The title of this article is official, but it comes from a non-English source. If an official name from an English source is found that is not from the English Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia, the article should be moved to its appropriate title.
Noshi[1], or Nossie,[2] is the name of a species of one-horned sauropods similar to Apatosaurus first seen in the Dino Dino Jungle course of Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, where the light blue one serves as one of the main obstacles of the course. While the Nintendo Official Guidebook and site of Mario Kart: Double Dash!! only use the term Nossie to refer to the light blue one,[3][4] internal data indicates that the red and yellow one found in the course are Nossies as well.[5] The species was never given a specific English name, it was originally referred to using the lowercase generic terms dino and brontosaurus in the Prima and Nintendo Power guides of Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, respectively, and subsequently referred to using the lowercase term dinosaur in the Prima guide and internal data[6] of Mario Kart 7.[7]
History[edit]
Mario Kart series[edit]
Mario Kart: Double Dash!![edit]
The light blue Nossie in Mario Kart: Double Dash!!
Nossies first appear in the Dino Dino Jungle track of Mario Kart: Double Dash!!. There the light blue one mainly acts as a hazard for the racers passing near it in the canyon, being able to stomp them with its feet. It can also be met when passing on the wooden bridge that crosses the canyon, where it is able to make the karts spin with its head. Additionally, two Nossies, one colored red and the other colored yellow, appear moving through the lake where the branching boardwalk lies.
Mario Kart 7[edit]
The light blue Nossie in Mario Kart 7
The light blue Nossie reappears in the GCN Dino Dino Jungle track of Mario Kart 7, in the same place where it is found in the original course. The main difference is that in this course, this Nossie stretches its neck, making it an obstacle for the drivers gliding above the wooden bridge.
Mario Kart Tour[edit]
The light blue Noshi in Mario Kart Tour
The light blue Nossie, with its name now romanized as Noshi[1], appears again in the GCN Dino Dino Jungle track of Mario Kart Tour. With respect to the Mario Kart 7 version of the track, its role is mostly similar, but if a racer lands on it, they perform a trick. It also appears in Koopa Troopa Beach T and Koopa Troopa Beach R/T, while multiple light blue Noshis appear in Tokyo Blur R/T.
Mario Party 8[edit]
The light blue Nossie in Mario Party 8
The light blue Nossie appears as a cameo in the forest behind the DK's Treetop Temple board of Mario Party 8.
Gallery[edit]
Mario Kart: Double Dash!!
Head of the light blue Nossie in Mario Kart 7
Course icon of GCN Dino Dino Jungle in Mario Kart Tour
Course icon of GCN Dino Dino Jungle in Mario Kart Tour
Course icon of GCN Dino Dino Jungle R in Mario Kart Tour
Course icon of GCN Dino Dino Jungle R in Mario Kart Tour
Course icon of N64 Koopa Troopa Beach T in Mario Kart Tour
Course icon of N64 Koopa Troopa Beach T in Mario Kart Tour
Course icon of Tokyo Blur R/T in Mario Kart Tour
Names in other langauges[edit]
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Meaning
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ノッシー[3][4] Nosshī |
Internally romanized as Nossie originally[2] and more recently as Noshi[1], derived from the name of Yoshi and Nessie.
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References[edit]
- ^ a b c From the Noshi MapObj of Mario Kart Tour
- ^ a b From the nossie.bmd and swimnossie.bmd files found in the root/Course/Diddy.arc/diddy/object directory of Mario Kart: Double Dash!!.
- ^ a b Description of the courses of the Special Cup in the official Japanese site of Mario Kart: Double Dash!!
- ^ a b Nintendo Official Guidebook of Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, page 85.
- ^ As can be seen in the root/Course/Diddy.arc/diddy/object/swimnossie.bmd model of Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, which contains textures for the purple (nossie_lake.1), turquoise (nossie_lake.2), yellow (nossie_lake.3) and red (nossie_lake.4) Nossie that are supposed to be found in the lake of Dino Dino Jungle.
- ^ Noshi is referred to as dinosaur in both its model file (Course/Ggc_DinoDinoJungle.szs/dinosaur/dinosaur.bcmdl) and texture (dinosaur/dinosaur.bctex) in Mario Kart 7.
