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| {{about|the race courses from the [[Mario Kart (series)|''Mario Kart'']] series|other uses|[[Rainbow Road (disambiguation)]]}} | | {{construction}} |
| [[File:MK8-Course-RainbowRoad.png|thumb|330px|[[Rainbow Road (Mario Kart 8)|Rainbow Road]] in its appearance in ''[[Mario Kart 8]]'']]
| | {{articleabout|race courses from the [[Mario Kart (series)]]| similar looking race courses that were in [[Mario Kart Arcade GP]] and [[Mario Kart Arcade GP 2]]|[[Rainbow Coaster]] and [[Rainbow Downhill]]}} |
| '''Rainbow Road''' is the final course of the [[Special Cup]] in all ''[[Mario Kart (series)|Mario Kart]]'' games and serves as the ultimate course in terms of difficulty in each game in which it appears. Each game features its own different iteration of Rainbow Road, but the courses all share the "Rainbow Road" name. Starting in ''[[Mario Kart 7]]'', Rainbow Road courses from previous games have reappeared as [[classic course]]s alongside the [[New course|new]] ones. ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'' is the only mainline game in the series to not introduce its own completely original Rainbow Road outside of [[remix course]]s, though it does feature some returning Rainbow Roads as classic courses.
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| As their name suggests, these courses are made of rainbow-colored surfaces, usually metallic or glass, that are either one color or change their color as racers drive on them, depending on the game. Many of these tracks are transparent. Starting in ''[[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]]'', the surface on each Rainbow Road (including the returning ones in ''Mario Kart 7'' onward) creates a unique metallic sound when racers [[drift]], [[Hop (move)|hop]], or perform a sharp turn on it. Starting in ''Mario Kart 7'', some of the Rainbow Road courses have sections of the race track that are not rainbow-colored. Rainbow Road typically appears to be floating in deep space or the [[Earth]]'s atmosphere, although the [[Rainbow Road (Mario Kart: Double Dash!!)|Rainbow Road]] in ''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!'' and the remade {{classic-link|N64|Rainbow Road}} and {{classic-link|SNES|Rainbow Road}} in ''[[Mario Kart 8]]'' instead hang suspended in a starry night sky above a landscape. The course often contains few or no railings, putting racers at risk of falling off the track, and each Rainbow Road also contains its own unique hazards. Due to these obstacles, Rainbow Road is among the most difficult courses in each ''Mario Kart'' game; it also often one of the longest.
| | '''Rainbow Road''' is the name of the last racecourse of the [[Special Cup]] in each of the ''[[Mario Kart (series)|Mario Kart]]'' games. These tracks are suspended in the starry night sky or outer space. Most contain few or no rails, putting racers at risk of falling, and each Rainbow Road also contains its unique hazards. Due to these obstacles, Rainbow Road is usually the hardest track in each Mario Kart game. |
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| Rainbow Road has also made some appearances in other games outside of the ''Mario Kart'' series, as well as in ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Movie]]''.
| | == ''Mario Kart'' Series == |
| ==History==
| | ===''Super Mario Kart''=== |
| ===''Mario Kart'' series=== | | {{racecourse |
| Rainbow Road has appeared as multiple incarnations throughout the ''Mario Kart'' series: | | |title=Rainbow Road (Super Mario Kart) |
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| | |appearances=''[[ Super Mario Kart]]<br>[[Mario Kart: Super Circuit]]'' |
| !width=10%|Course
| | |cups=[[Special Cup]]<br> |
| !width=10%|Games
| | [[Mario Kart Super Circuit#Extra Special Cup|Extra Special Cup]] |
| !width=30%|Description
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| | This Rainbow Road lacks rails entirely and contains 90-degree turns. Rainbow-colored tiles cover the track's surface, and the yellow tiles conceal [[Coins]] and [[jump]]ing humps. This course features flashing [[Thwomp]]s which can, unlike normal Thwomps, wipe out a racer by touch as well as by crushing unless the racer activates a [[Star]]. |
| ![[File:SMK Rainbow Road Lower-Screen Map.png]]<br>[[SNES Rainbow Road|Rainbow Road]]
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| |''[[Super Mario Kart]]''<br>''[[Mario Kart: Super Circuit]]''<br>''[[Mario Kart 7]]''<br>''[[Mario Kart 8]]'' <small>([[The Legend of Zelda x Mario Kart 8|''The Legend of Zelda'' × ''Mario Kart 8'']])</small><br>''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]''<br>''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'' | | Super Mario Kart composer [[Soyo Oka]] considers this level's theme one of her favorite compositions. |
| |A simplistic, yet challenging course that debuted in ''Super Mario Kart'' with narrow paths and tight curves. The road is made of tiles in all colors of the rainbow (although red was replaced by pink in ''Mario Kart 7''), arranged in horizontal bars, while the environment appears to be in the starry depths of space (or a starry night sky in ''Mario Kart: Super Circuit'', ''Mario Kart 8'', and ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe''). [[Star Thwomp]]s appears as the course's primary obstacles, which can spin out racers by touch unlike regular [[Thwomp]]s, and as of ''Mario Kart 7'', their stomps causes the course to wave, allowing drivers to [[Jump Boost|trick]] on them.
