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{{racecourse
{{race course infobox
|title=Bone-Dry Dunes
|title=Bone-Dry Dunes<br><small>Bone Dry Dunes</small>
|image=[[File:Bone-Dry Dunes course.png|300px]]<br>
|image=[[File:MK8 Bone-Dry Dunes.jpg|300px]]
|appearances=''[[Mario Kart 8]]''
|appears_in=''[[Mario Kart 8]]'' ([[List of games by date#2014|2014]])<br>''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'' ([[List of games by date#2017|2017]])
|cups=[[Special Cup]]
|cups=[[Special Cup]]
|music=[[File:Mario Kart 8 Music - Bone-Dry Dunes.ogg]]
|ghost={{ghost|8|Nin★Elena|2:13.391|[[File:MK8 Morton Icon.png|32px|link=Morton Koopa Jr.|Morton]][[File:TrispeederBodyMK8.png|32px|link=Tri-Speeder]][[File:MonsterTiresMK8.png|32px|Monster (tire)|Monster]][[File:MK8ThumbMortonSG.png|32px|link=Super Glider]]}}{{ghost|8DX <small>150cc</small>|Nin★Elena|2:15.338|[[File:MK8 Morton Icon.png|32px|link=Morton Koopa Jr.|Morton]][[File:TrispeederBodyMK8.png|32px|link=Tri-Speeder]][[File:MonsterTiresMK8.png|32px|Monster (tire)|Monster]][[File:MK8ThumbMortonSG.png|32px|link=Super Glider]]}}{{ghost|8DX <small>200cc</small>|Nin★Pavel|1:39.330|[[File:MK8DX Dry Bones Icon.png|32px|link=Dry Bones]][[File:MK8LightBluePFIcon.png|32px|link=Pipe Frame]][[File:WoodTiresMK8.png|32px|link=Wood]][[File:PlaneGliderMK8.png|32px|link=Plane Glider]]}}
|map=[[File:250px-MK8 Bone Dry Dunes map.png]]
|online_play=No longer available ([[Wii U]])<br>Available ([[Nintendo Switch|Switch]])
|sample=Shiho Fujii<br>[[File:MK8-Music-BoneDryDunes.oga]]<br>Frontrunning<br>[[File:WiiU_BoneDryDunes_Frontrunning.oga]]
|map=''Mario Kart 8'' / ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe''
<div style="white-space: nowrap;">[[File:MK8 Bone-Dry Dunes Map.png|frameless|upright=0.65]][[File:MK8DX Bone-Dry Dunes Map.png|frameless|upright=0.65]]</div>
}}
}}
 
'''Bone-Dry Dunes''' (written as '''Bone Dry Dunes''' in the British English version) is the second race track of the [[Special Cup]] in ''[[Mario Kart 8]]'' and ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]''. This course takes place on a desert and canyon place with shifting sand rivers and bones. Several ships ridden by [[Shy Guy]]s and [[Toad (species)|Toad]]s sail through quicksand during the race, occasionally throwing out coins onto the track, similar to the train in {{classic link|N64|Rainbow Road}}.
'''Bone-Dry Dunes''' (written as '''Bone Dry Dunes''' in the PAL version) is the second race track in the [[Special Cup]] of ''[[Mario Kart 8]]''. This course takes place on a desert and canyon place with shifting sand rivers and bones. Several ships ridden by [[Shy Guy]]s and [[Toad (species)|Toad]]s sail through quicksand during the race, occasionally throwing out coins onto the track, similar to the train in [[Mario Kart 64|<small>N64</small>]] [[Rainbow Road (N64)|Rainbow Road]].


==Course layout==
==Course layout==
[[File:MK8 Bone-Dry Dunes Starting Line.png|thumb|250px|left|The course as seen from the starting line]]
The course starts in an area with a small audience and tents. The road turns right before a sinuous section, and briefly splits into two paths (a ramp is placed between them). After a winding path, racers will find a wooden bridge which leads to a canyon filled with giant bones.
The course starts in an area with a small audience and tents. The road turns right before a sinuous section, and briefly splits into two paths (a ramp is placed between them). After a winding path, racers will find a wooden bridge which leads to a canyon filled with giant bones.


