Editing DS Shroom Ridge

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'''Shroom Ridge''' is the fourth and last race course of the [[Flower Cup]] in ''[[Mario Kart DS]]''. The course takes place on a public road with traffic and runs on a mountain ridge, hence the name. For about half of the course, the right hand side has no railing and is a sheer drop. Shroom Ridge is the first traffic course to have [[Car (obstacle)|cars]] moving in opposite directions, as opposed to the same direction as in all previous road tracks. The hills and trees in the background resemble those of [[Giant Land]] in the ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'' version of ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]''. A very brief portion of this course's music is taken from the game's main theme, which is also featured in [[Figure-8 Circuit]] and [[DS Mario Circuit|Mario Circuit]].

Shroom Ridge reappears in ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass]]'' as the second course of the [[Lucky Cat Cup]], and in ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'' starting with the [[Doctor Tour (2023)|2023 Doctor Tour]].

==''Mario Kart DS''==

[[File:MKDS Shroom Ridge Course Icon.png|250px|thumb|The course's icon in ''Mario Kart DS'']]

The race starts on a part of the road near the cliff. Players go straight to encounter the first corner that turns to the left. The road becomes slightly wider and the racers leave the ridge going in between two hills. The road makes another abrupt turn to the right crossing the hills and then turns to the left. The road passes through an expansive meadow with trees in the background behind one of the hills of the road that leads the racers uphill in a S turn that ends inside a tunnel traversing a hill bordering on the road. Racers go through the tunnel to make a slight turn to the left. The tunnel ends leading the racers again to the ridge. During the turn, the road tilts slightly downhill and then makes an S turn to the right. Racers must take now another turn to the left and lastly another to the right. The road ends in a straight line towards the finish line to complete the lap. Traffic drives on the left side of the road, as done in real life in various countries such as Japan, India, the United Kingdom, and Australia. In Mirror Mode, however, they take the right side of the road, as done in the Continental Americas or Mainland Europe.  

This version of the course has 13 vehicles.

*'''Left lane:''' Yellow car, truck, bus, red car, truck, yellow car, bus, blue car

*'''Right lane:''' Red car, truck, blue car, bus, truck

===Missions===

There are two [[Mario Kart DS#Missions|missions]] that take place on Shroom Ridge:

*'''Mission 3-7''': The player controls [[Donkey Kong]], who must perform 10 [[Drift|power-slide]] [[Mini-Turbo|mini-turbos]] before completing one lap and before 70 seconds has passed.

*'''Mission 4-3''': The player controls [[Mario]], who must beat the [[Car (obstacle)|red car]] in a single-lap race. This car is much faster than normal and drives erratically. Along the way, each [[Item Box]] contains [[Triple Mushrooms]].

==''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe''==

[[File:MK8-Course-DS ShroomRidge.jpg|thumb|250px|left|{{classic|DS|Shroom Ridge}} in ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe'']]

Shroom Ridge makes its classic course debut in ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'' as part of the first wave of the ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass|Booster Course Pass]]''. It appears as the second course of the [[Lucky Cat Cup]]. Excluding courses from ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'', this is the only course in the first wave that had never appeared outside of its debut game before, and is one of two [[classic course]]s to make their classic course debuts in the Booster Course Pass, the other being {{classic link|GBA|Snow Land}}. Out of all the courses that debuted in the Booster Course Pass before ''Mario Kart Tour'', Shroom Ridge is the course with the longest period of time between the two appearances, with the course debuting in ''Tour'' in the [[Doctor Tour (2023)|2023 Doctor Tour]] almost a year after it appeared in ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe''.