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| ![[File:Rainbow Road MK64.png|250px]]<br>[[N64 Rainbow Road|Rainbow Road]]
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| |''[[Mario Kart 64]]''<br>''[[Mario Kart 8]]''<br>''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]''
| | ===''Mario Kart 64''=== |
| |The longest course in ''Mario Kart 64'', taking at least two minutes per lap to race on; in ''Mario Kart 8'' and ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe'', the course instead has a single lap split into three segments. This iteration's road is translucent and arranges its colors in bars, but features no tiles (this is changed in ''Mario Kart 8'' and ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe'', where the course is tiled similarly to {{classic|SNES|Rainbow Road}} but the colors are arranged diagonally). The course also features guard rails shaped like stars, and the environment takes place in outer space with a smiling star and neon sign images of the character (in ''Mario Kart 8'' and ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe'', the course takes place above a city in the night sky, and the neon signs are replaced with fireworks). [[Chain Chomp]]s will occasionally run into the drivers, although in ''Mario Kart 8'' and ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe'', they instead bounce on certain wavy pathways.
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| | |title=Rainbow Road (Mario Kart 64) |
| ![[File:MKSC Rainbow Road Starting Line.png|200px]]<br>[[Rainbow Road (Mario Kart: Super Circuit)|Rainbow Road]]
| | |image=[[Image:Mk64rainbowroad.jpg|235px|center]] |
| |''[[Mario Kart: Super Circuit]]''
| | |appearances=''[[Mario Kart 64]]'' |
| |Similar to ''Mario Kart 64'', the Rainbow Road introduced in ''Mario Kart: Super Circuit'' is translucent and has its colors arranged horizontally. The course takes place in outer space, with [[Bowser's Castle]] from ''[[Paper Mario]]'' clearly visible in the background. The course's guard rails are bouncy ramps, allowing drivers to make large shortcuts at certain parts with well-timed [[Dash Mushroom|Mushroom]] boosts. Obstacles range from falling stars that hurt the racers, to thunder clouds that make them shrink.
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| ![[File:Rainbow Road GCN.jpg|200px]]<br>[[Rainbow Road (Mario Kart: Double Dash!!)|Rainbow Road]]
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| |''[[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]]''
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| |A long course with many elevations and turns, this iteration from ''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!'' takes place above a city which resembles [[Mushroom City]], in the night sky. Its road features its colors in gradients, and is tiled and reflective. It features a vertical tube that shoots drivers high upwards, not unlike [[Cannon (Mario Kart series)|cannons]]. Occasionally, collectible [[Super Star|Stars]] will scatter on the road, granting racers invincibility.
