SNES Mario Circuit 3: Difference between revisions

|appears_in=''[[Super Mario Kart]]'' ([[List of games by date#1992|1992]])<br>''[[Mario Kart: Super Circuit]]'' ([[List of games by date#2001|2001]])<br>''[[Mario Kart Wii]]'' ([[List of games by date#2008|2008]])<br>''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'' ([[List of games by date#2019|2019]])<br>''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'' ([[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass|Booster Course Pass]], Wave 2) (2022)

It reappears in ''[[Mario Kart: Super Circuit]]'' as the second course of the [[Classic course#Mario Kart: Super Circuit|Extra Lightning Cup]], ''[[Mario Kart Wii]]'' as the first course of the [[Lightning Cup]], ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'' starting from the [[Paris Tour (2019)|2019 Paris Tour]], and the [[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass|Booster Course Pass]] of ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'' as the second course of the [[Turnip Cup]]. Mario Circuit 3 was the first course coded into ''Super Mario Kart''.<ref>[https://tcrf.net/Development:Super_Mario_Kart#ZE2-X.scr The Cutting Room Floor]</ref> If one counts ''[[Mario Kart 8]]'' and ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe'' as the same game, Mario Circuit 3 is tied with [[SNES Rainbow Road|Rainbow Road]], also from ''Super Mario Kart'', for the most frequently appearing classic course in the series, having a total of five individual appearances.

Mario Circuit 3 is a long, almost symmetrical track with many twists and turns (even bearing a faint resemblance to both the [[wikipedia:Sepang International Circuit|Sepang International Circuit]], located in Malaysia and [[wikipedia:Circuito de Jerez|Circuito de Jerez]], located in Spain), and its obstacles include [[Warp Pipe|pipes]] and [[oil slick]]s scattered throughout the track. The course begins with the only set of [[? Panel]]s followed by a right turn and a left turn. Racers then take a gradual U-turn to the right and drive along a brief straightaway before reaching a sharp U-turn to the left. Afterwards there is another brief straightaway followed by another gradual right U-turn. There is then a right turn, a left turn, and a right turn which leads racers to the finish line shortly after. At the end of the last turn is a [[Dash Panel|dash panel]] on the right side of the track.

Mario Circuit 3 returns as the second course of the [[Turnip Cup]] in the [[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass|Booster Course Pass]] DLC for ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]''. It and {{Classic-link|SNES|Bowser Castle 3}} are the only courses from ''Super Mario Kart'' to appear in the Booster Course Pass. It is based on its appearance in ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'', though with updated graphics, with the sand becoming a dark yellow color and the background hills reverting to their more saturated, lime green color scheme from the original ''Super Mario Kart''. Floating [[Brick Block]]s, staircases, [[Warp Pipe|pipe]]s with [[Piranha Plant]]s, and flagpoles have been added in the background as decoration, and [[Toad (species)|Toad]]s and [[Shy Guy]]s have been added as spectators. [[Traffic cone]]s also now appear in front of the oil slicks. The music is slightly rearranged, with the drum-line being dramatically altered, but retains its SNES-styled sound. Due to the lighting on the course, some vehicles appear golden.<ref>[https://twitter.com/BearUNLV/status/1557749333495164930 Gold vehicles]</ref>

MKT Mario Circuit 3T Scene.jpg|View of the Trick version

MKT Safety Glider.jpg|[[Builder Mario]] gliding on the Reverse/Trick variant

MKT Mario Circuit 3RT View.png|View of the entirety of the course on its Reverse/Trick variant

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