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Kanaami Road
A Kanaami Road is a type of platform that appears in several installments in the Mario Kart series, though they primarily appear in Mario Kart Tour. In later games, they are usually colored red, though they can appear in other colors as well. Their main use is to fill gaps in courses.

Mario Kart: Double Dash!!
Kanaami Roads first appear in Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, where they are used to build many parts of the road in Wario Colosseum, with several sections only featuring these platforms as part of the road. Other than that, they serve no other purpose.

Mario Kart DS
Yellow Kanaami Roads are used as the road in Tick-Tock Clock.

Mario Kart Wii
Kanaami Roads later appear in the Mario Kart Wii course Koopa Cape. Unlike its previous appearances, they are now commonly paired with ramps.

Mario Kart 7
Kanaami Roads return in Mario Kart 7, where they are used more frequently. They appear in Toad Circuit, Mario Circuit, Rock Rock Mountain, Bowser's Castle, and. Orange and yellow versions also appear in Piranha Plant Slide and Wario Shipyard, respectively. In this game, they can also be paired with Dash Panels and Glide Ramps, with Piranha Plant Slide utilizing this mechanic in its underwater section. In the same course, they are used to act as a higher part of the course, which can only be reached via current.

Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
In Mario Kart 8, Kanaami Roads appear on Sunshine Airport,, and Super Bell Subway. The first three courses feature the new black variation, though the red variation returns in Wario Stadium and Piranha Plant Slide. A new blue variation also appears in Super Bell Subway. Like in Piranha Plant Slide, it is used to act as a higher section of the course. also uses special variations that have a different appearance compared to the other variations.

In Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, red Kanaami Roads appear in and the second lap of. The latter course bends it to the left and pairs it with a ramp, which references the usage of these platforms in Mario Kart Tour's trick variants.

Mario Kart Tour
Kanaami Roads are extremely commonly used in Mario Kart Tour. They are almost always used in T and R/T variants and paired with a ramp in this game, as their main use is to provide more Jump Boosts and Dash Panels for the player, which in turn provides more points. They can also be curved, which allows the player to go to a different route compared to the original variant. For example, in GCN Baby Park T, a curved platform with a Glide Ramp is used to change the route of the course. In courses like SNES Donut Plains 1R/T, there are no ramps located on the platforms; instead, the platform is curved in a way that allows the player to perform more Mini-Turbos. Dropping from a Kanaami Road allows the player to perform a Jump Boost. Wind can also pass through extension platforms. Brown versions of these platforms are found in Amsterdam Drift 2T.

Kanaami Roads are sometimes used in reverse variants of courses, with their use being to send the player upwards in courses where the player normally goes downwards, like 3DS Rock Rock Mountain. They are also used to create roads at the end of gliding sections, like in DS Airship Fortress R, where they can prevent the player from falling. Extension platforms are also added at the start and end of most Glider Challenges.

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Throwing these in the sandbox until their respective courses are released in MK8DX. Hopefully, they'll do this again for Amsterdam, Bangkok and the new 2023 city course if there is one. Vancouver, Los Angeles, Berlin, Sydney and Singapore would also need updates too.