| | Rainbow Road is the longest race course in [[Mario Kart 64]] at 2,000 meters and requiring around two minutes per lap. The track features a transparent multi-colored path and with [[Star]]-shaped rails running throughout the course. Neon-light pictures of the eight playable characters, plus a portrait of a [[Boo]] and a [[Mushroom]] in the distance, float in the [[Bottomless Pit|void]]. Moreover, a big three-dimensional smiling Star lies in a section of the track. Roving [[Rainbow Chomp|Chain Chomps]] slide through the course in reverse, tossing into the air any driver who touches them. |
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| ![[File:MKDS Rainbow Road Intro.png|200px]]<br>[[Rainbow Road (Mario Kart DS)|Rainbow Road]]
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| |''[[Mario Kart DS]]''
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| |The Rainbow Road from ''Mario Kart DS'' is the first Rainbow Road to arrange its colors in a vertical fashion, and also features long, vertical tiles. Like previous incarnations, this version takes place in outer space. Uniquely, this course features two loops, prior to the introduction of [[anti-gravity]] in ''Mario Kart 8'' and ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe'': a vertical loop, and a corkscrew loop. Both loops are laced with [[Dash Panel]] boosts to prevent drivers from falling.
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| ![[File:MKW Rainbow Road Overview.png|200px]]<br>[[Wii Rainbow Road|Rainbow Road]]
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| |''[[Mario Kart Wii]]''<br>''[[Mario Kart Tour]]''<br>''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'' <small>(''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass|Booster Course Pass]]'')</small>
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| |The iteration from ''Mario Kart Wii'' features many twists and curves, as well as many opportunities to trick. In ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe'', the course is also set entirely in anti-gravity. Like previous versions, it also takes place in outer space, with [[Earth]] visible below the course; falling off the track will cause drivers to burn up in the atmosphere before [[Lakitu (Mario Kart referee)|Lakitu]] picks them up. The course also features [[Star Bit]]s and a [[Launch Star]] from ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''. It is also the first iteration to feature [[Ring (Mario Kart series)|Star Rings]].
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| ![[File:RainbowroadMK7.png|200px]]<br>[[3DS Rainbow Road|Rainbow Road]]
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| |''[[Mario Kart 7]]''<br>''[[Mario Kart Tour]]''<br>''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'' <small>(''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass|Booster Course Pass]]'')</small>
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| |''Mario Kart 7{{'}}''s incarnation is a long, three-segmented course that takes place in outer space like previous incarnations, this time including portions on a planet ring and even on the [[moon]], making it the first Rainbow Road to feature parts that are not rainbow-colored. In ''Mario Kart 7'', the part on the moon functions similarly to an [[Underwater driving|underwater]] section, while in ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe'', it is an anti-gravity section. The course also features several opportunities for [[Glide Ramp|gliding]]. | |
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| ![[File:MK8-Course-RainbowRoad-overview.jpg|200px]]<br>[[Rainbow Road (Mario Kart 8)|Rainbow Road]]
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| |The iteration from ''Mario Kart 8'' takes place on a space station in outer space, above another planet's atmosphere. This iteration of Rainbow Road appears more artificial compared to previous versions, and features several satellites floating around, as well as another space station with [[Conveyor Belt|conveyor belts]], which then leads to a split path. As with most courses in ''Mario Kart 8'', it features several anti-gravity segments. | |
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| ![[File:MKT RMX Rainbow Road 1 Scene.jpg|150px]]<br>[[RMX Rainbow Road 1]]
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| |''[[Mario Kart Tour]]''
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| |A [[remix course]] based on {{classic|SNES|Rainbow Road}}, thus featuring the same tiled road design and the same environment as the course normally has in ''Mario Kart Tour''. Its layout is shaped similarly to a squared-off figure eight, but the middle paths that would normally cross each other are instead glider sections with floating meteors.
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| ![[File:MKLHC Rainbow Road Course Icon.png|200px]]<br>[[Rainbow Road (Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit)|Rainbow Road]]
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| |Due to the nature of ''Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit'' using a remote-controlled car and augmented reality, the course layout design for this incarnation of Rainbow Road depends on what the player has set up. Aside from that, this course features Star Rings for the racers to drive through, as well as a magnet obstacle at the fourth gate. This version of Rainbow Road reuses the music from {{classic|N64|Rainbow Road}}, as it appears in ''Mario Kart 8''.
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| ![[File:MKT RMX Rainbow Road 2 Scene.jpg|150px]]<br>[[RMX Rainbow Road 2]]
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| |''[[Mario Kart Tour]]''
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| |A second remix course based on {{classic|SNES|Rainbow Road}}. This Rainbow Road features a bunch of [[Mushroom Trampoline]]s, and some elevation.
