Editing Mario Circuit 4

{{race course infobox
|title=Mario Circuit 4
|image=[[File:SMK Mario Circuit 4 Lower-Screen Map.png]]
|appears_in=''[[Super Mario Kart]]'' ([[List of games by date#1992|1992]])<br>''[[Mario Kart: Super Circuit]]'' ([[List of games by date#2001|2001]])
|cups=[[Star Cup]] (''Super Mario Kart'')<br>[[Extra Cup|Extra Star Cup]] (''Super Circuit'')
|sample=''Super Mario Kart''<br>[[File:SMK-Music-MarioCircuit.oga]]<br>''Mario Kart: Super Circuit''<br>[[File:MKSC-ExtraCourse-MarioCircuit.oga]]
|map=''Super Mario Kart''<br>[[File:SMK Mario Circuit 4 Overhead Map.png|140px]]<br>''Mario Kart: Super Circuit''<br>[[File:MKSC SNES Mario Circuit 4 Map.png|140px]]<br>[[File:MKSC Mario Circuit 4 Extra Cup Map.png|frameless|upright=0.75|Minimap as seen on the menu.]][[File:MKSC SNES Mario Circuit 4 Mini Map.png|frameless|upright=0.75|Minimap as seen in the race.]]
}}

'''Mario Circuit 4''' is the fifth and last course of the [[Star Cup]] in ''[[Super Mario Kart]]''. It was subsequently reused in ''[[Mario Kart: Super Circuit]]'' as the third track of the [[Extra Cup|Extra Star Cup]]. It is a tarmac circuit set in a grassland. This is the first of two Mario Circuits from the series in the Star Cup; the second is the [[Mario Circuit (Mario Kart DS)|DS version]].

==''Super Mario Kart''==
===Course layout===
[[File:SMK Mario Circuit 4 Screenshot.jpg|thumb|left|[[Luigi]] racing on the course.]]
The longest of the Mario Circuits, it is still a straightforward course of normal road, with [[Warp Pipe|pipe]]s and [[oil slick]]s as the only hazards. The overall layout is very similar to that of [[SNES Mario Circuit 3|Mario Circuit 3]], but more difficult and with left and right reversed. Additionally, [[Cape Feather#Super Mario Kart|Feather]]s are disabled for this track to prevent racers from [[jump]]ing over the walls and thus saving a lot of time. The course begins with a U-turn to the left followed by a right turn and the only set of [[? Panel]]s. There is then a sharp right turn followed by a sharp left turn, and then two 90° turns to the left. A straightaway then leads racers into a sharp U-turn to the right followed by a brief straight and a sharp U-turn to the left. After a slight right turn and a left turn, racers reach the finish line.

===Shortcuts===
A notable shortcut can be found after the second left U-turn. Similar to the shortcut found in Mario Circuit 3, the player can use a [[Dash Mushroom|Mushroom]] or [[Super Star|Star]] to drive through the off-road to the right of the track, passing through a gap in the wall and cutting off the last right turn.

==''Mario Kart: Super Circuit''==
[[File:MKSC Mario Circuit 4.png|thumb|[[Mario]] taking the shortcut. Note the extra item box on the track.]]
Mario Circuit 4 reappeared in ''[[Mario Kart: Super Circuit]]'', and is the third track of the [[Extra Cup|Extra Star Cup]]. It uses the background from [[GBA Peach Circuit|Peach Circuit]]. The pipe and oil slick hazards were removed from the track and an item box can be found next to the shortcut.
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==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=マリオサーキット ４
|JapR=Mario Sākitto 4
|JapM=Mario Circuit 4
|Chi=马力欧赛道4<ref>From the unreleased iQue ''Mario Kart: Super Circuit''</ref>
|ChiR=Mǎlìōu Sàidào 4
|ChiM=Mario Speedway 4
}}

==Trivia==
*This is the only [[Mario Circuit]] course in ''Super Mario Kart'' that has yet to appear as a [[classic course]] in a later ''[[Mario Kart (series)|Mario Kart]]'' game other than ''Mario Kart: Super Circuit''.
**As such, it is also the only Mario Circuit course in ''Super Mario Kart'' that has yet to appear in ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]''.
*[[List of Super Mario Kart pre-release and unused content|During development]], this course was intended to be the final course of the [[Special Cup]]. It would've been the only Mario Circuit course to date to appear in the Special Cup.

==References==
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[[Category:Grasslands]]
[[Category:Mario Kart: Super Circuit race courses]]
[[Category:Super Mario Kart race courses]]
[[Category:Classic courses]]
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