GBA Riverside Park

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Riverside Park
MKSC Riverside Park Starting Line.png
Information
Appears in Mario Kart: Super Circuit (2001)
Mario Kart Tour (2022)
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Booster Course Pass, Wave 4) (2023)
Cup(s) Mushroom Cup (Super Circuit)
Fruit Cup (8 Deluxe)
Tour(s)
Online play Available (Switch)
Music sample
Mario Kart: Super Circuit

Mario Kart Tour

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (frontrunning)
Course map
Mario Kart: Super Circuit
Riverside Park.png
MKSC Riverside Park Mini Map.png
Mario Kart Tour
GBA Riverside Park from Mario Kart Tour
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Map of GBA Riverside Park in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.
Staff ghost(s)
8DX 150cc Nin★Frank
1:34.480 ToadStandard ATVStandardSuper Glider
8DX 200cc Nin★Elena
1:13.455 Bowser Jr.Koopa ClownSlimSuper Glider

Riverside Park is the third race course of the Mushroom Cup in Mario Kart: Super Circuit. It takes place in a jungle near a river. The opening for the music bears similarities to the music for DK's Jungle Parkway from Mario Kart 64. A cuica resembling animal noises can also be heard throughout the song. Lakeside Park functions as a more difficult counterpart to it, and its background music takes many cues from Riverside Park's.

Riverside Park reappears as a classic course in Mario Kart Tour, debuting in the Animal Tour, and in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe as the second course of the Fruit Cup in the Booster Course Pass.

Mario Kart: Super Circuit

Peach attempts the shortcut across the river.

Course layout

After the first turn there is a straight path then the player come across the first crossing of the river. There is a spot on both sides of the river where there is a bridge. There are crash barrier squares that block some potential shortcuts. Shortly after the first crossing, the player actually goes over the river. There is a U-turn here and a shortcut (see "Shortcut" below). The player goes around a road branch in the river and goes around another U-turn, and from there the player goes straight and cross the river to the final stretch: a loop around where the player jumps over the course, as pictured below.

Shortcuts

  • After the very first U-turn, the player can use a mushroom and jump over the water from one dock to another.
  • Also, after the player jumps over the river, on the first U-turn, if they turn about 100 degrees and drive to the river, there is a narrow pathway across the branch.

Mario Kart Tour

GBA Riverside Park in Mario Kart Tour
The course in Mario Kart Tour

Riverside Park makes its classic course debut in Mario Kart Tour, where it debuted in the Animal Tour. Here, the course has been completely redesigned, featuring elevation and scenery changes.

The course now includes more bridges, more ramps, and waterfalls. Many rocks and rafflesias have been added to the section before the final loop. The bridges throughout the course are now much higher compared to the rivers compared to before, and are also held up by support beams. The large U-bend at the beginning has been made much smaller and no longer has a left turn before it. Some mud has been added to the course. The jump across the river now takes place on a diagonal portion of the course. The shortcuts have been removed, though new grass cuts have been added. The rest of the layout is recreated relatively faithfully. The loop that precedes the finish line runs through a cave, that features some more bridges. The jump after the loop goes through a waterfall at the end of the cave. The whole course now has a yellow hue. A starting banner has been added that is held up by two rocks wrapped in ivy and vines and has the classic Mario Kart logo. In the T and R/T variants, a Noshi is added to the course.

Much like most other GBA courses in Mario Kart Tour excluding the Bowser's Castle courses and Cheep-Cheep Island, the course received a new arrangement of its background music using synthetic instruments. The course also appears as Riverside Park R (reverse), Riverside Park T (with ramps), and Riverside Park R/T (reverse and with ramps).

The course is a favorite of White Shy Guy, Mario (Swimwear), Yoshi (Kangaroo), Cat Rosalina, Daisy (Thai Dress), Kitsune Luigi, and Petey Piranha (Gold). It can also be a favorite of Light-blue Shy Guy (Explorer) if he reaches level 3, and Blue Shy Guy and Poochy if they reach level 6.

Appearances

For this course's tour appearances, see List of GBA Riverside Park tour appearances in Mario Kart Tour.