The road now is sandy, and begins with a right turn. The characters encounter a [[Bone Piranha Plant]] (which behaves just like a regular [[Piranha Plant]], biting whoever is near). The following area has two distinct road options: the one to the left keeps the sand ground, and features another Bone Piranha Plant; the one to the right is an anti-gravity section where characters race along a wall made up of ribs, featuring some boosters. Both end with a [[Boost Pad|gliding pad]] that sends them to a cave, whose entrance contains a giant skull and hands resembling [[Dry Bowser]].
The road now is sandy, and begins with a right turn. The characters encounter a [[Bone Piranha Plant]] (which behaves just like a regular [[Piranha Plant]], biting whoever is near). The following area has two distinct road options: the one to the left keeps the sand ground, and features several more Bone Piranha Plants; the one to the right is an anti-gravity section where characters race along a wall made up of ribs, featuring some spin boosters. Both end with a glider segment, which takes racers across the starting straightaway and into a cave, with the mouth being a giant skull and hands resembling [[Dry Bowser]].


There are a higher and a lower path to choose. The higher path is a narrow and rather short wooden catwalk. The lower one is the soil of the cave. Inside it, some [[Dry Bones]] wander around on the road. A left turn marks the exit of the cave right before the finish line.
Entering the cave, there is a higher and a lower path to choose. The higher path is a narrow and rather short wooden catwalk, which is accessible via bouncing off a sand spout that may appear. [[Item Box]]es can be found on this path. The lower one is the soil of the cave. Inside it, some [[Dry Bones]] wander around on the road. A left turn marks the exit of the cave right before the finish line.


==Shortcuts==
==Shortcuts==
*Players can use a [[Mushroom]] to use the ramp between the two paths near the start of the track.
*Players can use a [[Dash Mushroom|Mushroom]] to use the ramp between the two paths near the start of the track.
*To the left of the last curve, there is an opening between a line of bones which players can cut across via Mushroom.
*To the left of the last curve, there is an opening between a line of bones which players can cut across via a Mushroom.
 
==Profiles==
===''Mario Kart 8''===
*'''''Mario Kart'' Facebook page (United States):''' ''Pardon our dust! Race along rivers of sand and bone-filled canyons in Bone Dry Dunes in Mario Kart 8 for Wii U.''<ref>MarioKartEN (August 18, 2014). [https://www.facebook.com/MarioKartEN/photos/563886363715961 ''Facebook'']. Retrieved June 29, 2023. ([https://web.archive.org/web/20230605221654/https://www.facebook.com/MarioKartEN/photos/563886363715961 Archived] June 5, 2023, 22:16:54 UTC via Wayback Machine.)</ref>
 
===''[[Mario Kart 8 Original Soundtrack]]'' liner notes===
''We asked the guitarist to strum the strings in such a way as to create the atmosphere of a dry wind blowing across the desert. The violin and bass then combine to give a really emotional performance.''
 
==References to the ''Super Mario'' franchise==
*The pots on the course depict enemies, scenery, and coins from ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]''
*In one piece of fabric found in tents near the finish line, the [[Angry Sun]] enemy from ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' appears.
*The staff ghost for this course being [[Morton]] may reference his role as the boss of the desert world in ''[[Super Mario (series)|Super Mario]]'' games.


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery widths=155px>
<gallery widths=150px>
File:MK8- Bone-Dry Dunes.PNG|The track's icon.
MK8 Bone-Dry Dunes Course Icon.png|The course icon
File:DryBones-MK8.jpg|A Dry Bones, walking on the track.
BoneDryDunesMK8icon.png|The full course icon
File:MarioKart8Peach.jpg|[[Princess Peach|Peach]], driving on the track.
MK8-u_Desert-Ending.png|Results screen
File:Roy-SportBike.jpg|[[Roy Koopa|Roy]] drifts on the track's sandy terrain.
MK8 Bone Dry Dunes Course Icon.png|The British English course icon
File:Rosalina-BoneDryDunes-MK8.jpg|[[Rosalina]] races on the anti-gravity portion of the track.
Bone-DryDunesStart.jpg|The start of the race
File:Dry Bones stamp MK8.png|The [[Stamp (Mario Kart 8)|stamp]] obtained for beating the staff ghost at this course.
Bone-Dry Dunes MK8 Peach.png|[[Princess Peach|Peach]], driving on the course
File:Bone-Dry Dune Prima Guide Map.jpg|Map of the course from the Prima guide.
Roy-SportBike.jpg|[[Roy]] drifts on the course's sandy terrain.
MK8 Bone-Dry Dunes Rosalina Sports Coupe.jpg|[[Rosalina]] races on the anti-gravity portion of the course.
Bone-DryBowser.jpg|The cave entrance in the shape of [[Dry Bowser]]
MK8 Bone-Dry Ruins Metal Mario and Dry Bones.jpg|A [[Dry Bones]], walking on the course
BoneDryDunesMK8.png|A released screenshot of the course, revealing the name of the course
Bone Dry Dunes MK8 Facebook Image.jpg|Postcard image from Facebook
Dry Bones stamp MK8.png|The [[Stamp (Mario Kart 8)|stamp]] obtained for beating the staff ghost at this course
</gallery>
</gallery>


