Editing GCN Baby Park

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{{race course infobox
|title=Baby Park
|image=[[File:MKDD Baby Park Overview.png|300px]]
|appears_in=''[[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]]'' ([[List of games by date#2003|2003]])<br>''[[Mario Kart DS]]'' ([[List of games by date#2005|2005]])<br>''[[Mario Kart 8]]'' ([[Animal Crossing x Mario Kart 8|DLC Pack 2]]) (2015)<br>''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'' ([[List of games by date#2017|2017]])<br>''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'' (2022)
|cups=[[Mushroom Cup]] (''Double Dash!!'')<br>[[Banana Cup]] (''DS'')<br>[[Crossing Cup]] (''8'', ''8 Deluxe'')
|tours=[[Cat Tour (2022)]]<br>[[Ocean Tour]]<br>[[Sundae Tour (2022)]]<br>[[Animal Tour]]<br>[[New Year's Tour (2023)]]<br>[[Yoshi Tour (2023)]]<br>[[Vacation Tour]]
|online_play=No longer available ([[Nintendo DS|DS]], [[Wii U]])<br>Available ([[Nintendo Switch|Switch]])
|sample=''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!'' / ''Mario Kart Tour'': [[Shinobu Nagata|Shinobu Tanaka]]<br>[[File:MKDD-Music-BabyPark.oga]]<br>''Mario Kart DS'': Shinobu Tanaka<br>[[File:MKDS-Music-GCN-BabyPark.oga]]<br>''Mario Kart 8'' / ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe'': [[Kenta Nagata]] <small>(arrangement)</small><br>[[File:MK8-DLC-Music-GCN-BabyPark.oga]]<br>''Mario Kart 8'' / ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe'' (frontrunning)<br>[[File:WiiU_GCN_BabyPark_Frontrunning.oga]]
|map=''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!''<br>[[File:BabyParkMap-MKDD.png|x140px]]<br>''Mario Kart DS''<br>[[File:MKDS Baby Park Map.png|140px]][[File:MKDS Baby Park GCN layout.png]]
''Mario Kart 8'' / ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe''
<div style="white-space: nowrap;">[[File:MK8 GCN Baby Park Map.png|frameless|upright=0.65]][[File:MK8DX GCN Baby Park Map.png|frameless|upright=0.65]]</div>
''Mario Kart Tour''<br>[[File:MKT Map BabyParkGCN.png|140px]]
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}}

'''Baby Park''' is the third race course of the [[Mushroom Cup]] in ''[[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]]''. Being a short track-style, unbanked oval with no hazards (except for the flowerbeds on the inside of the turns in the ''[[Mario Kart 8]]'' and ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'' versions), it is the shortest course in length in the series, excluding the unused "Test Circle" course found in ''Mario Kart DS'' and [[DK Jungle (Mario Kart Arcade GP)|DK Jungle]] from ''[[Mario Kart Arcade GP]]'', only taking around ten seconds to complete a whole lap.

As the name implies, the course takes place in an amusement park which includes various elements from the [[Yoshi (franchise)|''Yoshi'' franchise]], and serves as [[Baby Mario]] and [[Baby Luigi]]'s home course. The track is a platform hanging from a large support complex, where a roller coaster runs above and around the course and a pink [[Train (form)|train]] runs over the rails. It is possible to collide with the roller coaster, though it is very difficult to achieve. The roller coaster obstacle was removed in the DS version and it returned in the Wii U and Switch version of the track as an aesthetic effect.

Baby Park reappears in ''[[Mario Kart DS]]'' as the fourth and final course of the [[Banana Cup]], in ''Mario Kart 8'' (as part of the [[Animal Crossing x Mario Kart 8|''Animal Crossing'' × ''Mario Kart 8'']] DLC) and ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'' as the first course of the [[Crossing Cup]], and in ''Mario Kart Tour'' starting with the [[Cat Tour (2022)|2022 Cat Tour]].