- ^ Nick von Esmarch. Mario Kart 7 (3DS) eGuide. Section Lightning Cup - GC Dino Dino Jungle. The Road Hazards section has the following:Dinosaur: Watch for this dinosaur near the beginning and end of each lap. This beast is so large, it creates two different hazards!. The introduction also states: Use jump boosts and big drifts to speed through the course, and watch yourself around that huge dinosaur. In the Time Trial section it is also stated: Keep driving straight and go just slightly to the right of the dinosaur’s feet., When gliding here, try to fly underneath the dinosaur’s neck to save a little time. and Avoid the dinosaur’s head and legs, and keep an eye on those geysers!
Mario Kart Tour
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Drivers
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Normal
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Baby Mario • Baby Peach • Baby Daisy • Baby Rosalina • Baby Luigi • Koopa Troopa • Shy Guy • Dry Bones • Iggy • Larry • Lemmy • Ludwig • Morton • Roy • Wendy
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Super
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Mario • Peach • Yoshi • Daisy • Toad • Toadette • Rosalina • Luigi • Toad (Pit Crew) • Red Yoshi • Bowser • Donkey Kong • Diddy Kong • Lakitu • Bowser Jr. • Wario • Waluigi • King Boo • Black Shy Guy • Red Koopa (Freerunning) • Birdo • Pink Shy Guy • Birdo (Light Blue) • Hammer Bro • Boomerang Bro • Ice Bro • Fire Bro • Birdo (Yellow) • Monty Mole
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High-End
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Metal Mario • Peachette • Pauline • Mario (Musician) • Peach (Kimono) • Mario (Hakama) • Rosalina (Halloween) • Peach (Vacation) • Mario (Santa) • Pink Gold Peach • Daisy (Holiday Cheer) • Yoshi (Reindeer) • Pauline (Party Time) • Mario (Happi) • Toad (Party Time) • Peach (Wintertime) • Penguin Luigi • Ice Mario • Baby Peach (Cherub) • Rosalina (Aurora) • Mario (Classic) • Luigi (Classic) • Baby Rosalina (Detective) • Yoshi (Egg Hunt) • Black Yoshi • Builder Mario • Builder Toad • Daisy (Fairy) • Mario (Chef) • Peach (Wedding) • Rosalina (Swimwear) • Mario (Swimwear) • Captain Toad • Toadette (Explorer) • Daisy (Yukata) • Mario (SNES) • Mario (Sunshine) • Mario (Halloween) • Peach (Halloween) • Peach (Explorer) • Builder Luigi • Fire Rosalina • Luigi (Lederhosen) • Cat Peach • Cat Toad • Pauline (Rose) • Penguin Toad • Dry Bowser • King Boo (Luigi's Mansion) • Shy Guy (Pastry Chef) • Waluigi (Bus Driver) • Gold Koopa (Freerunning) • Wario (Hiker) • Dry Bones (Gold) • Funky Kong • Dixie Kong • Dry Bowser (Gold) • Wario (Cowboy) • Nabbit • Bowser Jr. (Pirate) • King Bob-omb • Donkey Kong Jr. (SNES) • Shy Guy (Gold) • King Boo (Gold) • Bowser (Santa) • Lakitu (Party Time)
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Coin Rush
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Gold Mario
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Vehicle parts
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Karts
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Normal
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Pipe Frame • Birthday Girl • Mushmellow • Koopa Dasher • Biddybuggy • Blue Biddybuggy • Cheep Charger • Pink Mushmellow • Birthday Girl Rosalina • Green Kiddie Kart • Red Kiddie Kart • Bullet Blaster • Bull's-Eye Banzai • Landship • Pipe Buggy • Warship • Green Cheep Charger
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Super
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Mach 8 • Daytripper • Turbo Yoshi • Soda Jet • Super Blooper • Gold Blooper • Royale • Cloud 9 • Poltergust 4000 • Streamliner • White Royale • Zucchini • Red Streamliner • Red Turbo Yoshi • Blue Seven • Super 1 • Dasher II • Tea Coupe • Yellow Turbo Birdo • Egg 1 • Birthday Girl Daisy • Red Standard 8 • Green Standard 8 • Cucumber • Flame Flyer • Barrel Train • DK Jumbo • Chrome DK Jumbo • Koopa Clown • Dark Clown • Para-Wing • Turbo Birdo • Light-blue Turbo Birdo • Bolt Buggy • Rambi Rider
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High-End
