GBA Ribbon Road
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Template:Racecourse Ribbon Road is a racing track in Mario Kart: Super Circuit. It is the second track in the Star Cup. The entire road is made of a giant stretch of ribbon.
Course layout
The course begins in a straight red road that soon leads to a curve to the right. It is a circular curve that leads the player into boost panels and makes the player boost past and over the section of the road they were in. Here a shortcut may be performed if the player takes all the boost panels and then makes a sharp turn to the right after jumping. It is risky and may land the racer off the track, but it is useful for getting ahead. Past the ramp is a short straight road that turns left into a straight road, and another curve to the left that will also lead the player into boost panels and a ramp that will speed the player past a previous section of the course.
After the second and final ramp is a curve to the right that will lead the player into a twisty, but one-directional road that has off road and presents to slow the player. After the twisty road is another twisty road past the curve to the right that leads the player southwest the course and two more minor curves to the left, that leads the player into the southernmost part of the course.
There is a slightly straight, but curvy road in the last straight road before the finish line. The first section of this road is straight, but there is a very minor curve to the left that leads the player even further down the course until they meet a curve to the right that leads into the road with the finish line. It is straight and it leads the player back into the finish/starting line.
Mario Kart 8
Ribbon Road returns in Mario Kart 8 as a retro course in the add-on pack, Animal Crossing x Mario Kart 8, as the second track in the Bell Cup, with dramatic changes made to the race circuit and the background. The road now has different colors of ribbons with the series logo printed on it, instead of just red as in the original. Some sections of the course have been altered to make use of the game's anti-gravity and gliding feature. One section of the circuit now has a wave that allows racers to perform tricks. The course is set in a child's bedroom at toy size, that not only features gift boxes, similar to the original, but stuffed Yoshis, Clown Car jack-in-the-boxes, toy versions of karts used in Mario Kart 8, Mini Toads and a Mario Kart 8 poster on the bedroom's wall as well. Like GCN Yoshi Circuit and GBA Cheese Land, the start and finish banner uses the modern Mario Kart logo, instead of the classic logo that the course had in its original appearance.
The course contains three colored sections with castle walls of different colors: the first section has red ribbons with pink carpet with castle walls, mini Toads, and Super Bell icons - this section is based on Princess Peach; the second section has green ribbon with light green carpet with Bowser-colored castle walls with his icon on them and Mechakoopas on the road - this section is based on Bowser; the final section is an anti-gravity segment with floating blue ribbons and the castle walls are blue and white, with Luma symbols and stars on the spires - this section is based on Rosalina and her power of levitation.
Shortcuts
- The player can make a sharp drift on the ramp next to the Teddy Buggy statue.
- Before the main gliding area with the two Jack-in-the-Box Koopa Clown Cars, the player can drift onto a hidden gliding ramp.
- Upon returning to the red ribbon portion of the track, after gliding, players can take a sharp right turn through the castle arch using a mushroom to cut off the wide curve.
Gallery
GBA version
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Wario driving on Ribbon Road.
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Toad driving on the original Ribbon Road.
Wario driving through the twisted Ribbon Road.
Wii U version
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The track's icon.
The Ribbon Road curving round the castle.
Toadette, turning a corner on the Mr. Scooty.
Dry Bowser races past two Mechakoopas.
Easter eggs
The Mario Kart 8 version of the course contains several Easter eggs which can be seen in the background:
- Multiple large knitted Yoshis resembling their appearance in Yoshi's Woolly World.
- These knitted Yoshis bear striking resemblance to the Yarn Yoshi series of amiibo.
- A theatrical poster of a fictional film starring a Lakitu called "Kung Fu Lakitu", which is a reference to the DreamWorks animated film Kung Fu Panda. The tagline also reads "Dragon Driftway The Movie", a reference to another DLC course.
- A games box with a Toad Toy Superstore logo on it, which refers to the superstore seen in Toad Harbor.
- The track itself has the Toad Toy Superstore logo sewn onto the fabric on the green portion of the track, implying that the track was purchased from this store.
- A board game called "Yoshi's Dice Game" has a board map similar to Yoshi Circuit's track layout on the box.
- Mini Toads from the Mario vs. Donkey Kong series appear at the beginning of the track.
- The blue wallpaper seen on the walls of the room the track is set in has a pattern of the Super Bell item, reflecting the cup that the track is in.
- A poster featuring the box art of the game itself.
- Kart toy kits can be seen for various Mario Kart 8 karts. The kits also display the actual stats for that kart on the box.
- A Ribbon Road toy kit box with Baby Mario on the box that references the Mario Kart track sets from K'NEX.
- There are also sized-up versions of karts seen in-game, such as the Standard Kart and Biddybuggy.
