Editing DS Mario Circuit

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{{about|the race course from ''[[Mario Kart DS]]''|other race tracks with similar names|[[Mario Circuit]]}}
{{distinguish|3DS Mario Circuit}}
{{race course infobox
|title=Mario Circuit
|image={{tabber|title1=''Mario Kart DS''|content1=[[File:MKDS Mario Circuit DS Intro.png|250px]]|title2=''Mario Kart Tour''|content2=[[File:MKT DS Mario Circuit Scene.jpg|250px]]|title3=''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe''|content3=[[File:MK8-Course-DS MarioCircuit.jpg|250px]]}}
|appears_in=''[[Mario Kart DS]]'' ([[List of games by date#2005|2005]])<br>''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'' (2023)<br>''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'' (''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass|Booster Course Pass]]'', Wave 4) (2023)
|cups=[[Star Cup]] (''DS'')<br>[[Boomerang Cup]] (''8 Deluxe'')
|tours=[[Mario Tour (2023)]]<br>[[Mario vs. Luigi Tour (2023)]]
|online_play=No longer available ([[Nintendo DS|DS]])<br>Available ([[Nintendo Switch|Switch]])
|sample=''Mario Kart DS''<br>[[File:MKDS-Music-CircuitTheme.oga]]<br>''Mario Kart Tour''<br>[[File:MKT DS Mario Circuit Theme.oga]]<br>''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe''<br>[[File:Switch DS MarioCircuit BCP.oga]]<br>''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe'' (frontrunning)<br>[[File:Switch DS MarioCircuit Frontrunning BCP.oga]]
|map=''Mario Kart DS''<br>[[File:MKDS Mario Circuit DS Map.png|140px]]<br>[[File:MKDS Mario Circuit DS layout.png]]<br>''Mario Kart Tour''<br>[[File:MKT Map MarioCircuitDS.png|140px]]<br>''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe''<br>[[File:MK8DX DS Mario Circuit Map.png|140px]]
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}}
'''Mario Circuit''' is the third race course of the [[Star Cup]] in ''[[Mario Kart DS]]''. In the course, enemies appear acting as obstacles: [[Goomba]]s appear crossing the road to and from the sides. By shooting a [[Green Shell]] or [[Red Shell]] at them, or using a [[Super Star|Star]], Mushrooms spawn from the Goombas. A pair of [[Fire Piranha Plant]]s spit [[fireball]]s onto the course. Players will spin out of control when touching one. Regular [[Piranha Plant]]s, as seen in ''[[Mario Kart 64]]'', are also present. This track shares its music and Grand Prix introduction fanfare with [[Figure-8 Circuit]], as well as sharing the latter with [[DS Waluigi Pinball|Waluigi Pinball]] and {{classic-link|GCN|Luigi Circuit}}.

This is the first Mario Circuit to appear in the Star Cup since [[Mario Circuit 4]] in ''[[Super Mario Kart]]'', and is also the only [[New course|nitro]] Mario Circuit to be the third course of a cup.

Mario Circuit reappears in ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'' starting with the [[Mario Tour (2023)|2023 Mario Tour]], and in ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass]]'' as the second course of the [[Boomerang Cup]].

==''Mario Kart DS''==
===Course layout===
Characters start out the race near a lake surrounding [[Peach's Castle]]. After going through the first corner, Goombas wandering on the middle of the track will try to block the racers' path. After passing by these enemies, characters run along a piece of the lake. Due to that part having no fence, players can fall off into water. Continuing the path, two Fire Piranha Plants located in a S bend will spit fireballs to the course that will cause drivers to spin out on impact. Going through a Warp Pipe-modeled tunnel, the players reach a dirt road after taking a tight turn. The track's dirt section can cause some karts to go off of course, especially on corners. Crossing over the Pipe tunnel, the racers go down on a curly track with Piranha Plants. Past this, characters then continue running over concrete road. After taking a tight S turn, players cross the checked line.

===Shortcuts===
One can use a [[Dash Mushroom|Mushroom]] and go behind one of the Fire Piranha Plants to cut off a turn.

===Missions===
There are two [[Mario Kart DS#Missions|missions]] that take place on Mario Circuit:
*'''Mission 5-8''': The player controls [[Luigi]], who must beat [[Mario]] in a single-lap race. During this mission, there are many more [[Goomba]]s and [[Piranha Plant]]s. Each [[Item Box]] contains a Star, Mushroom, or Triple Mushrooms.
*'''Mission 7-4''': The player controls [[Toad]], who must use [[Green Shell]]s and [[Triple Green Shells]] to take out all 30 Goombas within 120 seconds.

