Yoshi's Island (race course)

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Yoshi's Island
Information
Appears in	Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Booster Course Pass, Wave 4) (2023)
Based on	Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island

Yoshi's Island is a race course in the Mario Kart series that debuts in the fourth wave of the Booster Course Pass for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. It is a course that takes place on the island it is named after, with its music theme being a remix of the athletic theme from Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island. It is the second course to be introduced to the Mario Kart series in the Booster Course Pass, after Sky-High Sundae. Unlike Sky-High Sundae, this course was not announced for Mario Kart Tour alongside its reveal.

Akin to other courses based on games outside of the Mario series, this course uses the logo for the series it is based on for its starting line, and the course itself is heavily inspired by the game it is based on, featuring obstacles like Stilt Guys and Huffin Puffins, and mechanics like Winged Clouds that can summon stretches of road when driven into. The layout of the course appears to reference all the world themes from Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island. Many cameos from the game appear in the background, including Incoming Chomps, Petal Guys, Goonies, an enormous Nep-Enut, and Yoshi's ally Poochy. Additionally, there is a Goal Ring near the finish line. Similarly to Hyrule Circuit, Animal Crossing, and Urchin Underpass, this course has unique coins—in this case, the coins have the same design and collection sound effect as in the Yoshi's Island series. Koopa Paratroopas and Sidesteppers also appear on the course.

Excluding courses announced simultaneously, this course and Piranha Plant Cove mark the shortest period of time between the announcement of two new courses for the Mario Kart series, with them being announced five days apart from each other.

Course layout

Racers begin at Yoshi's House in a field that resembles World 1 from Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island. Racers race along a slight serpentine path, avoiding Stilt Guys before diving into an underwater section. Surrounding the underwater section is a forest that resemble the basis' World 2 and World 3. This section ends with racers driving into a castle; the route after this point is unclear, though it appears that the castle leads into an underground section. Eventually, racers drive by pink mountains similar to the ones in World 4 before driving up an active volcano, like the one in World 6. A glider ramp then takes players up to the clouds, driving above snow-capped mountains similar to World 5, before taking another glider to the ground level where they can drive into a Winged Cloud to make a bridge appear. After reaching the ground (or the aforementioned bridge), they soon return to the finish line.

Gallery

• Yoshi'sIslandStartLine.png

  View of the starting line

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  View of the finish line, showing a flower ring and Yoshi's house

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  Various Yoshis and Birdo on Yoshi's Island

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  Several variants of Birdo on the course

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  Huffin Puffins

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  Huffin Puffins

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  The Nep-Enut

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  Stilt Guys

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	ヨッシーアイランド[?] Yosshī Airando	Yoshi Island
Chinese (simplified)	耀西岛[?] Yàoxī Dǎo	Yoshi Island
Chinese (traditional)	耀西島[?] Yàoxī Dǎo	Yoshi Island
Dutch	Yoshi's Eiland[?]	Yoshi's Island
German	Yoshis Eiland[?]	Yoshi's Island
Italian	Isola Yoshi	Yoshi Island
Korean	요시 아일랜드 Yosi Aillaendeu	Yoshi Island
Portuguese	Ilha do Yoshi[?]	Yoshi's Island
Spanish	Isla de Yoshi[?]	Yoshi's Island