==''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!''==
Baby Park was inspired by the {{wp|2002 Winter Olympics|2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics}}: game director Kiyoshi Mizuki had happened to catch a short-track speed skating event on television, and thought that making an ice rink track would be interesting. The course was also inspired by slick track karting, a type of kart racing set on an oval-shaped track where the surface is made slick to allow for easier drifting.<ref name="DidYouKnowGaming? NEW Nintendo GameCube Game Facts Discovered">{{cite|title=NEW Nintendo GameCube Game Facts Discovered|author=DidYouKnowGaming|publisher=YouTube|date=July 14, 2024|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxEqzUOui_M&t=703s}}</ref>

Baby Park was originally planned as just a test level for ''Double Dash!!'', but the developers found the chaos of the course to be so enjoyable that it was made into a track for the final game.<ref name="DidYouKnowGaming? NEW Nintendo GameCube Game Facts Discovered"/>

===Course layout===
[[File:BabyPark-GP-MKDD.png|thumb|200px|left|[[King Boo]] and [[Koopa Paratroopa]] racing at Baby Park]]
One half of the floor is blue and the other half is pink. It has various pictures of characters from the [[Yoshi's Island (series)|''Yoshi's Island'' series]] on it, including Baby Mario and Baby Luigi. Due to its short length, this course has seven laps instead of the traditional three, making it one of only two courses in ''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!'' to not be a three-lap course (the other being [[Wario Colosseum]], which has two laps). [[GCN DK Mountain|DK Mountain]] can be seen in the background. 

Baby Park's music is also used in Balloon Battle on [[Tilt-a-Kart]], though with more cymbals and the opening notes are a cover version of the ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' [[Ground Theme (Super Mario Bros.)|Ground Theme]]. The music starts in F major, then goes to F#/G♭ major, and then G major before looping back to F major.

The file names for this course, including ghost data, use "BabyLuigi" as a prefix or suffix.
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==''Mario Kart DS''==
[[File:MKDS Baby Park Intro.png|thumb|right|{{classic|GCN|Baby Park}} in ''Mario Kart DS'']]
Baby Park makes its classic course debut in ''[[Mario Kart DS]]'' as the fourth and last race of the [[Banana Cup]]. The course's map has been rotated 180 degrees. This time around, it has five laps instead of seven and lacks the roller coaster obstacle. It was available in Wi-Fi. On the final lap, the music starts playing in F#/G♭ major instead of A major.

This version of Baby Park and the ''[[Mario Kart 8]]'' iteration of {{classic link|N64|Rainbow Road}} are the only courses to differ in lap count as a classic course, excluding courses originating in ''[[Super Mario Kart]]'' and almost all of the classic courses in or from ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]''.

===Missions===
There are two [[Mario Kart DS#Missions|missions]] that take place on Baby Park:
*'''Mission 2-8''': The player controls [[Peach]], who must perform 6 [[Drift|power-slide]] [[Mini-Turbo|mini-turbos]] before finishing three laps and before 55 seconds has passed. Each [[Item Box]] contains a [[Super Star|Star]].
*'''Mission 3-Boss''': The player controls [[Toad]], who must beat [[Goomboss]] in a three-lap race. [[Goomboss]] will regularly drop both [[Goomba]]s and [[Mushroom]]s onto the track during the race.

==''Mario Kart 8'' / ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe''==
[[File:MK8 GCN Baby Park Starting Line.jpg|thumb|240px|left|The course as seen from the starting line]]
Baby Park also reappears in ''[[Mario Kart 8]]'' as a heavily-revamped DLC [[classic course]] and the first course of the [[Crossing Cup]].

One of the major changes made to the race course is that the entire track is now slanted, making it entirely an [[anti-gravity]] race track. Flowerbeds were added on the inside of the turns as a hazard and potential shortcut. The pink and blue parts of the floor are now split across the track's length instead of its width (with the colors on the turns instead of the parallel tracks). The park background has received many changes, such as the addition of a "Baby Castle" (which is a nod to {{wp|Cinderella Castle|Cinderella's Castle}} at the {{wp|Magic Kingdom}}), new rides added like a redesigned [[Luigi's Mansion (location)|Luigi's Mansion]] as a haunted house attraction, and some of the returning background rides being heavily redesigned, like the Bowser's Ship ride and the Ferris wheel, now resembling the [[Pinna Park]] Ferris wheel from ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]''. The [[hot-air balloon]]s from {{classic link|N64|Royal Raceway}} appear in the background of the course. The starting banner now shows Baby Mario and Baby Luigi with their shirts, overalls and shoes on as opposed to being solely in diapers like the previous versions. They also have been given slight animations that are found on rides, where they move back and forth. The roller coaster makes its return, though unlike the original, it is impossible to collide with it.

