Editing Electrodrome

{{race course infobox
|image=[[File:MK8-Course-Electrodrome.jpg|300px]]
|appears_in=''[[Mario Kart 8]]'' ([[List of games by date#2014|2014]]) <br> ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'' ([[List of games by date#2017|2017]])
|cups=[[Star Cup]]
|ghost={{ghost|8|Nin★Yuya|2:24.747|[[File:MK8 Larry Icon.png|32px|link=Larry Koopa]][[File:SportBikeBodyMK8.png|32px|link=Sport Bike]][[File:MonsterTiresMK8.png|32px|link=Monster (tire)|Monster]][[File:MK8ThumbLarrySG.png|32px|link=Super Glider]]}}{{ghost|8DX <small>150cc</small>|Nin★Yuya|2:21.023|[[File:MK8 Larry Icon.png|32px|link=Larry Koopa]][[File:SportBikeBodyMK8.png|32px|link=Sport Bike]][[File:MonsterTiresMK8.png|32px|link=Monster (tire)|Monster]][[File:MK8ThumbLarrySG.png|32px|link=Super Glider]]}}{{ghost|8DX <small>200cc<small>|Nin★Laura|1:40.943|[[File:MK8 Roy Icon.png|32px|link=Roy Koopa]][[File:TheDukeBodyMK8.png|32px|link=The Duke]][[File:CushionTiresMK8.png|32px|link=Cushion]][[File:ParafoilGliderMK8.png|32px|link=Parafoil]]}}
|online_play=No longer available ([[Wii U]])<br>Available ([[Nintendo Switch|Switch]])
|sample=Shiho Fujii<br>Standard<br>[[File:MK8-Music-Electrodrome.oga]]<br>Anti-gravity<br>[[File:MK8 Electrodrome Tracks 4 and 5.oga]]<br>Clapping with Shy Guys, past the second gliding segment<br>[[File:MK8 Electrodrome Tracks 6 and 7.oga]]<br>Frontrunning<br>[[File:WiiU Electrodrome Frontrunning.oga]]<br>Anti-gravity/frontrunning<br>[[File:WiiU Electrodrome AntigravityFrontrunning.oga]]<br>Clapping/frontrunning<br>[[File:WiiU Electrodrome ClappingandFrontrunning.oga]]
|map=''Mario Kart 8'' / ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe''
<div style="white-space: nowrap;">[[File:MK8 Electrodrome Map.png|frameless|upright=0.65]][[File:MK8DX Electrodrome Map.png|frameless|upright=0.65]]</div>
}}
'''Electrodrome''' is the third race course of the [[Star Cup]] in ''[[Mario Kart 8]]'' and ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]''. It is set in a neon-lit {{wp|nightclub}} filled with [[Koopa Troopa]]s, [[Shy Guy]]s, and [[Raving Piranha Plant]]s. Banners with the Star Cup logo can be seen throughout the track, as well as some big screens displaying characters dancing, spectrum analyzers, and the [[Mario Kart TV|MKTV]] logo. The course's English name comes from "electro", a genre of music, and the suffix "-drome", meaning race course; it is so far the only race course in the ''Mario Kart'' series to have a one-word English name, and one of only two courses in general with this distinction (the other being [[N64 Skyscraper|Skyscraper]], a battle course from ''[[Mario Kart 64]]''). 

==Course layout==
[[File:MK8 Electrodome Starting Line.png|thumb|250px|left|The course as seen from the starting line]]
The course starts directly in front of a [[Glide Ramp]]. After the racers glide down to the road below, there is a turn going left. Shortly after the turn, there is an anti-gravity area curving to a wall that soon splits into two roads, one pink and one green. In the area where the music changes, transparent squares of the road's color appear in the edge of the screen. The roads twist around each other before connecting. At the end of each road is a Glide Ramp leading to a large neon platform with the words "Star Cup" on it, as well as the cup’s logo. There is a small jump at the end of the platform and a left turn that leads to the finish line.

Many large screens throughout the whole course show two videos of dancing Koopa Troopas and Shy Guys, along with a silhouette of [[Larry]] as a disc jockey.<ref>{{file link|MK8 Electrodrome Alternate Screen.png|A frame of the second video shown in the giant screens of the Electrodrome}}</ref> During the countdown to the race, the large screen in the background shows a spectrum analyzer before switching to the dancing footage. The analyzer goes in that order: blue, yellow, red, and rainbow. This also makes Electrodrome one of six courses with an opening animation during the countdown, with the others being [[Twisted Mansion]], [[Mount Wario]], [[Bowser's Castle (Mario Kart 8)|Bowser's Castle]], [[Excitebike Arena]] and [[Piranha Plant Cove]]. Stylized [[? Block]]s can be seen around the course below some of the giant screens.
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==Shortcuts==
*Players can cut off the turn before the anti-gravity section using a speed boost. This shortcut is best done with a [[Super Star|Star]]. 
*At the final left turn, players can cut through the rough section with a speed boost instead of taking the turn.

