Block Fort

Block Fort
Information
Appears in	Mario Kart 64 (1996) Mario Kart DS (2005)
Cup(s)	Battle Mode
Online play	Was never available (DS)
Music sample Mario Kart 64 Kenta Nagata Mario Kart DS Shinobu Tanaka
Course map Mario Kart 64 Mario Kart DS

Block Fort is a battle course in Mario Kart 64 that contains four structures in each corner of the level. It is also a retro battle course in Mario Kart DS.

Mario Kart 64

Ramps lead up to the first level, where thin bridges lead to the other forts. Another ramp leads to the top level, with longer bridges to the other forts' roofs. Item Boxes are on the ground levels edge-wall, and on both of the forts' levels. Like Double Deck, this course shares its music with Choco Mountain. Block City from Mario Kart: Double Dash!! and Block Plaza from Mario Kart Wii appear to be based on Block Fort.

Mario Kart DS

This battle course reappears in Mario Kart DS. Despite N64 Choco Mountain and Block Fort both returning in this game, the latter uses the same music as every other battle course. In addition, it is not given the "N64" prefix, despite also being a retro. Block Fort and Pipe Plaza are the only retro courses in Mario Kart DS to not have a prefix in its name, as both also apply to the latter.

In Shine Runners, there are thirteen possible spawning locations for the Shine Sprites, the most of every battle course featured in this game. There are four Shine Sprite spawning locations on the four corners of the course, four more on the first level of all structures, and another four on the second level of the same structures. A singular Shine Sprite spawning location is in the center of the course as well.

Missions

There is one mission that takes place on Block Fort:

• Mission 6-4: The player controls Mario, who must hit 10 moving Item Boxes within 120 seconds. Each Item Box contains a Mushroom.

Profiles

Mario Kart 64

• Instruction booklet: "The map consists of a series of floors, each three levels high. The four blocks are colored red, yellow, green and blue so you can quickly check your opponents' screens to find their locations."

• Web page: "Block Fort is a multi-level arena with three levels of platforms linked by ramps and elevated roads. The four blocks that make up the arena are color coded so you can tell where your opponents with a glance at their screen."

Gallery

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  The icon from the official Mario Kart 64 website

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  The course icon in Mario Kart DS

Additional names

Internal names

Game	File	Name	Meaning
Mario Kart DS		mini_block_64	Mini Block 64

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	ブロックとりで[?] Burokku Toride	Block Fort
Chinese	四色堡垒[?] Sìsè Bǎolěi	Four Color Fort
French	Bloc Fort[?]	Block Fort
German	Block-Fort[?]	Block Fort
Italian	Forte Blocco[?]	Block Fort
Korean	블록 요새[?] Beullok Yosae	Block Fort
Spanish (NOE)	Ciudad Bloque[?]	Block City; shared with Block City

Trivia

• In the Nintendo 64 version, the entire battle course appears to be surrounded by a sea of water, as shown in the icon in the battle stage selection. In the Nintendo DS version, the Touch Screen indicates the course is surrounded by a field of grass, though all that is actually modeled is a sky void.