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{{about|the race course from ''[[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]]''|the race course from ''[[Mario Kart 64]]''|[[N64 Sherbet Land]]}}
{{race course infobox
|title=Sherbet Land
|image=[[File:MKDD SherbetLand.png|280px]]
|appears_in=''[[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]]'' ([[List of games by date#2003|2003]])<br>''[[Mario Kart 8]]'' ([[List of games by date#2014|2014]])<br>''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'' ([[List of games by date#2017|2017]])
|online_play=No longer available ([[Wii U]])<br>Available ([[Nintendo Switch|Switch]])
|cups=[[Star Cup]] (''Double Dash!!'')<br>[[Leaf Cup]] (''8'', ''8 Deluxe'')<br>[[Battle Mode]] (''8'')
|sample=''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!'': [[Shinobu Nagata|Shinobu Tanaka]]<br>[[File:MKDD-Music-SherbetLand.oga]]<br>''Mario Kart 8'' / ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe'': Yasuaki Iwata<br>[[File:MK8-Music-GCN-SherbetLand.oga]]<br>''Mario Kart 8'' / ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe'' (frontrunning)<br>[[File:WiiU_GCN_SherbetLand_Frontrunning.oga]]
|map=''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!''<br>[[File:SherbetLandMap-MKDD.png]]<br>
''Mario Kart 8'' / ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe''
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}}
'''Sherbet Land''' is the first race course of the [[Star Cup]] in ''[[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]]'', which takes place in a different environment from the ''[[Mario Kart 64]]'' [[N64 Sherbet Land|version of the course]]. It takes place in an ice rink, a snowy mountain area and a larger field of ice populated with [[Freezie]]s, which do not move but freeze drivers if they collide with them. On the ice rink are [[Skating Shy Guy]]s. It is possible to knock them into the water, but only if the player has the time and items (such as a Star, shells, and some Special Items) to do so, which permanently knocks the Shy Guys off the track. 

Sherbet Land reappears as a [[classic course]] in ''[[Mario Kart 8]]'' and ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'' as the second race of the [[Leaf Cup]]. It is one of three courses in ''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!'' to have unique music which is not shared with any other course, the others being [[GCN Dry Dry Desert|Dry Dry Desert]] and [[Rainbow Road (Mario Kart: Double Dash!!)|Rainbow Road]].

==''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!''==
===Course layout===
The course starts out on a snowy road, in between two brown walls with faces on them. After the first twist with some [[Item Box]]es there is a slight right curve into the ice rink area, with blue and red [[Skating Shy Guy]]s moving around. Any contact with the Shy Guys spins the player out unless they have a projectile item like a [[Shell]], or using a [[Super Star|Star]], which will knock the Shy Guys apart. On the right of the ice rink is a large opening in the ice, which will lead the player directly into frozen water. When [[Lakitu]] fishes racers out back to the ice, they remain within an ice cube before touching the ground. A couple of red Skating Shy Guys skate around in front of the entrance of the ice tunnel which players enter after crossing the ice pond.

[[File:MKDD Sherbet Land Ice Tunnel.png|thumb|200px|left|Inside the ice tunnel]]
Inside the tunnel, there is a twisted road, containing some Item Boxes in it. Racers first take a turn to the right, then approach an ice column in the middle of the road, bisecting the path. The left side has an item box while the right side of the column has two. After the ice pillar is a very slight twist to the left that leads outside.

Outside, the player swerves left and then right in an S-turn. The road is less slippery here because it is comprised of snow and not ice. Just after this turn, players go straight for a time, with some Item Boxes there until they turn to the right to enter another zone covered in ice.

[[File:SherbetLand3-GP-MKDD.png|thumb|200px|The area filled with Freezies]]
In this zone, there are Freezies, which stay still on the road, but freeze karts that touch them and thereafter slide around, either freezing solid any other unaware player nearby or moving towards a wall, breaking into pieces upon collision. Once frozen, the kart cannot move briefly and the items racers hold drop on the road. Certain items just bounce off them, though some powerful items can budge or destroy them completely, such as the Super Star.

The ice section is wide, but turns first to the right, then left, and then right once more, before players exit into a snowy stretch leading into the finish line and the beginning of laps two and three. 

This track has one shortcut located in the Freezies' ice road. Just before taking the first turn, a player can take a path behind the ice tower and thus skip a part of the road infested by Freezies. A [[Dash Mushroom|Mushroom]] on hand is needed, as the path is covered by rough snow that decreases the kart's speed.
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==''Mario Kart 8'' / ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe''==
[[File:MK8-Course-GCN SherbetLand.png|250px|left|thumb|{{classic|GCN|Sherbet Land}} in ''Mario Kart 8'']]
Sherbet Land makes its classic course debut in ''[[Mario Kart 8]]'' and ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'' as the second course of the [[Leaf Cup]]. The course now takes place at night, with an aurora and [[fireworks]] in the background. The starting banner has been redesigned, now using the classic ''Mario Kart'' logo in white, instead of the unique, rainbow version found in the original, and there are now seven snowflake decorations, each given a color found in a rainbow, instead of two on the top. Many of the triangular flags have been replaced with running light bulbs, and faces have been removed from the course entirely. The original course layout is unchanged and still features the Skating Shy Guys and the Freezies, but there are now two alternative [[Underwater driving|underwater routes]]. The first one is by driving into the pond near the ice-rink, which doubles as an anti-gravity section and a shortcut to the ice cave, while the other, in similar nature to the underwater section on [[3DS Rosalina's Ice World|Rosalina's Ice World]], goes underneath the ice field with the Freezies. A [[Glide Ramp]] has also been incorporated near the Freezies' pond on the shortcut behind the ice tower. [[Jellybeam]] enemies also appear in the underwater sections. The [[Freezie]]s no longer freeze players when run into; instead they break and cause the players to spin out. Unlike in the original game, they will regenerate indefinitely if they are shattered or broken by racers or items. [[Snowman|Snowmen]] are added on the snowy field outside the icy cave.