==Music==
Like some courses from ''[[Mario Kart Wii]]'' and ''[[Mario Kart 7]]'', the music has different layers depending on the location of the player. Driving on the parts of the course representing electronic instruments causes effects to be added to the music, and when racing through areas that feature a crowd of dancing Koopas and Shy Guys, hand claps (as well as the Shy Guys' voices) become audible. This track has the most channels of music in the game, having eight different channels due to the base music, first place beats, electronic instruments, and the crowd of dancing Koopas and Shy Guys. This number of music channels is tied with other tracks, including [[Music Park|<small>3DS</small> Music Park]].

An arrangement of the course's theme plays during the pre-ride instruction video for [[Super Nintendo World#Mario Kart: Bowser's Challenge|Mario Kart: Bowser's Challenge]].

==Sponsors==
*[[List of sponsors debuting in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe#Larry Lights|Larry Lights]] (Signs)
*[[Mario Kart TV]] (Screens, tracks)
*[[List of sponsors debuting in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe#Roy Smooth Sounds|Roy Smooth Sounds]] (Signs)
*[[Star Cup]] (Banners, lights, screens)

==''[[Mario Kart 8 Original Soundtrack]]'' liner notes==
''"Unusually for the series, we used dance music here which fits the atmosphere of the shiny dancefloor featured on this track. Shy Guys and Koopa Troopas dance along to the rhythm while you're playing."''

==Gallery==
<gallery widths=150px>
MK8 Electrodrome Course Icon.png|The course icon
MK8 Electrodrome Prerelease Artwork.png|A released screenshot of the course, revealing the name of the course
Koopa and Shy Guy stamp MK8.png|The [[Stamp (Mario Kart 8)|stamp]] obtained for beating the staff ghost at this course
MK8 Electrodrome Video.gif|The first video shown in the giant screens
MK8 Electrodrome Video 2.gif|The second video shown in the giant screens
</gallery>

===Screenshots===
<gallery widths=150px>
MK8DeluxeElectrodromeRaceStart.jpg|The spectrum analyzer during the countdown to the start of the race
ElectrodromeGlidingFirst.png|The first gliding segment
ElectrodromeAntiGravity.png|On the wall, with anti-gravity
LemmyBiddybuggy.png|Gameplay of [[Lemmy]], riding his Biddybuggy on the course
MK8 Electrodrome Splitting Paths.jpg|The path before the road splits
ElectrodromePinkWaveRoad.png|On the pink road, with the opposing green road above
ElectrodromeGlidingSecond.png|The second gliding segment
ElectrodromeDancing.jpg|Characters dancing in a segment of the course
</gallery>

====[[Mario Kart TV]]====
<gallery widths=150px>
MK8 Larry Lights.png|[[Mario]], [[Luigi]], and [[Yoshi]] racing on the course
MK8 Electrodrome Roy Badwagon.png|[[Roy]] racing on the course
Ludwig Von Koopa MK8.png|[[Ludwig]] in the [[Biddybuggy]] on the course
Electrodrome greenpath.jpg|Yoshi on the green path
Electrodrome greenpath2.jpg|Yoshi on the green path
Electrodrome second section.jpg|[[Lakitu]] on the ending part of the green path
Peach Badwagon.jpg|The final turn
Yoshi-Rosalina-Electrodrome-MK8.jpg|Yoshi and [[Rosalina]]
SpinBoosting.png|Mario, [[Bowser]], and Luigi [[Spin Boost]]ing off of each other
MK8 Electrodrome Larry Wins.jpg|[[Larry]] wins.
MK8 WendyRoyLarry.png|[[Wendy]] racing on a preliminary version of the course, without the second gliding segment
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=エレクトロドリーム
|JapR=Erekutoro Dorīmu
|JapM=Electro Dream
|SpaA=Electródromo
|SpaAM=Electrodrome
|SpaE=Discoestadio
|SpaEM=Discostadium
|FreA=Électrodrome
|FreAM=Electrodrome
|FreE=Club Mario
|FreEM=Mario Club
|Dut=Electrodome
|Ger=Discodrom
|GerM=Discodrome
|Ita=Elettrodromo
|ItaM=Electrodrome
|Por=Circuito Elétrico
|PorM=Electric Circuit
|Rus=Электродром
|RusR=Elektrodrom
|RusM=Electrodrome
|Kor=일렉트로 드림
|KorR=Illekteuro Deurim
|KorM=Electro Dream
|ChiT=電子幻界
|ChiTR=Diànzǐ Huànjiè
|ChiTM=Electronic Illusion
|ChiS=电子幻界
|ChiSR=Diànzǐ Huànjiè
|ChiSM=Electronic Illusion
}}

==Trivia==
*In the Prima Guide for ''Mario Kart 8'', "Electrodrome" is misspelled as "Electrodome". The book itself is not consistent, however, as starting from the Time Trials page the course's name is spelled correctly.

==References==
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