Editing Mario Kart Stadium

{{racecourse
|title=Mario Kart Stadium
|image=[[File:MK8-Course-MarioKartStadium.png|270px]]<br>Overview of the course.
|appearances=''[[Mario Kart 8]]'' ([[List of Mario games by date#2014|2014]]) <br> ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'' ([[List of Mario games by date#2017|2017]])
|cups=[[Mushroom Cup]]
|ghost=1:59.781 by Nin★Chris (MK8) (as [[Mario]])
|wifi=Available ([[Wii U]], [[Nintendo Switch|Switch]])
|music=[[File:MK8-Music-MarioKartStadium.ogg]]
|map=[[File:MK8 Mario Kart Stadium Map.png|200px]]
}}
'''Mario Kart Stadium''' is the first race track in the [[Mushroom Cup]] of ''[[Mario Kart 8]]'' and ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]''. It is a basic circuit taking place in an autodrome stadium full with advertisements and banners of the players with [[fireworks]] in the background. This is the first course to be named after the [[Mario Kart (series)|''Mario Kart'' series]] itself. This course also makes ''Mario Kart 8'' the only game in the series (excluding the arcade games and ''Mario Kart 64'') where the first course in the game is not named a "Circuit", despite the overall design is still a circuit-type track.

==Course layout==
[[File:MK8-Course-MarioKartStadium-startingline.png|thumb|250px|left|The course as seen from the starting line.]]
The course begins with a short straightaway followed by a right turn. The track then turns right with three colored paths that stay together: an inner blue path, a yellow path in the center that says "Mushroom Cup" on it, and an outer red path with [[Boost Pads]] and coins. The track then approaches the anti-gravity part followed by a left turn. Next, the course goes up and down a raised hairpin turn, followed by a gliding area, and one more left turn to the finish line.
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===Shortcuts===
*Just before the path splits in three, the player can use a boosting item to make a sharp turn between the pipes
*After the first split path anti-gravity section, there is a dirt section that the player can boost through.
*Right after the first anti-gravity strip, on the left, there is a ramp that cuts off the corner just before the huge turn.
*Near the end of the course, just after the gliding ramp, a boost can be used across the sand to bypass the final turn. It is easy to notice the shortcut because there are pipes in the sand.

==Sponsors==
Teams that appear in this course are included in this list, the teams being the [[Mario]] Super Motor Team, [[Luigi]] Gusters, [[Toad]] [[Mushroom]] Powered, [[Yoshi]] Runners, Lord [[Bowser]] and [[Princess Peach]]. The same team names can be found in different courses throughout the game.

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*Bowser Oil (Promotion tents, trackside banners)
*[[Bullet Bill]] Speed Trials (Promotion tents, trackside banners)
*[[Fuzzy]] Battery (Batteries in pit area, promotion tents, trackside banners)
*Golden Wheel (Promotion tents, trackside banners)
*[[Lemmy Koopa|Lemmy's]] Tire Service (Promotion tents, trackside banners)
*Lord Bowser (Batteries in pit area, crowd banners, pit area, pit crew toads, standings board)
*Luigi Gusters (Batteries in pit area, crowd banners, pit area, pit crew toads, standings board)
*Mario Automobile Association/MAA (Promotion tents)
*Mario Kart (Oil) (Cans in pit area)
|
*[[Mario Kart TV]]/MKTV ([[Clown Car]]s, commentator's booth, posters, promotion tents, trackside banners, van)
*Mario Motors (Promotion tents, trackside banners)
*Mario Super Motor Team (Batteries in pit area, crowd banners, pit area, pit crew toads, standings board)
*[[Mushroom Cup]] (Banners, pit areas, signs, standings board, trackside banners)
*Princess Peach (Batteries in pit area, crowd banners, pit area, pit crew toads, standings board)
*Toad Mushroom Powered (Batteries in pit area, crowd banners, pit area, pit crew toads, standings board)
*Yoshi Runners (Batteries in pit area, crowd banners, pit area, pit crew toads, standings board)
|}

==Gallery==
<gallery widths=160px>
MK8MarioKartStadium.jpg|A released screenshot of the course revealing the name of the track.
MK8- Mario Kart Stadium.PNG|The track's icon.
MK8MarioKartStadium2.png|The only [[anti-gravity]] section of the course.
MK8MarioKartStadium1.png|[[Mario]], [[Luigi]], [[Wario]] and other players reaching the finish line.
MK8MarioKartStadium3.png|The finish line.
Mario Kart Stadium Race Start (Roy Koopa).jpg|[[Roy Koopa|Roy]] at the starting line, waiting for the race to begin.
MK8Ramp.png|[[Ramp]]
Toad mechanics stamp MK8.png|The [[Stamp (Mario Kart 8)|stamp]] obtained for beating the staff ghost at this course.
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{Foreignname
|Jap=マリオカートスタジアム
|JapR=Mario Kāto Sutajiamu
|JapM=Mario Kart Stadium
|Spa=Estadio Mario Kart
|SpaM=Mario Kart Stadium
|Fra=Champidrome
|FraM=From "champignon" (mushroom) and "autodrome"
|Dut=Mario Kart-Stadion
|DutM=Mario Kart Stadium
|Ger=Mario Kart-Stadion
|GerM=Mario Kart Stadium
|Ita=Stadio Mario Kart
|ItaM=Mario Kart Stadium
|Por=Estádio Mario Kart
|PorM=Mario Kart Stadium
|Rus=Стадион Mario Kart
|RusR=Stadion Mario Kart
|RusM=Mario Kart Stadium
}}

==Trivia==
*Throughout the course, all flags and pit stops are only themed around [[Mario]], [[Luigi]], [[Princess Peach|Peach]], [[Toad]], [[Yoshi]], and [[Bowser]], all of which are the only characters that appear in every ''Mario Kart'' game since ''[[Super Mario Kart]]''.
*This is the only track in the [[Mushroom Cup]] to not have an underwater section.
*Part of this course's music is reused for the theme of [[Mario Circuit (Wii U)|Mario Circuit]].
*Standard Karts for each of the six characters can be seen in their respective pit areas.
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[[Category:Mario Kart 8 Race Courses]]