The course has received many visual improvements. There is now fog over the woodland below, a lake is added in the background, most of the trees before the tunnel have been removed, making this part more open, and the vehicles have been replaced by the ones found in {{classic link|N64|Toad's Turnpike}} (with the exception of the [[dash panel ramp truck]]). The vehicles also now all move in the same direction as players. The signpost over the finish line now has the modern ''Mario Kart'' logo. Guardrails have been added in spots along the final stretch of the track, though they do not cover the entire length of the cliffside. [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshis]] and [[Toad (species)|Toads]] also appear as spectators on this course. Additionally, two shortcuts were added. For the first, a [[Glide Ramp|glide ramp]] was added in the large patch of grass before the tunnel, accessible via a [[Dash Mushroom|Mushroom]]. In addition, a fan that blows out [[wind]] was added over the edge of the S-turn, allowing racers to skip it with a Mushroom.<ref>{{cite|language=en|timestamp=13:11|url=youtu.be/Kj_DLjg6fkE?t=791|author=GameXplain|title=Full Race on All 8 NEW DLC ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe'' Booster Pass DLC Courses! (Golden Dash & Lucky Cat)|publisher=YouTube|date=March 17, 2022|accessdate=July 30, 2024}}</ref> The minimap was turned around 60 degrees counterclockwise compared to the equivalent in ''Mario Kart DS''; this course is one of three in the Booster Course Pass to not have its minimap rotated so that drivers start facing straight up on it, the other two being {{classic link|Wii|DK Summit}} and {{classic link|DS|Mario Circuit}} from Wave 4. Shroom Ridge is also one of two tracks in the game to not have Double Item Boxes, the other being {{classic link|GCN|Baby Park}}.  

On the American official webpage for the Booster Course Pass, Shroom Ridge was erroneously listed as a [[Mario Kart 7|3DS]] course rather than a DS course.<ref>{{cite|language=en-us|deadlink=y|archive=web.archive.org/web/20220209231046/https://mariokart8.nintendo.com/booster-course-pass/|title=Mario Kart 8 Deluxe — Booster Course Pass for the Nintendo Switch™ system — Official Site|publisher=Nintendo.com|accessdate=February 9, 2022}}</ref> This was later corrected. Additionally, the [[Car (obstacle)|car]] in the course icon is driving backwards, making this the second course icon with this oddity, after {{classic link|GCN|Mushroom Bridge}} in ''[[Mario Kart DS]]''. It is also driving in the middle of the road. Another error is found on the Nintendo Switch's newsfeed in the United Kingdom, where an article describes the course as having two-way traffic. Lastly, all footage of Shroom Ridge used in trailers and other media displays a different set of traffic than is used in-game, suggesting that the traffic was changed very late in development; the reason for its change is unknown.

 

As with all other courses from Wave 1, this course's icon and lighting were adjusted slightly in the 2.1.0 update.

This version of the course has 15 vehicles.

*'''Left lane:''' Car, car, car, car, surfboard truck, car

*'''Right lane:''' Car, car, truck, truck, car, [[List of sponsors debuting in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe#Galaxy Air|Galaxy Air]] bus, car, truck, surfboard truck

All three cargo trucks use a [[List of sponsors debuting in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe#Propeller Toad Transport|Propeller Toad Transport]] design while cars can randomly appear as red cars, black cars, or as [[List of sponsors debuting in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe#Green Shell Taxi|Green Shell Taxis]].

 

The course also appears as '''Shroom Ridge R''' (reversed), '''Shroom Ridge T''' (with ramps), and '''Shroom Ridge R/T''' (reversed with ramps). In the R variant, there are two glide ramps on the main road which lower to the ground whenever vehicles approach them. In the T and R/T variants, moving traffic is removed. In the T variant, there are instead many [[Wiggler]]s roaming the course as obstacles. In the R/T variant, racers drive across several [[Mushroom Platform|mushroom platforms]] and [[Mushroom Trampoline|mushroom trampolines]], including a blue one.

===Course traffic patterns===

 

 

===Top-tier and middle-tier items===

 

 

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===''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe'' / ''Mario Kart Tour''===

|EngA=This course first appeared in the Mario Kart DS game.<br>Many buses and cars drive on this mountain ridge. (Where are they all going, I wonder?!)<br>You'll flip over if you bump into any cars, so be sure to dodge them.

MKT Icon ShroomRidgeRTDS ToadetteSailor.png|The course icon of the R/T variant

|Kor2=버섯 리지웨이

|Kor2N=''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe'' versions from 2.0.0 to 2.3.0