The race on this course has seven laps just like in the original and the revamped music now increases in tempo (and goes up a key) after every lap, making it the first classic course to do this (lap 1 in F major, lap 2 in F#/G♭ major, lap 3 in G major, lap 4 in A♭ major, lap 5 in A major, lap 6 in B♭ major, and lap 7/the final lap in B major). On the final lap, the guard rails start to flash and light up in multiple colors, and like with {{classic link|3DS|Rainbow Road}} and {{classic link|N64|Rainbow Road}}, the last part of the music starts to play instead of the beginning of it. During replays and on the [[Mario Kart 8 Original Soundtrack|soundtrack]], the music plays in a style similar to the original game (going up in key after each "verse," but not increasing the tempo).

Baby Park and {{classic link|Wii|Rainbow Road}} are the only classic courses and one of five courses overall (along with [[Mute City]], [[Big Blue]], and [[Sky-High Sundae]]) to be entirely an anti-gravity race track. This is the shortest track in the game and the only track that does not have exactly three laps or sections. It is also the only track in ''Mario Kart 8'' where players cannot perform [[trick]]s, and it is the only course aside from the [[Rainbow Road (Mario Kart 8)|three]] [[N64 Rainbow Road|different]] [[SNES Rainbow Road|Rainbow Roads]] to have its map in colors aside from blue. It is also the only classic course in the [[Animal Crossing x Mario Kart 8|''Animal Crossing'' × ''Mario Kart 8'']] DLC pack that has already appeared at least once as a classic course, and one of only two tracks in ''Mario Kart 8'' that has appeared more than once as a classic course at time of release and does not originate from ''Super Mario Kart'', the other being {{classic link|GCN|Yoshi Circuit}}.

A statue resembling the one in the course [[Toad Harbor]] can be seen in the background, but instead of Peach in a Statue of Liberty pose, a pink gold version of [[Baby Peach]] can be seen holding a star (referencing the {{wp|Partners (statue)|''Partners'' statue}} seen in front of Cinderella's Castle in {{wp|Disneyland}}).

This track, alongside the other DLC content, is available in the core game of ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]''. However, the map colors are drastically toned town so that they appear more gray, to resemble maps seen on other courses. In ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe'', this is one of two tracks not to have Double Item Boxes, the other being {{classic link|DS|Shroom Ridge}}.
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==''Mario Kart Tour''==
Baby Park returns in ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'' starting from the [[Cat Tour (2022)|2022 Cat Tour]], being the third course from ''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!'' to reappear in ''Mario Kart Tour'' and the first since [[GCN Yoshi Circuit]] and [[GCN Dino Dino Jungle]] at the game's launch in the [[New York Tour]] seventy tours prior. Like GCN Yoshi Circuit, [[N64 Royal Raceway]], and [[N64 Yoshi Valley]], the course is based on its ''Mario Kart 8'' iteration, but uses the music from its original appearance in ''Double Dash!!'' (though it still goes up a key and increases in tempo at each lap like in ''Mario Kart 8'') and has five laps like in ''Mario Kart DS'' (lap 1 in F major, lap 2 in F#/G♭ major, lap 3 in G major, lap 4 in A♭ major, and lap 5/the final lap in A major). Unlike the previous iteration, the course is no longer in anti-gravity and appears as a flat course. The Baby Mario and Baby Luigi pictures on the starting banner have been removed, and the banner's poles have now been redesigned. Like this game's iteration of N64 Royal Raceway, the hot-air balloons are no longer princess-themed, instead taking their design from the ones seen in this game's iteration of [[3DS Daisy Hills]]. The roller coaster has once again been removed, likely to allow players to go outside the loop in the T variation. The guardrails are now colored blue. The Baby Peach statue is now fully golden, the Luigi's Mansion attraction now uses its original design, resembling the mansion's design from this game's iteration of [[DS Luigi's Mansion]], and the Koopa Paratroopa gift shop has been removed. The course's minimap has also been rotated 90° and is positioned off-center in-game, likely also to accommodate the T version. 

