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|tours=[[Cat Tour (2022)]]<br>[[Ocean Tour]]<br>[[Sundae Tour (2022)]]<br>[[Animal Tour]]<br>[[New Year's Tour (2023)]]<br>[[Yoshi Tour (2023)]]<br>[[Vacation Tour]]

|online_play=No longer available ([[Nintendo DS|DS]], [[Wii U]])<br>Available ([[Nintendo Switch|Switch]])

'''Baby Park''' is the third course of the [[Mushroom Cup]] in ''[[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]]'' Being a short track-style, unbanked oval with no hazards (except for the flowerbeds on the inside of the turns in the ''[[Mario Kart 8]]'' and ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'' versions), it is the shortest course in length in the series, excluding the unused "Test Circle" course found in ''Mario Kart DS'' and [[DK Jungle (Mario Kart Arcade GP)|DK Jungle]] from ''[[Mario Kart Arcade GP]]'', only taking around ten seconds to complete a whole lap.

Baby Park's music is also used in Balloon Battle on [[Tilt-a-Kart]], though with more cymbals and the opening notes are a cover version of the ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' [[Ground Theme (Super Mario Bros.)|Ground Theme]]. The music starts in F major, then goes to F#/G♭ major, and then G major before looping back to F major.

Baby Park makes its classic course debut in ''[[Mario Kart DS]]'' as the fourth and last race of the [[Banana Cup]]. The course's map has been rotated 180 degrees. This time around, it has five laps instead of seven and lacks the roller coaster obstacle. It was available in Wi-Fi. On the final lap, the music starts playing in F#/G♭ major instead of A major.

===Missions===

*'''Mission 3-Boss''': The player controls [[Toad]], who must beat [[Goomboss]] in a three-lap race. [[Goomboss]] will regularly drop both [[Goomba]]s and [[Mushroom]]s onto the track during the race.

The race on this course has seven laps just like in the original and the revamped music now increases in tempo (and goes up a key) after every lap, making it the first classic course to do this (lap 1 in F major, lap 2 in F#/G♭ major, lap 3 in G major, lap 4 in A♭ major, lap 5 in A major, lap 6 in B♭ major, and lap 7/the final lap in B major). On the final lap, the guard rails start to flash and light up in multiple colors, and like with {{classic-link|N64|Rainbow Road}}, the last part of the music starts to play instead of the beginning of it. During replays and on the [[Mario Kart 8 Original Soundtrack|soundtrack]], the music plays in a style similar to the original game (going up in key after each "verse," but not increasing the tempo).

Baby Park and {{classic-link|Wii|Rainbow Road}} are the only classic courses and one of five courses overall (along with [[Mute City]], [[Big Blue]], and [[Sky-High Sundae]]) to be entirely an anti-gravity race track. This is the shortest track in the game and the only track that does not have exactly three laps or sections. It is also the only track in ''Mario Kart 8'' where players cannot perform [[trick]]s, and it is the only course aside from the [[Rainbow Road (Mario Kart 8)|three]] [[N64 Rainbow Road|different]] [[SNES Rainbow Road|Rainbow Roads]] to have its map in colors aside from blue. It is also the only classic course in the [[Animal Crossing x Mario Kart 8|''Animal Crossing'' × ''Mario Kart 8'']] DLC pack that has already appeared at least once as a classic course, and one of only two tracks in ''Mario Kart 8'' that has appeared more than once as a classic course at time of release and does not originate from ''Super Mario Kart'', the other being {{classic-link|GCN|Yoshi Circuit}}.

[[File:MKT GCN Baby Park View 2.jpg|thumb|250px|View of the course]]

Baby Park returns in ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'' starting from the [[Cat Tour (2022)|2022 Cat Tour]], being the third course from ''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!'' to reappear in ''Mario Kart Tour'' and the first since [[GCN Yoshi Circuit]] and [[GCN Dino Dino Jungle]] at the game's launch in the [[New York Tour]] seventy tours prior. Like GCN Yoshi Circuit, [[N64 Royal Raceway]], and [[N64 Yoshi Valley]], the course is based on its ''Mario Kart 8'' iteration, but uses the music from its original appearance in ''Double Dash!!'' (though it still goes up a key and increases in tempo at each lap like in ''Mario Kart 8'') and has five laps like in ''Mario Kart DS'' (lap 1 in F major, lap 2 in F#/G♭ major, lap 3 in G major, lap 4 in A♭ major, and lap 5/the final lap in A major). Unlike the previous iteration, the course is no longer in anti-gravity and appears as a flat course. The Baby Mario and Baby Luigi pictures on the starting banner have been removed, and the banner's poles have now been redesigned. Like this game's iteration of N64 Royal Raceway, the hot-air balloons are no longer princess-themed, instead taking their design from the ones seen in this game's iteration of [[3DS Daisy Hills]]. The roller coaster has once again been removed, likely to allow players to go outside the loop in the T variation. The guardrails are now colored blue. The Baby Peach statue is now fully golden, the Luigi's Mansion attraction now uses its original design, resembling the mansion's design from this game's iteration of [[DS Luigi's Mansion]], and the Koopa Paratroopa gift shop has been removed. The course's minimap has also been rotated 90° and is positioned off-center in-game, likely also to accommodate the T version.  

The course also appears as '''Baby Park R''' (reversed), '''Baby Park T''' (with ramps), and '''Baby Park R/T''' (reversed with ramps). The former two debuted alongside the regular variant in the 2022 Cat Tour, while the latter debuted in the [[New Year's Tour (2023)|2023 New Year's Tour]]. In the R variant, there are several ramps that raise and lower depending on what lap the player is on. In the T variant, racers are taken outside of the loop on two occasions, significantly extending the length of the track. As a result, it only has three laps (lap 1 in F major, lap 2 in F#/G♭ major, and lap 3/the final lap in G major), making it the only course in the game with a lap count difference between variations. Also, there is a [[Glide Ramp|glide ramp]] the first time racers return to the loop on each lap. In the R/T variant, the course is now a figure-eight: Racers use [[Kanaami Road]] to cross over the middle of the loop on two occasions.

*A [[Koopa Paratroopa]] can be seen. In ''Mario Kart 8'' and ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe'', the Paratroopa has been converted into a shop selling merchandise named "Shop Paratroopa".

VillagerMale-GCNBabyPark-MK8.jpg|Male [[Villager]] racing on the track

MKT Icon BabyParkRGCN CatMiiRacingSuit.png|The course icon of the R variant with the Cat Mii Racing Suit

MKT Icon BabyParkRGCN BabyMarioKoala.png|The course icon of the R variant with Baby Mario (Koala)

MKT Icon BabyParkRGCN BowserJr.png|The course icon of the R variant with Bowser Jr.

MKT Icon BabyParkRGCN IceCreamMiiRacingSuit.png|The course icon of the R variant with the Ice-Cream Mii Racing Suit

MKT Icon BabyParkTGCN CatLuigi.png|The course icon of the T variant with Cat Luigi

MKT Icon BabyParkTGCN PenguinMario.png|The course icon of the T variant with Penguin Mario

MKT Icon BabyParkTGCN DaisySailor.png|The course icon of the T variant with Daisy (Sailor)

MKT Icon BabyParkTGCN Yoshi.png|The course icon of the T variant with Yoshi

MKT Icon BabyParkTGCN Waluigi.png|The course icon of the T variant with Waluigi

MKT Icon BabyParkRTGCN BuilderToadette.png|The course icon of the R/T variant with Builder Toadette

MKT Icon BabyParkRTGCN CatLuigi.png|The course icon of the R/T variant with Cat Luigi