DS Wario Stadium
- This article is about the race course from Mario Kart DS and classic course in Mario Kart 8. For the race course from Mario Kart 64, see Wario Stadium.
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| Appears in | Mario Kart DS (2005) Mario Kart 8 (2014) Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (2017) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Cup(s) | Special Cup (DS) Leaf Cup (8, 8 Deluxe) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Online play | Was never available (DS) No longer available (Wii U) Available (Switch) | ||||||||||||||||||
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Wario Stadium is the first course of the Special Cup in Mario Kart DS. The track has its own introduction music in the single-player Grand Prix. The course contains numerous mud puddles, Dash Panels, jumps, twists, Fire Chains and Bars. This version is more reminiscent of Waluigi Stadium from Mario Kart: Double Dash!! than its N64 counterpart and shares the same music with Waluigi Pinball.
Wario Stadium reappears as a classic course in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe as the first race of the Leaf Cup, making it the first Wario-themed retro course.
Mario Kart DS
Course layout
The course starts with a 180 degree left turn, followed by a right turn and a left U-turn. The player then climbs up a ramp and uses a Dash Panel to jump over the end of the course (a mesh platform prevents racers from falling down). The player turns left into a mud pit that slows racers down. Dash Panels on islands in the mud serve as a path to navigate the mud. Then, racers climb up a pair of ramps with spinning Fire Chains. The path narrows and passes a mud pit with Fire Bars. Next, racers climb a giant ramp before passing several small humps. Racers take one more U-turn before jumping off another ramp to the finish line.
With skillful use of lightweight characters combined with high-handling karts, the ramps with Dash Panels can be used carefully to avoid a Spiny Shell by boosting with precise timing when jumping over them.
This course's unique introduction music may be a reference to the baseball organ, based on its sounds and due to the fact that the course is a stadium.
Missions
There is one mission that takes place on Wario Stadium:
- Mission 7-5: The player controls Wario, who must collect 20 coins within 55 seconds. During this mission, there are two additional fire chains for the player to avoid.
Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Wario Stadium makes its classic course debut in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe as the first course of the Leaf Cup. While the layout is mostly the same, some changes have been made in the Fire Bars section. Rather than driving through a mud path, racers now drive on a raised platform that acts as an anti-gravity section (similar to Mario Kart Stadium and GBA Mario Circuit). Soon after, racers encounter a new underwater section instead of continuing on the dirt path from the previous version, which then leads to a Glide Ramp instead of a Dash Panel. This part of the track, compared to the original section, has been modified to just a simple U-turn. Other major changes include the addition of a statue of Wario and the time of day, which has been changed from night to day. All the Dash Panels on the ramps are also smaller compared to their original appearance, but are more powerful, and racers can perform tricks when driving over one. In addition, the crowd can be heard cheering if the player performs a trick in both the Fire Chain jump and at the end of the anti-gravity section. Like its first appearance, it shares its music with DS Waluigi Pinball, making these courses the only courses to share the same music in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.
The starting banner (which now has the modern Mario Kart logo) can be interacted with by playable characters gliding out of the underwater section, causing it to swing. The course is one of five with this feature; the other four courses are Mario Circuit, 3DS Neo Bowser City, Tour Tokyo Blur and 3DS Rock Rock Mountain.
Track layout comparisons
The inner loop is the same in Mario Kart DS and Mario Kart 8. Turn 4 after the bridge is sharper in 8, leading into the boost mold section.
Turn 5 leads left to the first jump section. Though they have same hills in DS and 8, the DS section is diagonally aligned.
In the DS layout, the hills are followed by turn 6 slightly right, turns 7-9 with mud traps, turn 10 leading into the second jump section, and turn 11 leading right into a bumpy section.
The 8 layout skips turns 6 through 11, instead banking into an inside-leaning vertical hover section for its turn 6, leading into the sharp turns 7 and 8, followed by a turn 9 left turn into a jump section.
The final sharp turn, which is turn 12 in DS and turn 10 in 8, lead back onto the main stretch.
The Mario Kart DS track layout superimposed over the Mario Kart 8 track layout
The Mario Kart 8 track layout superimposed over the Mario Kart DS track layout
Profiles
Mario Kart DS
- North American website bio: "Hit the dirt in Wario Stadium, where huge jumps and bone-rattling bumps make for an action-packed race."
- European website bio: "Wario's tricky track is just as tricky and dirty as the man himself. It's a bump-ridden speedway-style course packed with pitfalls like mud to slow you down and spinning wheels of fire to burn unwary drivers. How this passed the safety inspection we'll never know..."
Mario Kart 8 Original Soundtrack liner notes
"For this track, we've tried to represent Wario's nasty nature in sound. We've actually put most of the emphasis on the beat itself, rather than the original tune."
Sponsors
Mario Kart DS
- Koopa Sport (Trackside banners)
- KoopaKart (Trackside banners)
- Mario Kart (Trackside banners)
- Peach Grand Prix (Trackside banners)
- Super Mario (Trackside banners)
- Super Mushroom (Trackside banners)
- Super Star! (Trackside banners)
- Waluigi Grand Prix (Trackside banners)
- Wario GP (Trackside banners)
Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
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Gallery
Mario Kart DS
The course icon
The bumps found on the track
Wario, racing at Wario Stadium
Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
The course icon
View of the starting line
The jump before the anti-gravity section of the track
Rosalina performs a trick
Wario performs a trick at the end of the anti-gravity portion of the track
Rosalina and Iggy approach the finish line
A released screenshot of the course, revealing the name of the track
The stamp obtained for beating the staff ghost at this course
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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| Japanese | ワリオスタジアム[?] Wario Sutajiamu |
Wario Stadium | |
| Chinese (simplified) | 瓦力欧竞技场[?] Wǎlìōu Jìngjìchǎng |
Wario Arena | |
| Chinese (traditional) | 瓦利歐競技場[?] Wǎlìōu Jìngjìchǎng |
Wario Arena | |
| Dutch | Wario's Stadion[?] | Wario's Stadium | |
| French | Stade Wario[?] | Wario Stadium | |
| German | Wario-Arena[?] | Wario Arena | |
| Italian | Stadio di Wario[?] | Wario's Stadium | |
| Korean | 와리오 스타디움[?] Wario Seutadium |
Wario Stadium | |
| Portuguese | Estádio Wario[?] | Wario Stadium | |
| Russian | Стадион Варио[?] Stadion Vario |
Wario's Stadium | |
| Spanish | Estadio Wario[?] | Wario Stadium |