The course also appears as '''Baby Park R''' (reversed), '''Baby Park T''' (with ramps), and '''Baby Park R/T''' (reversed with ramps). The former two debuted alongside the regular variant in the 2022 Cat Tour, while the latter debuted in the [[New Year's Tour (2023)|2023 New Year's Tour]]. In the R variant, there are several ramps that raise and lower depending on what lap the player is on. In the T variant, racers are taken outside of the loop on two occasions, significantly extending the length of the track. As a result, it only has three laps (lap 1 in F major, lap 2 in F#/G♭ major, and lap 3/the final lap in G major), making it the only course in the game with a lap count difference between variations. Also, there is a [[Glide Ramp|glide ramp]] the first time racers return to the loop on each lap. In the R/T variant, the course is now a figure-eight: Racers use [[Kanaami Road]] to cross over the middle of the loop on two occasions.

Unlike most courses, all of Baby Park's current bonus challenges feature more than one lap. This is likely due to the short length, which would cause the bonus challenge to end too quickly.

===Appearances===
For this course's tour appearances, see [[List of GCN Baby Park tour appearances in Mario Kart Tour|List of GCN Baby Park tour appearances in ''Mario Kart Tour'']].

===Top-tier and middle-tier items===
{{MKT favored table|GCN|Baby Park}}

===Bonus challenges===
<div class="contentbox mw-collapsible mw-collapsed>
{{MKT bonus challenge table|Ring Race|GCN Baby Park}}
{{MKT bonus challenge table|Do Jump Boosts|GCN Baby Park}}
{{MKT bonus challenge table|Big Reverse Race|GCN Baby Park}}
{{MKT bonus challenge table|Steer Clear of Obstacles|GCN Baby Park}}
{{MKT bonus challenge table|Smash Small Dry Bones|GCN Baby Park}}
{{MKT bonus challenge table|Snap a Photo|GCN Baby Park T}}
</div>

==Cameos==
Several characters that are important to the ''Yoshi'' franchise appear to have their own rides around Baby Park. They are listed below.
*[[Baby Bowser]] appears on a ship attraction called "Bowser's Ship". In ''Mario Kart 8'' and ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe'', he is replaced with [[Bowser Jr.]]
*[[Kamek]] appears above a sign reading "Kamek's Magic Show".
*A [[Yoshi (species)|Pink Yoshi]] [[Train (form)|Train]] in ''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!'' appears to ride around on an orange track, as if it were a roller coaster. It is seen in various parts of the park, and sometimes it can appear above it. If it does do this, it may actually reflect off shells.  In ''Mario Kart 8'' and ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe'', this is replaced with a Standard Kart coaster riding on a red track.
*A large [[Poochy]]-like house appears far in the background. 
*A [[Helicopter Yoshi]] just like the one from ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' can be seen at the background, flying around the track.
*Two large [[Shy Guy]]s can be seen.
*A [[Koopa Paratroopa]] can be seen. In ''Mario Kart 8'' and ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe'', the Paratroopa has been converted into a shop selling merchandise named "Shop Paratroopa".

==Profiles==
===''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!''===
*'''North American website bio:''' "''It may look easy, but Baby Park is a 7-lap cage match with fourteen monster power slides! There are plenty of items to pick up, and the long straightaways make easy targets out of everyone.''"
*'''European website bio:''' "''It’s Mario Kart: the theme park ride! The track is a simple oval, but the power-ups are plentiful, so you’ll have a battle on your hands to finish in first place.''"

===''Mario Kart DS''===
*'''European website bio:''' "''It's the shortest and simplest track of them all, but Baby Park isn't child's play. Because of the circuit's great size you're given five laps instead of three, but make sure you put petal to metal from the word go, as it'll be over in seconds rather than minutes.''"

===''[[Mario Kart 8 Original Soundtrack]]'' liner notes===
''"On this title, the pitch of the music goes up after every lap. It'll really make your head spin! The horn and guitar parts give this arrangement tons of energy."''

