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{{racecourse
|title=Wild Woods
|title=Wild Woods
|image=[[File:MK8-DLC-Course-WildWoods.jpg|300px]]<br>Lily pads help players dive across the lake.
|image=[[File:MK8-DLC-Course-WildWoods.jpg|300px|Lily pads help players dive across the lake.]][[File:MK8-DLC-Course-WildWoods01.jpg|300px]]
|appearances=''[[Mario Kart 8]]'' ([[Animal Crossing x Mario Kart 8|DLC Pack 2]])
|appears_in=''[[Mario Kart 8]]'' ([[Animal Crossing x Mario Kart 8|DLC Pack 2]]) (2015)<br>''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'' ([[List of games by date#2017|2017]])
|cups=[[Crossing Cup]] (MK8)
|cups=[[Crossing Cup]]
|wifi=Available ([[Wii U]])
|ghost={{ghost|8|Nin★Akira|2:04.480|[[File:VillagerMale-Icon-MK8.png|32px|link=Villager|Villager (Boy)]][[File:MK8Streetle.png|32px|link=Streetle]][[File:Leaf Tires MK8.png|32px|link=Leaf Tires]][[File:PaperGliderIcon-MK8.png|32px|link=Paper Glider]]}}{{ghost|8DX <small>150cc</small>|Nin★Akira|2:05.396|[[File:VillagerMale-Icon-MK8.png|32px|link=Villager|Villager (Boy)]][[File:MK8Streetle.png|32px|link=Streetle]][[File:Leaf Tires MK8.png|32px|link=Leaf Tires]][[File:PaperGliderIcon-MK8.png|32px|link=Paper Glider]]}}{{ghost|8DX <small>200cc</small>|Nin★Mitsu|1:27.555|[[File:VillagerFemale-Icon-MK8.png|32px|link=Villager|Villager (Girl)]][[File:MK8 Pink City Tripper.png|32px|link=City Tripper]][[File:Leaf Tires MK8.png|32px|link=Leaf Tires]][[File:PaperGliderIcon-MK8.png|32px|link=Paper Glider]]}}
|music=
|online_play=No longer available ([[Wii U]])<br>Available ([[Nintendo Switch|Switch]])
|map=
|sample=Atsuko Asahi<br>Standard<br>[[File:MK8-DLC-Music-WildWoods.oga]]<br>Shy Guys<br>[[File:WiiU_WildWoods_ShyGuys.oga]]<br>Frontrunning<br>[[File:WiiU_WildWoods_Frontrunning.oga]]<br>Frontrunning with Shy Guys<br>[[File:WiiU_WildWoods_ShyGuys_Frontrunning.oga]]
|map=''Mario Kart 8'' / ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe''
<div style="white-space: nowrap;">[[File:MK8 Wild Woods Map.png|frameless|upright=0.65]][[File:MK8DX Wild Woods Map.png|frameless|upright=0.65]]</div>
}}
}}


'''Wild Woods''' is the third racecourse of the [[Crossing Cup]] in ''[[Mario Kart 8]]''. The course can be obtained by purchasing the [[Animal Crossing x Mario Kart 8|''Animal Crossing'' × ''Mario Kart 8'']] downloadable content along with the other 3 racecourses found in this cup. The course is located in an forested area inhabited by [[Toad (species)|Toads]] and [[Shy Guy]]s, where the track runs around a giant tree, its branches, down a stream passage and through a pond in a clearing of the forest.  
'''Wild Woods''' is the third race course of the [[Crossing Cup]] in ''[[Mario Kart 8]]'' and ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]''. The course can be obtained in ''Mario Kart 8'' by purchasing the [[Animal Crossing x Mario Kart 8|''Animal Crossing'' × ''Mario Kart 8'']] downloadable content along with the other three race courses found in this cup. The course is located in a forested area inhabited by [[Toad (species)|Toads]] and [[Shy Guy]]s, where the track runs around a giant tree, its branches, down a stream passage and through a pond in a forest clearing.


