Artwork of the Flower Cup logo, from Mario Kart 8.
The Flower Cup logo in Mario Kart 8.

The Flower Cup is a cup in the Mario Kart series. It is represented by a Fire Flower.

This cup is slightly harder than Mushroom Cup, and typically has more dynamic and gimmicky tracks in comparison. The cup usually contains Mario Circuit as the first or second track. The Flower Cup was a starter cup in the Mario Kart series until Mario Kart 7, where it is unlocked by completing the Mushroom Cup. Completing this cup in third place or higher unlocks the Star Cup.

The Flower Cup also appears in other games, typically sports games.

List of courses

Game Course 1 Course 2 Course 3 Course 4 Course 5
Super Mario Kart  
Choco Island 1
 
Ghost Valley 2
 
Donut Plains 2
 
Bowser Castle 2
 
Mario Circuit 3
Mario Kart 64  
Toad's Turnpike
 
Frappe Snowland
 
Choco Mountain
 
Mario Raceway
N/A
Mario Kart: Super Circuit  
Mario Circuit
 
Boo Lake
 
Cheese Land
 
Bowser Castle 2
N/A
Mario Kart: Double Dash!!  
Mushroom Bridge
 
Mario Circuit
 
Daisy Cruiser
 
Waluigi Stadium
N/A
Mario Kart DS  
Desert Hills
 
Delfino Square
 
Waluigi Pinball
 
Shroom Ridge
N/A
Mario Kart Wii  
Mario Circuit
.
 
Coconut Mall
.
 
DK Summit
DK's Snowboard Cross
 
Wario's Gold Mine
.
N/A
Mario Kart 7  
Wuhu Loop
Wuhu Island Loop
 
Mario Circuit
.
 
Music Park
Melody Motorway
 
Rock Rock Mountain
Alpine Pass
N/A
Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe  
Mario Circuit
.
 
Toad Harbor
Toad Harbour
 
Twisted Mansion
.
 
Shy Guy Falls
.
N/A
Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit  
Freezie Frosts
 
Glazed Gardens
 
Piranha Paradise
N/A N/A

Completion awards in the Mario Kart series

Winning the Flower Cup in the Mario Kart series can award the player with various bonuses, depending on the game. Additional cups unlocked are excluded from this list.

Mario Kart: Double Dash!!

Mario Kart DS

  • All nitro cups (includes Flower Cup) on 50cc: Dry Bones
  • All nitro cups (includes Flower Cup) on 100cc: Three karts for each playable character
  • All nitro cups (includes Flower Cup) or all retro cups (excludes Flower Cup) on 150cc: Seven karts for each playable character
  • All cups on 150cc: 150cc Mirror class
  • All nitro cups (includes Flower Cup) or all retro cups (excludes Flower Cup) on 150cc Mirror: R.O.B.
  • All cups on 150cc Mirror: All karts for each playable character

Mario Kart Wii

  • Mushroom and Flower Cups: Star Cup
  • 1 star rank or higher on all nitro cups (includes Flower Cup) on 50cc: Baby Daisy
  • 1 star rank or higher on all nitro cups (includes Flower Cup) on 100cc: Sneakster
  • 1 star rank or higher on all nitro cups (includes Flower Cup) on 150cc: Dry Bowser
  • All cups on 150cc: 150cc Mirror class
  • 1 star rank or higher on all cups on 150cc Mirror: Rosalina

Mario Kart 7

  • All cups on a single cc class: Mii
  • 150cc Flower Cup: Wario
  • All cups on 50cc, 100cc, and 150cc: 150cc Mirror class

Mario Kart 8

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 Flower Cup. Characters that can be unlocked include Rosalina, 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.

In addition, the Gold Standard body can be unlocked by getting a 1 star rank or higher on all non-DLC cups (including the Flower Cup) on any one engine class, and the 150cc Mirror class can be unlocked by winning all 150cc cups.

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

  • 1 star rank or higher on all cups on 150cc Mirror: Gold Standard
  • All cups on 200cc: Gold Mario

Other appearances

 
The Flower Cup in Mario Tennis Aces

The cup appears also in sports-themed Mario games like Super Mario Strikers and Mario Superstar Baseball. In Super Mario Strikers, the Flower Cup has six teams, five rounds, and uses the table system. When the player finishes in the top three, the Crater Field and the Star Cup are unlocked. A similar cup is the Super Flower Cup. The Flower Cup is also one of three playable tournaments in Mario Sports Mix.

In Mario Tennis Open, the Flower Cup is the second in the World Open tournament. It is played on the Wario Dunes court, and matches in this cup have one set for the starting round, and three sets each for the semi-finals and finals. The CPU difficulty is a little bit harder, and to unlock this cup, the Mushroom Cup must be beaten.

The Flower Cup is also the second cup in the COM Tournament mode of Mario Tennis Aces.

Trading Card info

"Talk about a diverse set of tracks; the tracks that make up the Flower Cup must be located at the four corners of the Mushroom Kingdom! The layouts are great for developing your skills and the surroundings will keep you interested while you look for ways to reduce your lap times."

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Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Japanese フラワーカップ
Furawā Kappu
Flower Cup

Chinese 花朵盃 (Traditional)
Huāduǒ Bēi
鲜花杯 (Simplified)
Xiānhuā Bēi

Flower Cup

Dutch Bloemenbeker
Flower Cup
German Blumen-Cup
Flower Cup
Italian Trofeo Fiore
Flower Trophy
Korean 플라워 컵
Peullawo Keop
Flower Cup

Portuguese (NOA) Copa Flor
Flower Cup
Portuguese (NOE) Taça Flor
Flower Cup
Russian Кубок цветка
Kubok tsvetka
Flower Cup

Spanish Copa Flor
Flower Cup