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A half-pipe is a section of tracks where it's possible to perform tricks on both sides of the road. They appear in Mario Kart Wii, Mario Kart Tour and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. They are usually pulsating from blue to purple. In Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, they were changed to resemble the look of Antigravity Panels, and going off of them will send you into anti-gravity mode until you get off. You can do a stunt, but you get a boost even if you don't. The best example would be the final stretch of DK Summit, which features Shy Guys performing tricks on snowboards. In these terms, "half-pipe" means "half-cylinder", which is what a half-pipe road looks like. There is only one mandatory half-pipe, in Rainbow Road. All the others are optional, but many are hard to avoid. Half-pipes are useful for prolonged boosts of speed since a racer can just drive constantly along the edge of the top without doing tricks. This can be done on GCN Waluigi Stadium.

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Waluigi on a half-pipe in GCN Waluigi Stadium

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