Editing GCN Mario Circuit

{{about|the race course from ''[[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]]'' and retro course in ''[[Mario Kart Wii]]''|other race tracks with similar names|[[Mario Circuit]]}}

{{race course infobox

|image=[[File:MarioCircuitIcon-MKDD.png|256px]]

|appears_in=''[[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]]'' ([[List of games by date#2003|2003]])<br>''[[Mario Kart Wii]]'' ([[List of games by date#2008|2008]])

|cups=[[Flower Cup]] (''Double Dash!!'')<br>[[Leaf Cup]] (''Wii'')

|online_play=No longer available ([[Wii]])

|sample=[[Kenta Nagata]]<br>[[File:MKDD-Music-CircuitTheme.oga]]

|map=[[File:MarioCircuitMap-MKDD.png]]<br>''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!''<br>[[File:GCN Mario Circuit.png]]<br>''Mario Kart Wii''

|ghost={{ghost|DD|AAA<ref>[[tcrf:Mario_Kart:_Double_Dash!!#Staff_Ghost_Initials|Mario Kart: Double Dash!! § Staff Ghost Initials]]. ''The Cutting Room Floor''. Retrieved November 3, 2024.</ref>|1:41.384|[[File:MKDD Mario.png|32px|link=Mario]][[File:MKDD Luigi.png|32px|link=Luigi]][[File:RedFireIcon-MKDD.png|32px|link=Red Fire]]}}{{ghost|Wii|Nin★♪Miz|1:59.771|[[File:MarioMKW.png|32px|link=Mario]][[File:Standard Bike M (Mario) Model.png|32px|link=Standard Bike M]]}}{{ghost|Wii <small>Expert</small>|Nin★Dai8|1:49.939|[[File:MarioMKW.png|32px|link=Mario]][[File:Wild Wing (Mario) Model.png|32px|link=Wild Wing]]}}

'''Mario Circuit''' is the second race course of the [[Flower Cup]] in ''[[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]]''. It is [[Mario]]'s home track of the game. This version of the course features many of the typical elements of a [[Mario Circuit]], such as [[Warp Pipe]]s, [[Piranha Plant]]s and giant mushrooms, visually similar to [[World 1]] in various games from the [[Super Mario (series)|''Super Mario'' series]]. It also introduces the new element of [[Peach's Castle]] around which the course takes place, an element that appears in all later Mario Circuits, and also features [[Goomba]]s, Piranha Plants, and a [[Chain Chomp]] as obstacles. This course appears at the end of the credits in ''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!'' after completing the [[Special Cup]] or [[All-Cup Tour]]. In [[GCN Mushroom Bridge|Mushroom Bridge]], Peach's Castle from this track can be seen in the background. This Mario Circuit was originally going to reappear as a [[classic course]] in ''[[Mario Kart DS]]'' but was removed from the final version of the game, later reappearing as the fourth and final course of the [[Leaf Cup]] in ''[[Mario Kart Wii]]''.

Mario Circuit shares its music with [[GCN Luigi Circuit|Luigi Circuit]] and [[GCN Yoshi Circuit|Yoshi Circuit]]. An arrangement of it appears in ''[[Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix]]'' under the title "Rollercoasting". An arrangement of the music for these courses also appears as one of the selectable songs that can be played during events in ''[[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Nintendo DS)|Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games]]'' ([[Nintendo DS]] version), ''[[Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (Wii)|Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games]]'' ([[Wii]] version), and ''[[Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games]]''.

===Course layout===

[[File:MKDD_MarioCircuit.png|thumb|140px|Bird's eye view of Mario Circuit in ''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!'']]

The starting line for the course is situated alongside [[Peach's Castle]], from which the player drives straight for a short distance to a left turn where a sign reading "MARIO" can be seen, followed by a hairpin bend towards the right. This is followed by a long and gentle left turn around a patch of grass with a [[Chain Chomp]], which will occasionally come out and attack the player, who will spin out if hit. This is followed by a gentle S-curve within a tunnel, followed by a straight level bridge. This then leads to another short stretch of straight road with a pair of [[Piranha Plant]]s on each side, which attempt to bite the player and cause them to flip over if caught. The player must then drive around a left hairpin bend and a right turn, where they approach a bumpy section of road with [[Goomba]]s, which follows another gentle S-curve shape. After another left turn the player then jumps over an arched bridge towards the finish line, where there is another Piranha Plant on each side of the road.

*Part of the circular curve can be skipped and the Chain Chomp avoided by using a [[Dash Mushroom|Mushroom]] or speed-boosting item to cut across the grass behind it.

 

[[File:MKWii GCNMario.png|thumb|250px|{{classic|GCN|Mario Circuit}} in ''Mario Kart Wii'']]

Mario Circuit makes its classic course debut in ''[[Mario Kart Wii]]'' as the fourth and last race of the [[Leaf Cup]], though no major changes have been made apart from a slight design update. The player can now perform [[Jump Boost|trick]]s off of the bumps in the road and the arched bridge approaching the finish line.

[[List of tournaments in Mario Kart Wii#October 2009 Tournament 1|October 2009's first tournament]] required players to complete a Time Trial on a version of Mario Circuit with more obstacles: There are now two Chain Chomps near the beginning of the track, and there are now eighteen Piranha Plants all throughout the course, with some positioned directly in the middle of the track. Players start the Time Trial with no items, but there is one Item Box at the beginning of the track which always contains a Mushroom. The tournament was later repeated as the second tournament of July 2011, the first tournament of October 2012 and the second tournament of December 2013.

*[[List of sponsors debuting in Mario Kart: Double Dash!!#KoopaKart|KoopaKart]] (Trackside banners)

*[[List of sponsors debuting in Mario Kart: Double Dash!!#Mario Kart / Nintendo GameCube|Mario Kart / Nintendo GameCube]] (Signs)

*[[List of sponsors debuting in Mario Kart: Double Dash!!#Mario Racing|Mario Racing]] (Trackside banners)

*[[List of sponsors debuting in Mario Kart: Double Dash!!#Shoot!!|Shoot!!]] (Trackside banners)

*[[List of sponsors debuting in Mario Kart: Double Dash!!#Super Mushroom|Super Mushroom]] (Trackside banners)

===''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!''===

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MarioCircuitLogo-MKDD.png|The course logo

MKDD Thanks For Playing.png|The entire cast on the course after finishing the Special Cup or [[All-Cup Tour]]

===''Mario Kart Wii''===

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MKW Mario Circuit GCN Preview.gif|A preview of the course

GCNMarioCircuit2-MKWii.png|The Chain Chomp on the circular turn

MKW GCN Mario Circuit Tunnel Inside.png|The tunnel

 

===Names in other languages===

|Fre=Circuit Mario

|FreM=Mario Circuit

*The Mario [[Kart]] from ''{{wp|Nintendogs}}'' plays the theme from this course when used.

*As of the [[Mario vs. Luigi Tour (2023)|2023 Mario vs. Luigi Tour]], this is the only course in ''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!''{{'}}s Flower Cup to not appear in ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]''.

{{MK race courses}}

[[Category:Grasslands]]

[[Category:Classic courses]]

[[Category:Mario Kart: Double Dash!! race courses]]

[[Category:Mario Kart Wii race courses]]