==''Mario Kart Tour''==
This version of Mario Circuit makes its [[classic course]] debut in ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'' starting from the [[Mario Tour (2023)|2023 Mario Tour]], being announced one day after its announcement for ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe''. It was the final DS course added to the game, and the only DS course to make its classic course debut in ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]''. This is the first [[Mario Circuit]] course to be added in ''Mario Kart Tour'' since [[RMX Mario Circuit 1]] in the [[Mario Bros. Tour]] seventy-nine tours prior, and is the second Mario Circuit in the game to not be, or be based on, a SNES iteration, after [[3DS Mario Circuit]], which was added ninety tours prior in the [[Tokyo Tour]]. The music arrangement is slightly different to how it sounded in ''[[Mario Kart DS]]'', which makes this course the only classic course in ''Mario Kart Tour'' to receive a new arrangement for its music that is not from ''[[Mario Kart: Super Circuit]]''; however, unlike most of the GBA arrangements, the theme retains most of its instrumentation.

The course has received many visual improvements since its appearance in ''Mario Kart DS'', as well as many changes in the course. While it is mostly faithful to the layout of the original, the course is not remade in a 1:1 scale - most notably, the section after the pipe tunnel has been made far larger than its DS counterpart, and the straightaway housing the starting line is now slightly angled. The lake containing Peach's Castle, that now has the same design as in the ''Mario Kart Tour'' iteration of 3DS Mario Circuit, is noticeably smaller and now resembles a simple moat, and the roads on either side are much closer together as a consequence of this. There is now off-road between the main track and the lake. The section after the Fire Piranha Plants has now been changed into a brief forest section, and a ramp has been added at the end of the section. The wavy dirt turns alongside Peach's Castle have been changed to a more elongated S-turn, and they curve to the right first as well. More elevation has been added to the course, which is mostly noticeable with the S-turn at the end.  The dirt path continues for a bit longer into the track than in ''Mario Kart DS''. The starting banner is now designed with Mario's hat atop and features the modern ''Mario Kart'' logo. 

The course also appears as '''Mario Circuit R''' (reversed), '''Mario Circuit T''' (with ramps), and '''Mario Circuit R/T''' (reversed with ramps). In the R variant, several small pipes appear along the track as ramps. In the T variant, one of the [[Fire Piranha Plant]]s is gone, and there is a [[Glide Ramp|glide ramp]] at the end of the forest section. In the R/T variant, both Fire Piranha Plants are gone, and there are instead normal [[Piranha Plant]]s. There is also a glide ramp towards the end of the track.

The internal name for the course's skybox refers to a course labeled "N64mr", corresponding to [[N64 Mario Raceway]]; this predated any official announcement of N64 Mario Raceway being added to ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]''. However, the two courses seemingly use two separate skyboxes.

===Appearances===
For this course's tour appearances, see [[List of DS Mario Circuit tour appearances in Mario Kart Tour|List of DS Mario Circuit tour appearances in ''Mario Kart Tour'']].
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===Top-tier and middle-tier items===
{{MKT favored table|DS|Mario Circuit}}

===Bonus challenges===
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{{MKT bonus challenge table|Steer Clear of Obstacles|DS Mario Circuit}}
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==''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe''==
[[File:MK8D DS Mario Circuit Scene.jpg|250px|thumb|The course in ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe'']]
This version of Mario Circuit returns in ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'' as part of Wave 4 of the ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass|Booster Course Pass]]''. It appears as the second course of the [[Boomerang Cup]]. It is the second [[Mario Circuit]] course in the pass, after {{classic-link|SNES|Mario Circuit 3}}, and the third circuit course in the pass overall, after {{classic-link|3DS|Toad Circuit}} and {{classic|SNES|Mario Circuit 3}}. Despite first being announced for ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe'' a day before its ''Mario Kart Tour'' announcement, it would debut in ''Mario Kart Tour'' before the release of Wave 4, giving this course the distinction of having the shortest gap between classic course appearances, with only a 19-hour gap; beating the previous course with this distinction, {{classic-link|DS|Peach Gardens}}, by six days. Mario Circuit's inclusion in Wave 4 coincides with the wave's release date being near [[Mario Day]]. Due to time zones, in some regions, it is the only retro course in the series to reappear in multiple games in one day.<ref>(March 7, 2023). [https://youtu.be/l9L6ftPBxGM]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved March 8,2023. </ref>