==Sponsors==
===''Mario Kart 8'' / ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe''===
*[[List of sponsors debuting in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe#Moo Moo Meadows Milk|Moo Moo Meadows Milk]] (Trackside banners)
*[[List of sponsors debuting in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe#Peach & Daisy Royal Patisserie|Peach & Daisy Royal Patisserie]] (Trackside banners)
*[[List of sponsors debuting in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe#Princess Orange|Princess Orange]] (Trackside banners)

===''Mario Kart Tour''===
*[[List of sponsors debuting in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe#Peach & Daisy Royal Patisserie|Peach & Daisy Royal Patisserie]] (Trackside banners)

==Gallery==
===''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!''===
<gallery widths=150px>
BabyParkLogo-MKDD.png|The course logo
BabyParkIcon-MKDD.png|The course icon
BabyParkMKDD.png|The starting line
MKDD Rocket Start.png|The start of the race
</gallery>

===''Mario Kart DS''===
<gallery widths=150px>
MKDS GCN Baby Park Course Icon.png|The course icon
MKDS Baby Park Wario Screenshot.png|[[Wario]], racing on the course
MKDS Baby Park Dry Bones.png|[[Dry Bones]], racing on the course
Goombossrace.png|Race with [[Goomboss]], in Mission Mode
</gallery>

===''Mario Kart 8'' / ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe''===
<gallery widths=150px>
MK8 GCN Baby Park Course Icon.png|The course icon
MK8-gc_BabyPark-Ending.png|Results screen
MK8-GCN-BabyPark-overview.png|Overview of the course
MK8 GCN Baby Park.png|Alternate view of the starting line
MK8-DLC-Course-GCN BabyPark01.jpg|[[Baby Mario]], [[Baby Luigi]], and [[Baby Peach]] racing on the track
VillagerMale-GCNBabyPark-MK8.jpg|Male [[Villager]] racing on the track
</gallery>

===''Mario Kart Tour''===
====Course icons====
{{main-gallery|Mario Kart Tour race course icons (GCN courses)#Baby Park|Mario Kart Tour race course icons (GCN courses) § Baby Park}}
<gallery>
MKT Icon BabyParkGCN CatMario.png|The course icon
MKT Icon BabyParkRGCN BabyMarioKoala.png|The course icon of the R variant
MKT Icon BabyParkTGCN Yoshi.png|The course icon of the T variant
MKT Icon BabyParkRTGCN CatLuigi.png|The course icon of the R/T variant
</gallery>

====Screenshots====
<gallery>
MKT Baby Park Scene.png|Another view of the starting line
MKT GCN Baby Park View 2.jpg|Overview of the course
MKT GCN Baby Park View.jpg|View of the course featuring the gold statue of [[Baby Peach]]
MKT Icon GCN Baby Park RT.jpg|View of Baby Park R/T
MKT 2022 Cat Tour Week 1 Drivers.jpg|[[Cat Mario]] and [[Baby Mario|Baby Mario (Koala)]] racing on the course
MKT GCN Baby Park Luigi's Mansion.jpg|[[Cat Mario|Cat Luigi]] driving past the Luigi's Mansion attraction on the course
</gallery>

==Additional names==
===Internal names===
{{internal names
|game1=''[[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]]''
|name1=<tt>BabyLuigi.arc</tt>
|meaning1=Baby Luigi course (there is no "BabyMario.arc")
|game2=''[[Mario Kart DS]]''
|name2=<tt>old_baby_gc</tt>
|meaning2=Old Baby GameCube
}}

===Names in other languages===
{{foreign names
|Jpn=ベビィパーク
|JpnR=Bebī Pāku
|JpnM=Baby Park
|ChiT=寶寶公園
|ChiTR=Bǎobǎo Gōngyuán
|ChiTM=Baby Park
|ChiS=宝宝公园
|ChiSR=Bǎobǎo Gōngyuán
|ChiSM=Baby Park
|Dut=Babypark
|DutM=Baby Park
|Fre=Parc Baby
|FreM=Baby Park
|Ger=Baby-Park
|GerM=Baby Park
|Ita=Baby Park
|Kor=베이비 파크
|KorR=Beibi Pakeu
|KorM=Baby Park
|PorA=Parque Bebê
|PorAM=Baby Park
|PorE=Parque Bebé
|PorEM=Baby Park
|Rus=Луна-парк Малыш
|RusR=Luna-park Malysh
|RusM=Baby Amusement Park
|Spa=Parque Bebé
|SpaM=Baby Park
}}
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