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| While ''[[Mario Kart Arcade GP]]'' and ''[[Mario Kart Arcade GP 2]]'' do not feature any courses with the Rainbow Road name, two similar courses appear in the games' [[Rainbow Cup]], namely [[Rainbow Coaster]] and [[Rainbow Downhill]]. Both courses feature a tiled road with rainbow colors high in the night sky, starting out at a space station with floating items and warping to a cloudy environment with beanstalks at daylight akin to {{classic-link|GBA|Sky Garden}} (which is instead an undersea environment in the third and fourth rounds of the Rainbow Cup, the ruins of an above-clouds sanctuary at night in the first and second rounds of the Special Rainbow Cup (although ''Mario Kart Arcade GP 2'' has these environments swap places), or an underwater temple in the third and fourth rounds of the Special Rainbow Cup).
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| ===''F-Zero X''===
| | The twisting course starts with a huge drop followed by a gentle uphill stretch, passing through a rainbow ring halo. After the ring, racers behold the flashing neon portraits while run through a pigtail bridge, following then towards another shallower drop. Racers turn around a corkscrew to reach a hairpin bend, and then a twisting stretch to go back to the checked line finally. |
| [[File:F-zeroxrainbowrd.png|thumb|Rainbow Road in ''F-Zero X'']]
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| {{main|N64 Rainbow Road#F-Zero X}}
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| [[fzerowiki:Rainbow Road|Rainbow Road]] appears as a racetrack in ''[[fzerowiki:F-Zero X|F-Zero X]]''. It is based on the Rainbow Road from ''Mario Kart 64''.
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| ''[[fzerowiki:F-Zero GX|F-Zero GX]]'' also has a track similar to Rainbow Road called [[fzerowiki:Phantom Road|Phantom Road]], which does not take place in a starry night sky or deep space like most Rainbow Roads, but rather in a psychedelic cybernetic void. In addition, the track has only one color that constantly shifts through the color spectrum rather than the traditional rainbow-looking appearance. Earlier builds of the track that remain in ''[[fzerowiki:F-Zero AX|F-Zero AX]]'' retain the Rainbow Road moniker, most likely as a nod to Rainbow Road in ''F-Zero X''.
| | Racers can perform a large shortcut by making a timed [[hop]] to the left (or right, during Extra) during the drop at the beginning. |
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| ===''Mario Hoops 3-on-3''=== | | <br clear=all> |
| [[File:MHrainbowship.jpg|thumb|200px|Towers floating over the clouds, where Rainbow Road takes place, in ''[[Mario Hoops 3-on-3]]'']]
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| {{main|Rainbow Road (Dribble Race course)}}
| | Image:RainbowRoadMK64.png|<center>The icon from the menu. |
| Rainbow Road is the unlockable third dribble race from the "challenges" section in ''[[Mario Hoops 3-on-3]]''. However, this Rainbow Road floats above the clouds and around a clock tower, and not much of the course is fully seen when playing.
| | Image:Mk64rainbowroad2.jpg|<center>The start of the track. |
| | Image:Mk64rainbowroad3.jpg|<center>The one of the several Rainbow Chomps. |
| | Image:Mk64rainbowroad4.jpg|<center>The big drop at the start. |
| | </gallery></center> |
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| ===''Super Mario Galaxy 2''=== | | ===''Mario Kart: Super Circuit''=== |
| [[File:SMG2 Rolling Coaster Starting Path.png|thumb|left|170px|Rainbow Road in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'']] | | {{racecourse |
| In ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'', Rainbow Road appears in both missions of the [[Rolling Coaster Galaxy]], but it is quite different compared to its previous appearances: it is curved and appears to be made up of rainbow tiles instead of the colors simply being contiguous, more similar to the Rainbow Road from ''[[Super Mario Kart]]'' in which the track is also made up of rainbow tiles. The road is also accompanied by several platforms shaped like both mushrooms and squares with different colors. Despite taking place in space, this Rainbow Road features a cloudy sky as a background. [[Mario]] or [[Luigi]] must roll a [[Star Ball]] along this Rainbow Road, avoiding several obstacles like towers and [[Bob-omb]]s. They can earn two [[Power Star]]s for finishing the course, one for the normal mission and another for collecting 100 of the 110 [[Purple Coin]]s. The music played on Rainbow Road is an arrangement of "[[Slider]]" from ''[[Super Mario 64]]''.
