Mario Circuit (GBA)

This article is about the race course originally from Mario Kart: Super Circuit and featured as a retro course in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. For other race tracks with similar names, see Mario Circuit.

Mario Circuit
Information
Appearance(s)	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)
Staff Ghost	1:49.158 by Nin★Rie (8) (as Baby Mario) 1:44.593 by Nin★Rie (8 Deluxe) (as Baby Mario) (150cc) 1:10.475 by Nin★Pit (8 Deluxe) (as Baby Luigi) (200cc)
Wi-Fi	Available (Wii U, Switch)
Music Mario Kart: Super Circuit: Kenichi Nishimaki, Masanobu Matsunaga, Minako Hamano Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe: Yasuaki Iwata
Course map Mario Kart: Super Circuit Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

Mario Circuit is the first race course of the Flower Cup in Mario Kart: Super Circuit. This Mario Circuit is a rather plain stage and short in length, with few obstacles and Item Boxes 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 Dash Panel located there. This track shares its music with Peach Circuit and Luigi Circuit.

Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

Mario Circuit in Mario Kart 8

This Mario Circuit reappears in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe as the second course in the Shell Cup. Much like Bowser Castle 1 in Mario Kart 7, this is the only GBA retro track in the base Mario Kart 8 content. 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 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. There are also oil slicks that the players must avoid, similar to the four Mario Circuit courses from Super Mario Kart. The detour near the finish line also contains an added Item Box in addition to the Dash Panel. 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 through the curves. There is a Glide Ramp 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. Overall, the arrangement is based on the Mario Kart: Super Circuit prototype.

Staff ghost

The staff ghost for this track is Baby Mario on the Yoshi Bike, and Baby Luigi on the Sport Bike in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe's 200cc Time Trial.

Sponsors

1-Up Fuel (Trackside banners) Chain Chomp Racing Chains (Trackside banners) Fuzzy Battery (Trackside banners) Lord Bowser (Standings chalkboards) Luigi Gusters (Standings chalkboards) Mario Automobile Association (Trackside banners) Mario Kart (Oil cans) Mario Motors (Trackside banners)

Mario Super Motor Team (Standings chalkboards) Mario Work Gear (Trackside banners) Mushroom Piston (Trackside banners) Princess Peach (Standings chalkboards) Red Shell Strike Equipment (Trackside banners) Shell Cup (Banners, trackside banners) Toad Mushroom Powered (Standings chalkboards) Yoshi Runners (Standings chalkboards)

Gallery

Mario Kart: Super Circuit

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  The course icon

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  Course map

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  Wario about to make the first turn

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  Mario driving towards the hairpin turn

Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

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  The course icon

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  The course, as seen from the starting line

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  Wario at the starting line

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  Mario drifting on the anti-gravity section

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  The glider ramp

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  A released screenshot of the course, revealing the name of the track

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  The stamp obtained for beating the staff ghost at this course

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  Promotional wallpaper

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	マリオサーキット Mario Sākitto	Mario Circuit
Spanish	Circuito Mario	Mario Circuit
French	Circuit Mario	Mario Circuit
Dutch	Mario's Circuit	Mario's Circuit
German	Marios Piste	Mario's Track
Italian	Circuito di Mario	Mario's Circuit
Portuguese	Circuito do Mario	Mario's Circuit
Russian	Трасса Марио Trassa Mario	Mario's Track
Korean	마리오 서킷 Mario Seokit	Mario Circuit
Chinese	瑪利歐賽道 (Traditional) 马力欧赛道 (Simplified) Mǎlìōu Sàidào	Mario Speedway

Trivia

• This is the only Mario Circuit not to feature any Warp Pipes.
• In the Mario Kart 8 version, the U-turn is seen being lifted up into position by Ultra Hands during the preview. In the pit where the U-turn originally was are many Brick Blocks and Used Blocks.
• The course was originally known as Big Tree Circuit in a early prototype of Mario Kart: Super Circuit.