The course is also used as a battle course in ''Mario Kart 8''. During the battle, most of the Freezies are absent.
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==Sponsors==
===''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!''===
*[[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)
*[[Nintendo]] (Signs)
*[[List of sponsors debuting in Mario Kart: Double Dash!!#Sherbet|Sherbet]] (Trackside banners)
*[[List of sponsors debuting in Mario Kart: Double Dash!!#Skating Rink|Skating Rink]] (Trackside banners)
*[[List of sponsors debuting in Mario Kart: Double Dash!!#Snowman|Snowman]] (Trackside banners)
*[[List of sponsors debuting in Mario Kart: Double Dash!!#Super Mushroom|Super Mushroom]] (Trackside banners)

===''Mario Kart 8'' / ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe''===
*[[List of sponsors debuting in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe#100% Organic Antifreeze|100% Organic Antifreeze]] (Trackside banners)
*[[List of sponsors debuting in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe#Dream Gliders|Dream Gliders]] (Trackside banners)

==Profiles==
===''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!''===
*'''Instruction booklet bio:''' "''A beautiful course covered in a blanket of white snow. Don’t be lulled into complacency though—the ice is very slippery! Careless driving may result in multi-kart pileups.''"
*'''North American website bio:''' "''Race across the frozen tundra of Sherbet Land as you avoid ice-skating Shy Guys and Flash-Freezing icebergs. Be sure to bring your mittens!''"
*'''European website bio:''' "''Brrr. It’s so cold in the sh-sh-shivering Sherbet Land, even the sh-shu-Shy Guys need ice skates to get around.''"

===''[[Mario Kart 8 Original Soundtrack]]'' liner notes===
''"The arrangement aims to faithfully reproduce the original track. The whistle that comes in partway through is particularly nice, I think."''

==Gallery==
===''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!''===
<gallery widths=150px>
SherbetLandLogo-MKDD.png|The course logo
SherbetLandIcon-MKDD.png|The course icon
SherbetLand1-GP-MKDD.png|The area filled with [[Shy Guy]]s
SherbetLand-ShyGuy-MKDD.png|The Shy Guy area at a different angle
SherbetLand-IceWater-MKDD.png|The water can freeze anyone who falls in.
SherbetLand2-GP-MKDD.png|The tunnel
SherbetLand-Multiplayer-MKDD.png|The only two blue Shy Guys that appear in a split-screen race
MKDD 4P Versus Sherbet Land.png|A 4-player race
</gallery>

===''Mario Kart 8'' / ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe''===
<gallery widths=150px>
MK8 GCN Sherbet Land Course Icon.png|The course icon
MK8-gc_SherbetLand-Ending.png|Results screen
MK8 GCN Sherbert Land Starting Line.png|View of the starting line
GCNSherbetLandMK8.png|The babies, at the Freezies' rink
MK8 - GCN Sherbet Land.png|[[Rosalina]] drifting on the course
Rosalina-Drift-SherbetLand-MK8.jpg|Rosalina, near the water
GCN Sherbet Land Underwater.png|[[Cat Mario|Cat Peach]] in the underwater section
TheDuke-SherbetLand-MK8.jpg|Inside the cave
MK8SherbetLandBattleCourse.jpg|As a battle course
FreezeStamp.png|The [[Stamp (Mario Kart 8)|stamp]], obtained for beating the staff ghost at this course
MK8GCNSherbetLand.png|A released screenshot of the course, revealing the name of the course
</gallery>

==Additional names==
===Internal names===
{{internal names
|game1=''[[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]]''
|name1=<tt>Snow.arc</tt>
|meaning1=Snow course
}}

===Names in other languages===
{{foreign names
|Jap=シャーベットランド
|JapR=Shābetto Rando
|JapM=Sherbet Land
|Spa=Tierra Sorbete
|SpaM=Sherbet Land
|Fre=Royaume Sorbet
|FreM=Sherbet Kingdom
|Dut=Ĳzige Ĳsbaan
|DutM=Icy Ice Rink
|Ger=Sorbet-Land
|GerM=Sherbet Land
|Ita=Circuito Gelato
|ItaM=Icy Circuit ("gelato" also means ice cream)
|Por=Circuito Gelado
|PorM=Frozen Circuit
|Rus=Ледяная страна
|RusR=Ledyanaya strana
|RusM=Icy Land
|Kor=셔벗 랜드
|KorR=Syeobeot Raendeu
|KorM=Sherbet Land
|ChiS=冰冻地带
|ChiSR=Bīngdòng Dìdài
|ChiSM=Frozen Zone
|ChiT=冰凍樂園
|ChiTR=Bīngdòng Lèyuán
|ChiTM=Frozen Wonderland
}}

==Trivia==
*In ''[[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]]'', if the player drives into a [[Freezie]] just as a [[Spiny Shell (blue)|Spiny Shell]] is about to blow up on them, the player is unaffected by the explosion, the ice shatters, and the player can continue driving.

==References==
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{{MK race courses}}
{{MK battle courses}}
{{MKDD}}
{{MK8}}
[[Category:Classic courses]]
[[Category:Snowscapes]]
[[Category:Mario Kart: Double Dash!! race courses]]
[[Category:Mario Kart 8 race courses]]
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