Great ? Block Ruins
| Great ? Block Ruins | |||
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| Appears in | Mario Kart World (2025) | ||
| Cup(s) | Banana Cup | ||
| Rally/ies | Cloud Rally | ||
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Great ? Block Ruins is the fourth and final course of the Banana Cup in Mario Kart World, and is the final destination of the Cloud Rally. Located in the far southeast of the map, it takes place high in the sky, amongst ruins elevated in the air, featuring a large structure designed after a giant version of the titular ? Block.
This course, Wario Shipyard, Acorn Heights, 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.
Course layout[edit]
Racers ascend a sloped road towards the eponymous ? Block ruin's interior, which contains many stacks of Gold Blocks on the side of the course. After exiting and jumping off a ramp, they begin to descend down a winding track (where architecture of Lakitus on their clouds are present in the background), bounce off a Bouncy Cloud, and arrive at a split path, with one leading upwards to a series of platforms and the other leading downwards to a flat track. Both paths converge before a ramp leading to two more Bouncy Clouds, which lead to a hairpin turn towards a Glide Ramp that takes racers through a series of rings made of Lakitu's Clouds that grant speed boosts. The racers then reach the finish line on the other side.[1]
Routes[edit]
Great ? Block Ruins can be used as a route to Koopa Troopa Beach. However, the reverse is not true; Koopa Troopa Beach does not have a route leading to Great ? Block Ruins. This trait is shared with Koopa Troopa Beach’s routes from Desert Hills and Whistlestop Summit as well.
From Faraway Oasis
From Peach Beach
From Salty Salty Speedway
From Dino Dino Jungle (used in the Banana Cup)
A composite map of all routes leading to Great ? Block Ruins
Gallery[edit]
Course icon
Icon in the Cloud Rally
World map icon
The first turn
The starting banner at night
Lakitu and other racers on the course
Naming[edit]
Internal names[edit]
| Game | File | Name | Meaning
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|---|---|---|---|
| Mario Kart World | StormClouds[2] | - |
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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| Japanese | ハテナしんでん[3] Hatena Shinden |
Question Mark Temple | |
| Chinese | ？神殿[4] ? Shéndiàn (Mandarin) ? Sàhndihn (Cantonese) |
? Temple | |
| Dutch | Vraagtekentempel[5] | Question Mark Temple | |
| French | Bloc ? antique[6] | Ancient ? Block | |
| German | ?-Block-Ruinen[5] | ? Block Ruins | |
| Italian | Rovine del blocco ?[7] | ? Block Ruins | |
| Korean | ?블록 신전[4] ? Beullok Sinjeon |
? Block Temple | |
| Portuguese | Ruínas Bloco ?[5] | ? Block Ruins | |
| Russian | Золотые руины «?»[4] Zolotyye ruiny "?" |
Golden "?" Ruins | |
| Spanish | Templo del Bloque ?[8][9] | ? Block Temple |
Notes[edit]
- The internal name of Great ? Block Ruins is "StormClouds," suggesting that the track originally took place in stormy weather. In the final game, it is played in normal weather by default, with the surrounding clouds also being white instead of gray like actual storm clouds.
References[edit]
- ^ Nintendo Life (April 3, 2025). We’ve ACTUALLY Played Mario Kart World on Switch 2. YouTube. Retrieved April 8, 2025.
- ^ File name of the course's sticker on the Japanese Mario Kart World online events website, Sign_StormClouds.png. All course stickers use the prefix "Sign_". Retrieved August 28, 2025.
- ^ Nintendo 公式チャンネル (April 2, 2025). マリオカート ワールド Direct (4:24). YouTube. Retrieved April 17, 2025.
- ^ a b c In-game name from Mario Kart World
- ^ a b c Nintendo Today! news
- ^ Mario Kart World in-game name from French localization (Uploaded 5 Jun. 2025 on YouTube by Siphano)
- ^ Tuberanza ✌ (April 26, 2025). 🛑 Nuove MAPPE + Nuovi GRAN PREMI su Mario Kart World! 🔥. YouTube (Italian). Retrieved April 26, 2025.
- ^ BRCDEvg. Estrenando juntos MARIO KART WORLD (17:24). YouTube (Latin American Spanish). Retrieved June 5, 2025.
- ^ Nintendúo. Jugamos la VERSIÓN FINAL de MARIO KART WORLD | Gameplay 4K HDR (Nintendo Switch 2) (4:40). YouTube (European Spanish). Retrieved June 3, 2025.
