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The tracks (or courses) are the locations in Mario Kart on which races are held. Many have been revamped or featured in Retro cups.

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Original cups

Mushroom Cup

Mushroom Cup is the easiest Grand Prix with the easiest tracks to complete. It is the first cup in every game. It always starts with a circuit, often Luigi Circuit.

Super 64 Super Circuit Double Dash!! DS Wii 7
Mario Circuit 1 Luigi Raceway Peach Circuit Luigi Circuit Figure-8 Circuit Luigi Circuit Toad Circuit
Donut Plains 1 Moo Moo Farm Shy Guy Beach Peach Beach Yoshi Falls Moo Moo Meadows Daisy Hills
Ghost Valley 1 Koopa Troopa Beach
Koopa Beach
Riverside Park Baby Park Cheep Cheep Beach Mushroom Gorge Cheep Cheep Lagoon
Cheep Cheep Cape
Bowser Castle 1 Kalimari Desert Bowser Castle 1 Dry Dry Desert Luigi's Mansion Toad's Factory Shy Guy Bazaar
Mario Circuit 2 N/A

Flower Cup

The Flower Cup is the second cup in every Mario Kart game. The courses are a little more difficult than those of the Mushroom Cup. All games feature a Mario track in this cup except for Mario Kart DS.

Super 64 Super Circuit Double Dash!! DS Wii 7
Choco Island 1 Toad's Turnpike Mario Circuit Mushroom Bridge Desert Hills Mario Circuit Wuhu Loop
Wuhu Island Loop
Ghost Valley 2 Frappe Snowland Boo Lake Mario Circuit Delfino Square Coconut Mall Mario Circuit
Donut Plains 2 Choco Mountain Cheese Land Daisy Cruiser Waluigi Pinball

DK Summit DK's Snowboard Cross

Music Park
Melody Motorway
Bowser Castle 2 Mario Raceway Bowser Castle 2 Waluigi Stadium Shroom Ridge Wario's Gold Mine

Rock Rock Mountain
Alpine Pass

Mario Circuit 3 N/A

Lightning Cup

The Lightning Cup is only used as an original cup in Mario Kart: Super Circuit. It is the third cup out of five in the game. It includes four tracks:

Star Cup

The Star Cup is the second to last cup in all Mario Kart games. It contains fairly difficult tracks for experienced racers.

Super 64 Super Circuit Double Dash!! DS Wii 7
Koopa Beach 1 Wario Stadium Snow Land Sherbet Land DK Pass Daisy Circuit Piranha Plant Pipeway
Piranha Plant Slide
Choco Island 2 Sherbet Land Ribbon Road Mushroom City Tick Tock Clock Koopa Cape Wario's Galleon
Wario Shipyard
Vanilla Lake 1 Royal Raceway Yoshi Desert Yoshi Circuit Mario Circuit Maple Treeway Koopa City
Neo Bowser City
Bowser Castle 3 Bowser's Castle Bowser Castle 3 DK Mountain Airship Fortress Grumble Volcano Wuhu Mountain Loop
Maka Wuhu
Mario Circuit 4 N/A

Special Cup

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Special Cup in Mario Kart 64
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The Special Cup is the last and most difficult cup in all Mario Kart games. In all but the first two games, the second to last course is Bowser's Castle. In all games, the final track is Rainbow Road.

Mario Kart 64 is the only game in the series in which the Special Cup is unlocked at the start of the game.

Super 64 Super Circuit Double Dash!! DS Wii 7
Donut Plains 3 DK's Jungle Parkway Lakeside Park Wario Colosseum Wario Stadium Dry Dry Ruins DK Jungle
Koopa Beach 2 Yoshi Valley Broken Pier Dino Dino Jungle Peach Gardens Moonview Highway Rosalina's Ice World
Ghost Valley 3 Banshee Boardwalk Bowser Castle 4 Bowser's Castle
Vanilla Lake 2 Rainbow Road
Rainbow Road N/A

Original battles

Super 64 Super Circuit Double Dash!! DS Wii 7
Battle Course 1 Big Donut Battle Course 1 Cookie Land Nintendo DS Block Plaza Honeybee House
Honeybee Hive
Battle Course 2 Block Fort Battle Course 2 Block City Twilight House Delfino Pier Sherbet Rink
Battle Course 3 Double Deck Battle Course 3 Nintendo GameCube Palm Shore Funky Stadium Wuhu Town
Battle Course 4 Skyscraper Battle Course 4 Pipe Plaza Tart Top Chain Chomp Roulette
Chain Chomp Wheel
N/A
N/A Luigi's Mansion N/A Thwomp Desert N/A
N/A Tilt-a-Kart N/A

Retro cups

Games from DS onwards feature four Retro cups and a Retro section in Battle mode. Retro courses and arenas are recreations of those found in older games. Colored squares indicate the original game for each course and arena in this section. Note that the Lightning Cup was first and only used as an original cup for Super Circuit.

