Editing Canal

[[File:MKT Amsterdam Drift 2 boat.jpg|thumb|right|A boat in the canal in ''Mario Kart Tour'']]
{{quote|65 glass-topped boats make touring Amsterdam's many canals comfy, even in bad weather. The boat tours follow the canals through the city out to the Amstel River and around the famous harbor. The canal tours are especially beautiful at night when Amsterdam's famous floating houses are lit up. There are 600 separate canals running throughout the city.|'''Pamphlet'''|Mario is Missing! (PC)}}
A '''canal''' is an artificial waterway created to be traversed by water vehicles. The canals of [[Amsterdam]] make two appearances in the ''[[Super Mario (franchise)|Super Mario]]'' franchise.
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==History==
===''Mario is Missing!''===
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A Canal first appears in the PC versions of ''[[Mario is Missing! (PC)|Mario is Missing!]]''. A [[Koopa Troopa]] steals the [[Canal Boat steering wheel|steering wheel of a boat from the canal]], which forces the canal to close. Before he leaves Amsterdam, [[Luigi]] must recover the steering wheel.

To prove the wheel's authenticity, Luigi must answer the following questions:
*''Amsterdam is called the "Venice of the North" because'':
** '''it has so many canals'''
** it looks like Italy
** it has 600 pasta restaurants
** department store
*''The very first Amsterdam canal was called:''
** '''Herengracht'''
** Jazzplatten
** Hagandas
** Joddenbreestraat
*''How many canal boats travel how many canals:''
** 1.5 boats in 1 canal
** 600 boats in 65 canals
** '''65 boats in 600 canals'''
** 665 boats in 56 canals

===''Mario Kart'' series===
[[File:MKT AmsterdamCanal.png|thumb|right|The bottom of the canal in ''Mario Kart Tour'']]
Much later, Amsterdam and its canals would reappear in the ''[[Mario Kart (series)|Mario Kart]]'' series in the course [[Tour Amsterdam Drift|Amsterdam Drift]], first appearing in ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]''. In the course's second and third routes, racers [[Underwater driving|drive underwater]] in the canals. Amsterdam Drift 2 in particular allows racers to use vertical [[Current|air currents]] from vents in the waterway to jump out of the canal and land on boats on its surface.

Amsterdam Drift also appears in ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'' as part of its [[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass|Booster Course Pass]]. In this game's version of Amsterdam Drift, which shifts its route every lap, the canals are only driven in on the second lap.

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