==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
{{Foreignname
{{foreign names
|Jap=ホネホネさばく
|Jpn=ホネホネさばく
|JapR=Hone Hone Sabaku
|JpnR=Hone Hone Sabaku
|JapM=Bone Bone Desert
|JpnM=Bone Bone Desert
|Spa=Dunas Huesitos
|Chi=骨骨沙漠
|SpaM=Dry Bones Dunes
|ChiR=Gǔ Gǔ Shāmò
|Fra=Désert Toussec
|ChiM=Bone Bone Desert
|FraM=Very Dry Desert (can refer to "Ossec", Dry Bones' early French name)
|Dut=Dry Bowsers Woestijn
|Dut=Dry Bowsers Woestijn
|DutM=Dry Bowser's Desert
|DutM=Dry Bowser's Desert. This is the only name for the course that involves Dry Bowser.
|Fre=Désert Toussec
|FreM=All Dry Desert (can refer to ''Ossec'', Dry Bones' early French name)
|Ger=Knochentrockene Dünen
|Ger=Knochentrockene Dünen
|GerM=Bone-Dry Dunes
|GerM=Bone-Dry Dunes (''Knochentrocken'', meaning "bone-dry", is also Dry Bones' German name)
|Ita=Deserto di Tartosso
|Ita=Deserto di Tartosso
|ItaM=Dry Bones' Desert
|ItaM=Dry Bones' Desert
|Por=Dunas Caveirinha
|Kor=뼈다귀 사막
|PorM=Dry Bones Dunes
|KorR=Ppyeodagwi Samak
|KorM=Bone Desert
|PorA=Dunas Quebra-ossos
|PorAM=Dry Bones Dunes
|PorAN=''Nintendo Music''
|PorE=Dunas Caveirinha
|PorEM=Dry Bones Dunes
|Rus=Дюны скелетов
|Rus=Дюны скелетов
|RusR=Dyuny skeletov
|RusR=Dyuny skeletov
|RusM=Dry Bones' Dunes
|RusM=Skeleton Dunes
|Kor=뼈닥뼈닥 사막
|Spa=Dunas Huesitos
|KorR=Ppyeodag-ppyeodag Samag
|SpaM=Dry Bones Dunes
|KorM=Bone-Dry Desert
}}
}}


==Trivia==
==References==
*The pots have enemies, scenery, and coins from ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]''.
<references/>
*This is one of the two new courses where the anti-gravity is not compulsory, the other being [[Toad Harbor]].
*The yellow fabric has the [[Angry Sun]] enemy on it, which also references the Angry Sun reference from ''Mario Kart 7''.
*In the cave section near the end of the course, a fabric is hung on the wall with the picture of a Dry Bones on, referring to the [[Dry Bones]] that wander around below it.
*The gliding section of this course strongly resembles the gliding section of [[Twisted Mansion]], with the two gliding sections positioned at 90 degrees from each other, and the upper and lower landing sections at the far side of the course.
*The Staff Ghost for this course is [[Morton Koopa Jr.]], a reference to his place as the boss of multiple desert worlds in previous games.