The structure for the tracks used in each Retro cup, based on the originating game, is as follows:

  • DS: As the fifth instalment in the Mario Kart series, each retro cup in this game features tracks from the four previous titles in chronological order: Super, 64, Super Circuit and Double Dash!! Retro battle courses, however, are limited to one stage from 64 and another from Double Dash!!
  • Wii: Each retro cup features one track from 64, another from Double Dash!! and another from DS. The Shell Cup and Lightning Cup each feature a track from Super, while the Banana Cup and Leaf Cup each feature a track from Super Circuit. Contrary to the DS retro cups, the track order for each Wii retro cup varies instead of being in chronological order. For battle stages, one from each of the five previous games is available.
  • 7: Each Retro cup features one track from 64, one track from DS and another from Wii, although the Lightning Cup features no 64 track. The only Super Circuit retro track appears in the Shell Cup. The Banana Cup and Lightning Cup each feature a Super track. Finally, the Leaf Cup and Lightning Cup each feature a Double Dash!! track. Cups with a 64 track always start with that track. The order varies for the other tracks. Battle stages are from Super Circuit, 64 and DS respectively.

Shell Cup

All tracks in the Shell Cup originated in the Mushroom Cup, with the exception of Ghost Valley 2 and Mario Raceway which originated from the Flower Cup.

DS Wii 7
 SNESMario Circuit 1  GCN Peach Beach  N64Luigi Raceway
 N64Moo Moo Farm  DSYoshi Falls  GBA Bowser Castle 1
 GBAPeach Circuit  SNESGhost Valley 2  Wii Mushroom Gorge
 GCNLuigi Circuit  N64Mario Raceway  DS Luigi's Mansion

Banana Cup

Most tracks in the Banana Cup debuted in the Flower Cup. Many, however, originated in the Mushroom Cup: the first track in DS and 7, the second track in Wii and 7, and the last track in DS. The only track to debut in the Star Cup is Sherbet Land's reappearance on Wii.

DS Wii 7
 SNESDonut Plains 1  N64Sherbet Land  N64Koopa Troopa Beach
 N64 Frappe Snowland  GBAShy Guy Beach  SNESMario Circuit 2
 GBA Bowser Castle 2  DSDelfino Square  WiiCoconut Mall
 GCN Baby Park  GCNWaluigi Stadium  DSWaluigi Pinball

Leaf Cup

DS Wii 7
 SNESKoopa Beach 2  DSDesert Hills  N64Kalimari Desert
 N64Choco Mountain  GBABowser Castle 3  DSDK Pass
 GBALuigi Circuit  N64DK's Jungle Parkway  GCNDaisy Cruiser
 GCNMushroom Bridge  GCN Mario Circuit  WiiMaple Treeway

Lightning Cup

From DS onwards, the Lightning Cup is used as a retro cup. The majority of tracks were originally featured in the Star Cup. However, the second track in every game so far and the last in 7 originate from the Special Cup. Also, the first track for Wii is Mario Circuit 3, which was originally found in the Flower Cup. Lastly, the third track in DS is Sky Garden, which was initially in Super Circuit's Lightning Cup.

DS Wii 7
 SNESChoco Island 2  SNES Mario Circuit 3  WiiKoopa Cape
 N64Banshee Boardwalk  DSPeach Gardens  GCNDino Dino Jungle
 GBASky Garden  GCNDK Mountain  DSAirship Fortress
 GCNYoshi Circuit  N64Bowser's Castle  SNES Rainbow Road

Retro battles

DS Wii 7
 N64 Block Fort  SNES Battle Course 4  GBA Battle Course 1
 GCN Pipe Plaza  GBA Battle Course 3  N64 Big Donut
N/A  N64 Skyscraper  DS Palm Shore
N/A  GCN Cookie Land N/A
N/A  DS Twilight House N/A
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