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| | |image=[[Image:mkscrainbowroad.png|240px|center]] |
| | |appearances=''[[Mario Kart: Super Circuit]] |
| | |cups=[[Special Cup]] |
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| ===''Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS''===
| | In ''Mario Kart: Super Circuit'', Rainbow Road has rails at the start line. Edges of the course are lined with bounce-jumps. Astute racers can use [[Mushroom]]s to perform significant shortcuts. The track has falling stars that can make racers spin out and [[Thunder Cloud]]s that will shrink anyone careless enough to drive under them. The [[Bowser's Castle]] from ''[[Paper Mario]]'' can be seen in the background. This track is equal with the course of Rage Racer Overpass City. This game also features the Rainbow Road course from ''Super Mario Kart'' without the flashing Thwomps. |
| {{main|Rainbow Road (stage)}}
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| [[File:SSB3DS Rainbow Road.jpg|thumb|left|The Rainbow Road stage in ''Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS'']]
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| Rainbow Road appears as a stage for ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS]]'', based on its ''[[Mario Kart 7]]'' [[3DS Rainbow Road|incarnation]]. Like [[Port Town Aero Dive]] from ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'', it is a moving stage where players fight on a platform that flies around the course, which also occasionally lands on the course itself. While on the ground, [[Shy Guy]]s can drive by and damage any fighters in its way, like in the [[Figure-8 Circuit (stage)|Mario Circuit]] stage from the previous game.
| | Image:RainbowRoad.png|<center>The icon from the menu |
| | Image:MKSC.png|<center>The ''Paper Mario'' castle in the background from ''Mario Kart: Super Circuit''. |
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| A Rainbow Road also appears in [[Rosalina]] & [[Luma]]'s announcement trailer, where Mario, Luigi, Peach, Bowser, and Donkey Kong are all racing each other (driving [[kart]]s from ''[[Mario Kart 8]]'') only to be suddenly interrupted by [[Kirby]] on his [[Warp Star]], followed by a Luma and Rosalina. This Rainbow Road slightly resembles the [[Rainbow Road (Mario Kart DS)|incarnation]] from ''[[Mario Kart DS]]''.
| | ===''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!''=== |
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| | {{racecourse |
| | |title=Rainbow Road (GCN) |
| | |image=[[Image:Doubledashrainbow Road.PNG|215px]]<br>Rainbow Road seen in ''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!''. |
| | |appearances=''[[Mario Kart: Double Dash]] |
| | |cups=[[Special Cup]] |
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| | [[Dash Panel]]s give a boost of speed to the racers in the ''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!'' version of Rainbow Road. This version of Rainbow Road also has rails in parts of the course. It features a helix and a pipe that shoots players to the highest point of the track after reaching the very bottom. It also contains floating sculptures of items, and rains stars that racers can pick up. It has the most pearl-like colors of all the Rainbow Roads. Additionally, the entire course is placed high above a city. The city it floats over could be [[Mushroom City]] because of the design of some of the buildings. When in split screen mode, the city and the item sculptures are removed. The theme music played in the course is a remix of the Rainbow Road from ''Mario Kart 64'', and reappears in ''[[Super Smash Bros Brawl]]'' as an alternative music theme for the [[Mario Circuit]] battle stage. |
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| ===''Paper Mario: Color Splash''=== | | ===''Mario Kart DS''=== |
| [[File:PMCS Rainbow Road.png|thumb|Rainbow Road in ''Paper Mario: Color Splash'']] | | {{racecourse |
| Rainbow Road appears in ''[[Paper Mario: Color Splash]]'', leading directly to [[Black Bowser's Castle]]. The road is formed after all six [[Big Paint Star]]s are retrieved. [[Luigi]] drives [[Mario]] and [[Huey]] over to Black Bowser's Castle via his [[kart]] as the road is too slippery to walk on. Eventually, all but Huey (who elects to stay behind to ensure the black paint does not seep into the ocean when Black Bowser's Castle falls down) escape the castle and return to the road. While comforting Mario about Huey's decision, Luigi indicates that he knows Huey will probably be back as promised as the former has "fallen off Rainbow Road more times than [he] can count."
