Editing SNES Mario Circuit 3

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|appears_in=''[[Super Mario Kart]]'' ([[List of games by date#1992|1992]])<br>''[[Mario Kart: Super Circuit]]'' ([[List of games by date#2001|2001]])<br>''[[Mario Kart Wii]]'' ([[List of games by date#2008|2008]])<br>''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'' ([[List of games by date#2019|2019]])<br>''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'' (''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass|Booster Course Pass]]'', Wave 2) (2022)

|cups=[[Flower Cup]] (''Super Mario Kart'')<br>[[Classic course#Mario Kart: Super Circuit|Extra Lightning Cup]] (''Super Circuit'')<br>[[Lightning Cup]] (''Wii'')<br>[[Turnip Cup]] (''8 Deluxe'')

|tours=[[Paris Tour (2019)]]<br>[[Winter Tour (2019)]]<br>[[New Year's Tour (2020)]]<br>[[Ice Tour]]<br>[[Vancouver Tour]]<br>[[Mario Bros. Tour]]<br>[[Baby Rosalina Tour]]<br>[[Trick Tour (2020)]]<br>[[Peach Tour]]<br>[[Exploration Tour (2020)]]<br>[[Summer Festival Tour]]<br>[[Rosalina Tour]]<br>[[Berlin Tour]]<br>[[Sydney Tour (April–May 2021)]]<br>[[Bowser vs. DK Tour]]<br>[[Los Angeles Tour (2021)]]<br>[[Sydney Tour (September 2021)]]<br>[[Los Angeles Tour (2022)]]<br>[[Doctor Tour (2022)]]<br>[[Mario Tour (2023)]]<br>[[Mario vs. Luigi Tour (2023)]]

|online_play=No longer available ([[Wii]])<br>Available ([[Nintendo Switch|Switch]])

|sample=''Super Mario Kart''<br>[[File:SMK-Music-MarioCircuit.oga]]<br>''Mario Kart: Super Circuit''<br>[[File:MKSC-ExtraCourse-MarioCircuit.oga]]<br>''Mario Kart Wii''<br>[[File:SNES_Mario_Circuit_3_-_Mario_Kart_Wii.oga]]<br>''Mario Kart Tour''<br>[[File:MKT SNES Mario Circuit Theme.oga]]<br>''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe''<br>[[File:Switch_SNES_MarioCircuit3_BCP.oga]]<br>''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe'' (frontrunning)<br>[[File:Switch_SNES_MarioCircuit3_Frontrunning_BCP.oga]]

|map=''Super Mario Kart''<br>[[File:SMK Mario Circuit 3 Overhead Map.png|140px]]<br>

''Mario Kart: Super Circuit''<br>[[File:MKSC SNES Mario Circuit 3 Map.png|140px]]<br><div style="white-space: nowrap;">[[File:MKSC Mario Circuit 3 Extra Cup Map.png|frameless|upright=0.75|Minimap as seen on the menu.]][[File:MKSC SNES Mario Circuit 3 Mini Map.png|frameless|upright=0.75|Minimap as seen in the race.]]</div>

''Mario Kart Wii''<br>[[File:WiiMariocircuit3.png|140px]]<br>

''Mario Kart Tour''<br>[[File:MKT Map MarioCircuit3SNES.png|140px]]<br>

It reappears in ''[[Mario Kart: Super Circuit]]'' as the second course of the [[Classic course#Mario Kart: Super Circuit|Extra Lightning Cup]], ''[[Mario Kart Wii]]'' as the first course of the [[Lightning Cup]], ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'' starting from the [[Paris Tour (2019)|2019 Paris Tour]], and the ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass|Booster Course Pass]]'' of ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'' as the second course of the [[Turnip Cup]]. Mario Circuit 3 was the first course coded into ''Super Mario Kart''.<ref>{{iw|tcrf|Development:Super Mario Kart/Tracks and Tilesets#ZE2-X.scr|The Cutting Room Floor}}</ref> If one counts ''[[Mario Kart 8]]'' and ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe'' as the same game, Mario Circuit 3 is tied with [[SNES Rainbow Road|Rainbow Road]], also from ''Super Mario Kart'', for the most frequently appearing classic course in the series, having a total of five individual appearances.

