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Block City is the most unpopular battle course in ''[[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]]''. While its supposed to be like its predessor, [[Block Fort]], it fails miserably. All it merely is, is a huge square with four block pillars and some edges. In each corner, there a whole slew of item boxes, making this course a little popular in [[Bob-Omb]] battles.
{{distinguish|Block Plaza|Block Fort}}
{{race course infobox
|title=Block City
|image=[[File:MKDD Block City.png|240px|center]]
|appears_in=''[[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]]'' ([[List of games by date#2003|2003]])
|cups=[[Battle Mode]]
|based_on=[[Block Fort]]
|online_play=
|sample=[[File:MKDD-Music-Battle.oga]]
|map=[[File:BlockCityMap-MKDD.png]]
}}
[[File:BlockCityLogo-MKDD.png|120px|thumb|left|The course logo]]
'''Block City''' is a battle course in ''[[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]]'' It is rather simplistic, simply being a huge square with four block pillars (one of which includes a narrow shortcut with a double item box) and some edges; it is seemingly based on and named after [[Block Fort]] of ''[[Mario Kart 64]]''. In each of this stage's corners, there are several [[Item Box]]es. It is the only default battle arena that is not symmetrical in any direction.


{{racecourses}}
Block City [[List of Mario Kart DS pre-release and unused content#Unreleased courses|was going to return]] in ''[[Mario Kart DS]]'', but it was replaced by [[Pipe Plaza]] from the final version of the game.


[[Category: Battle Courses]]
Block City may be named after the poem of the same name from Robert Louis Stevenson's ''{{wp|A Child's Garden of Verses}}'', which similarly features a city made out of children's playthings.
[[Category: Places]]
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==Gallery==
<gallery widths=150px>
BlockCityIcon-MKDD.png|The course icon
BlockCity-BalloonBattle-MKDD.png|A 2-player Balloon Battle
MKDD Balloon Battle screen.png|A 4-player Balloon Battle
GCN_Block_City_MKDS_demo.png|Block City from the kiosk demo of ''Mario Kart DS''.
 
</gallery>
 
==Naming==
===Internal names===
{{internal names
|game1=''[[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]]''
|name1=<tt>Mini3.arc</tt>
|meaning1=Mini course 3
}}
 
===Names in other languages===
{{foreign names
|Jpn=ブロックシティ
|JpnR=Burokku Shiti
|JpnM=Block City
|Fre=Bloc Ville
|FreM=Block City
|Ger=Block-City
|GerM=Block City
|Ita=Città Cubica
|ItaM=Cubic City
|Spa=Ciudad Bloque
|SpaM=Block City; shared with [[Block Fort]]
}}
 
{{MK battle courses}}
{{MKDD}}
[[Category:Cities]]
[[Category:Mario Kart: Double Dash!! battle courses]]
[[it:Città Cubica]]
[[de:Block-City]]

Latest revision as of 14:20, March 6, 2025

Not to be confused with Block Plaza or Block Fort.
Block City
Block City battle track
Information
Appears in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (2003)
Cup(s) Battle Mode
Based on Block Fort
Music sample
Course map
The map of Block City.
The logo for Block City, from Mario Kart Double Dash!!.
The course logo

Block City is a battle course in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! It is rather simplistic, simply being a huge square with four block pillars (one of which includes a narrow shortcut with a double item box) and some edges; it is seemingly based on and named after Block Fort of Mario Kart 64. In each of this stage's corners, there are several Item Boxes. It is the only default battle arena that is not symmetrical in any direction.

Block City was going to return in Mario Kart DS, but it was replaced by Pipe Plaza from the final version of the game.

Block City may be named after the poem of the same name from Robert Louis Stevenson's A Child's Garden of Verses, which similarly features a city made out of children's playthings.

Gallery[edit]

Naming[edit]

Internal names[edit]

Game File Name Meaning

Mario Kart: Double Dash!! Mini3.arc Mini course 3

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese ブロックシティ[?]
Burokku Shiti
Block City
French Bloc Ville[?] Block City
German Block-City[?] Block City
Italian Città Cubica[?] Cubic City
Spanish Ciudad Bloque[?] Block City; shared with Block Fort