N64 Mario Raceway

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This article is about the race course from Mario Kart 64 and retro course in Mario Kart Wii and Mario Kart Tour. For other race tracks with similar names, see Mario Circuit.
Mario Raceway
Mario Raceway from Mario Kart 64.
Information
Appears in Mario Kart 64 (1996)
Mario Kart Wii (2008)
Mario Kart Tour (2023)
Cup(s) Flower Cup (64)
Shell Cup (Wii)
Tour(s)
Distance 567 m
Online play No longer available (Wii)
Music sample
Mario Kart 64

Mario Kart Wii

Mario Kart Tour
Course map
Mario Kart 64
An aerial view of Mario Raceway.Mini map of Mario Raceway from Mario Kart 64
Mario Kart Wii
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Mario Kart Tour
N64 Mario Raceway from Mario Kart Tour
Staff ghost(s)
64
1:20.44 MarioMK64 win.png
Wii Nin★Ichiro
2:14.799 Sprite of Baby MarioThe model for Baby Mario's Bit Bike from Mario Kart Wii
Wii Expert Nin★Yuuki
1:59.053 Sprite of Baby MarioThe model for Baby Mario's Mini Beast from Mario Kart Wii

Mario Raceway, alternatively named Mario Circuit[1][2] (which is also its Japanese name), is the fourth and last course of the Flower Cup in Mario Kart 64. It is Mario's home track of the game. It is the second shortest course of the game after Moo Moo Farm. This track shares its music with Luigi Raceway, Wario Stadium and Royal Raceway.

Mario Raceway reappears in Mario Kart Wii as the fourth and final course of the Shell Cup, and in Mario Kart Tour starting from the 2023 Mario vs. Luigi Tour.

Mario Kart 64

This course features Mario's red cap on the top of the course's terrace, next to the starting line. The road is made of concrete, just like Luigi Raceway and Royal Raceway. Although the course has no pit hazards, it is filled in rough grass, and running over them causes any kart to slow down. However, using a speed booster as a Mushroom or a Star, drivers can make shortcuts through the grass and dust. Piranha Plants are an obstacle found over the grass, and bumping into one causes the Kart to spin around. Many Piranha Plants are located near to the corners.

Upon getting to the first turn, the racers go near a hill to take a semi-circular turn surrounding a big toadstool. A long stretch of the road is next, featuring a giant rotating sign with text reading "Go" and Mario's artwork from Super Mario World. Running into this sign while using a Star causes it to rise into the air.[3] The road leads the racers to a curl S bend where they pass through a Warp Pipe tunnel. The racers end crossing the finish line once they exit out of the pipe.

The player can press the R Button Button on the title screen to display the best time recorded for Mario Raceway.

Staff Ghost

If a player beats the time of 1:30:00 on this course in Time Trial mode, they unlock a Mario staff ghost.

Mario Kart Wii

View of N64 Mario Raceway in Mario Kart Wii
Mario Raceway in Mario Kart Wii

Mario Raceway makes its classic course debut in Mario Kart Wii as the fourth and last race of the Shell Cup. Some of the new elements added to the track are a ramp to perform tricks in the middle of the rough grass past the toadstool, and Shine Sprites can be seen on the "Mario Star" advertisements on the side of the course near the finish line. The rotating signs feature new artwork of Mario which is later used for Mario's Nintendo 3DS AR Card and the king card in the NAP-02 deck of Mario Playing Cards. The Warp Pipe tunnel also allows tricking off the sides as the racer comes out. The first Mario Kart Wii tournament of November 2008 was on this course, with extra obstacles such as Pokeys from DS Desert Hills and Dry Dry Ruins, and oil slicks from SNES Mario Circuit 3.

Tournaments

The N64 Mario Raceway tournament

In Mario Kart Wii, a tournament took place on this course. It was a time trial race, in which players used the Golden Mushroom to get the fastest time possible. Oil slicks and Pokeys also made an appearance. The tournament was the second tournament of November 2008. It was later repeated as the second tournament of November 2010, the second tournament of March 2012, and the first tournament of June 2013.