==Layout==
==Course layout==
[[File:MK8-DLC-Course-WildWoods-startingline.jpg|thumb|250px|left|The course as seen from the starting line.]]
[[File:MK8 Wild Woods Starting Line.jpg|thumb|250px|left|The course as seen from the starting line.]]
The race starts in a groove, serving as track on the trunk of the tree, therefore racers start the course in [[anti-gravity]] mode. The track makes an U-turn to the right while racers meet the first set of [[Item Box]]es and [[coin]]s and follow a boardwalk. The track then splits in two, while the boardwalk ends with two ramps for [[trick]]s on each side. Racers can choose which branch take: The left has some coins scattered in the road, while the right there are more ramps for tricks but no coins to collect. After that, the two sections join and finish with another ramp to jump, where the antigravity mode turns off and racers once again land on a boardwalk that runs through a small village dwelling in the top of tree, inhabited by several Shy Guys.
The race starts in a grove, with the trunk of the tree serving as the starting point; therefore, racers start the course in [[anti-gravity]] mode. The track makes a U-turn to the right while racers meet the first set of [[Item Box]]es and [[coin]]s and follow a boardwalk. The track then splits in two, while the boardwalk ends with two ramps for [[trick]]s on each side. Racers can choose which branch to take – the left has some coins scattered about, while the right has more ramps for tricks but no coins to collect. After that, the two sections join and finish with another ramp to jump, where the anti-gravity mode turns off and racers once again land on a boardwalk that runs through a small village dwelling in the top of the tree, inhabited by several Shy Guys.
[[File:MK8-DLC-Course-WildWoods01.jpg|thumb|250px]]
 
The track bends gently to the right with a second set of item boxes here and some coins. Racers now take the blue ramp to [[glider|glide]] over a large void and reach a circular platform at the end with a picture of Shy Guy's face on it. The boardwalk continues once racers have landed there. Taking a slight bend to the left, racers drop from the boardwalk to a passage with a stream of water running down, giving them a slight boost of speed. Racers will find here more ramps to jump and coins moving along the stream, and the last set of item boxes, while the passage turns to the right. Racers exit the passage taking the last ramp and fall to a shallow pond in the lowest level of the forest. The pond has enormous leaves floating with [[Boost Pad]]s on them, so that players can run over and perform their tricks. The last set of coins is found there over the pads. Passed the pond, the racer will find a last ramp to jump over another gap and land directly another boardwalk over an anti-gravity pad. The tracks makes a slight detour to the left, which is also the last bend that leads the player back to the trunk´s groove and starting line, completing in that way a lap.
The track bends gently to the right with a second set of Item Boxes here and some coins. Racers then take a [[Glide Ramp]] over a large void and reach a circular platform at the end with an emblem of Shy Guy's mask on it. Taking a slight bend to the left, racers drop from the boardwalk to a passage with a stream of water running down, giving them a slight boost of speed. Racers will find ramps built into the track and coins moving along the stream and the last set of Item Boxes, while the passage turns to the right. Racers exit the passage with a last ramp and fall into a shallow pond in the lowest level of the forest. The pond has enormous leaves floating with [[Dash Panel]] ramps on them, allowing players to run over them and perform tricks. The last set of coins is found here, over the pads.  
 
After the pond, racers take a ramp to jump over another gap and land directly on another boardwalk over an anti-gravity pad. The track makes a slight detour to the left before approaching the finish line once more.


==Shortcuts==
==Shortcuts==
Just before the finish line and located in the detour, there is a single jump ramp that can be taken. However, the path is covered in grass, slowing down the vehicle and hindering to make a trick to surpass the gap at the end of the shortcut. It is required a [[Mushroom]] or a [[Star]] to take this way.
*On the left route where the track splits near the beginning, players can take either of these shortcuts:
**A [[Dash Mushroom|Mushroom]] can be used over a patch of grass, cutting off a corner.
**To the left of the jump ramp a small grass ramp can be taken using a [[Dash Mushroom|Mushroom]] cutting off the turn leading to the main ramp.
*Just before the finish line and located in the detour, there is a single jump ramp that can be taken. It is required to use a [[Dash Mushroom|Mushroom]] or a [[Super Star]] to take this way due to the grass before it.
 
==''[[Mario Kart 8 Original Soundtrack]]'' liner notes==
''"This is the first time we've used a quintuple metre signature in a Mario Kart track: perhaps you noticed a slightly strange feeling while you're driving. It's a level with a kind of fairy tale feel as you drive through giant trees, so we wanted to add a fantasy atmosphere that's unusual for the series."''


