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{{location infobox
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|image=MK8DBerlinByways1.jpg
|image=[[File:MK8DBerlinByways1.jpg|256px]]<br>The Berlin Wall in ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]''
|caption=The Berlin Wall in ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]''
|greater_location={{wp|East Berlin}}, {{wp|East Germany}} (present day [[Berlin]], {{wp|Germany}})
|greater_location={{wp|East Berlin}}, {{wp|East Germany}} (present day [[Berlin]], {{wp|Germany}})
|first_appearance=''[[Mario is Missing!]]'' ([[List of games by date#1992|1992]])
|first_appearance=''[[Mario is Missing!]]'' ([[List of games by date#1992|1992]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'' ([[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass|Booster Course Pass]], Wave 3) (2022)
|latest_appearance=''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'' (''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass|Booster Course Pass]]'', Wave 3) (2022)
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{{quote2|The Berlin Wall was built by East Germany in 1961. The undeclared "Cold War" between Communist East Germany and democratic West Germany convinced the leaders they could no longer cooperate as one nation. East German soldiers guarded the wall to keep its citizens from escaping into West Berlin. In 1989, after 28 years, the Communist government opened the gates. The German people hated the Wall and began to tear it down. In a few months it had almost completely disappeared, but pieces of it can still be seen on the streets.|Pamphlet|''[[Mario is Missing!]]''}}
{{quote2|The Berlin Wall was built by East Germany in 1961. The undeclared "Cold War" between Communist East Germany and democratic West Germany convinced the leaders they could no longer cooperate as one nation. East German soldiers guarded the wall to keep its citizens from escaping into West Berlin. In 1989, after 28 years, the Communist government opened the gates. The German people hated the Wall and began to tear it down. In a few months it had almost completely disappeared, but pieces of it can still be seen on the streets.|Pamphlet|''[[Mario is Missing!]]''}}


The Berlin Wall is one of the landmarks of [[Berlin]] visited by [[Luigi]] in the DOS version of ''[[Mario is Missing!]]''. In a raid on the city, [[Bowser]] sends his [[Koopa Troopa]]s to steal one [[brick from the Berlin Wall]], which forces it to close down. [[Luigi]] must find and return the brick so that the Berlin Wall can reopen to tourists. However, in order to prove the brick's authenticity, he must answer the following two trivia questions:
The Berlin Wall is one of the landmarks of [[Berlin]] visited by [[Luigi]] in the DOS version of ''[[Mario is Missing!]]''. In a raid on the city, [[Bowser]] sends his [[Koopa Troopa]]s to steal one [[brick from the Berlin Wall]], which forces it to close down. [[Luigi]] must find and return the brick so that the Berlin Wall can reopen to tourists. However, in order to prove the brick's authenticity, he must answer two trivia questions with the correct answers, written here in bold:
*''When did the East Germans begin to build the Wall?''
*''When did the East Germans begin to build the Wall?''
**1961
**'''1961'''
**1700s
**1700s
**1989
**1989
*''For what reason did they build it?''
*''For what reason did they build it?''
**To keep East and West Germany separate
**'''To keep East and West Germany separate'''
**They were chilly during the Cold War
**They were chilly during the Cold War
**To hang pictures
**To hang pictures
The correct answer to the first question is "1961", while the correct answer to the second question is "To keep East and West Germany separate".


===''Mario's Time Machine''===
===''Mario's Time Machine''===
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The Berlin Wall appears in [[Tour Berlin Byways|Berlin Byways]] in ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]''. It receives most of its focus in the first layout of Berlin Byways, where [[Whomp]]s stand in holes in the wall and attempt to crush racers.
The Berlin Wall appears in [[Tour Berlin Byways|Berlin Byways]] in ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]''. It receives most of its focus in the first layout of Berlin Byways, where [[Whomp]]s stand in holes in the wall and attempt to crush racers.


Berlin Byways returns in ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'' as part of the third wave of the [[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass|Booster Course Pass]] DLC; as such, the Berlin Walland its Whomps are still present. Players drive past it during the final lap of the course.
Berlin Byways returns in ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'' as part of the third wave of the ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass|Booster Course Pass]]'' DLC; as such, the Berlin Wall and its Whomps are still present. Players drive past it during the final lap of the course.


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