Wii Moonview Highway
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| Appears in | Mario Kart Wii (2008) | ||||||||||
| Cup(s) | Special Cup | ||||||||||
| Online play | No longer available (Wii) | ||||||||||
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Moonview Highway is the second course of the Special Cup in Mario Kart Wii. The course takes place in and around a lit up city at night with a full moon overhead. The course seems to combine elements of previous traffic-based courses in the series, namely Toad's Turnpike from Mario Kart 64, Mushroom Bridge and Mushroom City from Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, and Shroom Ridge from Mario Kart DS, including the course taking place in a city at night like Toad's Turnpike and Mushroom City, the beginning portion taking place along a cliff like Shroom Ridge, an arched bridge and a tunnel like Mushroom Bridge, and the inclusion of the Bob-omb Cars like all of them besides Shroom Ridge.
Course layout
The course takes place in a city at night and begins in an area with cliffs and trees. The player first goes through the road of a highway with bends, cars, trucks, and Bob-omb Cars. The player can also go to some nearby cliffs, one of which has a Dash Panel ramp and Item Boxes. After a wide curve past the ramp, the paths join up near a bridge resembling Mushroom Bridge that leads into a toll booth controlled by the player's Miis. After passing the toll booth, the player can enter the city, which features some right bends. The city also has two paths with item Boxes, Dash Panels, and car obstacles.
After leaving the city area, there is a tunnel with four lanes and more Dash Panels and cars. The path in the tunnel is mostly straight, and the only obstacles are pillars that rest in the middle and cars. After exiting the tunnel, there are some Dash Panels and another toll booth, leading to the finish line.
Like in Shroom Ridge, the traffic follows the Japanese system of driving, in which vehicles drive on the left side of the road. In Mirror Mode, the cars go on the right side of the road. If the player is playing as a Mii, the face on Mario (in the moon) and Peach's face on the "The Mushroom Moon" billboard, as well as the Fire Flower on the Green Fuel billboard will have Mii faces from the player's console. At certain points in the race, if the player drives next to the wall, it will show a pattern of Shy Guy and Bowser Jr. faces.
Tournaments
April 2010's 2nd tournament required players to race through Moonview Highway, with all the vehicles going the opposing direction. Players started the race with a set of Triple Mushrooms. The tournament was later repeated as the first tournament of November 2011, the second tournament of January 2013, and the first tournament of April 2014.
Profiles
- European website bio: "Don't be distracted by the beauty of the full moon reflecting in the lake. Those on-coming headlights mean the road is chock-full of traffic that isn't going to move aside for you!"
- Trading card bio: "Obstacles are one thing, but moving obstacles provide an entirely new level of danger and challenge. And there are plenty obstacles to be found along the "Moonview Highway". But the race is on and you've got to get out there and battle the traffic as you try to be the first to the finish line!"
Sponsors
- Bullet Oil (Signs)
- Coconut Fruit (Cargo trucks)
- Factory (Cargo trucks)
- Gallery (Posters)
- Gold Star Bank (Signs)
- Green Fuel (Signs, posters)
- Moo Moo Dairy (Cargo trucks)
- Moon Bank (Posters)
- Mushroom Mart (Signs)
- The Mushroom Moon (Posters)
- Tropical Mart (Signs, cargo trucks)
Gallery
The course banner
A preview of the course
One of the first turns of the course
The bridge that leads to the city section
The tunnel filled with cars and Dash Panels
The 2nd tournament of April 2010
After the first two turns, an alternate route exists, which involves going uphill.
The sharp turn before reaching the bridge
Reaching the tollbooth to the city
The city area features some dash panels and moving item boxes.
The tollbooth, leading back to the finish line
The alternate route has a jump ramp, along with some item boxes.
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning |
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| Japanese | ムーンリッジ＆ハイウェイ Mūn Rijji ando Haiwei |
Moon Ridge & Highway |
| German | Mondblickstraße |
Moonview Street |
| Italian | Autostrada lunare |
Lunar Highway |
| Korean | 달맞이 하이웨이 Dalmaji Haiwei |
Moonview Highway |
| Spanish (NOA) | Autopista de la Luna |
Moon Highway |
| Spanish (NOE) | Circuito Luz de Luna |
Moonlight Circuit |