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery widths=170px>
<gallery widths=170px>
File:MK8-DLC-Course-icon-WildWoods.jpg|The track's icon.
MK8 Wild Woods Course Icon.png|The course icon
File:MK8-DLC-Course-WildWoods02.jpg|Villager performing a mid-air trick.
MK8-DLC-Course-WildWoods02.jpg|Male [[Villager]], performing a mid-air trick
VillagerMale-WildWoods-Glider-MK8.jpg|Male Villager, at the track's glider portion
DryBowser-WildWoods-Pond-MK8.jpg|[[Dry Bowser]], at the pond portion of the track
MK8D King Boo Bike Trick.jpg|King Boo doing a trick heading into the final chicane in ''Deluxe''
MK8D PeteyPiranha WildWoods.jpg|[[Petey Piranha]] racing on the course
</gallery>
</gallery>


==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
{{Foreignname
{{foreign names
|Jap=ネイチャーロード
|Jap=ネイチャーロード
|JapR=Neichā Rōdo
|JapR=Neichā Rōdo
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|DutM=Whirl Woods
|DutM=Whirl Woods
|Ger=Wilder Wipfelweg
|Ger=Wilder Wipfelweg
|GerM=Wild Treetopway
|GerM=Wild Treetop Trail
|Ita=Boscodromo
|Ita=Boscodromo
|ItaM=Woodlanddrome
|ItaM=Woodlanddrome
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|PorM=Mysterious Forest
|PorM=Mysterious Forest
|Rus=Лихие леса
|Rus=Лихие леса
|RusR=Likhiye lesa
|RusR=Likhye lesa
|RusM=Dashing Forest
|RusM=Dashing Forest
|Kor=네이처 로드
|KorR=Neicheo Rodeu
|KorM=Nature Road
|Chi=自然之路
|ChiR=Zìrán Zhī Lù
|ChiM=Natural Road
}}
}}


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*This is the only track to start in anti-gravity, but to not entirely be in anti-gravity.
*Like in [[Shy Guy Falls]] and {{classic-link|Wii|Wario's Gold Mine}}, the Shy Guys in the glider segment chant as the racers pass by.
*Wild Woods is the first track in the Mario Kart series to have music in 5/4 time, that is, five beats to a measure and the quarter note gets the count.
*Wild Woods is the only course in the game to start in anti-gravity but not be in anti-gravity for the whole race.
*Wild Woods is the only course in the ''Mario Kart'' series to have music in 5/4 time.
*The mountains in the background use a texture taken from a photo of the {{wp|Verdon Gorge}} in the southeast of {{wp|France}}.<ref>(June 8, 2023). [https://www.suppermariobroth.com/post/719582420082573313/in-mario-kart-8deluxe-the-wild-woods-track-uses Post by Supper Mario Broth]. ''suppermariobroth.com''. Retrieved June 19, 2023. ([https://web.archive.org/web/20230619174211/https://www.suppermariobroth.com/post/719582420082573313/in-mario-kart-8deluxe-the-wild-woods-track-uses Archived] June 19, 2023, 17:42:11 UTC via Wayback Machine.)</ref>


==References==
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{{MK race courses}}
{{MK8}}
{{MK8}}
{{Racecourses}}
[[Category:Forests]]
 
[[Category:Mario Kart 8 race courses]]
[[Category:Places]]
[[Category:Downloadable content]]
[[Category:Forests and Jungles]]
[[de:Wilder Wipfelweg]]
[[Category:Race Courses]]
[[it:Boscodromo]]
[[Category:Mario Kart 8]]

Latest revision as of 13:04, August 6, 2024

Wild Woods
Lily pads help players dive across the lake.Wild Woods from Mario Kart 8 - Animal Crossing × Mario Kart 8 downloadable content.
Information
Appears in Mario Kart 8 (DLC Pack 2) (2015)
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (2017)
Cup(s) Crossing Cup
Online play No longer available (Wii U)
Available (Switch)
Music sample
Atsuko Asahi
Standard

Shy Guys

Frontrunning

Frontrunning with Shy Guys
Course map
Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Map of Wild Woods in Mario Kart 8.Map of Wild Woods in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.
Staff ghost(s)
8 Nin★Akira
2:04.480 Villager (Boy)StreetleLeaf TiresPaper Glider
8DX 150cc Nin★Akira
2:05.396 Villager (Boy)StreetleLeaf TiresPaper Glider
8DX 200cc Nin★Mitsu
1:27.555 Villager (Girl)City TripperLeaf TiresPaper Glider

Wild Woods is the third race course of the Crossing Cup in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. The course can be obtained in Mario Kart 8 by purchasing the Animal Crossing × Mario Kart 8 downloadable content along with the other three race courses found in this cup. The course is located in a forested area inhabited by Toads and Shy Guys, where the track runs around a giant tree, its branches, down a stream passage and through a pond in a forest clearing.

