Editing Mario Circuit (Mario Kart 8)

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{{about|the race course from ''[[Mario Kart 8]]'' and ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]''|other race tracks with similar names|[[Mario Circuit]]}}
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|image=[[File:MK8 Mario Circuit.png|300px]]
|appears_in=''[[Mario Kart 8]]'' ([[List of games by date#2014|2014]])<br>''[[Super Smash Bros. for Wii U]]'' ([[List of games by date#2014|2014]])<br>''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'' ([[List of games by date#2017|2017]])<br>''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' ([[List of games by date#2018|2018]])
|cups=[[Flower Cup]]<br>[[Battle Mode]] (''8'')
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|online_play=Available ([[Wii U]] until early April 2024 pre-existing users only, [[Nintendo Switch|Switch]])
|sample=Shiho Fujii<br>[[File:MK8-Music-MarioCircuit.oga]]<br>Frontrunning<br>[[File:WiiU_MarioCircuit_Frontrunning.oga]]
|map=''Mario Kart 8'' / ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe''
<div style="white-space: nowrap;">[[File:MK8 Mario Circuit Map.png|frameless|upright=0.65]][[File:MK8DX Mario Circuit Map.png|frameless|upright=0.65]]</div>
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'''Mario Circuit''' is the first course of the [[Flower Cup]] in ''[[Mario Kart 8]]'' and ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]''. This Mario Circuit's layout is designed after the [[wikipedia:Möbius strip|Möbius strip]] (a closed surface consisting of only one side) to make full use of the new [[anti-gravity]] mechanic of the game. It is centered around [[Peach's Castle]], which happens to be resting on floating islands, some of which also make up the course's background. Like [[Figure-8 Circuit]] and [[N64 Toad's Turnpike|Toad's Turnpike]], the track is shaped like the number eight. There are [[Goomba]]s and [[Goomba Tower]]s on the course that can spin out the player. The track is lush and green, surrounded by blue sky and white clouds, as well as waterfalls. There are twenty-two [[coin]]s located on this track. [[Mario Kart Stadium]]'s music is largely rearranged from this track's song, as confirmed by a liner note in the ''[[Mario Kart 8 Original Soundtrack]]''. In ''Mario Kart 8'', it is a selectable battle course.

==Course layout==
[[File:MK8 Mario Circuit Starting Line.png|thumb|250px|left|The course as seen from the starting line]]
Being designed after a Möbius strip, the track follows a single path that twists around near the beginning. The track remains fairly simple in terms of design. Players start on the straightaway of the Möbius strip and shortly after, there is a long turn to the left. Two [[Goomba]]s slowly step side-to-side in this part of the track and cause racers who collide with them to spin out. After a right turn, a white bridge starts the anti-gravity section. The track makes a wide U-turn to the left shortly after, and racers start driving underneath the finish line. After a wide right turn followed by a left turn, the racers cross the white bridge again, and after another right turn, which twists the track back to normal, the racers approach the finish line. A [[Glide Ramp]] and [[Goomba Tower]]s appear at the stretch to the finish. Mario's [[Standard Kart]] can be seen in the pit area, alongside [[? Block]]s.

The course's starting banner can be interacted with by gliding racers, causing it to swing; the other four courses to share this feature are {{classic link|DS|Wario Stadium}}, {{classic link|3DS|Neo Bowser City}}, {{classic link|Tour|Tokyo Blur}} and {{classic link|3DS|Rock Rock Mountain}}. It is the only one of these five courses to be a new course.
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==Shortcuts==
*The player can use boost items to cut through the grass to the left of the big turn at the start.
*The right turn before the white bridge can be cut by going through the grass with a [[Dash Mushroom|Mushroom]].
*After crossing the white bridge, racers can cut through the grass behind some [[Piranha Plant]] pipes with a boost item.
*On the other side of the strip, where this stretch of the track serves as the final turn to the finish line, the racer can go through the pipes and sand by using Mushrooms or a [[Super Star|Star]].

==Appearance in the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series==
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The track appears in ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Wii U]]'' as a new stage. The stage takes place on several platforms that move around the stage, stopping at certain intervals around the stage similar to [[Rainbow Road (stage)|Rainbow Road]] in the [[Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS|3DS version]]. [[Shy Guy]]s can drive into the fight like in the aforementioned stage and the other [[Figure-8 Circuit (stage)|Mario Circuit stage]]; however, because of the anti-gravity, they can drive on other surfaces such as on the wall to the right of the players or above them. The default music is a medley of the Circuit theme and [[3DS Neo Bowser City|Neo Bowser City]]'s music from ''[[Mario Kart 7]]'', though the original versions of numerous songs from ''Mario Kart 8'' including Mario Circuit are also available.

