Editing Mount Wario

{{racecourse

|image=[[File:MK8-Course-MountWario.jpg|270px]]

|appearances=''[[Mario Kart 8]]'' ([[List of Mario games by date#2014|2014]])

|ghost=2:06.283 by Nin★Elena (as [[Waluigi]])

|wifi=Available ([[Wii U]])

|music=[[File:MK8-Music-MountWario.ogg]]

|map=[[File:MK8 Mount Wario Map.png|200px]]

'''Mount Wario''' is the fourth and final race track in the [[Star Cup]] of ''[[Mario Kart 8]]''. This course takes place on a mountain summit and ski resort themed after [[Wario]], where players must race from the top to the bottom (similar to [[DK Summit]] in ''[[Mario Kart Wii]]'' and [[DK Mountain]] in ''[[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]]''). This is one of the three tracks in the game (the others being [[Rainbow Road (N64)| <small>N64</small> Rainbow Road]] and [[Big Blue (course)|Big Blue]]) to be divided into three sections rather than three laps. Mount Wario, along with Big Blue, is one of the only two courses in the ''Mario Kart'' series to not be a looped race course, so when the racer finishes the race, they will simply sit at the end of the course.

[[File:MK8-Course-MountWario-startingline.png|thumb|250px|left|The course as seen from the starting line.]]

The course is a three section race down a snowy mountain, split between three sections (like [[Wuhu Loop]], [[Maka Wuhu]], and [[Rainbow Road (3DS)|Rainbow Road]] from ''[[Mario Kart 7]]'', the remake of [[Rainbow Road (N64)|Rainbow Road]] from ''[[Mario Kart 64]]'', and [[Big Blue (race course)|Big Blue]] in ''Mario Kart 8'').  

Segment one starts in a large plane hovering over the top of the mountain, with the racers driving off a ramp before landing on a path at the summit of the mountain. After a few icy downhill turns, the course enters a cave, as well as passes the checkpoint marking the start of the second segment.

Segment two starts inside the cave, with two anti-gravity sections ending with a hang-glider segment. Two flat rocks with boost pads are placed just after, before a boost ramp leads the racers into a hydroelectric dam. After two 90° turns, there is another anti-gravity section with racers driving along the side of the dam, with boost pads going down the streams (like in [[Shy Guy Falls]]).

After that, racers soon enter a snowy forest, that splits into two paths to start off. These two paths meet up to an area with rocks sticking out of the snow, which can provide a boost via tricks. Eventually, the track exits the forest and reaches the top of a chairlift inside a ski area, as well as the checkpoint for the start of segment three.

Segment three starts by traveling down a slalom and mogul course, with cheering [[Toad (species)|Toads]], [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshis]], and [[Shy Guy]]s alongside the track. After a few turns, racers enter the final anti-gravity section, which goes down a ski jumping ramp with boost pads placed on various parts of the ramp. The section ends with a hang-glider section off the jump, where three boost rings are placed to help racers out. After two more turns at the landing area, the track reaches the finish line.

===Shortcuts===

*Right by the starting line, one can skip a couple of turns of the track using a [[Mushroom]].

*In the forest, one can cut in between the two paths to a hidden glider ramp by using a [[Mushroom]].

*One can cut off the last turn by boosting through the snow in the corner.

*100% Organic Antifreeze (Trackside banners)

*[[Bullet Bill]] Speed Trials (Signs, trackside banners)

*Burning [[Donkey Kong|DK]] (Trackside banners)

*Dream [[Glider]]s (Trackside banners)

*[[Lemmy Koopa|Lemmy's]] Tire Service (Signs, trackside banners)

*[[Luigi]] Gusters (Hot air balloons)

*[[Mario]] Motors (Trackside banners)

*Mario Super Motor Team (Hot air balloons)

*[[Mushroom]] Piston (Signs, trackside banners)

*[[Wario]] Billionaires (Hot air balloons)

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MK8- Mount Wario.PNG|The track's icon.

MountWarioStart.jpg|The start of the course.

MountWarioJump.jpg|[[Wario]] falling out of the plane at the start of the course.

47 Waluigi 2.jpg|[[Waluigi]], at the beginning of Mount Wario.

Iggy-MountWario-MK8.jpg|[[Iggy Koopa|Iggy]] races at the first section of the track.

Rosie biddybug.jpg|[[Rosalina]] drifts around one of Mount Wario's various turns.

MountWarioMK8.png|Waluigi, racing in front of a Jumbotron (like in [[Waluigi Stadium (GCN)|Waluigi Stadium]]).

Mount Wario Beginning.png|The first section of the track.

Mount Wario Dam.png|The dam interior.

RosalinaDamMK8.jpg|Rosalina driving along the wall of the dam.

Mount Wario Gliding.png|The glider portion of the third section, resembling a ski jump with the finish line from a distance.

Snowboarding Shy Guy stamp MK8.png|The [[Stamp (Mario Kart 8)|stamp]] obtained for beating the staff ghost at this course.

{{Foreignname

|FraA=Descente Givrée

|FraAM=Frosted Downhill (can also mean "Crazy Downhill")

|FraE=Descente givrée

|FraEM=Frosted Downhill

*Like [[Twisted Mansion]], [[Electrodrome]], [[Bowser's Castle (Wii U)|Bowser's Castle]], and [[Excitebike Arena]], this course has an opening animation, which is the front of the plane opening up and the ramp being lowered. However, unlike the aforementioned four courses, which start with the countdown, its opening starts as the course intro ends, and finishes right before the race countdown.

**The second segment of the course is the only section that has two separate soundtracks. The first section plays in the cave and dam section, and the second section plays from just after the dam to the top of the chairlift and the checkpoint for the third segment.

*This is the first Wario-themed course to not have [[Wario]] as the staff ghost, as the staff ghost for this course is [[Waluigi]].

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