Mario Circuit is the first course of the Flower Cup in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. This Mario Circuit's layout is designed after the Möbius strip (a closed surface consisting of only one side) to make full use of the new anti-gravity aspect of the game.
The Staff Ghost kart setup is Mario driving the Standard Kart with Standard Wheels and the Super Glider.
Layout[]
The track follows a single path that twists around near the beginning. The track remains fairly simple regarding design. Players start on the straightaway, and shortly after, there is a turn to the left; a white bridge which starts the anti-gravity section must be crossed first.
The track then turns to the right shortly after and starts racing underneath the finish line. After a left turn, the racers cross the white bridge again, which twists the track back to normal and after another right corner, the racers approach a gliding ramp and Goomba Towers before the finish line.
Mario Circuit was formerly a battle stage in the original Mario Kart 8, but was removed in the Deluxe version.
Trivia[]
- This track is one of the three courses in Mario Kart 8 where the starting banner can be interacted through gliding, the other two being DS Wario Stadium and 3DS Neo Bowser City.
- This is one of six courses in Mario Kart 8 where at least one anti-gravity zone doesn't end with a trick ramp or glider ramp, the others being Water Park, Twisted Mansion, Rainbow Road, N64 Rainbow Road, and Wii Wario's Gold Mine.
- This track has the second lowest obtainable coin count in the game, but has the lowest coin count of any base course, with there being only 22 collectible coins on the stage.
- A beta version of this track called Test exists in Mario Kart 8.
- This course is designed after the Möbius Strip, a mathematical topology consisting of a single side in a closed loop surface. In a Möbius Strip, if an object travels along the length of the loop, it would traverse both sides of the strip without even crossing an edge.
- In-game, the racers similarly travel along the circuit as an object travels along the Möbius Strip.
- This is the third course to be in the shape of the number 8, with the first being Toad's Turnpike and the second being Figure-8 Circuit. In Mario Circuit's instance, the 8 refers to Mario Kart 8 being the eighth main installment of the Mario Kart series.
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