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B Dasher • Black B Dasher • Yellow Taxi • Quickshaw • Kabuki Dasher • Circuit Special • Black Circuit • Bumble V • Queen Bee • Trickster • Ghost Ride • Macharon • Carrot Kart • Cheermellow • Wild Wing • Radish Rider • Wildfire Flyer • Ribbon Rider • Double-Decker • Swift Jack • Red B Dasher • Jingle Bells • Platinum Taxi • Glam Bruiser • Gilded Prancer • Ice-blue Poltergust • P-Wing • Apple Kart • Comet Tail • Bright Bunny • Dozer Dasher • Clanky Kart • Wild Black • Karp Kart • Prancer • Rose Queen • Green Apple Kart • Choco Macharon • Gold Egg • Sweet Daytripper • Red Taxi • Pink Wing • Happy Ride • Blue Soda • Clackety Kart • Gold Clanky Kart • Festival Girl • Black Kabuki Dasher • 8-Bit Pipe Frame • Gold Pipe Frame • Surf Sailer • Star-Spangled Flyer • Green Circuit • Sports Coupe • Pumpkin Kart • Dark Trickster • Sunset Cloud • Steel Driver • Holiday King • Gold Snow Skimmer • Dreamy Egg • Fast Frank • Iron Cucumber• Cat Cruiser • Wild Pink • Rose Taxi • Badwagon • Blue Badwagon • Gold Train • Bruiser • Snow Skimmer • Offroader • Banana Master • Poison Apple Kart • Cheep Snorkel • Gold Cheep Snorkel • Gold Cheep Charger • Dark Buggy • Koopa King • Brown Offroader • Cact-X • Pirate Sushi Racer • Silver Bullet Blaster • Head Honcho • DK Maximum • Sushi Racer • Gilded King • Crawly Kart • Black Dozer • Party-Wing • Penguin Slider • Black Penguin Slider • Cact-Ice
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Coin Rush
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Gold Standard
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Gliders
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Normal
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Super Glider • Parachute • Parafoil • Paper Glider • Droplet Glider • BBIA Parafoil • Minion Paper Glider • Piston Glider • Piranha Plant Parafoil
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Super
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Peach Parasol • Flower Glider • Oilpaper Umbrella • Lightning Oilpaper • Pink Flower Glider • 8-Bit Jumping Mario • ? Block • Plaid Ribbon • Eggshell Glider • 8-Bit Jumping Luigi • Bob-omb Parafoil • Shell Parachute • Wario Wing • Waluigi Wing • BaNaNa Parafoil • Blue Flower Glider
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High-End
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Gold Glider • Fare Flier • Purple Oilpaper Umbrella • Full Flight • Strawberry Crêpe • Le Tricolore • Starchute • Royal Parachute • Glitter Glider • Soaring Jack • Gift Glider • New Year's 2020 • New Year's Kite • Fireworks Parachute • Crimson Crane • Blizzard Parasol • Blizzard Balloons • Sweetheart Glider • Heart Balloons • Luma Parafoil • Rainbow Starchute • Bright Glider • Safety Glider • Daisy Glider • Pink Gold Paper Glider • Butterfly Sunset • Chocolate Donut • Gold Crane • Chocolate Banana Crêpe • Strawberry Donut • Silver Bells • Silver-and-Gold Hearts • Manta Glider • Treasure Map • Butterfly Wings • Great Sail • Festival Wings • 8-Bit Star • Super Mario Kart Glider • Star-Spangled Glider • Spider Glider • Sunset Balloons • Jolly Bells • Silver Starchute • Butterfly Prism • Planet Glider • New Year's 2021 • Gold New Year's Kite • Toe-Bean Balloons • Calico Parafoil • Black Great Sail • Silver Manta Glider • Rose Parasol • Snow Crystals • Swooper • Bullet Bill Parachute • Cloud Glider • Rainy Balloons • Wicked Wings • Gold Swooper • Banana Wingtip • Tropical Glider • Dragon Wings • Blooper Wingtip • Nabbit Oilpaper Umbrella • Cheep Cheep Masks • Dry Bowser Umbrella • Penguin Wingtip • Baby Mario Hanafuda • Yoshi's Egg Hanafuda • Peach Hanafuda • Barrel Hanafuda • Blooper Hanafuda • Cape Mario Hanafuda • Bullet Bill Hanafuda • Boo Hanafuda • Piranha Plant Hanafuda • Goomba Hanafuda • Jumping Mario Hanafuda • Bowser Hanafuda
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Tires
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Blue Standard • Cyber Slick • Gold Tires • Metal • Monster • Mushroom • Off-Road • Red Monster • Retro Off-Road • Roller • Slick • Slim • Sponge • Standard • Wood
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Courses
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New courses
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New York Minute (R, T, R/T) • Tokyo Blur (R, T, R/T) • Paris Promenade (R, T, R/T) • London Loop (R, T, R/T) • New York Minute 2 (R, T, R/T) • Tokyo Blur 2 (R, T, R/T) • Paris Promenade 2 (R, T, R/T) • Vancouver Velocity (R, T, R/T) • London Loop 2 (R, T, R/T) • Tokyo Blur 3 (R, T) • Los Angeles Laps (R, T, R/T) • New York Minute 3 (R, T, R/T) • Merry Mountain (R, T) • Berlin Byways 2 (R, T, R/T)
