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{{articleabout|the race course from ''[[Mario Kart: Super Circuit]]''|other race tracks with similar names|[[Mario Circuit]]}}
{{classic title}}
{{racecourse
{{about|the race course originally from ''[[Mario Kart: Super Circuit]]'' and featured as a classic course in ''[[Mario Kart 8]]'' and ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]''|other race courses with similar names|[[Mario Circuit]]}}
{{race course infobox
|title=Mario Circuit
|title=Mario Circuit
|image=[[File:Mkscmariocircuit.png|240px|center]]
|image=[[File:MKSC Mario Circuit Starting Line.png|240px|center]]
|appearances=''[[Mario Kart: Super Circuit]]'' ([[List of Mario games by date#2001|2001]])<br>''[[Mario Kart 8]]'' ([[List of Mario games by date#2014|2014]])
|appears_in=''[[Mario Kart: Super Circuit]]'' ([[List of games by date#2001|2001]])<br>''[[Mario Kart 8]]'' ([[List of games by date#2014|2014]])<br>''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'' ([[List of games by date#2017|2017]])
|cups=[[Flower Cup]] (MKSC)<br>[[Shell Cup]] (MK8)
|cups=[[Flower Cup]] (''Super Circuit'')<br>[[Shell Cup]] (''8'', ''8 Deluxe'')
|ghost=1:49.158 by Nin★Rie (MK8)
|online_play=No longer available ([[Wii U]])<br>Available ([[Nintendo Switch|Switch]])
|expert_ghost=
|sample=''Mario Kart: Super Circuit'': Kenichi Nishimaki, Masanobu Matsunaga, Minako Hamano<br>[[File:MKSC-Music-CircuitTheme.oga]]<br>''Mario Kart 8'' / ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe'': Yasuaki Iwata<br>[[File:MK8-Music-GBA-MarioCircuit.oga]]<br>''Mario Kart 8'' / ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe'' (frontrunning)<br>[[File:WiiU_GBA_MarioCircuit_Frontrunning.oga]]
|wifi=Available ([[Wii U]])
|map=''Mario Kart: Super Circuit''<br>[[File:MKSC Mario Circuit Map.png|140px]]<br>[[File:MKSC Mario Circuit Mini Map.png]]
|music=[[File:MKSC-Music-CircuitTheme.ogg]] (MKSC)<br>[[File:MK8-Music-GBA-MarioCircuit.ogg]] (MK8)
''Mario Kart 8'' / ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe''
|map=GBA map<br>[[File:GBA Mario Circuit map.png|200px]]<br>Wii U Map<br>[[File:MK8 GBA Mario Circuit Course Map.jpg|200px]]
<div style="white-space: nowrap;">[[File:MK8 GBA Mario Circuit Map.png|frameless|upright=0.65]][[File:MK8DX GBA Mario Circuit Map.png|frameless|upright=0.65]]</div>
|ghost={{ghost|8|Nin★Rie|1:49.158|[[File:MK8 BabyMario Icon.png|32px|link=Baby Mario]][[File:YoshiBikeBodyMK8.png|32px|link=Yoshi Bike]][[File:StandardTiresMK8.png|32px|link=Standard (tire)]][[File:SuperGliderMK8.png|32px|link=Super Glider]]}}{{ghost|8DX <small>150cc</small>|Nin★Rie|1:44.593|[[File:MK8 BabyMario Icon.png|32px|link=Baby Mario]][[File:YoshiBikeBodyMK8.png|32px|link=Yoshi Bike]][[File:StandardTiresMK8.png|32px|link=Standard (tire)]][[File:SuperGliderMK8.png|32px|link=Super Glider]]}}{{ghost|8DX <small>200cc</small>|Nin★Pit|1:10.475|[[File:MK8 BabyLuigi Icon.png|32px|link=Baby Luigi]][[File:Sport Bike Green.png|32px|link=Sport Bike]][[File:SlickTiresMK8.png|32px|link=Slick]][[File:ParachuteGliderMK8.png|32px|link=Parachute]]}}
}}
}}
'''Mario Circuit''' from ''[[Mario Kart: Super Circuit]]'' is part of the [[Flower Cup]] as the first race course. This Mario Circuit is a rather plain stage and short in length, with few obstacles and [[Item Box]]es to deal against rivals. It contains winding paths, however, such as a hairpin bend, or a curl path found before the home stretch. Next to the checked line there is a detour where racers can get a speed boost by running onto a [[Boost Pad]] located there. It's also the first track titled "Mario Circuit" in the Mario Kart series. There are two other Mario Circuits, but they're titled either "Mario Raceway" or "Mario Circuit 1".
'''Mario Circuit''' is the first race course of the [[Flower Cup]] in ''[[Mario Kart: Super Circuit]]''. It shares its music with [[GBA Peach Circuit|Peach Circuit]] and [[GBA Luigi Circuit|Luigi Circuit]]. It reappears in ''[[Mario Kart 8]]'' and ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'' as the second course of the [[Shell Cup]].