==''Super Mario Kart''==

===Course layout===

Mario Circuit 3 is a long, almost symmetrical track with many twists and turns (even bearing a faint resemblance to both the {{wp|Sepang International Circuit}}, located in Malaysia and {{wp|Circuito de Jerez}}, located in Spain), and its obstacles include [[Warp Pipe|pipes]] and [[oil slick]]s scattered throughout the track. The course begins with the only set of [[? Panel]]s followed by a right turn and a left turn. Racers then take a gradual U-turn to the right and drive along a brief straightaway before reaching a sharp U-turn to the left. Afterwards there is another brief straightaway followed by another gradual right U-turn. There is then a right turn, a left turn, and a right turn which leads racers to the finish line shortly after. At the end of the last turn is a [[Dash Panel|zipper]] on the right side of the track.

 

A notable shortcut can be found after the second gradual right U-turn. Instead of taking the subsequent right turn, the player can use a [[Dash Mushroom|Mushroom]] or [[Super Star|Star]] to drive through the off-road to the left of the track, passing through a gap in the wall and cutting off the last left turn.

[[File:MKSC Mario Circuit 3.png|thumb|Mario racing in Mario Circuit in ''Mario Kart: Super Circuit'']]

Mario Circuit 3 appeared in ''[[Mario Kart: Super Circuit]]'', and is the second race of the [[Classic course#Mario Kart: Super Circuit|Extra Lightning Cup]]. It uses the background from [[GBA Mario Circuit|that game's own Mario Circuit]]. The pipes and oil hazards were removed from the track, along with the zipper, and an extra item box can be found on the straight shortly after the sharp turn.

{{classic|SNES|Mario Circuit 3}} reappears in ''[[Mario Kart Wii]]'' as the first course of the [[Lightning Cup]] where it remains mostly unchanged, aside from getting a new starting banner like the other SNES and GBA courses that reappear in the game, and receiving a graphical update and slightly larger scale overall. The sharp turn is wider. It is one of two courses in the game where players cannot perform [[trick]]s, the other being {{classic-link|N64|DK's Jungle Parkway}}.

[[List of Mario Kart Wii tournaments#September 2008 Tournament 2|September 2008's second tournament]] required players to collect 40 coins scattered along the track. Immediately after starting, players are able to hit a lone Item Box which will contain Triple Mushrooms. Vehicles were restricted to karts only. The tournament was later repeated as the second tournament of February 2012 and the first tournament of May 2013, without vehicle restrictions.

Mario Circuit 3 returns in ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'', starting from the [[Paris Tour (2019)|2019 Paris Tour]] alongside [[Tour Paris Promenade|Paris Promenade]]. The layout is mostly identical from its previous iterations, although using the visuals of the two other SNES Mario Circuits present in the game. The most noticeable change is the [[Dash Panel]] behind the starting line being changed to the current Dash Panel design. Some of the wall blocks inside the sharp turn are removed. Additionally, the course uses the ''[[Mario Kart 7]]'' arrangement of the SNES Mario Circuit music used in {{classic-link|SNES|Mario Circuit 2}}.

 

The course also appears as '''Mario Circuit 3R''' (reversed), '''Mario Circuit 3T''' (with ramps), and '''Mario Circuit 3R/T''' (reversed with ramps). The former two were introduced alongside the regular version in the 2019 Paris Tour, while the latter was added in the [[Vancouver Tour]]. In the T variant, a [[Glide Ramp|glide ramp]] allows all players to take the shortcut at the end of the track. In the R/T variant, there is a [[Chain Chomp]] near the aforementioned shortcut, and a glide ramp instead appears just before the hairpin turn.

MKW SNES Mario Circuit 3 Screenshot 3.png|The [[Dash Panel|Zipper]] near the goal

MKT Icon MarioCircuit3SNES MarioMusician.png|The course icon

MKT Icon MarioCircuit3RSNES MarioGolf.png|The course icon of the R variant

MKT Icon MarioCircuit3TSNES MarioBaseball.png|The course icon of the T variant

MKT Icon MarioCircuit3RTSNES Mario.png|The course icon of the R/T variant

MKT Mario Circuit 3T Scene.jpg|View of the T version

MKT Safety Glider.jpg|[[Builder Mario]] gliding over the R/T variant

 

 

===Names in other languages===

|SpaA=Circuito Mario 3<br>Circuito de Mario 3

|SpaAM=Mario Circuit 3<br>Mario's Circuit 3

|Fre=Circuit Mario 3

|FreM=Mario Circuit 3

|GerM=Mario's Track 3

|Kor=마리오 서킷 3

|ChiS=马力欧赛道3

|ChiSR=Mǎlìōu Sàidào Sān

|ChiTR=Mǎlìōu Sàidào Sān

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[[Category:Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass race courses]]