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| | |image=[[Image:RainbowRoad.jpg|215px]]<br>[[Mario]] in the [[Shooting Star (kart)|shooting star]] on ''Mario Kart DS'''s Rainbow Road. |
| | |appearances=''[[Mario Kart DS]] |
| | |cups=[[Special Cup]] |
| | |wifi=Available ([[DS]]) |
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| | The Rainbow Road of ''Mario Kart DS'' has several rails on certain curves and includes a loop and a corkscrew. Those elements may have been added to ensure challenge; players can place items so their opponents could fall off the corkscrew or the loop. Some multi-colored [[Pipe]]s and [[Star]]s appears in the surroundings of the stage. Additionally, the coloring pattern of this looks different from the other previous Rainbow Roads: here, the stripes on the track follow along it, instead of crossing the track. |
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| [[File:TSMBM Rainbow Road.png|thumb|Rainbow Road in ''The Super Mario Bros. Movie'']]
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| Rainbow Road<ref>{{cite|url=youtu.be/4yyzqebLLd4|title=''The Super Mario Bros. Movie'' {{!}} Everything Number One|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=May 5, 2023}}</ref> appears as a location in ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Movie]]'', leading towards [[Bowser's Castle]]. After [[Mario]], [[Princess Peach]] and [[Toad]] convince [[Cranky Kong]] to recruit the [[Kong army]] for a raid on [[Bowser]] and his [[Bowser's Minions|army]], the heroes speed off a ramp on [[kart]]s in the [[Donkey Kong Island|Jungle Kingdom]] that lands them on Rainbow Road. The [[Koopa General]] warns Bowser of the impeding planned raid, prompting Bowser to order an ambush on the heroes. [[Koopa]]s on karts ambush the heroes on their drive down Rainbow Road, prompting an immense battle between the two forces. The Kongs are captured by the Koopas, while the Koopa General becomes a [[Spiny Shell (blue)|Blue Shell]] and strikes [[Donkey Kong]] and Mario causing an explosion that sends them spiraling down into the ocean below them. Meanwhile, Peach and Toad manage to escape the attack and retreat to the [[Mushroom Kingdom]].
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| At one point, Mario hops from one segment of the road to another directly below, a possible reference to the ''[[Mario Kart 64]]'' [[List of Mario Kart 64 glitches#Rainbow Road skip|Rainbow Road shortcut]]. Additionally, when the characters jump off a large ramp and land on the road, a rendition of the [[SNES Rainbow Road (theme)|Rainbow Road music]] from ''[[Super Mario Kart]]'' briefly plays.
| | ===''Mario Kart Wii''=== |
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| | {{racecourse |
| | |title=Rainbow Road (Wii) |
| | |image= [[Image:RainbowRoadwiiview.png|215px]]<br>A view of ''Mario Kart Wii''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Rainbow Road. |
| | |appearances=''[[Mario Kart Wii]] |
| | |cups=[[Special Cup]] |
| | |wifi=Available ([[Wii]]) |
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| | The Rainbow Road of ''Mario Kart Wii'' is a new version of the rainbow-colored track. The track is located over the [[Mushroom World|Mushroom World's]] stratosphere, mainly showing parts looking strangely like the eastern parts of North America, as well as parts of Europe, Africa, and South America. The course begins a 90 degrees slope, located once after the starting line. Multiple curves and trick pads appear, the course features also a launching point, where players are shot away by a stylized [[Launch Star]]. The track shows a reminiscent of the Rainbow Road of ''Mario Kart DS'', while visual style is based on ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''. [[Star Bit]]s appear in the background of the course. A corkscrew reappears not far from that Launch Star. Further cementing the fact it was inspired from [[Super Mario Galaxy]] is the fact the ghost is [[Princess Rosalina]], and a [[Launch Star]] pattern is seen on the rails. If a player falls off, they will burn up in the atmosphere before being lifted up and brought back onto the track. |
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| | Image:RainbowRoadwii.png|<center>[[Rosalina]] on ''Mario Kart Wii's Rainbow Road'' |
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| ===''Super Mario Party Jamboree''===
| | ==''Mario Hoops 3 on 3''== |
| A track similar to Rainbow Road appears in ''[[Super Mario Party Jamboree]]'', in the second half of the Showdown [[minigame]] [[Rosalina's Radical Race]].
