Acorn Heights
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| Appears in | Mario Kart World (2025) | ||||||
| Cup(s) | Special Cup | ||||||
| Rally/ies | Golden Rally | ||||||
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Acorn Heights is the first course of the Special Cup in Mario Kart World, and is the final destination of the Golden Rally. It is the northernmost course on the map, taking place within a giant tree with large acorns in the far north of the forest region. Racers drive through a small village in the treetops, along leaf platforms and over small rivers around the tree's roots. There are Stingbies and Wigglers roaming on the track. The river section of the course features Skeeters, being the only course in the series to date to feature them. The course has a passing resemblance to Wild Woods from Mario Kart 8, and is the third course in the series to revolve around a giant tree, after Maple Treeway and Wild Woods. The music for this course uses a mixed meter, alternating between 6
8 and 3
4 time signatures. This course along with Wario Shipyard, Great ? Block Ruins, and Rainbow Road are the only courses in the game to not have codas in their music, as they (except for Rainbow Road, which does not appear in Knockout Tour at all) only appear at the end of Knockout Tour rallies.
Kamek can turn drivers into Chargin' Chuck, Stingby, Wiggler, and Spike on this course. It is the only course where Kamek can turn racers into Stingby or Wiggler.
Course layout[edit]
Routes[edit]
There are three different paths that enter Acorn Heights depending on the route taken to reach the track.
- Traveling from Dandelion Depths or Boo Cinema has the player enter the track by driving up a tree root from the right side of the track, then take a sharp right turn to travel through the starting line.
- Traveling from Dry Bones Burnout or Toad's Factory has the player enter the track from the ending section, just before the racers drive up the tree's roots.
- Traveling from Mario Circuit has the player enter the track across a small strip of water, before joining up with the end of the first path.
From Dandelion Depths
From Boo Cinema
From Dry Bones Burnout
From Toad's Factory
From Mario Circuit
A composite map of all routes leading to Acorn Heights
Gallery[edit]
World map icon
Course icon
View of the course in the opening reel for the Golden Rally
Icon in the Golden Rally
The starting banner
The glide ramp leading away from the tree
The final section
Wario on the course
Coin Coffer on the course
Donkey Kong in Free Roam performing a trick on a river
Naming[edit]
Internal names[edit]
| Game | File | Name | Meaning
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| Mario Kart World | BigTree[1] | - |
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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| Japanese | どんぐりツリーハウス[?] Donguri Tsurīhausu |
Acorn Treehouse | |
| Chinese (simplified) | 橡栗树屋[2] Xiànglì Shùwū (Mandarin) Jeuhngleuht Syuh'ūk (Cantonese) |
Acorn Treehouse | |
| Chinese (traditional) | 橡栗樹屋[2] Xiànglì Shùwū (Mandarin) Jeuhngleuht Syuh'ūk (Cantonese) |
Acorn Treehouse | |
| Dutch | Eikenrijk[2] | Oak Kingdom | |
| French | Chemin du chêne[3] | Path of oak | |
| German | Baumwipfelpfad[?] | Treetop Path | |
| Italian | Ghiand Prix[?] | Pun of ghianda ("acorn") and "Grand Prix" | |
| Korean | 도토리나무 로드[2] Dotorinamu Rodeu |
Acorn-Tree Road | |
| Portuguese | Bosque das Bolotas[2] | Acorn Woods | |
| Russian | Дубовые дорожки[2] Dubovyye dorozhki |
Oak Paths | |
| Spanish | Aldea Arbórea[4][5] | Arboreal Village |
References[edit]
- ^ File name of the course's sticker on the Japanese Mario Kart World online events website, Sign_BigTree.png. All course stickers use the prefix "Sign_". Retrieved August 28, 2025.
- ^ a b c d e f In-game name from Mario Kart World
- ^ Mario Kart World in-game name from French localization. (Archived 8 Jun. 2025 via YouTube by Galax..)
- ^ Silver. YA TENGO Mario Kart World y Nintendo Switch 2! (5:52:00). YouTube (European Spanish). Retrieved June 4, 2025.
- ^ tdyuPixel. INICIO y FIN del NUEVO MARIO KART WORLD | Estreno de la Nintendo Switch 2 :O (51:14). YouTube (Latin American Spanish). Retrieved June 6, 2025.