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Remix courses
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RMX Mario Circuit 1 (R, T, R/T) • RMX Choco Island 1 (R, T) • RMX Rainbow Road 1 (R, T, R/T) • RMX Rainbow Road 2 (R, T) • RMX Choco Island 2 (R, T)
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Classic courses
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SNES Mario Circuit 1 (R, T, R/T) • SNES Donut Plains 1 (R, T, R/T) • SNES Ghost Valley 1 (R, T, R/T) • SNES Mario Circuit 2 (R, T, R/T) • SNES Choco Island 1 (R, T) • SNES Donut Plains 2 (R, T) • SNES Mario Circuit 3 (R, T, R/T) • SNES Choco Island 2 (R, T, R/T) • SNES Vanilla Lake 1 (R, T, R/T) • SNES Koopa Troopa Beach 2 (R, T) • SNES Rainbow Road (R, T, R/T) • N64 Koopa Troopa Beach (R, T, R/T) • N64 Kalimari Desert (R, T, R/T) • N64 Kalimari Desert 2 (R, T) • N64 Frappe Snowland (R, T, R/T) • N64 Choco Mountain (R, T) • N64 Royal Raceway (R, T) • GBA Bowser's Castle 1 (R, T, R/T) • GBA Bowser's Castle 2 (R, T, R/T) • GBA Sunset Wilds (R, T, R/T) • GCN Yoshi Circuit (R, T, R/T) • GCN Dino Dino Jungle (R, T, R/T) • DS Luigi's Mansion (R, T, R/T) • DS Waluigi Pinball (R, T, R/T) • DS DK Pass (R, T, R/T) • DS Airship Fortress (R, T) • Wii DK Summit (R, T) • Wii Maple Treeway (R, T) • 3DS Toad Circuit (R, T, R/T) • 3DS Daisy Hills (R, T, R/T) • 3DS Cheep Cheep Lagoon (R, T, R/T) • 3DS Shy Guy Bazaar (R, T, R/T) • 3DS Mario Circuit (R, T, R/T) • 3DS Rock Rock Mountain (R, T) • 3DS Neo Bowser City (R, T, R/T) • 3DS Rosalina's Ice World (R, T) • 3DS Rainbow Road (R, T, R/T)
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Other
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Bonus challenges
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Ready, Set, Rocket Start • Time Trial • Ring Race • Do Jump Boosts • Big Reverse Race • Goomba Takedown • Glider Challenge • Steer Clear of Obstacles • Break Item Boxes • Smash Small Dry Bones • Vs. Mega • Combo Attack • Take them out quick!
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Cups
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Baby Daisy Cup • Baby Luigi Cup • Baby Mario Cup • Baby Peach Cup • Baby Rosalina Cup • Birdo Cup • Bowser Cup • Bowser Jr. Cup • Daisy Cup • Diddy Kong Cup • Donkey Kong Cup • Dry Bones Cup • Dry Bowser Cup • Fire Bro Cup • Hammer Bro Cup • Ice Mario Cup • Iggy Cup • King Boo Cup • Koopa Troopa Cup • Lakitu Cup • Larry Cup • Lemmy Cup • Ludwig Cup • Luigi Cup • Mario Cup • Metal Mario Cup • Monty Mole Cup • Morton Cup • Pauline Cup • Peach Cup • Peachette Cup • Pink Gold Peach Cup • Rosalina Cup • Roy Cup • Shy Guy Cup • Toad Cup • Toadette Cup • Waluigi Cup • Wario Cup • Wendy Cup • Yoshi Cup
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Tours
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New York • Tokyo • Halloween (2019) • Paris • Winter (2019) • London • Holiday • New Year's • Ice • Valentine's • Vancouver • Mario Bros. • Baby Rosalina • Hammer Bro • Yoshi • Trick • Flower • Jungle • Cooking • Peach • Marine • Exploration • Wild West • Pirate • Summer Festival • Super Mario Kart • Los Angeles • 1st Anniversary • Halloween (2020) • Sunset • Mario vs. Luigi • Winter (2020) • Rosalina • New Year's 2021 • Berlin • Cat • Peach vs. Daisy • Snow
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Items
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Regular items
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Banana • Green Shell • Red Shell • Spiny Shell • Bob-omb • Mushroom • Mega Mushroom • Bullet Bill • Blooper • Lightning • Super Horn • Coin • Star
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Special items
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Triple Bananas • Giant Banana • Triple Green Shells • Bowser's Shell • Double Bob-ombs • Triple Mushrooms • Fire Flower • Boomerang Flower • Ice Flower • Heart • Yoshi's Egg • Birdo's Egg • Bubble • Banana Barrels • Mushroom Cannon • Bob-omb Cannon • Lucky Seven • Dash Ring • Coin Box • Hammer • Giga Bob-omb • Super Bell
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Inventory items