| | [[Image:MHrainbowship.jpg|thumb|200px|Towers floating over the clouds, where the Rainbow Road takes place.]] |
| | Rainbow Road is the unlockable third dribble race from the "challenges" section in the basketball game ''Mario Hoops 3 on 3''. However, this Rainbow Road floats above the clouds and around a clock tower, and not much of the course is fully seen when playing. [[Podoboo]]s and [[Bomb]]s come out of holes similar to [[Bowser Castle]]. |
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| ==Names in other languages== | | ==Names in Other Languages== |
| {{foreign names | | {{foreignname |
| |Jap=レインボーロード | | |Jap=レインボーロード<br/>''Reinboo Roodo'' |
| |JapR=Reinbō Rōdo
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| |JapM=Rainbow Road | | |JapM=Rainbow Road |
| |ChiT=彩虹之路 | | |Fra=Route Arc-En-Ciel |
| |ChiTR=Cǎihóng zhī Lù
| | |FraM=Rainbow Road |
| |ChiTM=Rainbow Road
| | |Ger=Regenbogen Boulevard |
| |ChiS=彩虹之路
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| |ChiSR=Cǎihóng zhī Lù
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| |ChiS2=彩虹桥
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| |ChiS2N=prior to ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe''
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| |ChiS2R=Cǎihóng Qiáo
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| |ChiSM=Rainbow Road
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| |ChiS2M=Rainbow Bridge
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| |Dut=Regenboogbaan
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| |DutM=Rainbow Track
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| |FreA=Route arc-en-ciel
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| |FreA2=Route Arc-en-ciel
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| |FreA2N=''Mario Kart Wii''
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| |FreAM=Rainbow Road
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| |FreA2M=Rainbow Road
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| |FreE=Route Arc-en-ciel
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| |FreEM=Rainbow Road | |
| |Ger=Regenbogen-Boulevard | |
| |GerM=Rainbow Boulevard | | |GerM=Rainbow Boulevard |
| | |Spa=Senda Arco Iris |
| | |SpaM=Rainbow Footpath |
| |Ita=Pista Arcobaleno | | |Ita=Pista Arcobaleno |
| |Ita2=Via Arcobaleno
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| |Ita2N=''Super Mario Galaxy 2''
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| |ItaM=Rainbow Track | | |ItaM=Rainbow Track |
| |Ita2M=Rainbow Road
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| |Kor=무지개 로드
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| |KorR=Mujigae Rodeu
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| |KorM=Rainbow Road
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| |PorA=Avenida Arco-íris
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| |PorAM=Rainbow Avenue
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| |PorE=Estrada Arco-Íris
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| |PorEM=Rainbow Road
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| |Rus=Трасса Радуга
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| |RusR=Trassa Raduga
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| |RusM=Rainbow Track
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| |Spa=Senda Arco Iris
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| |SpaM=Rainbow Path
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| ==References== | | ==Trivia== |
| <references/> | | *''F-Zero X'' has a track named Rainbow Road. It imitates the ''Mario Kart 64'' version of the Rainbow Road, having the same map of the track, and following it basically. It is described as a "Psychedelic Experience". Parts, though not all of it, are rainbow-colored. Unlike the original, it has no barriers in certain areas, and the neon [[Mario (series)|''Mario'' series]] decor is missing - instead, it just has a plain black background with a watery blue bottom to which careless drivers may fall. In addition, when racing the track with the 64DD expansion features, the background song is a heavy metal version of the Rainbow Road song heard in ''MK64''. Of course, there aren't any Chain Chomps. |
| | *Rainbow Road is the only track in ''Super Mario Kart'' which is not numbered. |
| | *A portion of [[Good Egg Galaxy]]'s music (from ''Super Mario Galaxy'') is heard on ''[[Mario Kart Wii]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Rainbow Road to match the environment of this course. |
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