Course layout[edit]

Wild Woods from Mario Kart 8 - Animal Crossing × Mario Kart 8 downloadable content.
The course as seen from the starting line.

The race starts in a grove, with the trunk of the tree serving as the starting point; therefore, racers start the course in anti-gravity mode. The track makes a U-turn to the right while racers meet the first set of Item Boxes and coins and follow a boardwalk. The track then splits in two, while the boardwalk ends with two ramps for tricks on each side. Racers can choose which branch to take – the left has some coins scattered about, while the right has more ramps for tricks but no coins to collect. After that, the two sections join and finish with another ramp to jump, where the anti-gravity mode turns off and racers once again land on a boardwalk that runs through a small village dwelling in the top of the tree, inhabited by several Shy Guys.

The track bends gently to the right with a second set of Item Boxes here and some coins. Racers then take a Glide Ramp over a large void and reach a circular platform at the end with an emblem of Shy Guy's mask on it. Taking a slight bend to the left, racers drop from the boardwalk to a passage with a stream of water running down, giving them a slight boost of speed. Racers will find ramps built into the track and coins moving along the stream and the last set of Item Boxes, while the passage turns to the right. Racers exit the passage with a last ramp and fall into a shallow pond in the lowest level of the forest. The pond has enormous leaves floating with Dash Panel ramps on them, allowing players to run over them and perform tricks. The last set of coins is found here, over the pads.

After the pond, racers take a ramp to jump over another gap and land directly on another boardwalk over an anti-gravity pad. The track makes a slight detour to the left before approaching the finish line once more.

Shortcuts[edit]

  • On the left route where the track splits near the beginning, players can take either of these shortcuts:
    • A Mushroom can be used over a patch of grass, cutting off a corner.
    • To the left of the jump ramp a small grass ramp can be taken using a Mushroom cutting off the turn leading to the main ramp.
  • Just before the finish line and located in the detour, there is a single jump ramp that can be taken. It is required to use a Mushroom or a Super Star to take this way due to the grass before it.

Mario Kart 8 Original Soundtrack liner notes[edit]

"This is the first time we've used a quintuple metre signature in a Mario Kart track: perhaps you noticed a slightly strange feeling while you're driving. It's a level with a kind of fairy tale feel as you drive through giant trees, so we wanted to add a fantasy atmosphere that's unusual for the series."

Gallery[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese ネイチャーロード[?]
Neichā Rōdo
Nature Road
Chinese 自然之路[?]
Zìrán Zhī Lù
Natural Road
Dutch Wervelwoud[?] Whirl Woods
French Passage Feuillage[?] Foliage Passage
German Wilder Wipfelweg[?] Wild Treetop Trail
Italian Boscodromo[?] Woodlanddrome
Korean 네이처 로드[?]
Neicheo Rodeu
Nature Road
Portuguese Floresta Misteriosa[?] Mysterious Forest
Russian Лихие леса[?]
Likhye lesa
Dashing Forest
Spanish Bosque Mágico[?] Magical Forest

Trivia[edit]

  • Like in Shy Guy Falls and Wii Wario's Gold Mine, the Shy Guys in the glider segment chant as the racers pass by.
  • Wild Woods is the only course in the game to start in anti-gravity but not be in anti-gravity for the whole race.
  • Wild Woods is the only course in the Mario Kart series to have music in 5/4 time.
  • The mountains in the background use a texture taken from a photo of the Verdon Gorge in the southeast of France.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ (June 8, 2023). Post by Supper Mario Broth. suppermariobroth.com. Retrieved June 19, 2023. (Archived June 19, 2023, 17:42:11 UTC via Wayback Machine.)