Custom Mario Kart 8 Versus Mode Cups Discussion

With the official début of the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Booster Course Pass yesterday (as of the timing of this post), it’s time for yet another shake-up of my custom “just for fun” Cups.

But before we delve into that, a quick recap of each set of custom cups I’ve used over the years, starting with the original version of Mario Kart 8 released for Wii U back in 2014:

Mario Kart 8
Mode-7 Cup
SNES Donut Plains 3
3DS Music Park
3DS Piranha Plant Slide
3DS DK Jungle

Ultra Cup
N64 Toad’s Turnpike
N64 Royal Raceway
N64 Yoshi Valley
N64 Rainbow Road

Advance Cup
GBA Mario Circuit
DS Cheep Cheep Beach
DS Tick-Tock Clock
DS Wario Stadium

Dolphin Cup
GCN Dry Dry Desert
Wii Moo Moo Meadows
GCN Sherbet Land
Wii Grumble Volcano


Then came the expansions, which led to a whole shake-up of these cups, while adding in another bunch:

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Mode-7 Cup
Excitebike Arena
SNES Donut Plains 3
SNES Rainbow Road
Mute City

Ultra Cup (same)
N64 Toad’s Turnpike
N64 Royal Raceway
N64 Yoshi Valley
N64 Rainbow Road

Advance Cup
GBA Mario Circuit
GBA Cheese Land
GBA Ribbon Road
Hyrule Circuit

Dolphin Cup
GCN Baby Park
GCN Dry Dry Desert
GCN Sherbet Land
GCN Yoshi Circuit

Global Cup
DS Cheep Cheep Beach
DS Tick-Tock Clock
DS Wario Stadium
Animal Crossing

Revolution Cup
Wii Moo Moo Meadows
Wii Wario’s Gold Mine
Wii Grumble Volcano
Big Blue

Wuhu Cup
3DS Music Park
3DS Piranha Plant Slide
3DS Neo Bowser City
3DS DK Jungle

U Cup
Dragon Driftway
Ice Ice Outpost
Wild Woods
Super Bell Subway


I also came up with three extra custom cups that only use one subset of DLC courses (as with the U Cup, which only has every newly introduced course):

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (BONUS)
Rainbow Cup
GCN Baby Park
Excitebike Arena
GCN Yoshi Circuit
SNES Rainbow Road

Garlic Cup
GBA Cheese Land
Wii Wario’s Gold Mine
GBA Ribbon Road
3DS Neo Bowser City

Nintendo Cup
Mute City
Hyrule Circuit
Animal Crossing
Big Blue


Oh, and a “Cup” with all four seasonal variants of Animal Crossing in order:

Forest Cup
Animal Crossing (Spring)
Animal Crossing (Summer)
Animal Crossing (Autumn)
Animal Crossing (Winter)


And now, with the Booster Course Pass, it’s time to refresh some of these Cups all over again. Stay tuned!

Aight, it’s time for my newly restructured custom Cups as of Wave 1 in the Booster Course Pass!

Mode-7 Cup
Tour Paris Promenade
SNES Donut Plains 3
Tour Tokyo Blur
SNES Rainbow Road

Ultra Cup
N64 Choco Mountain
N64 Royal Raceway
N64 Yoshi Valley
N64 Rainbow Road

Advance Cup
GBA Mario Circuit
GBA Cheese Land
GBA Sky Garden
GBA Ribbon Road

Dolphin Cup (Same)
GCN Baby Park
GCN Dry Dry Desert
GCN Sherbet Land
GCN Yoshi Circuit

Global Cup
DS Cheep-Cheep Beach
DS Shroom Ridge
DS Tick-Tock Clock
DS Wario Stadium

Revolution Cup
Wii Moo Moo Meadows
Wii Coconut Mall
Wii Wario’s Gold Mine
Wii Grumble Volcano

Wuhu Cup
3DS Toad Circuit
3DS Melody Motorway
3DS Piranha Plant Pipeway
3DS DK Jungle

Octo Cup
Dragon Driftway
Ice Ice Outpost
Wild Woods
Ninja Hideaway

Nintendo Cup
Excitebike Arena
Hyrule Circuit
Animal Crossing
Big Blue

Metro Cup (Wave 1 Special)
N64 Toad’s Turnpike
Super Bell Subway
3DS Koopa City
Mute City

I hope you like these custom Cup ideas. Be sure to try them out if you like.

In fact, it’s easy to craft your own unique playable Cups anytime in Versus mode; simply set the number of races to “4,” choose a set of four Courses that fit your creative idea, and play them one after another. There’s even a mini-victory screen showing the final scores of all racers, and a trophy unique to this mode!