Rally (event)
A rally is an event in which racers drive along multiple routes spanning the continent in the Knockout Tour mode in Mario Kart World. Rallies feature multiple checkpoints between the starting point and ending points and the music that plays is determined by the neighboring race track for each checkpoint and routinely changes throughout the rally. The final checkpoint in a rally is always a standard lap race on one of the game's race tracks. Routes taken in rallies sometimes may overlap various race tracks throughout, while other times they may not intersect one another at all.
As of Version 1.7.0, there are ten rallies in the game. The rallies in each set of eight mirror their Grand Prix counterparts:
- The Golden Rally, Drill Rally, and Mushroom Cup are all represented with mushrooms.
- The Ice Rally, Boomerang Rally, and Flower Cup are all represented with flowers.
- The Moon Rally and Star Cup are both represented with celestial bodies.
- The Spiny Rally and Shell Cup are both represented with Koopa shells.
- The Cherry Rally and Banana Cup are both represented with fruits.
- The Acorn Rally and Leaf Cup are both represented with flight-based power-ups.
- The Cloud Rally and Lightning Cup are both represented with sky-related objects.
- The Heart Rally and Special Cup are represented with a crown and an item wearing a crown.
Six more rally routes will also be released in the future.
List of rallies[edit]
- ^ a b Mario Kart World (Ver 1.7.0)
Minimaps[edit]
Golden Rally[edit]
Ice Rally[edit]
Moon Rally[edit]
Spiny Rally[edit]
Cherry Rally[edit]
Acorn Rally[edit]
Cloud Rally[edit]
Heart Rally[edit]
Drill Rally[edit]
Boomerang Rally[edit]
Composite maps[edit]
Golden Rally
Ice Rally
Moon Rally
Spiny Rally
Cherry Rally
Acorn Rally
Cloud Rally
Heart Rally
Differences from VS Race routes[edit]
Of the 50 routes used in Knockout Tour, 18 routes are significantly different than their equivalent routes used in VS Race and 3 have the next checkpoint appear earlier than its VS Race counterpart.
- Ice Rally:
- Starview Peak to Dandelion Depths in the Ice Rally is based on the first two sections of Starview Peak to Cheep Cheep Falls in VS Race; as such, it takes racers through DK Pass's Battle course, despite DK Pass not being a checkpoint in the Ice Rally.
- While both the Ice Rally and Moon Rally use routes from Dandelion Depths to Cheep Cheep Falls, only the Moon Rally's version resembles the equivalent VS Race route, while the Ice Rally's version is completely unique, taking a path that is unused in VS Race which leads to Cheep Cheep Falls to Dandelion Depths in reverse; Dandelion Depths is not visited.
- Peach Stadium to Crown City ends the Ice Rally on Crown City's Mushroom Cup variant, despite the VS Race route of Peach Stadium to Crown City ending on a unique third variant.
- Spiny Rally:
- Boo Cinema to Starview Peak in the Spiny Rally takes drivers through significantly less of the Ghost Valley parts of its route. Specifically, unlike in VS Race, it lacks the Ghost Valley 1 part at the beginning. It also ends after two sections of the route.
- Starview Peak to DK Pass combines the third section of the previous route and the first section of Starview Peak to Wario Shipyard in VS Race; as such, it does not go down DK Pass's Battle course like in VS Race.
- DK Pass to Salty Salty Speedway features a gliding section not present in its VS Race counterpart, due to starting from the previous route rather than from DK Pass.
- Cherry Rally
- Koopa Troopa Beach to DK Spaceport uses the old route from before version 1.4.0. It also ends after one section of the route.
- Acorn Rally:
- Cheep Cheep Falls to DK Pass is based on its opposite-direction counterpart in VS Race, which takes drivers through both a tunnel and a lake, neither of which are present in the normal VS Race counterpart.
- Cloud Rally:
- Mario Bros. Circuit to Crown City takes a different path than its version in both Grand Prix and VS Race, being based on the route from Wario Stadium to Crown City.
- Crown City to Faraway Oasis ends after two sections of the route.
- Faraway Oasis to Great ? Block Ruins takes drivers through a path that is unused in VS Race, then through part of Great ? Block Ruins to Koopa Troopa Beach in reverse; Faraway Oasis is not visited at all.
- Heart Rally:
- Airship Fortress to Dry Bones Burnout takes a unique path into the hot springs first rather than going straight to the course like on VS Race.
- Dry Bones Burnout to Mario Circuit takes a different route in the first half of it compared to its VS Race counterpart because it exits Dry Bones Burnout differently.
- Moo Moo Meadows to Peach Stadium goes around the west of the star-shaped lake (as with Toad's Factory to Peach Stadium) rather than the east like in VS Race.
- Drill Rally:
- Dandelion Depths to Mario Circuit enters Mario Circuit through a previously-unused Mario Circuit 1 entrance, instead of the normal Mario Circuit 3 entrance. The route has a metal ramp and Hat Trampolines in the off-road.
- Dry Bones Burnout to Bowser's Castle takes players onto the castle walls, then enters through a mirrored version of the path that Airship Fortress to Bowser's Castle uses.
- Boomerang Rally:
- Salty Salty Speedway to Cheep Cheep Falls uses a completely unique road, then joins up with a backwards version of Cheep Cheep Falls to Salty Salty Speedway, with ramps that can be used to swap between ground and water.
- Cheep Cheep Falls to Moo Moo Meadows takes a different path that goes around the star-shaped lake.
- Moo Moo Meadows to Choco Mountain takes a different, extremely short path.
- Choco Mountain to Mario Bros. Circuit ends going around the outside of the track to enter it going forward.
Grand Prix Overlap[edit]
In addition to the aforementioned Mario Bros. Circuit to Crown City route being the same direction as its Grand Prix counterpart (albeit with a completely different path than in either Grand Prix or VS Race) and the Dandelion Depths to Cheep Cheep Falls routes being in the opposite direction as a route used in Grand Prix, several other routes are used in both directions in Knockout Tour, or are the opposite-direction counterparts of a route used in Grand Prix.
Two routes are used in both Knockout Tour and Grand Prix:
- Mario Bros. Circuit to Crown City
- Moo Moo Meadows to Choco Mountain
Six pairs of routes are used in both directions in different Knockout Tours:
- Shy Guy Bazaar and Airship Fortress
- Cheep Cheep Falls and Peach Stadium
- Mario Circuit and Moo Moo Meadows
- Mario Circuit and Dry Bones Burnout
- Mario Bros. Circuit and Choco Mountain
- Choco Mountain and Moo Moo Meadows
Nine pairs of routes are used in opposite directions in Knockout Tour compared to Grand Prix:
- Mario Circuit and Acorn Heights
- DK Spaceport and Whistlestop Summit
- Bowser's Castle and Toad's Factory
- Choco Mountain and Moo Moo Meadows
- Crown City and Faraway Oasis
- Dandelion Depths and Cheep Cheep Falls
- Peach Stadium and Crown City
- DK Pass and Starview Peak
- Peach Beach and Salty Salty Speedway