The course uses its appearance from ''Mario Kart Tour'', with major visual upgrades. A [[Wiggler]] has been added to the forest section of the course - it sleeps for approximately one minute and 27 seconds before waking up and beginning to move, meaning racers are most likely to encounter it on the final lap (it can be encountered on the second lap if the 50cc class is selected, or not at all in 200cc). It walks down to where the first turn of the forest section begins, loops around in the offroad, and continues back before eventually leaving the course entirely. The forest section of the course also now has much darker grass. A set of Item Boxes outside Peach's Castle has been moved. There are less flowers outside of Peach's Castle compared to its ''Mario Kart Tour'' iteration. The spiral design on the trees' trunks has been removed. The yellow pipe after the first turn has been removed and the yellow and blue pipes near the S-turn have been made smaller to extend a fence. The minimap has been rotated by 90 degrees counterclockwise. This course is one of three in the Booster Course Pass to not have its minimap rotated so that drivers start facing straight up on it, the other two being {{classic-link|DS|Shroom Ridge}} and {{classic-link|Wii|DK Summit}}.

Internally, Mario Circuit is referred to as "Cnsw_43", implying it may have originally been intended to be the third course of the [[Fruit Cup]].

In descriptions given by [[Nintendo]] for all of the Wave 4 courses, this course was mistakenly described with elements from [[3DS Mario Circuit|Mario Circuit]] from ''[[Mario Kart 7]]'', with the course being said to have "blossoming trees" (referring to the cherry blossoms in that course) and taking racers through a winding path into Peach's Castle. The course does not feature a route with "blossoming trees" or a route inside Peach's Castle; instead, a fence is present in front of the castle entrance, the castle doors are shut, and the castle bridge only comes up to the offroad.<ref>https://www.polygon.com/23621879/mario-kart-8-deluxe-switch-booster-course-dlc-4-release-date</ref>

==Profiles==
===''Mario Kart DS''===
*'''European website bio:''' "''Constructed in the grounds of Princess Peach's famous castle, Mario Circuit is where red-capped plumbers feel most at home. Negotiate the snaking turns while avoiding waddling Goombas, bouncing flames and snapping Piranha Plants, and you might just make it to Peach's place in time for tea.''"

===''Mario Kart Tour''===
*'''''Mario Kart Tour'' Twitter:''' "''The Doctor Tour is wrapping up in #MarioKartTour. Next up is the Mario Tour featuring the course DS Mario Circuit, where Goombas and Piranha Plants will try to block your path!''"<ref>@mariokarttour (March 3, 2023). [https://mobile.twitter.com/mariokarttourEN/status/1631534873759424512 "''The Doctor Tour is wrapping up in #MarioKartTour. Next up is the Mario Tour featuring the course DS Mario Circuit, where Goombas and Piranha Plants will try to block your path!''"] ''Twitter''. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
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===''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe''===
*'''Nintendo Switch News app (US)''':
**''This course first appeared in the Mario Kart DS game.''
**''Ah, Peach's castle is always a comforting sight. Just remember to dodge the Goombas and Fire Piranha Plants.''
**''The turns in this course are just aching to be drifted on. With proper timing, drifting can boost your chances of winning! (Literally!)''
*'''Nintendo Switch News app (UK):''' '''''Hone your defensive driving in Mario Circuit!'''''<br>''Veterans of the Mario Kart series might remember this course from its debut in Mario Kart DS. At first glance the track around Peach's Castle seems pretty peaceful, but you'll have to evade wandering Goombas and attacks from Fire Piranha Plants as you drive around it. As if that weren't enough, there are plenty of tricky corners. If you can master pulling off Mini-Turbos from drifts, they'll definitely help pave your road to victory!''

==Sponsors==
===''Mario Kart DS''===
*[[List of sponsors debuting in Mario Kart: Double Dash!!#Mario Kart (Nintendo-style banner)|Mario Kart]] (Trackside banners, banners)
*[[List of sponsors debuting in Mario Kart: Double Dash!!#Shoot!!|Shoot!!]] (Trackside banners)
*[[List of sponsors debuting in Mario Kart: Double Dash!!#Super Mario|Super Mario]] (Trackside banners)
*[[List of sponsors debuting in Mario Kart: Double Dash!!#Super Star!|Super Star!]] (Trackside banners)

