Pipe Frame
Template:Kart-infobox The Pipe Frame is the standard kart used in Super Mario Kart, Mario Kart 64, and Mario Kart: Super Circuit, and a customizable kart part in Mario Kart 7 and Mario Kart 8. It is a basic, go kart looking kart part. In the first three installments of the Mario Kart series, the Pipe Frame acts as the main standard kart. The abilities of the kart depend on the driver so the kart itself has no strong or weak points.
Mario Kart 7
The Pipe Frame appears in Mario Kart 7 as a retro kart body. In this game the kart offers a good boost in acceleration and off-road, but hinders speed and weight. The Pipe Frame is one of the three kart parts to have a different color for each character. Mario, Luigi, Peach, Yoshi, Bowser, Donkey Kong, Toad and Wario retain the same colored kart from Mario Kart 64 and Mario Kart: Super Circuit.
Color schemes
- Mario - Red
- Luigi - Green
- Peach - Pink
- Yoshi - Lime green
- Bowser - Orange
- Donkey Kong - Yellow
- Toad - Blue
- Koopa - Light greenish yellow
- Daisy - Yellowish Orange
- Wario - Purple
- Rosalina - Turquoise
- Metal Mario - Bluish silver
- Shy Guy - Black
- Honey Queen - Magenta
- Wiggler - Brown
- Lakitu - Sky blue
- Mii - Color depends on Mii's color
Mario Kart 8
The Pipe Frame returns in Mario Kart 8 as a retro kart body, although it is slightly different, as this time around it has a more tubular engine with one exhaust pipe, similar to the ones first seen in Super Mario Kart, rather than a square engine with two exhaust pipes, as in other games including Mario Kart 64 and Mario Kart: Super Circuit and it has the emblem on the front for each character. Mario, Luigi, Peach, Yoshi, Toad, Bowser, Donkey Kong and Wario once again retain their colored karts from Mario Kart 64 and Mario Kart: Super Circuit. In addition, all Koopalings excluding Morton have unique colored steering wheels for their karts as opposed to black.
Color schemes
- Mario - Red
- Luigi - Green
- Peach - Pink
- Daisy - Yellow-orange
- Yoshi - Light green
- Toad - Blue
- Koopa - Light yellow
- Shy Guy - Black
- Baby Mario - Red
- Baby Luigi - Green
- Baby Peach - Pink
- Baby Daisy - Yellow-orange
- Bowser - Orange
- Donkey Kong - Yellow
- Wario - Purple
- Waluigi - Dark purple
- Rosalina - Sky blue
- Metal Mario - Silver
- Lakitu - Sky blue
- Toadette - Pink
- Baby Rosalina - Sky blue
- Pink Gold Peach - Pink
- Iggy - Yellow-green with purple steering wheel
- Roy - Red-purple with purple steering wheel
- Lemmy - Cyan with orange steering wheel
- Larry - Yellow with light blue steering wheel
- Wendy - Magenta with magenta steering wheel
- Ludwig - Dark blue with dark blue steering wheel
- Morton - Black
- Mii - Color depends on Mii's color
Stats
Stat values are out of 6.
Mario Kart 7
- Speed: -0.25
- Acceleration: +0.25
- Weight: -0.25
- Handling: 0
- Off-Road: +0.25
Mario Kart 8
- Speed: 0
- Acceleration: +0.25
- Weight: -0.25
- Handling: +0.5
- Traction: -0.5
Gallery
Artwork
The kart as it appears in Mario Kart 64
The kart as it appears in Mario Kart 7
The kart as it appears in Mario Kart 8
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- MKBW.PNG
Screenshots
Koopa Troopa's Pipe Frame
Daisy's Pipe Frame
Rosalina's Pipe Frame
Metal Mario's Pipe Frame
Shy Guy's Pipe Frame
Honey Queen's Pipe Frame
Wiggler's Pipe Frame
Lakitu's Pipe Frame
The White Mii's Pipe Frame
Waluigi's Pipe Frame
Iggy Koopa's Pipe Frame
Roy Koopa's Pipe Frame
Lemmy Koopa's Pipe Frame
Larry's Pipe Frame
Wendy O. Koopa's Pipe Frame
Ludwig Von Koopa's Pipe Frame
Morton Koopa Jr.'s Pipe Frame
Club Nintendo
"Die Jagd nach dem Nintendo 64: Krawall im All"
In the Club Nintendo comic "Die Jagd nach dem Nintendo 64: Krawall im All", Mario and Luigi are seen driving karts in their mission to find a spaceship shaped like the Nintendo 64. They compete against Wario and Bowser and make another reference to the Mario Kart games by dropping Banana Peels and making them crash. The karts seen in this comic resemble those seen in the then-new Mario Kart 64. Unlike their video game equivalents, though, they can also be turned into jet skis by pushing a button on their steering-wheels.
Mario Kirby Meisaku Video
A Pipe Frame makes an apperance resembling the one in Super Mario Kart in the Mario segment of the Mario Kirby Meisaku Video where Mario drives it during his pursuit of the mysterious thief W. Eventually, after being attacked by some monsters, he spins out near a vegetable garden.
Super Mario-Kun
Pipe Frame karts are seen in the Mario Kart adaptions of Super Mario-Kun. The first time they appear, Mario races against other characters including Donkey Kong Jr. and Bowser.
Super Smash Bros. series
Super Smash Bros. Melee Trophy
| Name | Image | Game | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Racing Kart | File:Trophy213.PNG | Super Mario Kart 9/92 |
The famous racing karts from the ever-popular Mario Kart racing series come loaded for speed with three different engine sizes: 50, 100, and 150 cc. The karts' handling differs with the characters driving them, but all of them utilize Mario Kart standards like drift, jump, and turbo. They're extremely durable and impossible to total. |
Names in other languages
Trivia
- In Mario Kart 7, the White Mii is the only Mii color to receive a unique Pipe Frame color, as no other character uses a white Pipe Frame. In Mario Kart 8, the White Mii shares this trait with the Brown Mii.
