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The Pipe Frame gives a good boost in acceleration and handling, but hinders weight and traction. Its stats are identical to the [[Wild Wiggler]], [[Standard Bike]], [[Flame Rider]], [[Varmint]] and [[W 25 Silver Arrow]].
The Pipe Frame gives a good boost in acceleration and handling, but hinders weight and traction. Its stats are identical to the [[Wild Wiggler]], [[Standard Bike]], [[Flame Rider]], [[Varmint]] and [[W 25 Silver Arrow]].


Like the standard vehicles, all of the computer-controlled characters (excluding the [[Miis]] and alternate-colored Yoshis and Shy Guys) occasionally use this body.  
Like the standard vehicles, the Pipe Frame body is occasionally used by all of the computer-controlled characters (excluding the [[Miis]] and alternate-colored Yoshis and Shy Guys).  


===Color schemes===
===Color schemes===

Revision as of 10:28, November 24, 2014

Template:Kart-infobox The Pipe Frame is the standard kart used in Super Mario Kart, Mario Kart 64, and Mario Kart: Super Circuit, and a customizable kart part in Mario Kart 7 and Mario Kart 8. In the first three installments of the Mario Kart series, the Pipe Frame acts as the main standard kart. The abilities of the kart depend on the driver so the kart itself has no strong or weak points.

Mario Kart 7

The Pipe Frame appears in Mario Kart 7 as a retro kart body. In this game the kart offers a good boost in acceleration and off-road, but hinders speed and weight. The Pipe Frame is one of the three kart parts to have a different color for each character. Mario, Luigi, Peach, Yoshi, Bowser, Donkey Kong, Toad and Wario retain the same colored kart from Mario Kart 64 and Mario Kart: Super Circuit.

Color schemes

Character Color
Mario Red
Luigi Green
Peach Pink
Yoshi Lime green
Bowser Orange
Donkey Kong Yellow
Toad Blue
Koopa Light green-yellow
Daisy Yellow-orange
Wario Purple
Rosalina Turquoise
Metal Mario Blue-gray
Shy Guy Black
Honey Queen Fuchsia
Wiggler Brown
Lakitu Sky blue
Mii Color depends on Mii's color

Mario Kart 8

The Pipe Frame returns in Mario Kart 8 as a retro kart body, reverted to the Super Mario Kart design featuring a tubular engine with one exhaust pipe, rather than a square engine with two exhaust pipes used in Mario Kart 64 and Mario Kart: Super Circuit. It also contains a small circular piece of metal on the front, which displays the current character's emblem.

Unlike past installments, the colors of the Pipe Frame are now shared with multiple characters, featuring 23 unique colors used between the 35 characters (and of those, thirteen of the colors are exclusive to one character, counting alternative colors for Yoshi and Shy Guy but excluding Miis). Mario, Luigi, Peach, Yoshi, Toad, Bowser, Donkey Kong and Wario once again retain their colored karts from Mario Kart 64, and Mario Kart: Super Circuit and Koopa Troopa retains his colored kart from Super Mario Kart. In addition, all the Koopalings excluding Morton have unique colored steering wheels for their karts as opposed to the standard black.

The Pipe Frame gives a good boost in acceleration and handling, but hinders weight and traction. Its stats are identical to the Wild Wiggler, Standard Bike, Flame Rider, Varmint and W 25 Silver Arrow.

Like the standard vehicles, the Pipe Frame body is occasionally used by all of the computer-controlled characters (excluding the Miis and alternate-colored Yoshis and Shy Guys).

