Squeaky Clean Sprint

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Squeaky Clean Sprint
Squeaky Clean Sprint in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
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Appears in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Booster Course Pass, Wave 5) (2023)

Squeaky Clean Sprint is a course featured in Wave 5 of the Booster Course Pass for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. The course is set in a giant bathroom, similarly to how GBA Ribbon Road is set in a giant bedroom.[1] The course takes racers through various departments within the bathroom, such as counters, shelves, bathtubs, and drains. According to internal data, this course was created as a new course for Mario Kart Tour, despite being revealed for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe first, similar to Sky-High Sundae and Yoshi's Island.[2]

Throughout the course are various items commonly found in a bathroom. The starting banner is held up by two cups, each containing scissors, toothpaste, a toothbrush and a hairbrush, while two balloons hold up another banner. Various bottles of hair mousse, shampoo, soap, and other fluids are seen throughout the course labelled with brands referencing various characters, one of which being labelled Toad Barber, a pun on Toad Harbor. Other objects seen throughout the course include sponges, hula hoops, inflatable balls, bars of soap, a fan, and sunglasses.

Course layout

The starting line is located directly next to a sink full of water. The racers pass the sink before being taken to a fork in the road leading into a bathtub containing a hula hoop. Racers can choose to drive along sponges that lead them into the water, or they can take a ramp to go directly into the tub. After swerving around bath bombs, racers soon drive down the drain. Here, a wedding ring acts as an arch representing an off-road shortcut. After leaving the drain section, racers are on the floor, avoiding soap next to a large fan. Racers then take a Glide Ramp over a toilet, taking them onto a wooden shelf. Serpentining around holes in the shelf, one last glider is used to pass the finish line.

References to the Super Mario franchise

Similarly to the Mario Kart 8 version of GBA Ribbon Road, the course contains a number of small references to various games from the Super Mario franchise in the background of the course:

Gallery

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese シャボンロード[?]
Shabon Rōdo
Soap Road
Chinese 肥皂泡之路[3]
Féizào Pào Zhī Lù
Soap Bubble Road
Dutch Badderbaan[?] Bathe Track
French Course à la propreté[?] Race to Cleanliness
German Bad-Parcours[?] Bath Course
Italian Corsa in bagno[?] Race in the bathroom
Korean 비눗방울 로드[4]
Binutbang-ul Rodeu
Soap Bubble Road
Portuguese Percurso Sanitário[?] Sanitary Course
Spanish Escusado Acelerado[?] Bathroom Acceleration

References

  1. ^ Nintendo of America (June 21, 2023). Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - Booster Course Pass Wave 5 - Nintendo Direct 6.21.2023. YouTube. Retrieved June 21, 2023.
  2. ^ A number of internal text strings in Mario Kart Tour (JumpMobbr, and JumpStickyMobbr) refer to map objects that are seen in the Squeaky Clean Sprint course; they are referred to as belonging to Mobbr, indicating that the course has the Mob platform code, used for courses originating from Mario Kart Tour. For a list of internal Mario Kart Tour strings describing objects related to unreleased courses, see List of Mario Kart Tour pre-release and unused content § List of text strings, models, animations, and textures related to unreleased courses.
  3. ^ https://www.nintendo.com.hk/topics/article/5TBDn9YLKHJshX5ZYRhxda
  4. ^ https://www.nintendo.co.kr/news/article/yH5AqBMPhiG5kJWcCxje4