Tick-Tock Clock

Tick-Tock Clock
Tick-Tock Clock in Mario Kart 8.
Information
Cup(s)	Star Cup (MKDS) Lightning Cup (MK8)
First appearance	Mario Kart DS (2005)
Appearance(s)	Mario Kart DS Mario Kart 8 Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Map(s)	DS 8 8D Regular Mirror Kiosk Demo Regular Mirror Regular Mirror

Tick-Tock Clock is the second track of the Star Cup in Mario Kart DS. It reappears as a retro track in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe as the first track of the Lightning Cup.

As the name suggests, in both games, the track is inside a clock.

Layout

Mario Kart DS

A portion of the track consists of horizontal moving gears. Driving on the part of the gear that's moving forward grants a speed boost. There are also some clocks where hands turn, clobbering any character that touches them. A giant clock in the middle has two hands. Bumping into the hands makes racers spin out. There is a pendulum that CPU racers often crash into because they don't acknowledge it.

Some parts of the track do not have railings, and heavy racers take advantage of these to knock characters off. Near the end, there are two vertical gears that boost speed if they're rotating forward.

Mission Information

• Mission 6-7: Toad must collect 40 coins.
• Mission 7-3: Donkey Kong must complete two laps in the time limit.

Mario Kart 8/Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

The course returns in Mario Kart 8. The course's graphics have vastly improved; extra clock parts have been added in the background. The Start/Finish Line is now an alarm clock.

In terms of track changes, a second pendulum has been added before the four spinning wheels. An optional gliding section was also added there, allowing racers to fly over the first wheel. Also, the clocks' hands can now be driven on, over a hole in the center of the clocks.

Shortcuts

• If the clock hands are aligned just right, one can ride up the hand itself to avoid having to around.^{✱ for MK8}

Time Trial data

Mario Kart DS

Staff Ghost

Course	Time	Player	Character	Kart
Tick-Tock Clock	1:54:903	Ninten★だい8	Daisy	Light Dancer

World Record

Course	Time	Player	Character	Kart
Tick-Tock Clock	1:29:441 (video)	MKDasher	Wario	ROB-BLS

Mario Kart 8/Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

Staff Ghosts

Game	Character	Recorder	Time	Vehicle Combination
				Body	Tires	Glider
8		Nin★Sophia	2:13.712
8 Deluxe 150cc			2:16.485
8 Deluxe 200cc		Nin★Elena	1:32.483

Trivia!

• This track is inspired by the fourteenth main level of the same name in Super Mario 64 and Super Mario 64 DS.
• In Mario Kart 8, the BG music begins with an alarm clock going off. The goal line is starting off the music due to it being an alarm clock.
• In Mario Kart 8, on top of the first pendulum, there is a star surrounded by patterns. This possibly could refer to how Tick-Tock Clock was in the Star Cup in Mario Kart DS when it first appeared.
• This stage has the 2nd most collectible coins in Mario Kart 8, with 54 physical Coins that you can collect, just behind N64 Rainbow Road, which has 62.
• In the Mario Kart 8 version, the gears move along with the music.

Gallery

Mario Kart DS

A panoramic view of the course.

R.O.B., racing on the track.

Mario driving on the clock.

An overview of the course.

Mario Kart 8/Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

The track's icon.

Baby Luigi driving across the clock.

The Stamp unlocked for beating the Staff Ghost on this course.

Inkling Girl drifting past the starting line

Music

Mario Kart 8 - Tick Tock Clock (DS) - Music

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