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

In-Game screenshot of GBA Riverside Park as part of the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass
Riverside Park in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

Riverside Park returns in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe as part of Wave 4 of the Booster Course Pass. It appears as the second course of the Fruit Cup. The course is based on its appearance from Mario Kart Tour, but with significant visual upgrades. Similar to GBA Boo Lake, the cartoony clouds have been removed in favor of a more realistic skybox, with the water featuring a more realistic design. Ptooies now appear as enemies throughout the course, blowing Dash Mushrooms and Bananas that they will drop if hit with an item. The starting line bridge is wider than it is in Tour, and now extends past the width of the dirt path afterwards. A few other walls were also extended compared to the Tour iteration of the track. The Dash Panel on the first bridge has been replaced by a trickable wooden ramp. Traffic cones have been added surrounding the mud parts of the course. The river that goes through the course also now flows in one direction. The bridge located at the beginning of the course is wider and now has visible mold growing on it. The cave section has been turned into a slippery road (similar to SNES Donut Plains 3) and the standard Tour ramp has been replaced by a trickable metallic ramp. The "Mario Kart" text on the starting gate is now much less saturated and has a white color compared to the red and orange text from Mario Kart Tour. A small patch of mist and vapor is now visible above the bright by the cave entrance below the waterfall. Inside the cave, bright blue glowing mushrooms have been added, illuminating the interior of the cave with a faint blue color. Koopa Paratroopas have been added as spectators at the bridge with the ramp, and Toads, Yoshis, and Shy Guys have been added as spectators along the colored blocks halfway through the course and the forest with the rafflesias. The scarlet macaw from 3DS DK Jungle is present in this course, sitting atop a vine in the muddy section before the cave.

Similarly to 3DS Rock Rock Mountain, ambient sounds of animals can be heard throughout the course, including monkeys and birds in the course's opening. Additionally, the music has been redone completely and is now performed live, as opposed to the sequenced soundtracks it had in both Super Circuit and Tour.

Internally, Riverside Park is referred to as "Cnsw_47", implying it may have originally been intended to be the third course of the Boomerang Cup.

Profiles

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

  • Nintendo Switch Newsfeed (US):
    • This course first appeared in the Mario Kart Advance[sic] game on the Game Boy™ Advance system.
    • Be careful about running into the Ptooies. Use your items if you're in a pinch.
    • Ptooies may also drop items like mushrooms and bananas when they attack.
  • Nintendo Switch Newsfeed (UK): Soak up the golden rays as you race around Riverside Park!
    First appearing in Mario Kart: Super Circuit for Game Boy Advance™, this course is centred around a late afternoon dash through riverside meadows and an enormous waterfall. You'll need to watch out for the Ptooies wandering all over the area, as bumping into one could cost you the lead! But actually, they're not all bad - hit one with an item, and they might spit out a Mushroom or Banana that you'll be able to use to your advantage. Be sure to consider that as you speed your way around this delightful track!

Gallery

Mario Kart: Super Circuit

Mario Kart Tour

Course icons

Screenshots

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese リバーサイドパーク[?]
Ribāsaido Pāku
Riverside Park
Chinese (simplified) 河岸公园
Hé'àn Gōngyuán
河畔公园 (Mario Kart: Super Circuit)[1]
Hépàn Gōngyuán
Riverside Park
Chinese (traditional) 河岸公園[?]
Hé'àn Gōngyuán
Riverside Park
Dutch Rivieroever[?] Riverbank
German Flussufer-Park[?] Riverside Park
Italian Parco Lungofiume[?] Riverside Park
Korean 리버사이드 파크[?]
Libeosaideu Pakeu
Riverside Park
Portuguese Parque Fluvial[?] Fluvial Park
Russian Прибрежный парк[?]
Pribrezhnyy park
Coastal Park
Spanish (NOA) Parque de la Rivera[?] Riverside Park
Spanish (NOE) Parque de la Rivera
Parque de la rivera (Mario Kart: Super Circuit instruction booklet)[2]
Riverside Park

References

  1. ^ From the unreleased iQue Mario Kart: Super Circuit
  2. ^ Mario Kart Super Circuit European instruction booklet