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[[Category:Race Courses]]
[[Category:Deserts]]
[[Category:Deserts]]
[[Category:Mario Kart 8]]
[[Category:Mario Kart 8 race courses]]
[[de:Knochentrockene Dünen]]
[[it:Deserto di Tartosso]]

Latest revision as of 11:30, January 7, 2025

Bone-Dry Dunes
Bone Dry Dunes
Bone-Dry Dunes in Mario Kart 8
Information
Appears in Mario Kart 8 (2014)
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (2017)
Cup(s) Special Cup
Online play No longer available (Wii U)
Available (Switch)
Music sample
Shiho Fujii

Frontrunning
Course map
Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Map of Bone-Dry Dunes in Mario Kart 8.Map of Bone-Dry Dunes in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.
Staff ghost(s)
8 Nin★Elena
2:13.391 MortonTri-SpeederMonsterSuper Glider
8DX 150cc Nin★Elena
2:15.338 MortonTri-SpeederMonsterSuper Glider
8DX 200cc Nin★Pavel
1:39.330 Dry BonesPipe FrameWoodPlane Glider

Bone-Dry Dunes (written as Bone Dry Dunes in the British English version) is the second race track of the Special Cup in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. This course takes place on a desert and canyon place with shifting sand rivers and bones. Several ships ridden by Shy Guys and Toads sail through quicksand during the race, occasionally throwing out coins onto the track, similar to the train in N64 Rainbow Road.

Course layout[edit]

Bone-Dry Dunes, from Mario Kart 8.
The course as seen from the starting line

The course starts in an area with a small audience and tents. The road turns right before a sinuous section, and briefly splits into two paths (a ramp is placed between them). After a winding path, racers will find a wooden bridge which leads to a canyon filled with giant bones.

The road now is sandy, and begins with a right turn. The characters encounter a Bone Piranha Plant (which behaves just like a regular Piranha Plant, biting whoever is near). The following area has two distinct road options: the one to the left keeps the sand ground, and features several more Bone Piranha Plants; the one to the right is an anti-gravity section where characters race along a wall made up of ribs, featuring some spin boosters. Both end with a glider segment, which takes racers across the starting straightaway and into a cave, with the mouth being a giant skull and hands resembling Dry Bowser.

Entering the cave, there is a higher and a lower path to choose. The higher path is a narrow and rather short wooden catwalk, which is accessible via bouncing off a sand spout that may appear. Item Boxes can be found on this path. The lower one is the soil of the cave. Inside it, some Dry Bones wander around on the road. A left turn marks the exit of the cave right before the finish line.

Shortcuts[edit]

  • Players can use a Mushroom to use the ramp between the two paths near the start of the track.
  • To the left of the last curve, there is an opening between a line of bones which players can cut across via a Mushroom.

Profiles[edit]

Mario Kart 8[edit]

  • Mario Kart Facebook page (United States): Pardon our dust! Race along rivers of sand and bone-filled canyons in Bone Dry Dunes in Mario Kart 8 for Wii U.[1]

Mario Kart 8 Original Soundtrack liner notes[edit]

We asked the guitarist to strum the strings in such a way as to create the atmosphere of a dry wind blowing across the desert. The violin and bass then combine to give a really emotional performance.

References to the Super Mario franchise[edit]

  • The pots on the course depict enemies, scenery, and coins from Super Mario Bros.
  • In one piece of fabric found in tents near the finish line, the Angry Sun enemy from Super Mario Bros. 3 appears.
  • The staff ghost for this course being Morton may reference his role as the boss of the desert world in Super Mario games.

Gallery[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese ホネホネさばく[?]
Hone Hone Sabaku
Bone Bone Desert
Chinese 骨骨沙漠[?]
Gǔ Gǔ Shāmò
Bone Bone Desert
Dutch Dry Bowsers Woestijn[?] Dry Bowser's Desert. This is the only name for the course that involves Dry Bowser.
French Désert Toussec[?] All Dry Desert (can refer to Ossec, Dry Bones' early French name)
German Knochentrockene Dünen[?] Bone-Dry Dunes (Knochentrocken, meaning "bone-dry", is also Dry Bones' German name)
Italian Deserto di Tartosso[?] Dry Bones' Desert
Korean 뼈다귀 사막[?]
Ppyeodagwi Samak
Bone Desert
Portuguese (NOA) Dunas Quebra-ossos[?] Dry Bones Dunes Nintendo Music
Portuguese (NOE) Dunas Caveirinha[?] Dry Bones Dunes
Russian Дюны скелетов[?]
Dyuny skeletov
Skeleton Dunes
Spanish Dunas Huesitos[?] Dry Bones Dunes

References[edit]

  1. ^ MarioKartEN (August 18, 2014). Facebook. Retrieved June 29, 2023. (Archived June 5, 2023, 22:16:54 UTC via Wayback Machine.)