Editing Cloudtop Cruise

{{about|the race course that appears in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe|the race course from Mario Kart: Super Circuit with the same Japanese name|[[GBA Sky Garden]]}}

{{racecourse

|image=[[File:MK8-Course-CloudtopCruise.png|270px]]

|appearances=''[[Mario Kart 8]]'' ([[List of games by date#2014|2014]])<br>''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'' ([[List of games by date#2017|2017]])

|ghost=2:26.347 by Nin★Maria (''8'') (as [[Baby Rosalina]])<br>2:19.568 by Nin★Maria (''8 Deluxe'') (as [[Baby Rosalina]]) (150cc)<br>1:44.120 by Nin★Giulia (''8 Deluxe'') (as [[Bowser Jr.]]) (200cc)

|wifi=Available ([[Wii U]], [[Nintendo Switch|Switch]])

|music=Mahito Yokota (''Super Mario Galaxy'' themes)<br>Atsuko Asahi (composition/arrangement)[[File:MK8-Music-CloudtopCruise.oga]]

|based=[[Beanstalk]] / [[Airship]]

'''Cloudtop Cruise''' is the first course of the [[Special Cup]] of ''[[Mario Kart 8]]'' and ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]''. This course mainly takes place on clouds, a giant beanstalk (similar to [[GBA Sky Garden|Sky Garden]]), and on an airship (like [[DS Airship Fortress|Airship Fortress]]). Several of Bowser's airships are seen flying in the background.

[[File:MK8 Cloudtop Cruise Starting Line.png|thumb|250px|left|The course as seen from the starting line.]]

The race starts on a giant beanstalk. Shortly after there is a ramp with some [[Item Box]]es on it, and there is a Bowser Balloon that characters can bounce on, similar to the mushrooms in [[Wii Mushroom Gorge|Mushroom Gorge]] from ''[[Mario Kart Wii]]''. The racers will then continue racing on a cloud. Later, they come onto an airship, where the player encounters two paths, both of which meet up right before a cannon, which launches the player to a anti-gravity metal track inside a storm cloud. On the track, there are many [[Dash Panel]]s, but once in a while, lightning will strike them, which the racers have to avoid or else they will get knocked out. This section then ends to start a gliding section, which touches down on a giant stone [[? Block]], a reference to how Beanstalks grow out of ? Blocks in ''[[Mario (franchise)|Mario]]'' games. There is just one more right turn before the finish line.{{br|left}}

===Shortcuts===

*Near the end of the lap, players can jump off two big leaves, cutting off the final corner.

 

The staff ghost for this course uses [[Baby Rosalina]] in the [[Biddybuggy]]. The times to beat are 2:26.347 in ''Mario Kart 8'' and 2:19.568 in ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe''. In ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe'' 200cc, the staff ghost is [[Bowser Jr.]] with a time of 1:44.120.

Like several other courses, the music for this course has two different variations: the first variation is orchestral and plays when the players drive on the cloud and beanstalk sections, while the second variation is a rock arrangement that plays when reaching the thundercloud section. The ending portion of both variations uses parts of [[Sky Station Galaxy]] and [[Gusty Garden Galaxy]]'s music from the ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' [[Super Mario Galaxy 2|games]]. The course's music also reappears as a new arrangement, which combines the two variations, in ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Wii U]]'' on the [[Mario Circuit (Super Smash Bros. for Wii U)|Mario Circuit]] stage and ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' on any ''[[Mario Kart (series)|Mario Kart]]'' stage.

|SpaM=Celestial Road

|FraA=Dans les nuages

|FraAM=In the Clouds

|FraE=Voie céleste

|FraEM=Celestial Way

|Chi=空中花園 (Traditional)<br>空中花园 (Simplified)

|ChiR=Kōngzhōng Huāyuán

|ChiM=Sky Garden}}

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