Mario Kart Tour

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N64 Mario Raceway in Mario Kart Tour
Mario Raceway in Mario Kart Tour

Mario Raceway returns in Mario Kart Tour starting from the 2023 Mario vs. Luigi Tour. Visually, the course resembles the Mario Kart Tour iteration of Luigi Raceway. Hot-air balloons have been added to the background, akin to N64 Yoshi Valley. Like N64 Choco Mountain, the proportions of the course differ notably from the original version of the track - most notably, the track has been condensed vertically. A glass wall now runs along the entire stretch of the hill in the top half of the course. The U-turn around the mushroom is more banked and no longer has any offroad between it and the wall. The brick wall now has indented sections. Goombas now appear in the pipe section; the pipe itself is now designed like the one present in 3DS Mario Circuit, and has rocks blocking off the offroad areas on either side of it, making it now mandatory to drive through. The R/T variant sees the mushroom present in all iterations of the track be given the properties of the Mushroom Trampoline and has racers drive on top of the pipe on Lap 2. The course is a favorite of Red Toad (Pit Crew), Birdo (Red), Mario (Sunshine), Mario (Samurai), White Tanooki Mario, Toadette (Astronaut), and the Peach, Gold, Moo Moo, and Monty Mole Mii Racing Suits.

Like N64 Royal Raceway and N64 Luigi Raceway, the course uses the Mario Kart 7 arrangement of the Mario Kart 64 raceway music.

For this course's tour appearances, see List of N64 Mario Raceway tour appearances in Mario Kart Tour.

Profiles

Mario Kart 64

  • Instruction manual: Although the distance of one lap is fairly short, it has complex corners and numerous hairpin curves. The course, named after our mascot, is highly recommended by the game designers as their favorite Time Trials course.
  • Website: The "official" course in Mario Kart 64, Mario Raceway is a quick circuit track with a variety of turns to test your Kart handling skill.[4]

Mario Kart Wii

The N64 Mario Raceway card from the Mario Kart Wii trading cards
Trading Card
  • Websites
    • Flag of USA.png "A back-to-basics drifter's paradise with a single ramp perfectly placed for shortcuts across the grass."
    • Flag of Europe.png "Drift your way around wide turns and through the pipe tunnel as you dart in-between the lush green hills of Mario Raceway. That's what the sell-out crowd came to see!"
  • Trading Card bio: "Certainly one of Mario's favorite stomping grounds, N64 Mario Raceway makes another appearance on the Mario Kart circuit. May not be an overly difficult track, but it's definitely one that has a lot of opportunities to define, practice and refine your driving strategies. You should be boosting out of every turn."

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Gallery

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Screenshots

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Japanese マリオサーキット
Mario Sākitto
Mario Circuit

Chinese (simplified) 马力欧赛道
Mǎlìōu Sàidào
Mario Speedway

Chinese (traditional) 瑪利歐賽道
Mǎlìōu Sàidào
Mario Speedway

German Marios Rennpiste
Mario's Racetrack
Italian Pista di Mario
Mario's Track
Korean 마리오 서킷
Mario Seokit
Mario Circuit

Portuguese Pista Mario
Mario Track
Spanish (NOA) Pista Mario
Pista de Mario (Mario Kart Wii)
Mario Track
Mario's Track
Spanish (NOE) Pista Mario
Mario Track

Trivia

  • In an early build of Mario Kart 64, the first rotating "Go" sign was absent, and in its place was a Nintendo sign.

References

  1. ^ Nintendo Magazine System (UK) issue 51, page 28.
  2. ^ Nintendo Magazine System (Australia) issue 49, page 40.
  3. ^ Supper Mario Broth (November 16, 2018). Supper Mario Broth Blog. Tumblr. Retrieved April 28, 2023.
  4. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/19980205065149/http://www.nintendo.com:80/n64/mario_kart64/flwrcup.html