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[[File:MK8NewBooster.png|thumb|250px|[[Bowser]] approaching an Antigravity Panel in [[Mario Circuit (Mario Kart 8)|Mario Circuit]]]]
[[File:MK8NewBooster.png|thumb|250px|[[Bowser]] approaching an Antigravity Panel in [[Mario Circuit (Mario Kart 8)|Mario Circuit]]]]
An '''Antigravity Panel'''<ref>Musa, Alexander (May 30, 2014). ''Mario Kart 8'' PRIMA Official Game Guide. Page 9. ''Prima Games''. Retrieved January 29, 2018.</ref> is a panel that appears in ''[[Mario Kart 8]]'' and ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]''. The panel is blue with a circle pattern on it and marks the beginning of [[Anti-gravity]] sections. It must be noted that the activation of anti-gravity mode does not rely on these panels, as it is simply activated when going in parts of the track that require it, as can be noted when driving backwards or in reverse in tracks such as [[Mario Circuit (Mario Kart 8)|Mario Circuit]]. Therefore, their function is merely informative and unlike [[Dash Panel]]s, the panels do not provide any sort of speed boost when driven over. It must be noted that characters only shout or speak the first time they activate anti-gravity mode and thus do not actually react to the panel. The panels are included in both nitro and updated retro courses, but courses that fully take place in anti-gravity, such as {{classic-link|GCN|Baby Park}} do not feature them at all.
'''Antigravity Panels'''<ref>Musa, Alexander (May 30, 2014). ''Mario Kart 8'' PRIMA Official Game Guide. Page 9. ''Prima Games''. Retrieved January 29, 2018.</ref> are objects that appear in courses in ''[[Mario Kart 8]]'' and ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]''. They are blue panels bearing a circle pattern that appear on the track to mark the beginning of an [[anti-gravity]] section, causing any racers that drive over them to enter anti-gravity mode. Mechanically, whether or not anti-gravity is activated depends on where the racer is on the course, so the Antigravity Panels only serve as visual indicators of when anti-gravity sections begin. They do not appear in courses that take place entirely in anti-gravity such as {{classic-link|GCN|Baby Park}}, but otherwise always appear at the start of an anti-gravity section. Some characters can audibly react to the activation of anti-gravity upon driving over an Antigravity Panel.


The [[Half-pipe (object)|half-pipes]] on [[Merry Mountain]] and {{classic-link|Wii|Maple Treeway}} have a similar design to the Antigravity Panels.
In the [[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass|''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe'' – Booster Course Pass]], [[Half-pipe (object)|half-pipes]] have a similar design to Antigravity Panels.


==References==
==References==

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Bowser, near the new anti-gravity booster (blue, with arrows) at Mario Circuit.
Bowser approaching an Antigravity Panel in Mario Circuit

Antigravity Panels[1] are objects that appear in courses in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. They are blue panels bearing a circle pattern that appear on the track to mark the beginning of an anti-gravity section, causing any racers that drive over them to enter anti-gravity mode. Mechanically, whether or not anti-gravity is activated depends on where the racer is on the course, so the Antigravity Panels only serve as visual indicators of when anti-gravity sections begin. They do not appear in courses that take place entirely in anti-gravity such as GCN Baby Park, but otherwise always appear at the start of an anti-gravity section. Some characters can audibly react to the activation of anti-gravity upon driving over an Antigravity Panel.

In the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass, half-pipes have a similar design to Antigravity Panels.

References

  1. ^ Musa, Alexander (May 30, 2014). Mario Kart 8 PRIMA Official Game Guide. Page 9. Prima Games. Retrieved January 29, 2018.