Wii Wario's Gold Mine

Wario's Gold Mine is the fourth and final course of the Flower Cup in Mario Kart Wii. This course features steep declines and sharp turns and lends itself to the frantic, roller coaster game play of Wario Colosseum from Mario Kart: Double Dash!!. Most of the track lacks siding, which means players can fall off the track. Additionally, this course employs Boost Pads. Swoopers may slow down the players if they run into them. Inside the mine there are Minecarts which act as obstacles.

Description
This course takes place in an industrial mine, as seen by pipes with smoke coming out of them. The time of the day is at sunset, as seen in the background of this course. Outside the mine, there is no activity going on except for the process of the smoke of the pipes. The entrance of the mine is filled with Swoopers. They act like obstacles for players, simply just slowing them down, touching them does not cause the player to spin out.

Inside the mine, it is darker. Activity is going on with as mine carts are taking gold from one place to another endlessly. At the exit of the mine is the start of the course.

Course layout
The track first starts out with a very slight turn to the right. After the turn comes a boost panel that shoots players downhill at a speed to receive item boxes from below and back up. After that, there is a slight turn left. Players can see a half-pipe with item boxes on top of that. Past that to the right is a straight path to the beginning of the actual mine. In the tunnel to the mine, it is still relatively straight, except there are Swoopers to act as moving obstacles for players.

After the Swooper area is the inside of the mine. The player continues and turns right into another downhill road that goes uphill and into a ramp with a boost panel in it that launches the players to the other section of the mine. If players are careless in this area, they may fall into the darkness below when there are no guardrails to protect them. Mine carts are present, moving the same direction as the player. Any player who runs into the minecart flips and lose their item.

After this area is a turn to the right that leads the player into another dipping road that leads out of the gold mine. There is a small twisting path in the road, and if the player is careless, they could fall off. After the twist is a turn to the right at the finish line, where the lap restarts.

Shortcuts
There is one shortcut in this course. It is visible in the pre-course introduction. To use the shortcut, the player must follow the minecarts into a small tunnel with two dash panels. To exit the tunnel, they must follow it until the player reaches the exit of the cave, which in turn is the exit of the entire mine. At the exit is a Dash Panel Ramp, which the player can perform a trick on. If the player carelessly forgets to turn after landing, they may fall off the edge of the track.

Tournaments
In the first tournament of December 2008, players had to race against a giant Wiggler on this course. Only Triple Mushrooms and Stars would appear in Item Boxes. The tournament was later repeated as September 2010's second tournament.

Mario Kart 8


Wario's Gold Mine will reappear as a retro track included with the The Legend of Zelda X Mario Kart 8 downloadable content in Mario Kart 8 as the first course in the Triforce Cup. The track is now set at dusk and coins can now be found underneath the newly designed track banner. Inside the mine shaft there are anti-gravity tracks and mine carts have changed shapes. Additionally, the mine carts will not cause the player to flip over, but instead grant them a boost due to Anti-Gravity.

Official descriptions

 * Sites
 * Flag of USA.png "A punishing roller coaster ride with few guard rails to keep you on course after plentiful boost opportunities."
 * Flag of Europe.png "This roller coaster ride on a rickety, wooden track will test your steering skills to their limits as you try to avoid taking the long drop off the edge - not easy with huge mine carts and a colony of bats around the corner."

Trivia

 * Playing as a Mii will change Wario's face to a random Mii in the mine, right between the passageway to leave.