Editing Kanaami Road

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[[File:MKT Icon GBA Bowser's Castle 3RT.jpg|thumb|250px|Many Kanaami Roads paired with ramps in [[GBA Bowser's Castle 3|GBA Bowser's Castle 3R/T]]]]
'''Kanaami Roads'''<ref>''Mario Kart Tour'' internal filename (<tt>roadkanaami</tt>)</ref> are red [[Chain-Link]] platforms that appear in the [[Mario Kart (series)|''Mario Kart'']] series. They have a unique associated [[ramp]] design, and also sometimes incorporate sloping structures similar to those found in [[Excitebike Arena]], [[RMX Choco Island 1]], and [[RMX Choco Island 2]]. They make their first appearance in ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'', where they are mostly found in the R, T, and R/T variations of courses.

In R variants, they are placed to assist the player in going upwards in areas where racers jump or glide down from a height, or sometimes at the end of [[glider]] or [[Cannon (Mario Kart series)|cannon]] sections to give more space for the player to land. In T variants, their main use is instead to enable more [[Mini-Turbo]]s, [[Jump Boost]]s, and [[Dash Panel]] boosts, which in turn provides more actions for the game's combo and point-earning system. In some variations of courses, they are used to take racers outside the normal bounds of the track. Kanaami Roads are also frequently the startpoint and/or endpoint of [[Glider Challenge]]s.

Kanaami Roads are also used in the normal variations of some courses, usually to replace a Chain-Link platform from a previous appearance. [[Wii Mushroom Gorge]] has several ramps replaced by Kanaami Roads, [[3DS Toad Circuit]] has part of the bridge replaced, [[3DS Rock Rock Mountain]] uses them on the left half of the starting area, and [[3DS Piranha Plant Slide]] uses them as the floor of the underwater section.

Kanaami Roads reappear in ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'' via the ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass|Booster Course Pass]]'', mostly in the aforementioned cases where ''Mario Kart Tour'' incorporated them as a normal part of the track geometry. However, {{classic link|N64|Kalimari Desert}} has a Kanaami Road appear on its second lap to turn racers onto the train tracks. This Kanaami Road is invisible and intangible to racers not on lap two, so a player that is sufficiently behind or ahead may see racers driving on thin air.

The word "Kanaami" itself is a romanization of「金網」, which is Japanese for "wire mesh", such as that of [[Chain-Link]]s.

==Gallery==
===''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe''===
<gallery>
MK8DX Kalimari Desert Ramp.png|The Kanaami Road on N64 Kalimari Desert
Toad Circuit MK8Deluxe Race Finish.jpg|The road on 3DS Toad Circuit
</gallery>

===''Mario Kart Tour''===
<gallery>
MKT Mario Circuit 3T Scene.jpg|Kanaami Roads on [[SNES Mario Circuit 3]]<nowiki>T</nowiki>
MKT Bowser Castle 1T Scene.jpg|A large Kanaami Road on [[GBA Bowser's Castle 1]]<nowiki>T</nowiki>
MKT Waluigi Pinball T Scene.jpg|A Kanaami Road on [[DS Waluigi Pinball]] T
MKT 3DS Rock Rock Mountain Cliff.jpg|A Kanaami Road as part of [[3DS Rock Rock Mountain]]
MKT 3DS Piranha Plant Slide Underwater.jpg|A Kanaami Road as the floor of [[3DS Piranha Plant Slide]]'s underwater section
MKT London Loop 2T Scene.jpg|A Kanaami Road on [[Tour London Loop|London Loop]] 2T
</gallery>

==Internal names==
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|meaning1=Chain-Link road
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==References==
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