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|image=[[File:MKT London View.jpg|300px]]<br>View of [[Big Ben]] and the [[Finish line (object)|starting line]] | |image=[[File:MKT London View.jpg|300px]]<br>View of [[Big Ben]] and the [[Finish line (object)|starting line]] | ||
|appears_in=''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'' ([[List of games by date#2019|2019]] <small>(1)</small>, 2020 <small>(2)</small>, 2021 <small>(3)</small>)<br> ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'' ([[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass|Booster Course Pass]], Wave 3) (2022) | |appears_in=''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'' ([[List of games by date#2019|2019]] <small>(1)</small>, 2020 <small>(2)</small>, 2021 <small>(3)</small>)<br> ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'' (''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass|Booster Course Pass]]'', Wave 3) (2022) | ||
|based_on=[[London]] and {{wp|City of Westminster|Westminster}}, [[United Kingdom|England]] | |based_on=[[London]] and {{wp|City of Westminster|Westminster}}, [[United Kingdom|England]] | ||
|online_play=Available ([[Nintendo Switch|Switch]]) | |online_play=Available ([[Nintendo Switch|Switch]]) | ||
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The music for this course bears similarities to that of [[3DS Rock Rock Mountain|Rock Rock Mountain]], as well as being a reference to 1960s [[wikipedia:British Invasion|British rock music]]. | The music for this course bears similarities to that of [[3DS Rock Rock Mountain|Rock Rock Mountain]], as well as being a reference to 1960s [[wikipedia:British Invasion|British rock music]]. | ||
London Loop appears in the [[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass | London Loop appears in the ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass]]'' as the first course of the [[Rock Cup]]. | ||
==''Mario Kart Tour''== | ==''Mario Kart Tour''== | ||
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==''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe''== | ==''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe''== | ||
[[File:MK8-Course-Tour LondonLoop.jpg|thumb|250px|London Loop in ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe'']] | [[File:MK8-Course-Tour LondonLoop.jpg|thumb|250px|London Loop in ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe'']] | ||
London Loop returns in ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'' as part of the third wave of the [[Booster Course Pass]]. It is the first course of the [[Rock Cup]]. The course has received significant visual upgrades, and is now set in cloudy weather. The {{wp|London Eye}} now moves, unlike in ''Mario Kart Tour''. The various barrels and crates on the course have been removed. The minimap is rotated 90 degrees clockwise and features multiple paths that are unused in ''Mario Kart Tour'', such as one to the right of Leadenhall Market and one going beneath the Admiralty Arch. This makes London Loop the second ''Mario Kart Tour'' city course to include roads that were unused at the time of their appearance in the Booster Course Pass, after [[Tour Sydney Sprint|Sydney Sprint]] and alongside [[Tour Berlin Byways|Berlin Byways]]. Like Berlin Byways, the previously unused roads in this course were never used in ''Tour'' prior to new content for it concluding. | London Loop returns in ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'' as part of the third wave of the ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass|Booster Course Pass]]''. It is the first course of the [[Rock Cup]]. The course has received significant visual upgrades, and is now set in cloudy weather. The {{wp|London Eye}} now moves, unlike in ''Mario Kart Tour''. The various barrels and crates on the course have been removed. The minimap is rotated 90 degrees clockwise and features multiple paths that are unused in ''Mario Kart Tour'', such as one to the right of Leadenhall Market and one going beneath the Admiralty Arch. This makes London Loop the second ''Mario Kart Tour'' city course to include roads that were unused at the time of their appearance in the Booster Course Pass, after [[Tour Sydney Sprint|Sydney Sprint]] and alongside [[Tour Berlin Byways|Berlin Byways]]. Like Berlin Byways, the previously unused roads in this course were never used in ''Tour'' prior to new content for it concluding. | ||
