Mario Circuit (GCN)

This article is about the GCN variation. For a list of articles with the same name, see Mario Circuit.

Mario Circuit
The track's icon in Mario Kart: Double Dash!!
Information
Cup(s)	Flower Cup Leaf Cup
First appearance	Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (2003)
Appearance(s)	Mario Kart: Double Dash!! Mario Kart DS (beta only) Mario Kart Wii
Map(s)	DD Wii Regular Mirror Regular Mirror

Mario Circuit is the second track of the Flower Cup in Mario Kart: Double Dash!!. This track makes a retro appearance in Mario Kart Wii as the last track of the Leaf Cup. This is one of many Mario Circuits in the Mario Kart series and it's the sequel to Luigi Circuit.

This Mario Circuit iteration is quite exciting as it features Chain Chomps, Piranha Plants and Goombas. Starting with this one, Peach's Castle can be seen, although racers don't go inside it. Also, there is a tunnel and a sandy road.

Layout

Mario Kart: Double Dash!!

Mario Circuit features a gray road with many grass sections and hills. On the left of the Start/Finish Line, Peach's Castle can be seen. There is also a curve where five large letters stand out on a hill which spell Mario's name. This track has several hazards: The Chain Chomp which tries to launch at racers to flip them over, Piranha Plants that lunge out at racers if they drive near, as well as Goombas that patrol the sandy hills area. In multiplayer mode, the first set of Piranha plants are gone.

Racers start on a road with Peach's Castle to their left. The track starts off with a straightaway until a wide left 135-degree turn, where five large letters that spell "MARIO" can be seen on a hill. A sharp right u-turn follows, and next is an even wider left turn, which is home to the Chain Chomp. A soft zigzag section leads racers to the tunnel, and again it is also in the shape of a soft zigzag. As racers exit the tunnel they approach a short bridge that goes over a river.

This leads racers to a sandy road, which is filled with Goombas. A wide left u-turn follows after a straightaway, and then there is a right 90-degree turn. After a short straightaway, a short soft zigzag comes by, and the sandy section concludes with a left turn. Racers go straight through the second bridge that is in the style of a ramp which goes over the same river, and the Finish Line is just a straightaway left.

Mario Kart Wii

Bowser Jr. racing in the Wii version of Mario Circuit.

This track appears as the final retro course of the Leaf Cup in Mario Kart Wii with little change. The graphics are improved and you can now perform Tricks off of the bumps in the Goomba area and on the bridge/ramp right before the Finish Line.

Staff Ghosts

Mario Kart: Double Dash!!

• Mario and Luigi in the Red Fire with a time of 01:41.384

Mario Kart Wii

Character	Recorder	Time	Kart	Wii Wheel?
	Normal
	Nin★Miz	01:59.771		Yes
	Expert
	Nin★Dai8	01:49.939		No

Trivia!

• This is the first Mario Circuit to take place around Peach's castle. All Mario Circuits in later games would take place on the castle grounds as well.
• It is the first Mario-themed track to feature a Chain Chomp.
• This Mario Circuit was originally going to be in Mario Kart DS, but was replaced by Mushroom Bridge probably either in honor of the New Mario Circuit or to avoid using all three GCN circuit courses as retro courses at once, so it was put in Mario Kart Wii instead.
• This was originally the first track in the Mushroom Cup in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (as seen in the Multi-Game Demo Disc Demo), but was changed to Luigi Circuit for unknown reasons.

Gallery

The track's logo in Mario Kart: Double Dash!!.

Birdo and King Boo at the track.

At the sand section, passing near a Goomba.

A top-down view of the track.

A top-down view of the track in Mirror Mode.

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