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{{DISPLAYTITLE: Mario Circuit (''MK8'')}}
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{{about|the race course from ''[[Mario Kart 8]]'' and ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]''|other race tracks with similar names|[[Mario Circuit]]}}
{{about|the race course from ''[[Mario Kart 8]]'' and ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]''|other race tracks with similar names|[[Mario Circuit]]}}
{{racecourse
{{race course infobox
|title=Mario Circuit
|image=[[File:MK8-Course-MarioCircuit.png|300px]]
|image=[[File:MK8-Course-MarioCircuit.png|270px]]
|appears_in=''[[Mario Kart 8]]'' ([[List of games by date#2014|2014]])<br>''[[Super Smash Bros. for Wii U]]'' ([[List of games by date#2014|2014]])<br>''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'' ([[List of games by date#2017|2017]])<br>''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' ([[List of games by date#2018|2018]])
|appearances=''[[Mario Kart 8]]'' ([[List of games by date#2014|2014]])<br>''[[Super Smash Bros. for Wii U]]'' ([[List of games by date#2014|2014]]) <br> ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'' ([[List of games by date#2017|2017]])<br>''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' ([[List of games by date#2018|2018]])
|cups=[[Flower Cup]]<br>[[Battle Mode]] (''8'')
|cups=[[Flower Cup]]<br>[[Battle Mode]] (MK8)
|ghost={{ghost|8|Nin★Sho|2:07.436|[[File:MK8 Mario Icon.png|32px|link=Mario]][[File:StandardKartBodyMK8.png|32px|link=Standard Kart]][[File:StandardTiresMK8.png|32px|link=Standard (tire)|Standard]][[File:SuperGliderMK8.png|32px|link=Super Glider]]}}{{ghost|8DX <small>150cc</small>|Nin★Sho|2:08.501|[[File:MK8 Mario Icon.png|32px|link=Mario]][[File:StandardKartBodyMK8.png|32px|link=Standard Kart]][[File:StandardTiresMK8.png|32px|link=Standard (tire)|Standard]][[File:SuperGliderMK8.png|32px|link=Super Glider]]}}{{ghost|8DX <small>200cc</small>|Nin★Joost|1:23.243|[[File:MK8 PGPeach Icon.png|32px|link=Pink Gold Peach]][[File:StandardBikeBodyMK8 PinkGoldPeach.png|32px|link=Standard Blke]][[File:SlimTiresMK8.png|32px|link=Standard (tire)|Standard]][[File:MK8ThumbPinkGoldPeachSG.png|32px|link=Super Glider]]}}
|ghost=2:07.436 by Nin★Sho (MK8) (as [[Mario]])<br>2:08.501 by Nin★Sho (MK8D) (as [[Mario]]) (150cc)<br>1:23.243 by Nin★Joost (MK8D) (as [[Pink Gold Peach]]) (200cc)
|online_play=No longer available ([[Wii U]])<br>Available ([[Nintendo Switch|Switch]])
|wifi=Available ([[Wii U]], [[Nintendo Switch|Switch]])
|sample=Shiho Fujii<br>[[File:MK8-Music-MarioCircuit.oga]]<br>Frontrunning<br>[[File:WiiU MarioCircuit Frontrunning.oga]]
|music=[[File:MK8-Music-MarioCircuit.oga]]
|map=''Mario Kart 8'' / ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe''
|map=''Mario Kart 8'' / ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe''
<div style="white-space: nowrap;">[[File:MK8 Mario Circuit Map.png|frameless|upright=0.65]][[File:MK8DX Mario Circuit Map.png|frameless|upright=0.65]]</div>
<div style="white-space: nowrap;">[[File:MK8 Mario Circuit Map.png|frameless|upright=0.65]][[File:MK8DX Mario Circuit Map.png|frameless|upright=0.65]]</div>
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The ''Mario Kart 8'' incarnation of '''Mario Circuit''' appears as the first course of the [[Flower Cup]]. This Mario Circuit's layout is designed after the [[wikipedia:Möbius strip|''Möbius'' strip]] (a closed surface consisting of only one side) to make full use of the new anti gravity aspect of the game. It is placed around [[Peach's Castle]] which happens to be on floating islands. Like the [[Figure-8 Circuit]] and [[Toad's Turnpike]], the track is shaped like the number eight. There are [[Goomba Tower]]s near the finish line that can spin out the player. The track is lush and green, surrounded by the blue sky and white clouds, as well as waterfalls below. There are twenty-two [[Coin]]s located on this track. In ''Mario Kart 8'', it is a selectable battle course.
'''Mario Circuit''' is the first course of the [[Flower Cup]] in ''[[Mario Kart 8]]'' and ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]''. This Mario Circuit's layout is designed after the [[wikipedia:Möbius strip|Möbius strip]] (a closed surface consisting of only one side) to make full use of the new [[anti-gravity]] mechanic of the game. It is centered around [[Peach's Castle]], which happens to be resting on floating islands, some of which also make up the course's background. Like [[Figure-8 Circuit]] and [[N64 Toad's Turnpike|Toad's Turnpike]], the track is shaped like the number eight. There are [[Goomba]]s and [[Goomba Tower]]s on the course that can spin out the player. The track is lush and green, surrounded by blue sky and white clouds, as well as waterfalls. There are twenty-two [[coin]]s located on this track. [[Mario Kart Stadium]]'s music is largely rearranged from this track's song, as confirmed by a liner note in the ''[[Mario Kart 8 Original Soundtrack]]''. In ''Mario Kart 8'', it is a selectable battle course.


