Banana Cup: Difference between revisions

The '''Banana Cup''' comprises four courses, each of which is taken from the nitro cups of previous ''[[Mario Kart (series)|Mario Kart]]'' games, mostly the [[Mushroom Cup]] and [[Flower Cup]], although occasionally [[Star Cup]] and [[Special Cup]] tracks are featured. The cup's symbol is a [[Banana|Banana Peel]], and the cup's tracks are slightly more difficult and/or longer when compared to those of the [[Shell Cup]]. Its length and difficulty is on par with the [[Flower Cup]]. The Banana Cup also returns in ''Mario Tennis Open'' for the [[Nintendo 3DS]]. It appears after the [[Flower Cup]] and before the [[Champions Cup]].

==Courses==

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!width="10%" |Game

!width="15%" |Course 1

!width="15%" |Course 2

!width="15%" |Course 3

!width="15%" |Course 4

!'''''[[Mario Kart DS]]'''''

|[[File:MKDS Bowser Castle 2 GBA Intro.png|112px]]<br>{{classic-link|GBA|Bowser Castle 2}}

!'''''[[Mario Kart Wii]]'''''

!'''''[[Mario Kart 7]]'''''

|[[File:KoopaTroopaBeachMK7.png|135px]]<br>{{classic-link|N64|Koopa Troopa Beach|Koopa Beach}}<br><small>Koopa Troopa Beach</small>

|[[File:MK7-SFC-MC.png|135px]]<br>{{classic-link|SNES|Mario Circuit 2}}<br><br>

|[[File:Wii Coconut Mall.png|135px]]<br>{{classic-link|Wii|Coconut Mall}}<br><br>

|[[File:MK7-DS-WP.png|135px]]<br>{{classic-link|DS|Waluigi Pinball}}<br><br>

|'''''[[Mario Kart 8]]''''' / '''''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'''''

|'''''[[Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit]]'''''

==''Mario Tennis Open''==

In ''[[Mario Tennis Open]]'', the Banana Cup is the third cup in the World Open series. It is played on the [[DK Jungle (Mario Tennis Open)|DK Jungle]] court, and matches have one set for the starting round, three sets for the semifinals, and five sets for the finals. This cup can be unlocked by beating the [[Flower Cup]], and once beaten will unlock the [[Champions Cup]]. The CPU difficulty is one step harder than that of the Flower Cup's.

==Completion rewards in the ''Mario Kart'' series==

Most unlockable characters in ''Mario Kart 8'' are unlocked at random upon winning Grand Prix cups (separate cups must be played to unlock characters), which includes the Banana Cup. Characters that can be unlocked include Rosalina, [[Metal Mario (character)|Metal Mario]], [[Lakitu]], [[Toadette]], [[Baby Rosalina]], [[Pink Gold Peach]], [[Iggy Koopa]], [[Roy Koopa]], [[Lemmy Koopa]], [[Larry Koopa]], [[Wendy O. Koopa]], [[Ludwig von Koopa]], [[Morton Koopa Jr.]], and Mii. Mii is unlocked upon the eighth Grand Prix cup victory, unless an [[amiibo]] is used to unlock Mii beforehand.

==Trading Card info==

''"The Retro Cup racing festival peels off four challenging drives with the Banana Cup. It consists of one track from N64, one from Game Boy Advance, one from DS and one from GameCube...all with somewhat challenging levels of difficulty for Grand Prix or Time Trials competition."''

MK8 Banana Cup Screenshot.jpg|''Mario Kart 8''

|Fra=Coupe Banane

|FraM=Banana Cup

|Chi=香蕉盃 (Traditional)<br>香蕉杯 (Simplified)

|ChiR=Xiāngjiāo Bēi

|ChiM=Banana Cup

*In ''Mario Kart 8'', this is the only cup in the game with all courses taking place in the daytime, and is the only Banana Cup so far to have this trait. It is also one of two cups in the game to use the same character as Staff Ghosts in two tracks of the same cup (being [[Princess Peach|Peach]] in [[GCN Dry Dry Desert|Dry Dry Desert]] and [[N64 Royal Raceway|Royal Raceway]]), the other being the [[Egg Cup]] (being [[Mario]] in [[Excitebike Arena]] and [[Mute City]]).