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Coin • Coin Rush ticket • Event token* • Grand Star • Item ticket • Level-boost ticket • Point-boost ticket • Points-cap ticket* • Ruby • Star ticket • Team token* • Quick ticket
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Obstacles, species, and other elements
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Banzai Bill • Barrel • Barrel Bomb • Big Piranha Plant • Big Sidestepper • Boo • Boo Buddies • Burner • Cannon • Chain Chomp • Cheep Cheep • Clampy • Cobrat • Crate • Dash Panel • Exploring Shy Guy • Festive tree • Flipper • Flying Shy Guy • Glide Ramp • Goat • Goomba • Goomba Tower • Half-pipe • Hot-air balloon • Jack-o'-lantern • Jar • Jump Boost field • Kadomatsu • Lava Bubble • Leaf pile • Metal ball • Noshi • Oil Slick • Penguin • Pipe • Piranha Plant • Puddle • Ramp • Rocky Wrench • Rolling rock • Shy Guy Tent • Sidestepper • Snow block • Snowball • Snowboarding Shy Guy • Snowperson • Star Ring • Star Thwomp • Swoop • Thwomp • Traffic cone • Train • Walking Tree • Water Geyser • Wiggler • Wooden cutout
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Techniques
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Drift • Hop • Mini-Turbo • Rocket Start • Slipstream • Trick
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Notable landmarks and areas
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New York Minute
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New York • 30 Rockefeller Plaza • Broadway • Central Park • Empire State Building • Times Square • St. Patrick's Cathedral • Statue of Liberty • Rockefeller Center
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Tokyo Blur
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Tokyo • Ginza • Kaminarimon • Miraikan • National Diet Building • Fuji TV Headquarters • Rainbow Bridge • Sensō-ji • Tokyo Big Sight • Tokyo Skytree • Tokyo Tower • Wako
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Paris Promenade
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Paris • Arc de Triomphe • Cathedral of Notre Dame • Eiffel Tower • Gardens of the Trocadéro) • La Madeleine • Opéra Garnier • Luxor Obelisk • Saint Augustin Church
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London Loop
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London • Admiralty Arch • Big Ben • Buckingham Palace • Charing Cross • The Gherkin • Leadenhall Market • London City Hall • London Eye • Nelson's Column • The Shard • Tower Bridge • Tower of London • Trafalgar Square • St Paul's Cathedral • Victoria Memorial • The Walkie Talkie
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Vancouver Velocity
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Vancouver • 2010 Winter Olympics cauldron • Capilano Suspension Bridge • Stanley Park • Vancouver Convention Centre
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Los Angeles Laps
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Los Angeles • Los Angeles City Hall • Muscle Beach • Santa Monica Pier • Venice Beach
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Berlin Byways
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Berlin • Berlin Cathedral • Berlin Central Station • Berlin Palace • Berlin Television Tower • Berlin Victory Column • Berlin Wall • Bode Museum • Brandenburg Gate • Charlottenburg Palace • East Side Gallery • Haus der Kulturen der Welt • Neptune Fountain • St. Mary's Church • Tiergarten
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Other
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Boo Woods (DS Luigi's Mansion) • Luigi's Mansion (DS Luigi's Mansion) • Peach's Castle (3DS Mario Circuit, N64 Royal Raceway)
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Miscellaneous
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Badges • Barrel Cannon • Challenge cards • Emblem • Experience Point • Favored and favorite courses • In-game statistics • Finish Line • Frenzy • Item probability distributions • Gallery (Artwork · Sprites and models · Screenshots and course thumbnails) • Media • Pipe • Pre-release and unused content • Race points system • Special skill • Sponsors • Starting Grid • Update history
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* In version 2.1.0 or later
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