 This article is about the GBA variation. For a list of articles with the same name, see Rainbow Road. |
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Rainbow Road is the final track in Mario Kart: Super Circuit (at least for the Super Circuit tracks), being the last track in the Special Cup. As with its fellow Rainbow Roads, it is the final track of its game.
This Rainbow Road iteration features quite a simple layout, but it is notorious for having jump pads on the sides of the track which can either be very useful or very annoying.
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Rainbow Road's colorful demeanor hides the course's difficulty--the yellow edges bordering most of the track, seemingly walls, are actually jump pads which bounce any racer that touches them into the air. In the very beginning, Stars drop from clouds above, spinning out any racer on contact. Towards the end, there are many inconveniently placed boost pads as well; these boost pads usually point straight towards a jump pad in a direction that causes unsuspecting drivers to fall off. There is also a shortcut, where instead of following the main road, one can use the edge to bounce onto a very thin piece of track that is covered with boost pads. Along the last stretch of track, there are lightning clouds that can shock and shrink you down upon impact, exactly like the Lightning Item. After several jumps with boost pads and jump pads, the lap ends with a turn to the right, which has a lot of boost pads on the right side. Many people want this Rainbow Road track to return in the next main game in the Mario Kart series, most likely because of its jump pads. This Rainbow Road track has not appeared in a recent Mario Kart game yet.
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Toad shocked by a Lightning Cloud on Rainbow Road
Although the jump pads are extremely unsafe, they have been the epitome of many insane shortcuts--any racer, with just a single Mushroom, can bounce from pad to pad and cut through half the course in seconds. This, however, requires extreme precision and is very difficult to pull off as a result, and the reliance on a Mushroom makes it unconventional to do in normal play. The technique sees widespread use in Time Trial mode in world record attempts, but usually takes hours of practice due to the technical precision required to perform the jumps.
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- In the background you can see Bowser's Castle with Peach's Castle above. This is a reference to Paper Mario.
- This version of Rainbow Road is one of two tracks from Mario Kart: Super Circuit that has never reappeared in a later game, the other being Broken Pier. Its theme is the only track theme in the game that has never received a new arrangement.
- This is the first Rainbow Road to have Planet Earth visible in the background. This is followed up by Rainbow Road in Mario Kart Wii, and Rainbow Road in Mario Kart 8.
- This and Broken Pier are the only two tracks in Mario Kart: Super Circuit that have yet to make a retro appearance.
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