Editing Half-pipe (object)

[[File:MKT Half-pipe.png|thumb|250px|A half-pipe in ''Mario Kart Tour''.]]

A '''half-pipe'''<ref>''Mario Kart Tour'' in-game name</ref><ref>"The giant cannon that fires you to the mountaintop is just the first part of an incredible trip on this snow-covered track. Avoid the deepest drifts and look out for snowboarders as you pull off stunts on the half-pipe!" - ''Mario Kart Wii'' DK Summit official European website description</ref> (also known as '''halfpipe-style boost ramp'''<ref name="NAMKW">"A challenging downhill course with a long series of halfpipe-style boost ramps for tricking over heavy snow banks." - ''Mario Kart Wii'' DK Summit official North American website description</ref>) is a structure signaled by '''vertical dash panels'''<ref>David S. J. Hodgson (April 27, 2008). ''Mario Kart Wii PRIMA Official Game Guide''. ''Prima Games''. Pages 60, 64, 72, 76, 84, 92, 96, 128, 156. Retrieved April 15, 2018.</ref>  (also known as '''half-pipe boost pads'''<ref>"The plentiful bumps and hills - plus new half-pipe boost pads - make this the best track for tricks." - ''Mario Kart Wii'' <small>GCN</small> Waluigi Stadium official North American website description</ref>)  that appears in ''[[Mario Kart Wii]]'' and ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]''. It allows players to jump off of the side of a course and perform a [[Trick]] to gain a speed boost upon landing. Its panels are cyan, blue and purple with scrolling white arrows on them and stripes across them, resembling those of a [[Glide Ramp]], and despite their former North American name, they only have a signaling function, not giving any speed boost when touched. Said speed boost rather happens when the player lands after the jump, regardless of whether the vehicle landed on the half-pipe or not.

[[File:GCNWaluigiStadium1-MKWii.png|thumb|250px|A half-pipe in [[Waluigi Stadium (GCN)|<small>GCN</small> Waluigi Stadium]] in ''Mario Kart Wii''.]]

Half-pipes are introduced in ''Mario Kart Wii'', known in North America as '''halfpipe-style boost ramps'''.<ref name="NAMKW"/> The ramps appear in both nitro courses, such as [[Dry Dry Ruins (Wii)|Dry Dry Ruins]] and [[DK Summit]], and some updated retro courses, like [[Waluigi Stadium (GCN)|<small>GCN</small> Waluigi Stadium]] and [[DK Mountain|<small>GCN</small> DK Mountain]]. These ramps are also included in the battle stages [[Funky Stadium]] and [[Chain Chomp Wheel]]. When jumping, it's possible to perform a trick to receive a longer speed boost, the trick performed is the same one that is performed when jumping off a dash panel.

[[File:MKT Larry Half-pipe Trick.png|thumb|250px|left|[[Larry Koopa|Larry]] tricking off a half-pipe in ''Mario Kart Tour''.]]

After being removed from ''[[Mario Kart 7]]'' and ''[[Mario Kart 8]]'', half-pipes return in ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'', first appearing on [[Maple Treeway|Wii Maple Treeway]]. In this game, their mechanics are slightly altered, in that the trick is automatically performed as soon as the vertical jump starts, but if the jump is high enough, a second trick, named '''special trick''', is performed. When this happens, the speed boost received upon landing is longer.

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