GBA Cheep-Cheep Island

Cheep-Cheep Island is a race course in the Mario Kart series. It first appears the third course of the Lightning Cup in Mario Kart: Super Circuit, and later in Mario Kart Tour starting from the Summer Tour. It features a series of islands surrounded by the sea with Sidesteppers wandering in the beach. It is similar to Shy Guy Beach, having the same music, but it takes place at sunset and has more grass. Large Cheep-Cheeps are seen jumping in the background and Goonies appear sitting on the course.

Course layout
The course starts out by going straight over a bridge that leads to a left turn with grass on each side. The turn leads into another bridge that slightly curves to the right, then left. Past the bridge is a split path with coins on each side and grass in the middle, which leads to another bridge. After that, there is a turn to the left and two more split paths. The player can take the left side which has Dash Panels, or the right side which has more coins. There is another bridge with a left turn. Past that is another bridge with another left turn. After another bridge, there is a right turn with a small bump. After that is another right turn to the final and longest bridge. Players should be careful to not fall into the water. The bridge splits in two for a bit then turns left, then left again. After that is a straightaway to the finish line.

Shortcuts
After the fifth bridge, if the player veers to the right and uses a mushroom, they will hit a series of jumps that will cut a lot of time. There is a similar shortcut to the left of the final bridge, but it is not as useful.

Mario Kart Tour
Cheep-Cheep Island returns in Mario Kart Tour, starting from the Summer Tour. The course received some notable changes; most of the grass on the course has been removed, the starting line now has a wooden banner with the Mario Kart logo on it. The second bridge on the course is now straight instead of a zig-zag shape, the fourth, fifth, and sixth bridges have been removed, and the start of the bridge with the split path has been lengthened. Both of the large shortcuts as well as the Goonies and Sidesteppers have been removed, with the latter two being replaced by jumping and flying Cheep Cheeps. The biggest change to the course is the left side area, which has been made much narrower and has grass only on the sides and a jump over a gap with rocks. The Dash Panels and multicolored blocks have been removed in this section. The beginning/ending and the left side area now have a rising and falling tide similar to that of Cheep Cheep Beach from Mario Kart DS, which is indicated by the darker-colored areas of the course map. The course is a favorite of Peach (Explorer), Fire Rosalina, Penguin Toad, Baby Mario (Koala), Daisy (Swimwear), and Donkey Kong Jr. (SNES). Beside Cheep-Cheep Island, the Summer Tour introduced a reversed and a trick version of this course, titled Cheep-Cheep Island R and Cheep-Cheep Island T respectively.

Similar to SNES Ghost Valley 1, the course uses the Mario Kart Wii arrangement of its music, which is heard in Shy Guy Beach.

Summer Tour
In the Summer Tour, Cheep-Cheep Island serves as the tour's signature course. It appears as the first course in the Daisy Cup, the third course in the Baby Daisy Cup, and the location of the bonus challenge in the Hammer Bro Cup. Its T variant appears as the second course in the Mario Cup and the third course in the Iggy Cup, and its R variant appears as the second course in the Donkey Kong Cup and the first course in the Baby Rosalina Cup.



Profiles

 * Mario Kart Tour Twitter:
 * "The Paris Tour is wrapping up in blue. Next up is the Summer Tour, featuring the new course GBA Cheep-Cheep Island!"

Trivia

 * The music for this course, along with Shy Guy Beach, bears a close resemblance to the "" as recorded by.