Mario Circuit returns as a playable stage in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'', now with access to every ''Mario Kart'' song featured in the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series.

==Sponsors==
*[[List of sponsors debuting in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe#Burning DK|Burning DK]] (Trackside banners)
*[[List of sponsors debuting in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe#Dream Gliders|Dream Gliders]] (Signs)
*[[List of sponsors debuting in Mario Kart 7#Mario Kart (Oil)|Mario Kart]] (Oil cans)
*[[Mario Kart TV]] (Trackside banners, van)
*[[List of sponsors debuting in Mario Kart Arcade GP and Mario Kart Arcade GP 2#Mario Motors|Mario Motors]] (Garages, signs, trackside banners)
*[[List of sponsors debuting in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe#Mushroom Piston|Mushroom Piston]] (Signs)
*[[Nintendo]] (Trackside banners)

==Profiles==
===''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe''===
*'''''Nintendo Magazine 2023 Winter''''': "''Linked to the title of the game, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, this course is shaped like the number "8". It's an anti-gravity course, where you race on both the surface and on the other side.''"<ref>[https://www.nintendo.com/jp/software/feature/magazine_2023winter/index_en.html?page=7&device=pc Nintendo Magazine 2023 Winter (Digital English edition)]. ''nintendo.co.jp''. Retrieved November 21, 2023. ([https://web.archive.org/web/20231121204311/https://www.nintendo.com/jp/software/feature/magazine_2023winter/index_en.html?page=7&device=pc Archived] November 21, 2023, 20:43:11 UTC via Wayback Machine.)</ref>

===''[[Mario Kart 8 Original Soundtrack]]'' liner note===
''"This track takes the form of a kind of Möbius Strip and also suggests the number eight, to signify its place in the series. The synthesiser sound we used for the melody here was meant to give the feel of the anti-gravity effect which features in this title."''

==Gallery==
===''Mario Kart 8'' / ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe''===
<gallery widths=150px>
MK8 Mario Circuit Course Icon.png|The course icon
MarioCircuitMK8icon.png|The full course icon
MK8-u_MarioCircuit-Ending.png|Results screen
YoshiPipeFrame.png|The start
MK8NewBooster.png|[[Anti-gravity]] pad
MK8MarioCircuitBoomerangMario.png|Mario and some other racers, at the beginning of the anti-gravity section
MiiMK8Screenshot.png|A group of [[Mii]]s on the course
MK8 Waluigi Trick Mario Circuit.jpg|[[Waluigi]] performs a trick
MetalJetMario.jpg|[[Metal Mario]] finishes
MK8 Battle Mode.png|As a battle course
MK8 Prerelease Mario Circuit Mario.png|Mario, racing at Mario Circuit
MK8 Mario Circuit Start Grid.png|Mario and other racers standing at the starting grid
MarioCircuitMK8.jpg|A released screenshot of the course revealing the name of the course
Castle stamp MK8.png|The [[Stamp (Mario Kart 8)|stamp]] obtained for beating the staff ghost at this course
</gallery>

===''Super Smash Bros. for Wii U''===
<gallery>
SSB4 - Mario Circuit MK8.PNG|Overview of the [[Mario Circuit (Super Smash Bros. for Wii U)|Mario Circuit]] stage
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jpn=マリオサーキット
|JpnR=Mario Sākitto
|JpnM=Mario Circuit
|Spa=Circuito Mario
|SpaM=Mario Circuit
|Fra=Circuit Mario
|FraM=Mario Circuit
|Dut=Mario's Circuit
|DutM=Mario's Circuit
|Ger=Marios Piste
|GerM=Mario's Track
|Ita=Circuito di Mario
|ItaM=Mario's Circuit
|Por=Circuito do Mario
|PorM=Mario's Circuit
|Rus=Трасса Марио
|RusR=Trassa Mario
|RusM=Mario's Track
|Kor=마리오 서킷
|KorR=Mario Seokit
|KorM=Mario Circuit
|ChiT=瑪利歐賽道
|ChiTR=Mǎlìōu Sàidào
|ChiTM=Mario Speedway
|ChiS=马力欧赛道
|ChiSR=Mǎlìōu Sàidào
|ChiSM=Mario Speedway
}}

==Notes==
*This is one of the three courses (along with [[Toad Harbor]] and [[Twisted Mansion]]) that were playable at E3 2013. Incidentally, all three take place in the [[Flower Cup]], in the same order as the original demo.

==References==
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{{MK battle courses}}
{{MK race courses}}
{{MK8}}
[[Category:Grasslands]]
[[Category:Mario Kart 8 race courses]]
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