Editing Wii Wario's Gold Mine

|online_play=No longer available ([[Wii]])<br>Available ([[Wii U]] until early April 2024, [[Nintendo Switch|Switch]])

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The course begins with a slight right turn where the track immediately narrows and racers must begin driving on a track made of wooden planks and rails. After a slight left turn, the track quickly curves downward and racers drive downhill while using a [[Dash Panel|dash panel]]. The track then curves upwards and racers drive uphill until it evens out. The first set of [[Item Box]]es can be found on this part between the downhill and uphill track. After a left turn, racers encounter a U-turn where they can either stay on the track as normal, use a small ramp to cut off part of the turn, or go to the outside of the turn where there is a [[Half-pipe (object)|half-pipe]] with three Item Boxes above it. The track then goes through a tunnel where racers must avoid swarms of [[Swoop]]s while making two slight turns. After the tunnel, racers enter a huge cavern where the mine is located. A more techno-styled variation of the music plays while player is inside the mine. They then turn right once again before the track curves downward and then upward as it did at the beginning of the track, ending with a dash panel ramp and another item set floating above.  

The track that racers land on is now wider than before, but one of the rails on the track is actively being used by minecarts that travel in the same direction as racers and will make them flip over when hit. However, every other minecart has an Item Box trailing close behind. The minecart rail starts on the left side of the track but then briefly goes down the middle and then onto the right side as the track narrows, before quickly curving back over to the left side. As this happens racers must make a few slight turns, and are then encouraged to turn right as the minecart rail separates from the track. At this part, there is a picture of Wario above the track; if a player is racing as a [[Mii]], Wario's head on the picture will be replaced with a random Mii's head. When turning right they immediately encounter another item set before driving on a shortened version of the downhill-uphill shape found earlier in the track. When the track evens out, racers return outside and must take a slight left turn followed by a slight right turn before driving straight. Below the brief straight there are some [[Warp Pipe|pipes]] which will occasionally produce exhaust that partially blocks racers' vision. After this, a 90° turn to the right brings racers to the finish line. To the left of the finish line there is another half-pipe and two more Item Boxes.

*There is a large glitchy shortcut on this path. The player must turn around shortly after the finish line, use a mushroom, and jump onto a pipe within a few frames. If the player is not respawned by Lakitu, they will bounce off the pipe and get back on track just before the last corner. They should then go back to the cave exit and then proceed normally. If the glitch is done correctly, the lap will count.<ref>July (July 19, 2023). [https://youtu.be/4ODt97y8-DA MKWii Wario's Gold Mine glitch]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved July 19, 2023.</ref>

[[List_of_Mario_Kart_Wii_tournaments#December 2008 Tournament 1|December 2008's first tournament]] required players to complete a race against a [[Big Wiggler]] on Wario's Gold Mine. Item Boxes would contain only [[Triple Mushroom]]s and [[Super Star|Star]]s. The tournament was later repeated as September 2010's second tournament.

[[File:MK8-DLC-Course-Wii Wario'sGoldMine.jpg|250px|thumb|Wario's Gold Mine in ''Mario Kart 8'']]

Wario's Gold Mine makes its classic course debut in ''[[Mario Kart 8]]'' as the first course of the [[Triforce Cup]], part of the [[The Legend of Zelda x Mario Kart 8|''The Legend of Zelda'' × ''Mario Kart 8'']] downloadable content package and the base content of ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]''. The starting banner has been redesigned, connecting its structure to a large pulley wheel, as well as using the modern ''Mario Kart'' logo. Unlike in ''Mario Kart Wii'', the Dash Panel at the start of the first slope cannot be seen from the other side. The extreme downhill section is actually treated as anti-gravity, even though the wheels do not transform into their anti-gravity state; without it, players would not stick to the track and would fly off. The half-pipes have been removed, but in the place of the one after the first slope is an outer path with a [[Dash Panel]] at the end. The track inside the mine is noticeably darker and is now a lengthy anti-gravity segment, tilting its first few turns, and the second dip inside the mine shaft has been removed. Additionally, the mine carts have been redesigned and now function as [[Spin Boost Pillar]]s. At the end of the track, a small shortcut ramp has been added to the inner bend of the turn leading to the finish line, similar to the one at the turn right before entering the mine. The inside variation of the music has been removed, but Shy Guys can be seen and heard singing when entering the mine, like in [[Shy Guy Falls]].  

==Names in other languages==

|FraA=Mine d'Or de Wario

|FraAM=Wario's Gold Mine

|FraE=Mine Wario

|FraEM=Wario Mine

|Dut=Wario's Goudmijn