==''Mario Kart 8''==
==''Mario Kart: Super Circuit''==
[[File:MK8-Course-GBA MarioCircuit.jpg|thumb|260px|left|Mario Circuit in ''Mario Kart 8''.]]
===Course layout===
Mario Circuit also appears in ''[[Mario Kart 8]]'' as the second course in the [[Shell Cup]]. Much like [[Bowser Castle 1 (GBA)|Bowser Castle 1]] in ''[[Mario Kart 7]]'', this is the only GBA retro track in this game (excluding DLC). It now features a starting banner with black-and-white tires around the posts, various stacked tires and advertisements, and huts both filled with [[Toad (species)|Toad]] and [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]] spectators and oil cans. In this game, the large U turn near the beginning of the track is slanted and separated from the track to act as an anti gravity section. There are also oil slicks that the players must avoid, similar to the original ''[[Super Mario Kart]]'' Mario Circuit tracks. Unlike other courses from ''Super Mario Kart'' and ''Mario Kart: Super Circuit'' that have appeared as retro courses in more recent games, the road is also slightly banked at the turns. There is a gliding pad that can be used as a shortcut. The music has been modified to a slightly lower pitch and plays in B♭ Major on the first two laps and then in B Major on the final lap, as opposed to C Major in the original.
The course begins with a left turn followed by a slight right turn and the first set of [[Item Box]]es. There is then two straightaways, with a U-turn to the left in between. Racers then take a right turn followed by a left turn and another item set; in between the two turns, there is a lone Item Box to the left of the track. After several slight turns, a left turn, and a slight right turn, racers reach the finish line. Near the finish line, racers have the option to take a narrow path to the right of the track, which contains a [[Dash Panel|speed strip]].
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==''Mario Kart 8'' / ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe''==
[[File:MK8 GBA Mario Circuit Overview.jpg|thumb|240px|left|Mario Circuit in ''Mario Kart 8'']]
Mario Circuit makes its classic course debut in ''[[Mario Kart 8]]'' and ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'' as the second course of the [[Shell Cup]]. Much like {{classic-link|GBA|Bowser's Castle 1|Bowser Castle 1}} in ''[[Mario Kart 7]]'', this is the only GBA classic course in the base ''Mario Kart 8'' content. It now features a starting banner with the classic ''Mario Kart'' logo in red, black-and-white tires around the posts, various stacked tires and advertisements, and wooden huts both filled with [[Toad (species)|Toad]] and [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]] spectators and oil cans. The large U-turn near the beginning of the track is slanted and separated from the track to act as an [[anti-gravity]] section. This section is balanced on what appear to be giant car jacks (which are named "Ultra Arm", a reference to the {{wp|Ultra Hand}}), which can be seen rising to lift the section into its position in the course's preview, with many large [[Brick Block]]s and [[Empty Block]]s visible in the pit where the U-turn was originally. There are also [[oil slick]]s near the end of the track that cause players who collide with them to spin out, alongside some [[traffic cone]]s that are knocked away when players collide with them. The detour near the finish line also contains an added [[Item Box]] in addition to the [[Dash Panel]]. Compared to the original, the road is also slightly banked through the curves.
 
The music has been modified to a slightly lower pitch and plays in A#/B♭ major on the first two laps and then in B major on the final lap, as opposed to C major in the original. Overall, the arrangement appears to be based on that of the ''Mario Kart: Super Circuit'' prototype.<ref>[https://youtu.be/XiqyXTgvYR0?t=682 E3 2001 Gamestore VHS Messevideo 1 of 2 Trade Show Video - YouTube]</ref>
 
This rendition of the course was shown in a [[GLA]] commercial cross-promoting the car and ''Mario Kart 8'', albeit with a more realistic approach, featuring the raised hairpin turn in the background.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67QxyKWc0Wc Super Mario Kart 8 - Mercedes-Benz Commercial #2 - Wii U]</ref>
 
===Shortcut(s)===
*To the right of the second line of Item Boxes, there is a [[Glide Ramp]] hidden by some trees that can be accessed by using a [[Dash Mushroom|Mushroom]] or [[Super Star]].
 
