| Black-Purple Standard (Mario Kart Tour) | StdM | StdM_BlackPurple |
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| Black-Yellow Standard (Mario Kart Tour) | StdM_BlackYellow |
  
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| Gold Standard (Mario Kart Tour) | StdM_Gold |
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| Pink-Green Standard (Mario Kart Tour) |  StdM_PinkGreen |
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| Light-Blue Standard (Mario Kart Tour) | StdM_WhiteLightBlue |
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| Lavender Standard (Mario Kart Tour) | StdR |  StdR_Lavender |
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| Orange Standard (Mario Kart Tour) |
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| Red Standard (Mario Kart Tour) |  StdR_Red |
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| Standard (Super Mario Kart) | StdSFC |  StdSFC_Black |
           
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| Dark Standard (Super Mario Kart) |  StdSFC_BlackBlue |
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| Gold Tires (Super Mario Kart) |  StdSFC_Gold |
       
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| Pink Gold Tires (Super Mario Kart) |  StdSFC_PinkGold |
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| Purple-Pink Standard (Super Mario Kart) |  StdSFC_PurplePink |
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| Silver Tires (Super Mario Kart) |  StdSFC_Silver |
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| Silver-Gold Standard (Super Mario Kart) | StdSFC_SilverGold |
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| Green Standard (Mario Kart Wii) | StdWii |  StdWii_BlackGreenYellow |
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| Black-Gold Standard (Mario Kart Wii) | StdWii_BlackGold |
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| Sky-Blue Standard (Mario Kart Wii) |  StdWii_BlackOrangeBlue |
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| Red Standard (Mario Kart Wii) |  StdWii_BlackRed |
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| Blue-Red Standard (Mario Kart Wii) |  StdWii_BlackRedBlue |
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| Classic Standard (Mario Kart Wii) |  StdWii_BlackRedYellow |
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| Silver Standard (Mario Kart Wii) |  StdWii_BlackSilver |
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| Standard (Mario Kart Wii) |  StdWii_BlackYellow |
 
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| White Standard (Mario Kart Wii) |  StdWii_CreamBlue |
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| Gold Tires (Mario Kart Wii) |  StdWii_Gold |
 
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| Red-White Standard (Mario Kart Wii) |  StdWii_RedWhite |
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| Red-Yellow Standard (Mario Kart Wii) |  StdWii_RedYellow |
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| White-Gold Standard (Mario Kart Wii) |  StdWii_WhiteGold |
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| Pink Standard (Mario Kart Wii) |  StdWii_WhitePink |
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| Wood (Mario Kart 7) | Wood7 |  Wood7_Brown |
 
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| Black Wood (Mario Kart 8) | Wood8 |  Wood8_BlackRed |
 
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| Wood (Mario Kart 8) |  Wood8_Brown |
     
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| Gold Wood (Mario Kart 8) |  Wood8_Gold |
 
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| Gray Wood (Mario Kart 8) |  Wood8_Gray |
  
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| Holiday Wood (Mario Kart 8) |  Wood8_Holiday |
 
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| White Wood (Mario Kart 8) |  Wood8_WhiteRed |
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| Yoshi Tires | Yoshi |  Yoshi_Black |
                
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| Dark Yoshi Tires |  Yoshi_BlackPurple |
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| Gold Yoshi Tires |  Yoshi_Gold |
  
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| Pink Yoshi Tires |  Yoshi_PinkPink |
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| Purple-Red Yoshi Tires | Yoshi_PurpleRed |
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| Blue Yoshi Tires | YoshiB |  YoshiB_Blue |
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