The first lap is based on the first London Loop route. Racers begin on {{wp|Westminster Bridge}}, facing Big Ben. An [[arrow field]] immediately directs them to turn right and drive through {{wp|Charing Cross}}. Unlike in ''Mario Kart Tour'', racers can perform tricks off of the center of the roundabout. They can also drive the long way around the roundabout, though there is no benefit to doing so. Either way, players then drive around the front of {{wp|St Paul's Cathedral}} and come to {{wp|Leadenhall Market}}. They can still drive through it, but there is now also the option to drive on a straighter path to its right, which is unused in ''Tour''. From there, they drive through a right curve past a [[Chain Chomp]] chained outside the [[Tower of London]], across [[Tower Bridge]], and back to the starting line taking the route past {{wp|The Shard}}. | The first lap is based on the first London Loop route. Racers begin on {{wp|Westminster Bridge}}, facing Big Ben. An [[arrow field]] immediately directs them to turn right and drive through {{wp|Charing Cross}}. Unlike in ''Mario Kart Tour'', racers can perform tricks off of the center of the roundabout. They can also drive the long way around the roundabout, though there is no benefit to doing so. Either way, players then drive around the front of {{wp|St Paul's Cathedral}} and come to {{wp|Leadenhall Market}}. They can still drive through it, but there is now also the option to drive on a straighter path to its right, which is unused in ''Tour''. From there, they drive through a right curve past a [[Chain Chomp]] chained outside the [[Tower of London]], across [[Tower Bridge]], and back to the starting line taking the route past {{wp|The Shard}}. | ||
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In the first lap, the second path of Leadenhall Market is blocked off with red arrows, implying the player would drive there in a later lap. However, the player never visits that area in the race again, so the route, like in ''Mario Kart Tour'', remains unused, making it the only route in the Booster Course Pass with this distinction. (Note that the route only leads into a void.) | In the first lap, the second path of Leadenhall Market is blocked off with red arrows, implying the player would drive there in a later lap. However, the player never visits that area in the race again, so the route, like in ''Mario Kart Tour'', remains unused, making it the only route in the Booster Course Pass with this distinction. (Note that the route only leads into a void.) | ||
During the beginning of this course's music, a second guitar plays a few notes, panned to the left; this guitar is absent in all subsequent loops of the song.<ref>YoshiMr. (December 9, 2022). [https://youtu.be/WZaNsUFBqUA How a Single Guitar (may have) Set a Mario Kart Milestone (I think)]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved December 9, 2022.</ref> | |||
Unlike some other courses using arrow fields in the Booster Course Pass, London Loop can be driven in reverse from the beginning without [[Lakitu]] picking up the player. However, this loads the third lap layout with the unchained Chain Chomps, meaning that if the player turns back around and resumes following the course normally, the Chain Chomps will rechain themselves, only to be unchained again once Lap 3 is triggered properly. | Unlike some other courses using arrow fields in the Booster Course Pass, London Loop can be driven in reverse from the beginning without [[Lakitu]] picking up the player. However, this loads the third lap layout with the unchained Chain Chomps, meaning that if the player turns back around and resumes following the course normally, the Chain Chomps will rechain themselves, only to be unchained again once Lap 3 is triggered properly. | ||
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==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
===''Mario Kart Tour''=== | ===''Mario Kart Tour''=== | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
London Pictures.png|Pictures of the various London Loop courses | London Pictures.png|Pictures of the various London Loop courses | ||
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</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
====London Loop==== | |||
=====Course icons===== | =====Course icons===== | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
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=====Screenshots===== | =====Screenshots===== | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
MKT LondonLoop Starting Line.png|View of the finish line | |||
MKT London Loop Big Ben & Palace.jpg|View of {{wp|Big Ben}} & the {{wp|Palace of Westminster}} | MKT London Loop Big Ben & Palace.jpg|View of {{wp|Big Ben}} & the {{wp|Palace of Westminster}} | ||
MKT London Loop Finish Line.jpg|View of the finish line | MKT London Loop Finish Line.jpg|View of the finish line | ||
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===''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe''=== | ===''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe''=== | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
MK8D Tour London Loop Course Icon.png| | MK8D Tour London Loop Course Icon.png|The course icon | ||
MK8DLondonLoop1.jpg|View of a double-decker bus and the {{wp|London Eye}} | MK8DLondonLoop1.jpg|View of a double-decker bus and the {{wp|London Eye}} | ||
MK8DLondonLoop2.jpg|[[Toad]], [[Toadette]], and [[Peach]] racing near Big Ben | MK8DLondonLoop2.jpg|[[Toad]], [[Toadette]], and [[Peach]] racing near Big Ben | ||