N64 Toad's Turnpike: Difference between revisions

{{race course infobox

|title=Toad's Turnpike

|appears_in=''[[Mario Kart 64]]'' ([[List of games by date#1996|1996]])<br>''[[Mario Kart 8]]'' ([[List of games by date#2014|2014]]) <br> ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'' ([[List of games by date#2017|2017]])

|cups=[[Flower Cup]] (''64'')<br>[[Shell Cup]] (''8'', ''8 Deluxe'')<br>[[Battle Mode]] (''8'')

|distance=1036m

|sample=''Mario Kart 64'': Kenta Nagata<br>[[File:MK64-Music-Toad'sTurnpike.oga]]<br>''Mario Kart 8'' / ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe'': Yasuaki Iwata<br>[[File:MK8-Music-N64-ToadsTurnpike.oga]]<br>''Mario Kart 8'' / ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe'' (frontrunning)<br>[[File:WiiU_N64_ToadsTurnpike_Frontrunning.oga]]

|map=''Mario Kart 64''<br>[[File:MK64 Toad's Turnpike map.jpg|100x100px]][[File:MK64 Toad's Turnpike minimap.png]]<br>

|ghost={{ghost|8|Nin★Alice|2:08.059|[[File:MK8 Toad Icon.png|32px|link=Toad]][[File:StandardBikeBodyMK8 Toad.png|32px|link=Standard Bike]][[File:StandardTiresMK8.png|32px|link=Standard (tire)]][[File:ParachuteGliderMK8.png|32px|link=Parachute (glider)]]}}{{ghost|8DX <small>150cc</small>|Nin★Alice|2:08.966|[[File:MK8 Toad Icon.png|32px|link=Toad]][[File:StandardBikeBodyMK8 Toad.png|32px|link=Standard Bike]][[File:StandardTiresMK8.png|32px|link=Standard (tire)]][[File:ParachuteGliderMK8.png|32px|link=Parachute (glider)]]}}{{ghost|8DX <small>200cc</small>|Nin★Rie|1:21.156|[[File:MK8 Toadette Icon.png|32px|link=Toadette]][[File:SportsCoupeMK8.png|32px|link=Sports Coupe]][[File:SlickTiresMK8.png|32px|link=Slick]][[File:MK8ThumbToadetteSG.png|32px|link=Super Glider]]}}

}}

Toad's Turnpike reappears as a [[classic course]] in ''[[Mario Kart 8]]'' and ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'' as the fourth and last course of the [[Shell Cup]]. The ''Mario Kart 8'' version of the course now takes place at Toad City and features a {{wp|turnpike}} service area at the [[Finish line (object)|finish line]], making the course more accurate to its English and Dutch names.

==''Mario Kart 8'' / ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe''==

Toad's Turnpike makes its classic course debut in ''[[Mario Kart 8]]'' and ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'' as the fourth and final course of the [[Shell Cup]]. The course now takes place in '''Toad City''', as seen on some cars<ref>{{media link|MK8-ToadCitySightseeing.png|A ''Toad City Sightseeing'' bus in Toad's Turnpike}}</ref> and signs in the course. Many of the billboards of Toad himself have been removed and replaced with traffic signs based on traffic signs in Japan, including a Mushroom sign reading "NO LIMITS", and advertising billboards, a notable one being for a highway information radio station on the frequency of 64MHz, which is a reference to the course's origins. A service plaza has been added at the start-finish line, giving the English name more significance, and, similar to [[Mushroom City]] from ''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!'', the starting banner now resembles an {{wp|variable-message sign|electronic message sign}} (or "matrix sign"). The sky is also now completely dark and fairly cloudy, unlike that of the original.

Although the basic figure-8 shape remains, there are some layout changes. The track in general is much shorter and the roads are wider compared to the original. Some of the walls are now anti-gravity sections with [[Dash Panel]]s, which help avoid the traffic, but the route is slower. Furthermore, the start-finish line is now on the bridge over the middle of the loop, while the merging starting area has been removed. Players can use a [[Glide Ramp]] to fly over this part of the track, but falling onto the bridge requires the player to be rescued by Lakitu.

Item boxes, as well as coins, now move along the road, while the item boxes in the openings of the track are replaced with coins. The yellow school buses are now replaced by different colored transportation buses while the light blue tank trucks are gone. A few traffic helicopters are added, and the cars take a more realistic appearance, with some cars in different color schemes based on Toyota Comfort taxis, popular in Japan, and the vehicles being scaled down to a size more proportionate to the racers. The empty [[Dash panel ramp truck|auto carrier trucks]] have Glide Ramps, and the pink pickup [[truck]]s have a surfboard which serves as a simple ramp. Vehicles in the left lane change lanes on every other lap of the course they complete, driving in the far left lane until the highway merges from three lanes into two; they indicate that they are changing lanes via orange turn-signal lights. Like in the original, the vehicles tumble over any racers that drive into them, but a [[Super Star]] launches them into the air and renders them harmless. Vehicles will also not tumble over any racers that are either driving too slowly or actively using a [[Boo]].

|Dut=Toads Tolweg

|DutM=Toad's Turnpike

|Ger=Toads Autobahn

|GerM=Toad's Highway

*During the ending credits in ''Mario Kart 64'', the fences around the road and the vehicles are noticeably missing.

*CPU drivers in ''Mario Kart 64'' never drive on the side of the road that contains item boxes.

==References==