==Course layout==
==Course layout==
[[File:MK8-Course-MarioCircuit-startingline.png|thumb|250px|left|The course as seen from the starting line]]
[[File:MK8 Mario Circuit Starting Line.png|thumb|250px|left|The course as seen from the starting line]]
Being designed after a Möbius strip, the track follows a single path that twists around near the beginning. The track remains fairly simple in terms of design. Players start on the straightaway of the Möbius strip and shortly after, there is a turn to the left. A white bridge is a short ways away of the turn which starts the [[Anti gravity]] section. The track turns to the right shortly after and start racing underneath the finish line. After a left turn, the racers cross the white bridge, which twists the track back to normal and after another right turn, the racers approach the finish line. A gliding ramp and [[Goomba Tower]]s appear at the stretch to the finish.
Being designed after a Möbius strip, the track follows a single path that twists around near the beginning. The track remains fairly simple in terms of design. Players start on the straightaway of the Möbius strip and shortly after, there is a turn to the left. Two [[Goomba]]s slowly step side-to-side in this part of the track and cause racers who collide with them to spin out. A white bridge follows the turn and starts the anti-gravity section. The track turns to the right shortly after and starts racing underneath the finish line. After a left turn, the racers cross the white bridge again, which twists the track back to normal and after another right turn, the racers approach the finish line. A [[Glide Ramp]] and [[Goomba Tower]]s appear at the stretch to the finish. Mario's [[Standard Kart]] can be seen in the pit area, alongside [[? Block]]s.
 
The course's starting banner can be interacted with by gliding racers, causing it to swing; the other four courses to share this feature are {{classic-link|DS|Wario Stadium}}, {{classic-link|3DS|Neo Bowser City}}, {{classic-link|Tour|Tokyo Blur}} and {{classic-link|3DS|Rock Rock Mountain}}. It is the only one of these five courses to be a new course.
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===Staff ghost===
 
The staff ghost for this track is Mario on the Standard Kart, with [[Normal]] tires and the [[Super Glider]], with a time of 2:07.436. In ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe'' 200cc, the staff ghost is [[Pink Gold Peach]] with a time of 1:23.243.
==Shortcuts==
*The player can use boost items to cut through the grass to the left of the big turn at the start.
*The right turn before the white bridge can be cut by going through the grass with a [[Dash Mushroom|Mushroom]].
*After crossing the white bridge, racers can cut through the grass behind some [[Piranha Plant]] pipes with a boost item.
*On the other side of the strip, where this stretch of the track serves as the final turn to the finish line, the racer can go through the pipes and sand by using Mushrooms or a [[Super Star|Star]].
 
