3DS Music Park
Template:Racecourse Music Park (known as Melody Motorway in Europe and Australia) is the third course in the Flower Cup in Mario Kart 7. The course takes place on a winding circuit floating in space, containing several musical instruments, including a giant xylophone and piano as well as a giant tambourine that acts like a Mushroom Trampoline from Mushroom Gorge. All instruments make their own sounds when driven over or passed by. The course reappears in Mario Kart 8 as a retro track in the Leaf Cup.
Course layout
The course starts off with a road containing trumpets and a large violin. Following this is a piano turn, with two Big Piranha Plants planted near the end and surrounded by circles of light, near which is a small ramp sided with a Jump Block. These lights around the Piranha Plants are to be avoided by racers. Otherwise, the plants will bite, causing the victim's kart to tumble end over end. After xylophone and glockenspiel turns, the timpani appears; here, the sides of the track are full of musical sound waves. Then there is a split road containing Bouncing Notes jumping from side to side, and three metronome beats are played just before they land from jumping. After one minute and fifty-two seconds have passed, they start to jump right after they land. After that there's a big turn with a smaller tambourine trampoline which can be used to cut the turn. After another left turn there's the finish line.
Any players that race beneath these notes will be flattened and spun around. However, if players are near one of the notes when it hits the ground, they will be launched into the air and can take advantage of the air time by gaining a short boost.
Mario Kart 8
Music Park returns as a retro course in Mario Kart 8 as the third track in the Leaf Cup. In this game, the course has ambient lighting, updated graphics, and shading, as well as a live-recorded remix of its background music. The course banner now resembles a guitar neck with strings, and the Mario Kart logo is now multi-colored. The Bouncing Notes now squint when they land, and they no longer jump shortly after they land when one minute and fifty-two seconds has passed, but on the final lap their behavior is faster along with the metronome. In the area they are in, the metronome played is louder than before. The Piranha Plants after the piano keyboard turn have switched pipe positions (left to right, right to left). A few additional coins have also been placed around the track. Small Bouncing Notes have been added at the start/finish line, jumping in time with the music. Aside from the update in visuals and music, the track's layout remains the same as in the original, which is not seen in any other retro course in this game.
Gallery
3DS appearance
Toad at the starting line, waiting for the countdown to begin.
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Princess Peach and Yoshi, driving on the giant piano.
Piranha Plants on the course.
Lakitu, approaching two giant Bouncing Notes.
Wii U appearance
A released screenshot of the course, revealing the name of the track.
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The course icon.
The course, as seen from the starting line.
Toad racing on the track.
Toadette, approaching giant Bouncing Notes.
The stamp obtained for beating the staff ghost at this course.
Names in other languages
Trivia
- The banners around the track have the name "Music Park" on them, even in the PAL versions of the game, where the track is known as Melody Motorway.
- Similar to Electrodrome, Music Park has several panels, that when driven over, make up several ascending beats.
- The Bouncing Notes in the course resemble Be-Bops from Wii Music.
