Editing N64 Koopa Troopa Beach

|title=Koopa Troopa Beach<br><small>Koopa Beach</small>

|image=[[File:Koopa Troopa Beach MK64.png|300px]]

|sample=''Mario Kart 64''<br>[[File:MK64-Music-KoopaTroopaBeach.oga]]<br>''Mario Kart 7'' / ''Mario Kart Tour''<br>[[File:MK7 N64 Koopa Troopa Beach.oga]]<br>''Mario Kart 7'' (frontrunning)<br>[[File:MK7 N64 KoopaTroopBeach Frontrunning.oga]]

|map=''Mario Kart 64''<br>[[File:MK64 Kooopa Troopa Beach map.jpg|100x100px]][[File:MK64 Kooopa Troopa Beach minimap.png]]<br>''Mario Kart 7''<br>[[File:MK7 N64KoopaTroopaBeach.png|140px]][[File:MK7 N64 Koopa Troopa Beach Minimap.png|140px]]<br>''Mario Kart Tour''<br>[[File:MKT Map KoopaTroopaBeachN64.png|140px]]

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'''Koopa Troopa Beach''' (transliterated as '''Noko Noko Beach''' on a few occasions<ref>{{cite|date=December 1996|title=''Nintendo Magazine System'' (UK) issue 51|page=28|publisher=EMAP|language=en-gb}}</ref><ref>{{cite|date=April 1997|title=''Nintendo Magazine System'' (Australia) issue 49|page=40|publisher=Catalyst Publishing|language=en-au}}</ref>) is the third race course of the [[Mushroom Cup]] in ''[[Mario Kart 64]]''. It acts as a successor to the [[Koopa Beach 1|Koopa Beach]] courses in ''[[Super Mario Kart]]'', and features a distinct [[Koopa Troopa]] rock formation seen shortly after the race begins. The track is the first in the game to feature an explicit shortcut available without the use of an item.  

==''Mario Kart 64''==

[[File:MK64 icon Koopa Troopa Beach.png|thumb|The menu icon in ''Mario Kart 64'']]

===Course layout===

The course takes place along a beach with rocky cliffs to the left of the track and water to the right of it. It begins with a slight right turn and a left turn, where racers encounter the first set of [[Item Box]]es. They then go left or right around a giant Koopa Troopa shaped rock. Once the paths join there is a long gradual left turn followed by a simple ramp and another item set. Racers then pass under a rocky arch and enter a wider area with a right turn; along the turn is three more simple ramps, with an Item Box atop each, but racers can also cut off the turn by driving through some shallow water. Afterwards the track narrows again and there is another gradual left turn, with an item set at the beginning and end of it. In the middle of the turn is a much longer and narrower ramp that allows racers to jump over a large rock and reach a single Item Box; the Item Box always contains a [[Spiny Shell (blue)|Spiny Shell]]. Otherwise, racers must go around the rock, and there are palm trees to the left that racers must also avoid. After the gradual left turn, one more right turn brings racers to the finish line. Along this last turn is two more simple ramps, the first of which has three Item Boxes on top. Throughout the course there are also small [[crab]]s as obstacles.

==Profiles==

===''Mario Kart 64''===

|type=manual

|Eng=This course was named for the giant rock that can be seen right after the starting line. There are jumps, a fork in the road, and even a shortcut. There is no best route; it all depends on the situation you find yourself in at the time. Watch out! If you hit one of the crabs right before the goal, you'll crash!}}

|type=website

|EngA=A ride on the beach with a cool shortcut.<ref>{{cite|deadlink=y|archive=web.archive.org/web/19980224205030/http://www.nintendo.com:80/n64/mario_kart64/mushcup.html|title=''Mario Kart 64'': Mushroom Cup|publisher=nintendo.com|language=en-us|accessdate=December 26, 2018}}</ref>}}

==Names in other languages==

|Spa=Playa Koopa

|SpaM=Koopa Beach

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*A track having the same name (<tt>nokonoko_course</tt>) was supposed to be featured in ''[[Mario Kart DS]]'', but was [[List of Mario Kart DS pre-release and unused content|removed]]. The track is still in the game's files, but is unplayable without an Action Replay (no textures) or ROM Hacking (with textures).

*In [[Sunshine Airport]] from ''[[Mario Kart 8]]'', a pair of the Koopa Troopa rock formation from this track can be seen in the background from the second glider ramp back to the airport.