==Appearance in the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series==
{{main|Mario Circuit (Super Smash Bros. for Wii U)}}
The track appears in ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Wii U]]'' as a new stage. The stage takes place on several platforms that move around the stage, stopping at certain intervals around the stage similar to [[Rainbow Road (stage)|Rainbow Road]] in the [[Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS|3DS version]]. [[Shy Guy]]s can drive into the fight like in the aforementioned stage and the other [[Figure-8 Circuit (stage)|Mario Circuit stage]]; however, because of the anti-gravity, they can drive on other surfaces such as on the wall to the right of the players or above them. The default music is a medley of the Circuit theme and [[3DS Neo Bowser City|Neo Bowser City]]'s music from ''[[Mario Kart 7]]'', though the original versions of numerous songs from ''Mario Kart 8'' including Mario Circuit are also available.
 
Mario Circuit returns as a playable stage in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'', now with access to every ''Mario Kart'' song featured in the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series.


==Sponsors==
==Sponsors==
*[[Burning DK]] (Trackside banners)
*[[List of sponsors debuting in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe#Burning DK|Burning DK]] (Trackside banners)
*[[Dream Gliders]] (Signs)
*[[List of sponsors debuting in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe#Dream Gliders|Dream Gliders]] (Signs)
*[[Mario Kart (Oil)]] (Oil cans)
*[[List of sponsors debuting in Mario Kart 7#Mario Kart (Oil)|Mario Kart]] (Oil cans)
*[[Mario Kart TV]]/MKTV (Trackside banners, van)
*[[Mario Kart TV]] (Trackside banners, van)
*[[Mario Motors]] (Garages, signs, trackside banners)
*[[List of sponsors debuting in Mario Kart Arcade GP and Mario Kart Arcade GP 2#Mario Motors|Mario Motors]] (Garages, signs, trackside banners)
*[[Mushroom Piston]] (Signs)
*[[List of sponsors debuting in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe#Mushroom Piston|Mushroom Piston]] (Signs)
*[[Nintendo]] (Trackside banners)
*[[Nintendo]] (Trackside banners)


==Appearance in the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series==
==Profiles==
{{main|Mario Circuit (Super Smash Bros. for Wii U)}}
===''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe''===
The track appears in ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Wii U]]'' as a new stage. The stage has been shown to take place on several platforms that move around the stage, stopping at certain intervals around the stage similar to [[Rainbow Road (stage)|Rainbow Road]] in the [[Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS|3DS version]]. [[Shy Guy]]s can drive into the fight like in the aforementioned stage and the other [[Figure-8 Circuit (stage)|Mario Circuit stage]], however because of the anti-gravity element they can drive on other surfaces such as on the wall to the right of the players or from the background albeit upside-down. The default music is a medley of the Circuit theme and [[Neo Bowser City]]'s music from ''[[Mario Kart 7]]'', though the original versions of numerous songs from ''Mario Kart 8'' including Mario Circuit are also available.
*'''''Nintendo Magazine 2023 Winter''''': "''Linked to the title of the game, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, this course is shaped like the number "8". It's an anti-gravity course, where you race on both the surface and on the other side.''"<ref>[https://www.nintendo.com/jp/software/feature/magazine_2023winter/index_en.html?page=7&device=pc Nintendo Magazine 2023 Winter (Digital English edition)]. ''nintendo.co.jp''. Retrieved November 21, 2023. ([https://web.archive.org/web/20231121204311/https://www.nintendo.com/jp/software/feature/magazine_2023winter/index_en.html?page=7&device=pc Archived] November 21, 2023, 20:43:11 UTC via Wayback Machine.)</ref>


Mario Circuit returns as a playable stage in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''.
===''[[Mario Kart 8 Original Soundtrack]]'' liner note===
''"This track takes the form of a kind of Möbius Strip and also suggests the number eight, to signify its place in the series. The synthesiser sound we used for the melody here was meant to give the feel of the anti-gravity effect which features in this title."''


