Editing Dragon Driftway

{{racecourse

|image=[[File:MK8-DLC-Course-DragonDriftway.jpg|270px]]

|appearances=''[[Mario Kart 8]]'' ([[The Legend of Zelda x Mario Kart 8|DLC Pack 1]]) ([[List of Mario games by date#2014|2014]])

|ghost=2:05.487 by Nin★Kaori

|based= [[Gobblegut]]

|wifi=Available ([[Wii U]])

|music=[[File:MK8-DLC-Music-DragonDriftway.ogg]]

|map=[[File:MK8 Dragon Driftway Course Map.png|250px]]

'''Dragon Driftway''' is a racecourse included with [[The Legend of Zelda x Mario Kart 8|''The Legend of Zelda'' × ''Mario Kart 8'']] downloadable content in ''[[Mario Kart 8]]''. It is the third course in the [[Egg Cup]]. The stage has an ancient Chinese theme, taking place in and on a giant dragon resembling [[Gobblegut]]. Throughout the course, various statues and murals of [[Lakitu]] appear. The dragon in this race course never actually ends its tail, as it loops back to the start. This may be a reference to the cultural symbol of a snake eating its tail.

Much like [[Mario Circuit (Wii U)|Mario Circuit]], almost the entirety of the track is played in [[anti-gravity]], with only the beginning and end segments near the start/finish line having standard gravity.

[[File:MK8-DLC-Course-DragonDriftway-startingline.jpg|thumb|240px|left|The course as seen from the starting line]]

At the beginning of the race, characters drive into the mouth of the dragon, and go down in a winding hall, modeled after Chinese temples. Throughout the Gobblegut tunnels, images from the original ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' can be seen at the top of the walls. After a set of zigzagging turns, players exit the dragon, although continue to drive on its exterior. The spin boosters found here appear to be hyōtan gourds. After several winding turns, players will loop back and drive over the finish line. Here, several bumps work as [[ramp]]s giving an opportunity to perform [[trick]]s. After an additional turn, the characters return to the finish line.{{br}}

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MK8-DLC-Course-icon-DragonDriftway.png|The track's icon.

MK8-DLC-Course-DragonDriftway-section.jpg| An [[anti-gravity]] section of the track, with hanging lanterns.

File:DragonDriftway1.png|[[Baby Luigi]] on a portion of the track.

File:DragonDriftway2.png|[[Baby Luigi]] about to drop a [[banana]] before the [[anti-gravity]] spinners.

File:DragonDriftway3.png|[[Baby Luigi]] performing a [[trick]] above the start/finish line.

File:DragonDriftway4.png|[[Baby Luigi]] performing a [[trick]] before crossing the finish line.

File:DragonDriftwayMouth.png|[[Baby Luigi]] about to enter [[Gobblegut]]'s mouth.

File:DragonDriftwayKungFuLakitu.png|A [[Lakitu]] in a Kung Fu pose in the background

File:DragonDriftwayLakituMural.png|A [[Lakitu]] mural in the background

</center></gallery>

{{Foreignname

|Jap=ドラゴンロード

|JapR=Doragon Rōdo

|JapM=Dragon Road

|Spa=Ruta Dragón

|SpaM=Dragon Road

|Fra=Route du dragon

|FraM=Dragon Road

|DutM=Dragon Drove

|ItaM=Wall of the Dragon

|Kor=드래곤 로드

|KorR=Deuraegon Rodeu

|KorM=Dragon Road

==Trivia==

*The starting line contains a [[wikipedia:Paifang|paifang]], a type of gate widely found in Chinese culture, but with two golden [[Cheep Cheep]]s on top of it, a possible reference to [[Hands-On Hall]] from ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]''.

*One of the Lakitu images in the tunnel depict one holding a staff and riding a cloud. This is similar to [[wikipedia:Sun Wukong|Sun Wukong]], a character who rides a cloud and uses a staff in the Chinese novel ''[[wikipedia:Journey to the West|Journey to the West]]''.

*Three Chinese characters ("朱盖木") can be found on the lanterns above the starting line or on the murals. It is Lakitu's name in Simplified Chinese.

*Before the spin booster section, there are six unique lanterns with the design of the [[Lakitu]] Hanafuda Card from the [[Club Nintendo (rewards program)|Club Nintendo]] Hanafuda Cards reward.<ref>[https://d3esbfg30x759i.cloudfront.net/ss/zlCfzSphzd4ImTiEeM]</ref>

*The various poses of Lakitu on this course match that of a "Kung Fu Lakitu" poster on the wall of the bedroom in [[Ribbon Road|<small>GBA</small> Ribbon Road]].

*The Gobblegut tunnel is shown to have legs, but in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'' it does not have any.

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