Mario Kart Stadium

Template:Racecourse Mario Kart Stadium is the first race track in the Mushroom Cup of Mario Kart 8. This course takes place in a big stadium full with advertisements and banners of the players with fireworks in the background. This is the first course to be named after the Mario Kart series itself. This course also makes Mario Kart 8 the only game in the series (excluding the arcade games and Mario Kart 64) where the first course in the game is not named a "Circuit", despite the overall design is still a circuit-type track. Part of this course's music is reused for the theme of Mario Circuit.

Course layout

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The course as seen from the starting line.

The course begins with a short straightaway followed by a right turn. The track then turns right with three colored paths that stay together: an inner blue path, a yellow path in the center that says "Mushroom Cup" on it, and an outer red path with Boost Pads and coins. The track then approaches the anti-gravity part followed by a left turn. Next, the course goes up and down a raised hairpin turn, followed by a gliding area, and one more left turn to the finish line.

Shortcuts

• Just before the path splits in three, the player can use a boosting item to make a sharp turn between the pipes
• After the first split path anti-gravity section, there is a dirt section that the player can boost through.
• Right after the first anti-gravity strip, on the left, there is a ramp that cuts off the corner just before the huge turn.
• Near the end of the course, just after the gliding ramp, a boost can be used across the sand to bypass the final turn. It is easy to notice the shortcut because there are pipes in the sand.

Gallery

• MK8- Mario Kart Stadium.PNG

  The track's icon.

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  The only anti-gravity section of the course.

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  Mario, Luigi, Wario and other players reaching the finish line.

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  The finish line.

• Mario Kart Stadium Race Start (Roy Koopa).jpg

  Roy at the starting line, waiting for the race to begin.

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  Ramp

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  The stamp obtained for beating the staff ghost at this course.

Trivia

• Throughout the course, all flags and pit stops are only themed around Mario, Luigi, Peach, Toad, Yoshi, and Bowser. Interestingly, they are the only characters to appear in every Mario Kart game since Super Mario Kart.
• Two signs at the end of the course have team names on them, the teams being Mario Super Motor Team, Luigi Gusters, Toad Mushroom Powered, Yoshi Runners, Lord Bowser, and Princess Peach. The same team names can be found in different courses throughout the game.
• This is the only track in the Mushroom Cup to not have an underwater section.
• This course gives off a noticeable reference to Super Mario Kart's Mario Circuits, due to the sand and pipes scattered around.