Editing Mario Circuit (Mario Kart Wii)

'''Mario Circuit''' is the first race course of the [[Flower Cup]] in ''[[Mario Kart Wii]]''. The track's overview is slightly similar to [[Figure-8 Circuit]] from ''[[Mario Kart DS]]'', having two main bends and two straight stretches. It takes place in a town in front of [[Peach's Castle]]. Some supporting characters from the ''[[Super Mario (franchise)|Super Mario]]'' game series like [[Hammer Bro]]s., [[Shy Guy]]s and [[Sledge Bro]]s. appear watching the race. Other characters such as Goombas or a Chain Chomp serve as obstacles within the course. This track shares its music with [[Luigi Circuit (Mario Kart Wii)|Luigi Circuit]], and an arrangement of it is heard in the title theme, demo movie, options menu, [[Block Plaza]], Award Ceremony, and second half of the credits music. This is also where the Award Ceremony takes place at the end of every cup.

[[File:MKW Mario Circuit Item Boxes.png|thumb|left|The main town area]]

The course begins with a long downhill straightaway, with the first set of [[Item Box]]es afterwards. Audience members, such as [[Shy Guy]]s and [[Hammer Bro]]s. can be seen on the left and right side of the straightaway, waving at racers. They then take two 90° turns to the right, with a second item set in the middle of the second turn, followed by a slight turn turn and a slight left turn. Racers then reach a 90° turn to the right where a chained [[Chain Chomp]] lies. The Chain Chomp will roam on the inside of the turn near its post before lunging  to bite at racers. If they drive on the outer half of the road though, the Chain Chomp cannot reach them.

After this turn there is a straight that takes racers through a tunnel underneath the start of the track. In the middle of the tunnel is a third item set. Once racers exit the tunnel, there is a 90° turn to the left, where racers encounter a brief straight with several more Item Boxes that move back and forth. After a gradual U-turn and one last straightaway, racers reach the finish line. Between the tunnel and the finish line, there is a large amount of grass on both sides of the track, and the final straightaway also has trees on either side. Throughout the entire course, there are also [[Goomba]]s as obstacles; one is found shortly after the first item set, one is found shortly after the second item set, one is found shortly after the tunnel, and two are found along the U-turn at the end of the track.

The first notable shortcut can be found just before the Chain Chomp. If the player goes straight after taking the slight right turn, they can use a [[Dash Panel|dash panel]] ramp to jump over most of the off-road and avoid the Chain Chomp entirely. It is possible to perform this shortcut without any [[Dash Mushroom|Mushrooms]] and without slowing down, though this is very difficult, so bringing one or two Mushrooms is recommended. Alternatively, the player can use speed items to cut across all of the off-road without using the ramp to begin with.

Lastly, there is a glitch on this course that allows for a major shortcut: If they use a correctly timed Mushroom, the player can clip off of one of the trees to the left of the final straightaway and land on the track below. This shortcut cuts off more than half of the lap.

The normal staff ghost for Mario Circuit has a time of 01:44.777, using [[Mario]] in the [[Zip Zip]]. The expert staff ghost is unlocked if the player gets a time of 01:40.378 or less, with a time of 01:33.702 using Mario on the [[Sprinter]].

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