Lakeside Park

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Lakeside Park (レイクサイドパーク) is the first track of the Special Cup in Mario Kart: Super Circuit. This track makes a retro appearance in Mario Kart Tour as of the Sunshine Tour.

Lakeside Park is the sequel to Riverside Park, and although the two are very alike in name and in theme, Lakeside Park can be a little more difficult because of the erupting volcanoes.

Layout[]

Mario Kart: Super Circuit[]

Lakeside Park obviously takes place around the side of a lake, similarly to Riverside Park from the same game. The track starts with a small straightaway, followed by a few turns. After a softer U-turn, the track leads into a jump. Devilishly, before the jump, jump pads are on the right side of the track, and incautious racers may use them and end up losing a lot of time. After the jump, another turn, plus a U-turn, and a left turn, there is a Dash Panel and another misleading jump pad on the right side, leading back into the 270 degree turn. On the second lap and onwards, the volcano in the background erupts, shooting Lava Boulders that can make racers spin out on contact. The track's devilish jump pads, the volcanic boulders, and the many dash panels in the last section of the track make Lakeside Park quite difficult, and it deserves to be in Super Circuit's Special Cup. Also, the sky starts to darken.

Mario Kart Tour[]

Lakeside Park returned in Mario Kart Tour as part of the Sunshine Tour. It is the last GBA course, and last retro course, to be introduced in this game. As with many returning GBA tracks from this game, Lakeside Park's layout has need slightly adjusted to remove several sharp turns due to the game's turning physics. The track has received updated graphics and features different terrain heights. After a number of seconds during the race, the sky starts to darken and the volcano erupts, where much larger Lava Boulders are shot onto the track which flip racers over if they get hit by them. When they touch the ground, however, they bounce into the lake and they leave a hole behind, with the outsides being a good tricking spot.

Shortcuts[]

In terms of shortcuts, the best ones on this track revolve around glitches.

Past the third turn, using a mushroom to shoot across the water towards the other side of the track will cause you to respawn there. This saves roughly 5 seconds.^{✱ for MKSC}
The second shortcut comes during the large ramp jump. After boosting off of the Dash Panels and taking the jump, target yourself towards the right side of the track. If you bounce off the boost ramp, you can land in front of the finish line. This saves about 4 seconds.^{✱ for MKSC}

Other shortcuts can be done by cutting corners using a mushroom over grass, but they do not save much time, and will not take as much practice as the glitch shortcuts.

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Trivia![]

Lava Boulders first appeared in Mario Party for the Nintendo 64, where they were originally and un-creatively called Volcanic Debris.
The longest time in between versions of a track is held by this course, with the Tour version releasing 22 years after the track's debut in Super Circuit.
This and Sunset Wilds are the only tracks in the entire Mario Kart series where the time of day changes during the race.
Unlike other courses in the series that share similar themes with another course in the same game (such as DK Mountain and Dino Dino Jungle in Mario Kart: Double Dash!!), this course does not share the same music as Riverside Park.
- However, this course's song is a remix of Riverside Park's and shares the same instrument bank in the files.

Previous track: Bowser Castle 3	Current track: Lakeside Park	Next track: Broken Pier

Previous track: Piranha Plant Pipeline	1st reappearance: Mario Kart Tour	Next track: Squeaky Clean Sprint

Mario Kart: Super Circuit courses
Nitro cups	Mushroom Cup	Peach Circuit • Shy Guy Beach • Riverside Park • Bowser Castle 1
	Flower Cup	Mario Circuit • Boo Lake • Cheese Land • Bowser Castle 2
	Lightning Cup	Luigi Circuit • Sky Garden • Cheep-Cheep Island • Sunset Wilds
	Star Cup	Snow Land • Ribbon Road • Yoshi Desert • Bowser Castle 3
	Special Cup	Lakeside Park • Broken Pier • Bowser Castle 4 • Rainbow Road
Extra cups	Extra Mushroom Cup	SNES Mario Circuit 1 • SNES Donut Plains 1 • SNES Ghost Valley 1 • SNES Bowser Castle 1
	Extra Flower Cup	SNES Mario Circuit 2 • SNES Choco Island 1 • SNES Ghost Valley 2 • SNES Donut Plains 2
	Extra Lightning Cup	SNES Bowser Castle 2 • SNES Mario Circuit 3 • SNES Koopa Beach 1 • SNES Choco Island 2
	Extra Star Cup	SNES Vanilla Lake 1 • SNES Bowser Castle 3 • SNES Mario Circuit 4 • SNES Donut Plains 3
	Extra Special Cup	SNES Koopa Beach 2 • SNES Ghost Valley 3 • SNES Vanilla Lake 2 • SNES Rainbow Road
Battle Courses		Battle Course 1 • Battle Course 2 • Battle Course 3 • Battle Course 4