===''Mario Kart Tour'' / ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe''===
{|
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*[[List of sponsors debuting in Mario Kart Tour#King Donkey Kong|King Donkey Kong]] (Standings board)
*[[List of sponsors debuting in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe#Lord Bowser|Lord Bowser]] (Standings board)
*[[List of sponsors debuting in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe#Luigi Gusters|Luigi Gusters]] (Standings board)
*[[List of sponsors debuting in Mario Kart Arcade GP and Mario Kart Arcade GP 2#Mario Motors|Mario Motors]] (Trackside banners)
*[[List of sponsors debuting in Mario Kart: Double Dash!!#Mario Racing|Mario Racing]] (Poster)
*[[List of sponsors debuting in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe#Mario Super Motor Team|Mario Super Motor Team]] (Standings board)
*[[List of sponsors debuting in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe#Mario Work Gear|Mario Work Gear]] (Trackside banners, signs)
|
*[[Nintendo]] (Standings board)
*[[List of sponsors debuting in Mario Kart Tour#Princess Daisy|Princess Daisy]] (Standings board)
*[[List of sponsors debuting in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe#Princess Peach|Princess Peach]] (Standings board)
*[[List of sponsors debuting in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe#Propeller Toad Transport|Propeller Toad Transport]] (Trackside banners)
*[[List of sponsors debuting in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe#Toad Mushroom Powered|Toad Mushroom Powered]] (Standings board)
*[[List of sponsors debuting in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe#Toad Polar Expedition 2014-2015|Toad Polar Expedition 2014-2015]] (Trackside banners)
*[[List of sponsors debuting in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe#Yoshi Runners|Yoshi Runners]] (Standings board)
|}

==Gallery==
===''Mario Kart DS''===
<gallery widths=150px>
MKDS Mario Circuit Course Icon.png|The course icon
MKDSMarioCircuitStart.png|The start of a race
MKDSMarioCircuit.png|[[Luigi]] racing on the course
MKDSMarioCircuitFPP.png|A [[Fire Piranha Plant]] spitting a fireball
MKDSMarioCircuitTunnel.png|The tunnel
MKDSMarioCircuitCastle.png|The dirt road next to [[Peach's Castle]]
</gallery>

===''Mario Kart Tour''===
====Course icons====
<gallery>
MKT Icon MarioCircuitDS MarioSamurai.png||The course icon
MKT Icon MarioCircuitRDS WhiteTanookiMario.png|The course icon of the R variant
MKT Icon MarioCircuitTDS DaisyFarmer.png|The course icon of the T variant
MKT Icon MarioCircuitRTDS CatMario.png|The course icon of the R/T variant
</gallery>

====Screenshots====
<gallery>
MKT DS Mario Circuit Scene 2.jpg|View of the area with the [[Fire Piranha Plant]]s
MKT DS Mario Circuit View.jpg|The course's starting line
MKT DS Mario Circuit Start Line & Castle.jpg|View of the turn before the starting line
MKT DS Mario Circuit View 2.jpg|View of the [[Goomba]]s
MKT DS Mario Circuit Peach Castle.jpg|View of [[Peach's Castle]]
</gallery>

===''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe''===
<gallery>
MK8D DS Mario Circuit Course Icon.png|The course icon
MK8D DS Mario Circuit Scene 4.jpg|Another view of the ending U-bend
MK8D DS Mario Circuit Scene 7.jpg|View of the starting line
MK8D DS Mario Circuit Scene 5.jpg|[[Goomba]]s on the course
MK8D DS Mario Circuit Scene 6.jpg|[[Fire Piranha Plant]]s on the course
MK8D DS Mario Circuit Scene 3.jpg|[[Mario]] and [[Bowser]] in the forest section
MK8D DS Mario Circuit Scene 10.jpg|Mario and Bowser in the forest section with a sleeping [[Wiggler]]
MK8D DS Mario Circuit Scene 8.jpg|Racers on the course
MK8D DS Mario Circuit Scene 2.jpg|Racers on the course
MK8D DS Mario Circuit Scene 11.jpg|Racers passing [[Peach's Castle]]
MK8D DS Mario Circuit Scene 9.jpg|[[Princess Peach|Peach]] and [[Yoshi]] by a Wiggler
MK8D DS Mario Circuit Scene 12.jpg|Peach, Bowser and Mario approaching the Wiggler
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=マリオサーキット
|JapR=Mario Sākitto
|JapM=Mario Circuit
|ChiS=马力欧赛道
|ChiSR=Mǎlìōu Sàidào
|ChiSM=Mario Speedway
|ChiT=瑪利歐賽道
|ChiTR=Mǎlìōu Sàidào
|ChiTM=Mario Speedway
|Dut=Mario's Circuit
|Fre=Circuit Mario
|FreM=Mario Circuit
|Ger=Marios Piste
|GerM=Mario's Track
|Ita=Circuito di Mario
|ItaM=Mario's Circuit
|Kor=마리오 서킷
|KorR=Mario Seokit
|KorM=Mario Circuit
|PorA=Circuito Mario
|PorAM=Mario Circuit
|PorE=Circuito do Mario
|PorEM=Mario's Circuit
|Rus=Трасса Марио
|RusR=Trassa Mario
|RusM=Mario's Track
|Spa=Circuito Mario
|SpaM=Mario Circuit
}}

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