Wii Moonview Highway

Moonview Highway is a race track appearing in Mario Kart Wii. It is the second racecourse of the Special Cup within the game. The course takes place in and around a lit up city, at night with a full Moon overhead.

Description

The course takes place in a city at night. Since it is so dark, a light appears around the player while he/she is driving. The highway first runs through a forested area with a lot of cliffs that the player can drive on and go in top of. After the forested area is a bridge and then a road that leads into a city. After the city area, the place will then curve and return into the forested area, thus beginning another lap.

Cars, trucks, and Bob-omb Cars roam around in the city, driving in a set pattern. If the player happens to drive in front of them, he/she will get squashed just like the effect of a player when he/she was run over by another player with a Mega Mushroom in effect and lose any items. The only car not to squash the player is the bob-omb car; it will simply blow up the player instead. If the player runs into the vehicles that are not bob-omb cars, the player will simply get knocked over like an effect with a shell and will not lose any items.

Players who have the Mega Mushroom in effect may smash cars and bob-ombs with no ill-effect, but cannot move trucks at all. The Mega Mushroom player will simply bump into the truck as if it's a wall. However, a player with a star in effect will knock away any car. Any car caught in the blast of a Bob-omb, including a bob-omb car will flip in the air, just like if a player runs into the car with a star.

Course Layout

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One of the first turns of the track, in the cliff, forested area.

The track begins in an area where there are cliffs and a few trees. The player can mainly drive on the road of they highway, but may go up cliffs as well and drive on top of the cliffs. If the player decides to go on the road, the player will see cars and trucks as obstacles in the player's way. In the cliff area, there is a ramp that can boost the player and allows him/her to do a stunt and receive item boxes, but the player has a danger of falling into the forest.

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The bridge that leads into the city

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Right before the city, near the toll booth.

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In the city, with boost pads and cars.

After a wide curve after the ramp, there is a bridge that leads into a city. Past the bridge, there is a toll booth that the player's Miis control and open the gate that leads into the city. The path spilts from 2 to 4 roads and there are a lot of boosts. It is impossible to drive off-road in the city, since the walls help this. The player can choose to drive on the right side of the road, but due to it being the Japanese system of driving, the player has a danger of running straight into cars going the opposite direction. The cars seemingly try to avoid the boosts and also let the player know when they are changing lanes through orange blinking lights.

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In the tunnel, also filled with cars and boost panels.

After the city area, there is a tunnel that has several more boosts and cars that may be present. No item boxes are present if one does not count the item boxes that go along with the traffic. The path is relatively straight and the only thing the player needs to watch out for is the pillars that hang in the middle and cars. After the tunnel, there is another toll booth, with another set of Miis opening the gates for the player that lead out of the city. The path merges again and thus begins another cycle around the city, which starts another lap.

Ghost Data

Normal Staff Ghost: Peach/Standard Kart M

Time: 2"16"802

Expert Staff Ghost: Peach/Mach Bike

Time: 2"04"163

Billboards Found in Moonview Highway

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• Tropical Mart Billboard.PNG
• Mushroom Moon Billboard.PNG
• Moon bank Billboard.PNG
• Gallery Billboard.PNG
• Bullet Oil Billboard.PNG

Trivia

Among the many billboards in the city, there is a large one that has Princess Peach, Mario's reflection in the moon, and Petey Piranha standing on a building advertising a musical called "The Mushroom Moon". When playing as a Mii, the faces of Peach and Mario replaced with two Miis from the player's gallery.

• The Shy Guy and Bowser Jr. emblems can be seen on the rails along the city.
• Bloopers appears on many street signs near the lake.
• The track's theme bears simularity to the Boss music from Kirby's Adventure.
• Some of the trucks reads "Toad Factory", "Moo Moo Meadows" and "Coconut Mall". The license plates[1] on these trucks are as follows:
  • Toad Factory Truck: "1-Up"
  • Coconut Mall Truck: "W1-1"
  • Moo Moo Meadows Truck: "SMB3"
• The license plates on all of the cars is "POW" possibly a reference to the POW Block
• Various billboards advertise objects from Mario games, such as the following:
  • A Bullet Bill, on a board reading "King of Speed Bullet Oil"
  • A Fire Flower, on a board reading "light your life with flower-friendly Green Fuel" (Strangely enough a Miis head can also be seen when playing as a Mii.)
  • A billboard advertising a Gallery exhibition with Bloopers and Piranha Plants pictured.
• In 50cc, 100cc, and 150cc, the cars will follow the traffic pattern that's used in Japan and the UK. However, in Mirror Mode, they'll follow the traffic pattern that's used in the United States (only because the track is mirrored though).