==Sponsors==
===''Mario Kart 8'' / ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe''===
{|
|- valign=top
|
*[[List of sponsors in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe#1-Up Fuel|1-Up Fuel]] (Trackside banners)
*[[List of sponsors in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe#Chain Chomp Racing Chains|Chain Chomp Racing Chains]] (Trackside banners)
*[[List of recurring sponsors in the Mario Kart series#Fuzzy Battery|Fuzzy Battery]] (Trackside banners)
*[[List of sponsors in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe#Lord Bowser|Lord Bowser]] (Standings chalkboards)
*[[List of sponsors in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe#Luigi Gusters|Luigi Gusters]] (Standings chalkboards)
*[[List of sponsors in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe#Mario Automobile Association|Mario Automobile Association]] (Trackside banners)
*[[List of recurring sponsors in the Mario Kart series#Mario Kart (Oil)|Mario Kart]] (Oil cans)
*[[List of recurring sponsors in the Mario Kart series#Mario Motors|Mario Motors]] (Trackside banners)
|
*[[List of sponsors in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe#Mario Super Motor Team|Mario Super Motor Team]] (Standings chalkboards)
*[[List of recurring sponsors in the Mario Kart series#Mario Work Gear|Mario Work Gear]] (Trackside banners)
*[[List of recurring sponsors in the Mario Kart series#Mushroom Piston|Mushroom Piston]] (Trackside banners)
*[[List of sponsors in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe#Princess Peach|Princess Peach]] (Standings chalkboards)
*[[List of recurring sponsors in the Mario Kart series#Red Shell Strike Equipment|Red Shell Strike Equipment]] (Trackside banners)
*[[Shell Cup]] (Banners, trackside banners)
*[[List of sponsors in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe#Toad Mushroom Powered|Toad Mushroom Powered]] (Standings chalkboards)
*[[List of sponsors in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe#Yoshi Runners|Yoshi Runners]] (Standings chalkboards)
|}
 
==''[[Mario Kart 8 Original Soundtrack]]'' liner notes==
''"This circuit has been dramatically reworked, so we reflected that in the music by rearranging it and making generous use of a horn section."''


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
===''Mario Kart: Super Circuit''===
===''Mario Kart: Super Circuit''===
<gallery>
<gallery widths=150px>
File:MarioCircuit.png|The track's icon on the menu.
Mario Circuit MKSC icon.png|The course icon
File:MarioCircuitMKSC.png‎|Mario driving towards the hairpin turn.
MKSC Wario Screenshot.png|[[Wario]] about to make the first turn
MarioCircuitMKSC.png|[[Mario]] driving towards the hairpin turn
</gallery>
</gallery>


===''Mario Kart 8''===
===''Mario Kart 8'' / ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe''===
<gallery widths=150px>
<gallery widths=150px>
File:MK8- GBA Mario Circuit.PNG|The track's icon in ''Mario Kart 8''.
MK8 GBA Mario Circuit Course Icon.png|The course icon
File:MK8-Course-GBA MarioCircuit-startingline.png|The course, as seen from the starting line.
MK8 GBA Mario Circuit Starting Line.png|The course, as seen from the starting line
File:MK8 Block Course with U 2.png|[[Yoshi]], [[Toad]], and [[Baby Luigi]] racing on the anti-gravity section of the track's appearance in ''Mario Kart 8''.
MK8 GBAMarioCircuitStart.jpg|Wario at the starting line
File:LudwigDrifting.jpg|[[Ludwig von Koopa|Ludwig]] drifting on the course.
MK8 Block Course with U 2.png|Mario drifting on the anti-gravity section
File:Cones stamp MK8.png|The [[Stamp (Mario Kart 8)|stamp]] obtained for beating the staff ghost at this course.
MK8D Gold Mario Bike TrickAntigrav.jpg|Gold Mario doing a trick off the anti-gravity section
MK8-GBA-MarioCircuit-glideramp.png|The glider ramp
MK8GBAMarioCircuit.jpg|A released screenshot of the course, revealing the name of the track
Cones stamp MK8.png|The [[Stamp (Mario Kart 8)|stamp]] obtained for beating the staff ghost at this course
MK8DX Nintendo Wallpaper 3.jpg|Promotional wallpaper
</gallery>
</gallery>