Color schemes

Character(s) Color Image
Body Steering Wheel
MarioBaby MarioFile:YoshiRed-MK8.pngMii (Red) Red Black File:MK8RedPFIcon.png
LuigiBaby LuigiFile:ShyGuyGreen-MK8.pngMii (Green) Green Black Thumbnail of Baby Luigi's and green Mii's Pipe Frame (with 8 icon), in Mario Kart 8.
PeachBaby PeachFile:YoshiPink-MK8.pngFile:ShyGuyPink-MK8.pngToadetteCat PeachMii (Pink) Light pink Black Thumbnail of Baby Peach's and Villager girl's Pipe Frame (with 8 icon), in Mario Kart 8.
DaisyBaby DaisyFile:YoshiOrange-MK8.pngFile:ShyGuyOrange-MK8.pngTanooki MarioMii (Orange) Yellow-orange Black Thumbnail of Tanooki Mario's Pipe Frame (with 8 icon), in Mario Kart 8.
RosalinaLakituBaby RosalinaFile:YoshiLightBlue-MK8.pngFile:ShyGuyLightBlue-MK8.pngMii (Light-blue) Sky blue Black Thumbnail of Baby Rosalina's Pipe Frame (with 8 icon), in Mario Kart 8.
Metal Mario Metallic gray Black Thumbnail of Metal Mario's Pipe Frame (with 8 icon), in Mario Kart 8.
YoshiMii (Light-green) Light green-yellow Black Thumbnail of light green Mii's and Isabelle's Pipe Frame (with 8 icon), in Mario Kart 8.
Koopa TroopaDonkey KongFile:YoshiYellow-MK8.pngFile:ShyGuyYellow-MK8.pngMii (Yellow) Yellow Black Thumbnail of yellow Mii's Pipe Frame (with 8 icon), in Mario Kart 8.
ToadFile:YoshiBlue-MK8.pngFile:ShyGuyBlue-MK8.pngLinkMii (Blue) Blue Black Thumbnail of Toad's, blue Mii's, and Link's Pipe Frame (with 8 icon), in Mario Kart 8.
File:YoshiWhite-MK8.pngFile:ShyGuyWhite-MK8.pngMii (White) White Black Thumbnail of white Mii's Pipe Frame (with 8 icon), in Mario Kart 8.
Shy GuyFile:YoshiBlack-MK8.pngFile:ShyGuyBlack-MK8.pngMii (Black) Black Black Thumbnail of black Mii's Pipe Frame (with 8 icon), in Mario Kart 8.
Mii (Brown) Brown Black Thumbnail of brown Mii's Pipe Frame (with 8 icon), in Mario Kart 8.
Pink Gold Peach Metallic pink Black Thumbnail of Pink Gold Peach's Pipe Frame (with 8 icon), in Mario Kart 8.
Bowser Orange Black Thumbnail of Villager boy's Pipe Frame (with 8 icon), in Mario Kart 8.
WarioMii (Purple) Purple Black Thumbnail of Wario's Pipe Frame (with 8 icon), in Mario Kart 8.
Waluigi Dark purple Black Thumbnail of Waluigi's Pipe Frame (with 8 icon), in Mario Kart 8.
Iggy Koopa Lime green Blue-violet Thumbnail of Iggy's Pipe Frame (with 8 icon), in Mario Kart 8.
Roy Koopa Red-purple Light pink Thumbnail of Roy's Pipe Frame (with 8 icon), in Mario Kart 8.
Lemmy Koopa Cyan Orange Thumbnail of Lemmy's Pipe Frame (with 8 icon), in Mario Kart 8.
Larry Koopa Yellow Sky blue Thumbnail of Larry's Pipe Frame (with 8 icon), in Mario Kart 8.
Wendy O. Koopa Pink Light purple Thumbnail of Wendy's Pipe Frame (with 8 icon), in Mario Kart 8.
Ludwig von Koopa Dark blue Blue Thumbnail of Ludwig's Pipe Frame (with 8 icon), in Mario Kart 8.
Morton Koopa Jr. Dark gray Black Thumbnail of Morton's Pipe Frame (with 8 icon), in Mario Kart 8.

Stats

Stat values are out of 6.

Mario Kart 7

  • Speed: -0.25
  • Acceleration: +0.25
  • Weight: -0.25
  • Handling: 0
  • Off-Road: +0.25

Mario Kart 8

  • Speed: 0
  • Acceleration: +0.25
  • Weight: -0.25
  • Handling: +0.5
  • Traction: -0.5

Gallery

Artwork

Screenshots

Mario Kart 7

Mario Kart 8

Club Nintendo

"Die Jagd nach dem Nintendo 64: Krawall im All"

Mario and Luigi driving karts
Mario and Luigi driving karts in the Club Nintendo comic "Die Jagd nach dem Nintendo 64: Krawall im All".

In the Club Nintendo comic "Die Jagd nach dem Nintendo 64: Krawall im All", Mario and Luigi are seen driving karts in their mission to find a spaceship shaped like the Nintendo 64. They compete against Wario and Bowser and make another reference to the Mario Kart games by dropping Banana Peels and making them crash. The karts seen in this comic resemble those seen in the then-new Mario Kart 64. Unlike their video game equivalents, though, they can also be turned into jet skis by pushing a button on their steering-wheels.

Mario Kirby Meisaku Video

A Pipe Frame makes an apperance resembling the one in Super Mario Kart in the Mario segment of the Mario Kirby Meisaku Video where Mario drives it during his pursuit of the mysterious thief W. Eventually, after being attacked by some monsters, he spins out near a vegetable garden.

Super Mario-Kun

A kart. Page 145 of volume 6 of Super Mario-kun.

Pipe Frame karts are seen in the Mario Kart adaptions of Super Mario-Kun. The first time they appear, Mario races against other characters including Donkey Kong Jr. and Bowser.

Super Smash Bros. series

Super Smash Bros. Melee Trophy

Name Image Game Description
Racing Kart File:Trophy213.PNG Super Mario Kart
9/92
The famous racing karts from the ever-popular Mario Kart racing series come loaded for speed with three different engine sizes: 50, 100, and 150 cc. The karts' handling differs with the characters driving them, but all of them utilize Mario Kart standards like drift, jump, and turbo. They're extremely durable and impossible to total.

Names in other languages

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Trivia

  • In Mario Kart 7, White is the only Mii color to receive a unique Pipe Frame color, as no other character uses a white Pipe Frame. In Mario Kart 8, this trait instead applies to the color Brown, unless the alternative Yoshi and Shy Guy colors are not downloaded; in that case White remains an exclusive to Miis.

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