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Revision as of 16:18, September 3, 2023
- This article is about the race course in Super Mario Kart. For the second Vanilla Lake remix course in Mario Kart Tour, see RMX Vanilla Lake 2.
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| Appears in | Super Mario Kart (1992) Mario Kart: Super Circuit (2001) Mario Kart Tour (2021) | ||
| Cup(s) | Special Cup (Super Mario Kart) Extra Special Cup (Super Circuit) | ||
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Vanilla Lake 2 is the fourth course of the Special Cup in Super Mario Kart. It was subsequently reused in Mario Kart: Super Circuit as the third track of the Extra Special Cup, and in Mario Kart Tour starting with the 2021 Holiday Tour. It is a circle course going around a lake. The course is icy, meaning bad control for Princess Peach and Yoshi, according to the manual. Along with snow blocks, Warp Pipes appear in the track. This track shares its music with Vanilla Lake 1; in the original incarnation of the track, the outline of the course is also largely identical to Vanilla Lake 1, with the route differences coming from the track being centered around a large hole in the ice.
Course layout
The race starts on the east side of the lake. Shortly after the first left turn is a set of ? Panels and four pipes followed by another left turn. After that, the edge of the lake juts outwards, forcing the racers to drive around it. Immediately ahead of this section are three clusters of ice blocks with narrow gaps in between. Upon reaching the southwest corner of the lake, the racers can either drive around the edge or take advantage of a small fragment of ice in the water and hop across it. After this is a section with gaps of water in the road as well as more pipes. The racers can either hop over the gaps or drive around them. There is a hole in the colored wall which can be used as a shortcut; players with a Mushroom can cut through the snow without slowing down. The southeast corner of the lake is narrow enough to hop over, and right after it is the final turn, which features patches of snow next to the water and ice blocks scattered in the middle of the road.
Mario Kart: Super Circuit
Vanilla Lake 2 reappears in Mario Kart: Super Circuit, and is the third track of the Extra Special Cup. It uses the background from Snow Land. The pipe hazards were removed from the track and an extra Item Box can be found on the small ice island near the hole in the wall.
Mario Kart Tour
Vanilla Lake 2 reappears in Mario Kart Tour starting from the 2021 Holiday Tour. The course outline has been adjusted so that it's no longer largely identical to Vanilla Lake 1. The walls within the course are thinner, and the clusters of snow blocks in the west side of the course were replaced with a new line of Item Boxes. Seven snow blocks in a zigzag line replace the original Item Boxes' location (they are now directly in front of the finish line), and the ones before the finish line were reduced to five, which are on the other side of the snow patch, allowing for a clear path to the finish. Players can now perform Jump Boosts off the bigger fragments of ice in the south side of the course, similar to the fractured ice present in RMX Vanilla Lake 1. Just before the finish line, a ramp shortcut was added. The course now has a starting banner with the classic Mario Kart logo. As with other courses in the game, Vanilla Lake 2 appears as Vanilla Lake 2R, Vanilla Lake 2T, and Vanilla Lake 2R/T respectively. The first two variants were introduced alongside the normal variant in the 2021 Holiday Tour, while the last was introduced in the 2023 Sundae Tour.
If the player falls into the deep, inaccessible water during the course's Glider Challenge, they will enter a brief underwater state before falling out of the screen.
Appearances
For this course's tour appearances, see List of SNES Vanilla Lake 2 tour appearances in Mario Kart Tour.
Top-tier and middle-tier items
Select "show" to reveal the drivers, karts, and gliders for which SNES Vanilla Lake 2 and its variants are always favored or favorite courses. For instances in which additional drivers, karts, and gliders temporarily had this course and its variants as favored or favorite courses, see List of SNES Vanilla Lake 2 tour appearances in Mario Kart Tour.
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Bonus challenges
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| Icon | Course variant | Chosen driver |
Chosen kart |
Chosen glider |
Grand Star scores | Tour appearances | Cup |
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Regular |  Ice Mario |
 Pipe Frame |
 Super Glider |
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Holiday Tour (2021) |  Metal Mario Cup |
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Exploration Tour (2023) |  Chargin' Chuck Cup | |||||
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| Icon | Course variant | Chosen driver |
Chosen kart |
Chosen glider |
Grand Star scores | Tour appearances | Cup |
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Regular |  Diddy Kong |
 Pipe Frame |
 Super Glider |
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Wario vs. Waluigi Tour |  Pauline Cup |
| Holiday Tour (2022) |  Pink Gold Peach Cup | ||||||
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| Icon | Course variant | Chosen driver |
Chosen kart |
Chosen glider |
Item Box type found |
Number of item slots | Grand Star scores | Tour appearances | Cup |
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Regular |  Ice Bro |
 Pipe Frame |
 Super Glider |
 Ice Flower |
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Holiday Tour (2022) |  Ice Bro Cup |
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Chosen kart |
Chosen glider |
Grand Star distances | Tour appearances | Cup |
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Regular | Ice Bro |
Pipe Frame |
Super Glider |
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Holiday Tour (2021) |  Baby Daisy Cup |
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Exploration Tour (2023) |  Mii Cup | |||||
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Chosen kart |
Chosen glider |
Obstacles | Tour appearances | Cup |
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Regular |  Baby Rosalina |
 Pipe Frame |
 Super Glider |
 Penguin |
Peach vs. Bowser Tour (May 2022) |  Funky Kong Cup |
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Chosen kart |
Chosen glider |
Item Box type found |
Number of item slots | Grand Star scores | Tour appearances | Cup |
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Regular |  Wario |
 Pipe Frame |
 Super Glider |
 Mushroom  Mega Mushroom  Coin |
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Mii Tour (2022) |  Waluigi Cup |
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| Icon | Course variant | Chosen driver |
Chosen kart |
Chosen glider |
Grand Star scores | Tour appearances | Cup |
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Regular |  Roy |
 Pipe Frame |
 Super Glider |
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Penguin Tour |  Ice Mario Cup |
Gallery
Mario Kart Tour
Course icons
The course icon with Peach (Wintertime)
The course icon with Daisy (Holiday Cheer)
The course icon with Daisy
The course icon with Tanooki Rosalina
The course icon with Nabbit
The course icon of the R variant with Yoshi (Reindeer)
The course icon of the R variant with Wario
The course icon of the R variant with White Yoshi
The course icon of the R variant with Kamek
The course icon of the R variant with Toadette (Sailor)
The course icon of the T variant with Bowser (Santa)
The course icon of the T variant with Birdo (Black)
The course icon of the T variant with Penguin Toad
The course icon of the T variant with Rosalina
The course icon of the T variant with Dr. Peach
Screenshots
Kamek, Bowser (Santa), and Gold Koopa (Freerunning) tricking on the Reverse variant
The final section of the course
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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| Chinese | 香草湖2[?] Xiāngcǎo Hú 2 |
Vanilla Lake 2 | |
| French | Lac Vanille 2[?] | Vanilla Lake 2 | |
| German | Vanille-See 2[?] | Vanilla Lake 2 | |
| Italian | Lago Vaniglia 2[?] | Vanilla Lake 2 | |
| Korean | 바닐라 호수 2[?] Banilla Hosu 2 |
Vanilla Lake 2 | |
| Portuguese | Lago Baunilha 2[?] | Vanilla Lake 2 | |
| Spanish | Lago Vainilla 2[?] | Vanilla Lake 2 |
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