Mario Kart Tour courses
SNES Courses	SNES Mario Circuit 1 • SNES Rainbow Road • SNES Mario Circuit 2 • SNES Choco Island 2 • SNES Ghost Valley 1 • SNES Mario Circuit 3 • SNES Vanilla Lake 1 • SNES Donut Plains 1 • SNES Choco Island 1 • SNES Koopa Troopa Beach 2 • SNES Donut Plains 2 • SNES Vanilla Lake 2 • SNES Ghost Valley 2 • SNES Donut Plains 3 • SNES Bowser Castle 3
N64 Courses	N64 Koopa Troopa Beach • N64 Kalimari Desert • N64 Frappe Snowland • N64 Royal Raceway • N64 Choco Mountain • N64 Yoshi Valley • N64 Luigi Raceway • N64 Mario Raceway
GBA Courses	GBA Bowser's Castle 1 • GBA Bowser's Castle 2 • GBA Sunset Wilds • GBA Cheep Cheep Island • GBA Sky Garden • GBA Bowser's Castle 3 • GBA Boo Lake • GBA Riverside Park • GBA Snow Land • GBA Yoshi Desert • GBA Bowser's Castle 4 • GBA Peach Circuit • GBA Luigi Circuit • GBA Lakeside Park
GCN Courses	GCN Dino Dino Jungle • GCN Yoshi Circuit • GCN Baby Park • GCN Daisy Cruiser • GCN DK Mountain • GCN Mushroom Bridge • GCN Waluigi Stadium
DS Courses	DS Luigi's Mansion • DS Waluigi Pinball • DS DK Pass • DS Airship Fortress • DS Peach Gardens • DS Shroom Ridge • DS Mario Circuit
Wii Courses	Wii Maple Treeway • Wii DK Summit • Wii Mushroom Gorge • Wii Coconut Mall • Wii Koopa Cape • Wii Rainbow Road • Wii Dry Dry Ruins • Wii Daisy Circuit • Wii Moonview Highway
3DS Courses	3DS Toad Circuit • 3DS Cheep Cheep Lagoon • 3DS Rock Rock Mountain • 3DS Daisy Hills • 3DS Shy Guy Bazaar • 3DS Mario Circuit • 3DS Neo Bowser City • 3DS Rainbow Road • 3DS Rosalina's Ice World • 3DS Wario Shipyard • 3DS Bowser's Castle • 3DS Piranha Plant Slide
City Courses	New York Minute (1, 2, 3, 4) • Tokyo Blur (1, 2, 3, 4) • Paris Promenade (1, 2, 3) • London Loop (1, 2, 3) • Vancouver Velocity(1,2,3) • Los Angeles Laps(1, 2, 3) • Berlin Byways(1, 2, 3) • Sydney Sprint(1, 2, 3) • Singapore Speedway(1, 2, 3) • Amsterdam Drift(1, 2, 3) • Bangkok Rush(1, 2, 3) • Athens Dash(1, 2, 3) • Rome Avanti(1, 2, 3) • Madrid Drive(1, 2, 3)
Nitro Courses	Merry Mountain • Ninja Hideaway • Sky-High Sundae • Piranha Plant Cove(1, 2, 3) • Yoshi's Island • Piranha Plant Pipeline • Squeaky Clean Sprint
Sequel Courses	N64 Kalimari Desert 2
RMX Courses	RMX Mario Circuit 1 • RMX Choco Island 1 • RMX Rainbow Road 1 • RMX Rainbow Road 2 • RMX Choco Island 2 • RMX Vanilla Lake 1 • RMX Ghost Valley 1 • RMX Bowser's Castle 1 • RMX Donut Plains 1 • RMX Vanilla Lake 2
Battle Courses	GCN Cookie Land • GBA Battle Course 1 • DS Twilight House • New York Minute B • Paris Promenade B