GBA Mario Circuit

This article is about the race course originally from Mario Kart: Super Circuit and featured as a classic course in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. For other race courses with similar names, see Mario Circuit.

Mario Circuit
Information
Appears in	Mario Kart: Super Circuit (2001) Mario Kart 8 (2014) Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (2017)
Cup(s)	Flower Cup (Super Circuit) Shell Cup (8, 8 Deluxe)
Online play	Available (Wii U until early April 2024 pre-existing users only, Switch)
Music sample Mario Kart: Super Circuit: Kenichi Nishimaki, Masanobu Matsunaga, Minako Hamano Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe: Yasuaki Iwata Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (frontrunning)
Course map Mario Kart: Super Circuit Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Staff ghost(s) 8 Nin★Rie 1:49.158 8DX 150cc Nin★Rie 1:44.593 8DX 200cc Nin★Pit 1:10.475

Mario Circuit is the first race course of the Flower Cup in Mario Kart: Super Circuit. This course shares its music with Peach Circuit and Luigi Circuit. The course reappears in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe as the second course of the Shell Cup.

Mario Kart: Super Circuit

Course layout

The course begins with a left turn followed by a slight right turn and the first set of Item Boxes. There is then two straightaways, with a U-turn to the left in between. Racers then take a right turn followed by a left turn and another item set; in between the two turns, there is a lone Item Box to the left of the track. After several slight turns, a left turn, and a slight right turn, racers reach the finish line. Near the finish line, racers have the option to take a narrow path to the right of the track, which contains a speed strip.

Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

Mario Circuit in Mario Kart 8

This version of Mario Circuit makes its classic course debut in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe as the second course of the Shell Cup. Much like GBA Bowser Castle 1 in Mario Kart 7, this is the only GBA classic course in the base Mario Kart 8 content. It now features a starting banner with the classic Mario Kart logo in red, black-and-white tires around the posts, various stacked tires and advertisements, and wooden huts both filled with Toad and Yoshi spectators and oil cans. The large U-turn near the beginning of the track is slanted and separated from the track to act as an anti-gravity section. This section is balanced on what appear to be giant car jacks (which are named "Ultra Arm", a reference to the Ultra Hand), which can be seen rising to lift the section into its position in the course's preview, with many large Brick Blocks and Empty Blocks visible in the pit where the U-turn was originally. There are also oil slicks near the end of the track that cause players who collide with them to spin out, alongside some traffic cones that are knocked away when players collide with them. The detour near the finish line also contains an added Item Box in addition to the Dash Panel. Compared to the original, the road is also slightly banked through the curves.

The music has been modified to a slightly lower pitch and plays in A#/B♭ major on the first two laps and then in B major on the final lap, as opposed to C major in the original. Overall, the arrangement appears to be based on that of the Mario Kart: Super Circuit prototype.

This rendition of the course was shown in a GLA commercial cross-promoting the car and Mario Kart 8, albeit with a more realistic approach, featuring the raised hairpin turn in the background.

Shortcut(s)

• To the right of the second line of Item Boxes, there is a Glide Ramp hidden by some trees that can be accessed by using a Mushroom or Super Star.

Sponsors

Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

1-Up Fuel (Trackside banners) Chain Chomp Racing Chains (Trackside banners) Fuzzy Battery (Trackside banners) Lord Bowser (Standings chalkboards) Luigi Gusters (Standings chalkboards) Mario Automobile Association (Trackside banners) Mario Kart (Oil cans) Mario Motors (Trackside banners)

Mario Super Motor Team (Standings chalkboards) Mario Work Gear (Trackside banners) Mushroom Piston (Trackside banners) Princess Peach (Standings chalkboards) Red Shell Strike Equipment (Trackside banners) Shell Cup (Banners, trackside banners) Toad Mushroom Powered (Standings chalkboards) Yoshi Runners (Standings chalkboards)

Mario Kart 8 Original Soundtrack liner notes

"This circuit has been dramatically reworked, so we reflected that in the music by rearranging it and making generous use of a horn section."

Gallery

Mario Kart: Super Circuit

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  The course icon

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  Wario about to make the first turn

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  Mario driving towards the hairpin turn

Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

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  The course icon

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  The course, as seen from the starting line

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  Wario at the starting line

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  Mario drifting on the anti-gravity section

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  The glider ramp

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  A released screenshot of the course, revealing the name of the track

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  The stamp obtained for beating the staff ghost at this course

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  Promotional wallpaper

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	マリオサーキット[?] Mario Sākitto	Mario Circuit
Chinese (simplified)	马力欧赛道[?] Mǎlì'ōu Sàidào	Mario Speedway
Chinese (traditional)	瑪利歐賽道[?] Mǎlì'ōu Sàidào	Mario Speedway
Dutch	Mario's Circuit[?]	Mario's 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 (NOA)	Circuito Mario[?]	Mario Circuit
Spanish (NOE)	Circuito Mario Circuito de Mario (Mario Kart: Super Circuit European instruction booklet)	Mario Circuit Mario's Circuit

Trivia

• This is the only Mario Circuit to not feature any Warp Pipes, although one is present among the graphics for the track in the game's files.
• The course was originally known as Big Tree Circuit and was in the Mushroom Cup in an early prototype of Mario Kart: Super Circuit, and also had a different musical arrangement not present in the final build. The side route right before the finish line was also absent.