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery widths=160px>
===''Mario Kart 8'' / ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe''===
MarioCircuitMK8.jpeg|A released screenshot of the course revealing the name of the track
<gallery widths=150px>
MK8- Mario Circuit.png|The track's icon
MK8 Mario Circuit Course Icon.png|The course icon
File:ToadBiddybuggy.png|The start
MK8-u_MarioCircuit-Ending.png|Results screen
WiiU MarioKart8 scrn01 E3.png|Mario, racing at Mario Circuit
YoshiPipeFrame.png|The start
MK8NewBooster.png|[[Anti-gravity]] pad
MK8NewBooster.png|[[Anti-gravity]] pad
MK8MarioCircuitBoomerangMario.png|Mario and some other racers, at the beginning of the anti-gravity section
MK8MarioCircuitBoomerangMario.png|Mario and some other racers, at the beginning of the anti-gravity section
MiiMK8Screenshot.png|A group of Miis on the track
MiiMK8Screenshot.png|A group of [[Mii]]s on the course
Waluigi-Trick-MarioCircuit-MK8.jpg|Waluigi performs a trick
MK8 Waluigi Trick Mario Circuit.jpg|[[Waluigi]] performs a trick
MetalJetMario.jpg|[[Metal Mario (character)|Metal Mario]] finishes
MetalJetMario.jpg|[[Metal Mario]] finishes
MK8 Battle Mode.png|As a battle course
MK8 Battle Mode.png|As a battle course
SSB4 - Mario Circuit MK8.PNG|''[[Super Smash Bros. for Wii U]]''
MK8 Prerelease Mario Circuit Mario.png|Mario, racing at Mario Circuit
MK8 Mario Circuit Start Grid.png|Mario and other racers standing at the starting grid
MarioCircuitMK8.jpg|A released screenshot of the course revealing the name of the course
Castle stamp MK8.png|The [[Stamp (Mario Kart 8)|stamp]] obtained for beating the staff ghost at this course
Castle stamp MK8.png|The [[Stamp (Mario Kart 8)|stamp]] obtained for beating the staff ghost at this course
</gallery>
===''Super Smash Bros. for Wii U''===
<gallery>
SSB4 - Mario Circuit MK8.PNG|Overview of the [[Mario Circuit (Super Smash Bros. for Wii U)|Mario Circuit]] stage
</gallery>
</gallery>


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==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*This is one of the three Flower Cup courses in ''Mario Kart 8'' to be playable in the E3 2013 demo, the other two being [[Toad Harbor]] and [[Twisted Mansion]].
*This is one of the three courses (along with [[Toad Harbor]] and [[Twisted Mansion]]) that were playable at E3 2013. Incidentally, all three take place in the [[Flower Cup]], in the same order as the original demo.
**On a side note, in addition to taking place in the same cup, they are in the same order as they were in the demo.
 
* This track is one of three courses where the starting banner can be interacted with from playable characters via hang-glider. The other two courses are [[Wario Stadium (DS)|<small>DS</small> Wario Stadium]] and [[Neo Bowser City|<small>3DS</small> Neo Bowser City]]. It is also the only one of these three courses that is a Nitro Course.
==References==
*This track's theme contains a part from [[Mario Kart Stadium]]'s music.
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*Mario's [[Standard Kart]] can be seen in the pit area, alongside [[? Block]]s.
 
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Latest revision as of 09:25, December 21, 2024

This article is about the race course from Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. For other race tracks with similar names, see Mario Circuit.
Mario Circuit
Mario Circuit
Information
Appears in Mario Kart 8 (2014)
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U (2014)
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (2017)
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (2018)
Cup(s) Flower Cup
Battle Mode (8)
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 Mario Circuit in Mario Kart 8.Map of Mario Circuit in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.
Staff ghost(s)
8 Nin★Sho
2:07.436 MarioStandard KartStandardSuper Glider
8DX 150cc Nin★Sho
2:08.501 MarioStandard KartStandardSuper Glider
8DX 200cc Nin★Joost
1:23.243 Pink Gold PeachStandard BlkeStandardSuper Glider

Mario Circuit is the first course of the Flower Cup in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. This Mario Circuit's layout is designed after the Möbius strip (a closed surface consisting of only one side) to make full use of the new anti-gravity mechanic of the game. It is centered around Peach's Castle, which happens to be resting on floating islands, some of which also make up the course's background. Like Figure-8 Circuit and Toad's Turnpike, the track is shaped like the number eight. There are Goombas and Goomba Towers on the course that can spin out the player. The track is lush and green, surrounded by blue sky and white clouds, as well as waterfalls. There are twenty-two coins located on this track. Mario Kart Stadium's music is largely rearranged from this track's song, as confirmed by a liner note in the Mario Kart 8 Original Soundtrack. In Mario Kart 8, it is a selectable battle course.

