GBA Ribbon Road
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Template:Racecourse Ribbon Road is a racing track in Mario Kart: Super Circuit. It is the second track in the Star Cup. The entire road is made of a giant stretch of ribbon.
Course layout
The course begins in a straight red road that soon leads to a curve to the right. It is a circular curve that leads the player into boost panels and makes the player boost past and over the section of the road they were in. Here a shortcut may be performed if the player takes all the boost panels and then makes a sharp turn to the right after jumping. It is risky and may land the racer off the track, but it is useful for getting ahead. Past the ramp is a short straight road that turns left into a straight road, and another curve to the left that will also lead the player into boost panels and a ramp that will speed the player past a previous section of the course.
After the second and final ramp is a curve to the right that will lead the player into a twisty, but one-directional road that has off road and presents to slow the player. After the twisty road is another twisty road past the curve to the right that leads the player southwest the course and two more minor curves to the left, that leads the player into the southernmost part of the course.
There is a slightly straight, but curvy road in the last straight road before the finish line. The first section of this road is straight, but there is a very minor curve to the left that leads the player even further down the course until they meet a curve to the right that leads into the road with the finish line. It is straight and it leads the player back into the finish/starting line.
Mario Kart 8
Ribbon Road will return in Mario Kart 8 as a retro course in the add-on pack, Animal Crossing x Mario Kart 8, as the second track in the Bell Cup, with dramatic changes made to the race circuit and the background. The road now has different colors of ribbons, instead of just red in the original. Some sections of the course has been altered to make use of the game's anti-gravity and gliding feature. One section of the circuit now has a wave that allows racers to perform tricks. The course is now set in a child's bedroom that not only features gift boxes, but stuffed Yoshis, toys that are karts used in Mario Kart 8, Mini Toads and a Mario Kart 8 poster on the bedroom's wall as well, instead of in a land of presents. Like GCN Yoshi Circuit and GBA Cheese Land, the start and finish banner uses the modern Mario Kart logo, instead of the classic logo in its original appearance of the game that uses the classic logo.
The course is now split into three colored sections with castle walls of different colors: the first section has red ribbons with pink carpets with castle walls that resemble Peach's color scheme; the second section has green ribbon with light green carpet with Bowser-colored castle walls; the final section has floating blue ribbons and the castle walls are blue and white, with Luma patterns and stars on them - this section is based on Rosalina.
Gallery
GBA version
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Wario driving on Ribbon Road.
Wario driving through the twisted Ribbon Road.
Wii U version
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The track's icon.
The Ribbon Road curving round the castle.
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The course as seen from the starting line.
Toadette turning a corner on the bike Mr. Scooty
Trivia
- In Mario Kart 8, a games box can be seen in the background of the course with a Toad Toy Superstore logo. This refers to the superstore found in Toad Harbor.
- Multiple large knitted Yoshis appear in the background of the Mario Kart 8 version of this course, resembling the upcoming yarn Yoshi amiibos which are identical in design. This makes it the first, and only, time an amiibo appears in Mario Kart track scenery.
- In Mario Kart 8, a board game in the background called "Yoshi's Dice Game" has a board map similar to Yoshi Circuit on the box.
- In the wall there is a poster of a movie called "Kung Fu Lakitu" this is a reference of the real life movie Kung Fu Panda.