==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
{{Foreignname
{{foreign names
|Jap=マリオサーキット
|Jap=マリオサーキット
|JapR=Mario Sākitto
|JapR=Mario Sākitto
|JapM=Mario Circuit
|JapM=Mario Circuit
|Spa=Circuito Mario
|SpaE=Circuito Mario<br>Circuito de Mario <small>(''Mario Kart: Super Circuit'' European instruction booklet)</small><ref name="European manual">[https://cdn02.nintendo-europe.com/media/downloads/games_8/emanuals/game_boy_advance_8/Manual_GameBoyAdvance_MarioKartSuperCircuit_EN_DE_FR_ES_IT.pdf ''Mario Kart: Super Circuit'' Instruction Booklet (EU)]</ref>
|SpaM=Mario Circuit
|SpaEM=Mario Circuit<br>Mario's Circuit
|Fra=Circuit Mario
|SpaA=Circuito Mario
|FraM=Mario Circuit
|SpaAM=Mario Circuit
|Fre=Circuit Mario
|FreM=Mario Circuit
|Dut=Mario's Circuit
|Dut=Mario's Circuit
|DutM=Mario's Circuit
|DutM=Mario's Circuit
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|Rus=Трасса Марио
|Rus=Трасса Марио
|RusR=Trassa Mario
|RusR=Trassa Mario
|RusM=Mario Track}}
|RusM=Mario's Track
|Kor=마리오 서킷
|KorR=Mario Seokit
|KorM=Mario Circuit
|ChiT=瑪利歐賽道
|ChiTR=Mǎlì'ōu Sàidào
|ChiTM=Mario Speedway
|ChiS=马力欧赛道
|ChiSR=Mǎlì'ōu Sàidào
|ChiSM=Mario Speedway
}}


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*In the ''Mario Kart 8'' version, in the preview the U-turn is seen being lifted up into position by Ultra Hand (known as Ultra Arm) car jacks. On the ground where the U-turn originally was are many Brick Blocks and Used Blocks.
*This is the only Mario Circuit to not feature any [[Warp Pipe]]s, although one is present among the graphics for the track in the game's files.<ref>https://tcrf.net/Mario_Kart:_Super_Circuit#Mario_Circuit_2</ref>
{{BoxTop}}
*The course was originally known as '''Big Tree Circuit''' and was in the [[Mushroom Cup]] in an early prototype of ''Mario Kart: Super Circuit'', and also had a different musical arrangement not present in the final build. The side route right before the finish line was also absent.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thIX59yve84</ref>
{{Racecourses}}
 
==References==
<references/>
 
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{{MKSC}}
{{MK8}}
{{MK8}}
[[Category:Mario Kart: Super Circuit Race Courses]]
[[Category:Grasslands]]
[[Category:Mario Kart 8 Race Courses]]
[[Category:Classic courses]]
[[Category:Retro Courses]]
[[Category:Mario Kart: Super Circuit race courses]]
[[Category:Mario Kart 8 race courses]]
[[de:Marios Piste#Mario Kart: Super Circuit]]
[[it:Circuito di Mario (GBA)]]

Revision as of 13:08, May 5, 2024

This article is about the race course originally from Mario Kart: Super Circuit and featured as a classic course in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. For other race courses with similar names, see Mario Circuit.
Mario Circuit
MKSC Mario Circuit Starting Line.png
Information
Appears in Mario Kart: Super Circuit (2001)
Mario Kart 8 (2014)
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (2017)
Cup(s) Flower Cup (Super Circuit)
Shell Cup (8, 8 Deluxe)
Online play No longer available (Wii U)
Available (Switch)
Music sample
Mario Kart: Super Circuit: Kenichi Nishimaki, Masanobu Matsunaga, Minako Hamano

Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe: Yasuaki Iwata

Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (frontrunning)
Course map
Mario Kart: Super Circuit
MKSC Mario Circuit Map.png
MKSC Mario Circuit Mini Map.png

Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

Map of GBA Mario Circuit in Mario Kart 8.Map of GBA Mario Circuit in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.
Staff ghost(s)
8 Nin★Rie
1:49.158 Baby Mario's head icon in Mario Kart 8Yoshi Bike body from Mario Kart 8Standard Tires from Mario Kart 8Super Glider from Mario Kart 8
8DX 150cc Nin★Rie
1:44.593 Baby Mario's head icon in Mario Kart 8Yoshi Bike body from Mario Kart 8Standard Tires from Mario Kart 8Super Glider from Mario Kart 8
8DX 200cc Nin★Pit
1:10.475 Baby Luigi's head icon in Mario Kart 8Green Varnish Version of Sport Bike.Slick tires from Mario Kart 8Parachute glider from Mario Kart 8

Mario Circuit is the first race course of the Flower Cup in Mario Kart: Super Circuit. It shares its music with Peach Circuit and Luigi Circuit. It reappears in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe as the second course of the Shell Cup.

Mario Kart: Super Circuit

Course layout

The course begins with a left turn followed by a slight right turn and the first set of Item Boxes. There is then two straightaways, with a U-turn to the left in between. Racers then take a right turn followed by a left turn and another item set; in between the two turns, there is a lone Item Box to the left of the track. After several slight turns, a left turn, and a slight right turn, racers reach the finish line. Near the finish line, racers have the option to take a narrow path to the right of the track, which contains a speed strip.

Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

Mario Circuit in Mario Kart 8

Mario Circuit makes its classic course debut in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe as the second course of the Shell Cup. Much like GBA Bowser Castle 1 in Mario Kart 7, this is the only GBA classic course in the base Mario Kart 8 content. It now features a starting banner with the classic Mario Kart logo in red, black-and-white tires around the posts, various stacked tires and advertisements, and wooden huts both filled with Toad and Yoshi spectators and oil cans. The large U-turn near the beginning of the track is slanted and separated from the track to act as an anti-gravity section. This section is balanced on what appear to be giant car jacks (which are named "Ultra Arm", a reference to the Ultra Hand), which can be seen rising to lift the section into its position in the course's preview, with many large Brick Blocks and Empty Blocks visible in the pit where the U-turn was originally. There are also oil slicks near the end of the track that cause players who collide with them to spin out, alongside some traffic cones that are knocked away when players collide with them. The detour near the finish line also contains an added Item Box in addition to the Dash Panel. Compared to the original, the road is also slightly banked through the curves.

The music has been modified to a slightly lower pitch and plays in A#/B♭ major on the first two laps and then in B major on the final lap, as opposed to C major in the original. Overall, the arrangement appears to be based on that of the Mario Kart: Super Circuit prototype.[1]

This rendition of the course was shown in a GLA commercial cross-promoting the car and Mario Kart 8, albeit with a more realistic approach, featuring the raised hairpin turn in the background.[2]

Shortcut(s)

  • To the right of the second line of Item Boxes, there is a Glide Ramp hidden by some trees that can be accessed by using a Mushroom or Super Star.

Sponsors

Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

Mario Kart 8 Original Soundtrack liner notes

"This circuit has been dramatically reworked, so we reflected that in the music by rearranging it and making generous use of a horn section."

Gallery

Mario Kart: Super Circuit

Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Japanese マリオサーキット
Mario Sākitto
Mario Circuit

Chinese (simplified) 马力欧赛道
Mǎlì'ōu Sàidào
Mario Speedway

Chinese (traditional) 瑪利歐賽道
Mǎlì'ōu Sàidào
Mario Speedway

Dutch Mario's Circuit
Mario's Circuit
French Circuit Mario
Mario Circuit
German Marios Piste
Mario's Track
Italian Circuito di Mario
Mario's Circuit
Korean 마리오 서킷
Mario Seokit
Mario Circuit

Portuguese Circuito do Mario
Mario's Circuit
Russian Трасса Марио
Trassa Mario
Mario's Track

Spanish (NOA) Circuito Mario
Mario Circuit
Spanish (NOE) Circuito Mario
Circuito de Mario (Mario Kart: Super Circuit European instruction booklet)[3]
Mario Circuit
Mario's Circuit

Trivia

  • This is the only Mario Circuit to not feature any Warp Pipes, although one is present among the graphics for the track in the game's files.[4]
  • The course was originally known as Big Tree Circuit and was in the Mushroom Cup in an early prototype of Mario Kart: Super Circuit, and also had a different musical arrangement not present in the final build. The side route right before the finish line was also absent.[5]

References