Course layout[edit]

Mario Circuit, from Mario Kart 8.
The course as seen from the starting line

Being designed after a Möbius strip, the track follows a single path that twists around near the beginning. The track remains fairly simple in terms of design. Players start on the straightaway of the Möbius strip and shortly after, there is a turn to the left. Two Goombas slowly step side-to-side in this part of the track and cause racers who collide with them to spin out. A white bridge follows the turn and starts the anti-gravity section. The track turns to the right shortly after and starts racing underneath the finish line. After a left turn, the racers cross the white bridge again, which twists the track back to normal and after another right turn, the racers approach the finish line. A Glide Ramp and Goomba Towers appear at the stretch to the finish. Mario's Standard Kart can be seen in the pit area, alongside ? Blocks.

The course's starting banner can be interacted with by gliding racers, causing it to swing; the other four courses to share this feature are DS Wario Stadium, 3DS Neo Bowser City, Tour Tokyo Blur and 3DS Rock Rock Mountain. It is the only one of these five courses to be a new course.

Shortcuts[edit]

  • The player can use boost items to cut through the grass to the left of the big turn at the start.
  • The right turn before the white bridge can be cut by going through the grass with a Mushroom.
  • After crossing the white bridge, racers can cut through the grass behind some Piranha Plant pipes with a boost item.
  • On the other side of the strip, where this stretch of the track serves as the final turn to the finish line, the racer can go through the pipes and sand by using Mushrooms or a Star.

Appearance in the Super Smash Bros. series[edit]

Main article: Mario Circuit (Super Smash Bros. for Wii U)

The track appears in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U as a new stage. The stage takes place on several platforms that move around the stage, stopping at certain intervals around the stage similar to Rainbow Road in the 3DS version. Shy Guys can drive into the fight like in the aforementioned stage and the other Mario Circuit stage; however, because of the anti-gravity, they can drive on other surfaces such as on the wall to the right of the players or above them. The default music is a medley of the Circuit theme and Neo Bowser City's music from Mario Kart 7, though the original versions of numerous songs from Mario Kart 8 including Mario Circuit are also available.

Mario Circuit returns as a playable stage in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, now with access to every Mario Kart song featured in the Super Smash Bros. series.

Sponsors[edit]

Profiles[edit]

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe[edit]

  • Nintendo Magazine 2023 Winter: "Linked to the title of the game, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, this course is shaped like the number "8". It's an anti-gravity course, where you race on both the surface and on the other side."[1]

Mario Kart 8 Original Soundtrack liner note[edit]

"This track takes the form of a kind of Möbius Strip and also suggests the number eight, to signify its place in the series. The synthesiser sound we used for the melody here was meant to give the feel of the anti-gravity effect which features in this title."

Gallery[edit]

Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe[edit]

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese マリオサーキット[?]
Mario Sākitto
Mario Circuit
Chinese (simplified) 马力欧赛道[?]
Mǎlìōu Sàidào
Mario Speedway
Chinese (traditional) 瑪利歐賽道[?]
Mǎlìōu Sàidào
Mario Speedway
Dutch Mario's Circuit[?] Mario's Circuit
French Circuit Mario[?] Mario Circuit
German Marios Piste[?] Mario's Track
Italian Circuito di Mario[?] Mario's Circuit
Korean 마리오 서킷[?]
Mario Seokit
Mario Circuit
Portuguese Circuito do Mario[?] Mario's Circuit
Russian Трасса Марио[?]
Trassa Mario
Mario's Track
Spanish Circuito Mario[?] Mario Circuit

Trivia[edit]

  • This is one of the three courses (along with Toad Harbor and Twisted Mansion) that were playable at E3 2013. Incidentally, all three take place in the Flower Cup, in the same order as the original demo.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Nintendo Magazine 2023 Winter (Digital English edition). nintendo.co.jp. Retrieved November 21, 2023. (Archived November 21, 2023, 20:43:11 UTC via Wayback Machine.)