Editing SNES Vanilla Lake 1

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'''Vanilla Lake 1''' is the third course of the [[Star Cup]] in ''[[Super Mario Kart]]''. It was subsequently reused in ''[[Mario Kart: Super Circuit]]'' as the first track of the [[Extra Cup|Extra Star Cup]] and in ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'' starting with the [[Ice Tour]]. It is a short course taking place on a frozen lake. This track shares its music with [[SNES Vanilla Lake 2|Vanilla Lake 2]].

The layout of this course involves one continuous clockwise loop around a mostly rectangular area that is blocked off by walls. Shortly after the first turn is the only set of [[? Panel]]s. The slippery ground makes it difficult to control the [[kart]], and at the edge of the track, the lake is snow-covered; driving here will slow the kart down. The track also features [[Warp Pipe|pipes]] and [[Snow block|ice blocks]] as obstacles; racers bumping into the ice blocks will break them. At two points along the track, the ice is broken, exposing water. If racers fall into the water and do not drive out quickly enough, they will be picked up by [[Lakitu (Mario Kart referee)|Lakitu]].

[[File:MKSC Vanilla Lake 1.png|thumb|[[Mario]] racing on Vanilla Lake 1 in ''Mario Kart: Super Circuit'']]

Vanilla Lake 1 reappears in ''[[Mario Kart: Super Circuit]]'' and is the first race of the [[Extra Cup|Extra Star Cup]]. It uses the background from [[GBA Snow Land|Snow Land]]. The pipe hazards are removed from the track, and an extra Item Box is added on the left side of the small pool.

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[[File:MKT Vanilla Lake 1.jpg|thumb|left|Overview of the course in ''Mario Kart Tour'']]

Vanilla Lake 1 reappears as a [[classic course]] for the first time in ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'', debuting in the [[Ice Tour]]. Aesthetically, the hills are much taller and have zigzag patterns on them, while clouds also now appear. In this rendition, most of the ice blocks were removed, a [[Glide Ramp|glide ramp]] was added left of the now-first [[Item Box]] set, the walls within the course are thinner, and the wall to the right of the second set of Item Boxes (which replace most of the second set of ice blocks) has a break in it, as well as another Item Box. The course now has a starting banner with the classic ''Mario Kart'' logo.  

The course also appears as '''Vanilla Lake 1R''' (reversed), '''Vanilla Lake 1T''' (with ramps), and '''Vanilla Lake 1R/T''' (reversed with ramps). The former two were introduced alongside the normal variant in the Ice Tour, while the latter was introduced in the [[Trick Tour (2020)|2020 Trick Tour]]. In the T variant, the length of the course is significantly extended via a giant slanted U-turn which is similar to that of [[GBA Mario Circuit]] in ''Mario Kart 8'', but entirely composed of [[Kanaami Road]].

Due to the Vanilla Lake setting returning in this game for the first time (besides its ''Mario Kart: Super Circuit'' reappearance), this course, along with {{classic link|SNES|Donut Plains 1}}, {{classic link|SNES|Koopa Troopa Beach 2}}, and {{classic link|SNES|Bowser Castle 3}}, is one of the few ''Super Mario Kart'' courses to retain their original music, rather than reusing a cover from a later ''Mario Kart'' game.

===Appearances===

For this course's tour appearances, see [[List of SNES Vanilla Lake 1 tour appearances in Mario Kart Tour|List of SNES Vanilla Lake 1 tour appearances in ''Mario Kart Tour'']].

===Top-tier and middle-tier items===

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{{MKT bonus challenge table|Ring Race|SNES Vanilla Lake 1}}

{{MKT bonus challenge table|Do Jump Boosts|SNES Vanilla Lake 1}}

{{MKT bonus challenge table|Big Reverse Race|SNES Vanilla Lake 1}}

{{MKT bonus challenge table|Goomba Takedown|SNES Vanilla Lake 1}}

{{MKT bonus challenge table|Steer Clear of Obstacles|SNES Vanilla Lake 1}}

{{MKT bonus challenge table|Vs. Mega|SNES Vanilla Lake 1|char=Bowser}}

{{MKT bonus challenge table|Smash Small Dry Bones|SNES Vanilla Lake 1}}

{{MKT bonus challenge table|Break Item Boxes|SNES Vanilla Lake 1}}

{{MKT bonus challenge table|Time Trial|SNES Vanilla Lake 1|SNES Vanilla Lake 1R}}

{{MKT bonus challenge table|Combo Attack|SNES Vanilla Lake 1T}}

MKT Icon VanillaLake1SNES IceMario.png|The course icon

MKT Icon VanillaLake1RSNES IceBro.png|The course icon of the R variant

MKT Icon VanillaLake1TSNES PenguinToad.png|The course icon of the T variant

MKT Icon VanillaLake1RTSNES RosalinaAurora.png|The course icon of the R/T variant

MKT Blue Seven.jpg|[[Toad|Toad (Pit Crew)]] drifting in the [[Blue Seven]]

MKT Penguin Luigi.jpg|[[Penguin Mario|Penguin Luigi]] in the [[Ice-blue Poltergust]]

MKT Gold Swooper.jpg|[[Baby Daisy]] gliding in the [[Black B Dasher]] with the [[Gold Swooper]] on the Reverse variant

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