#mario kart courses

[pianokantzart]

There is some speculation that, due to their similarities in structure, the house in the beginning of Luigi's Mansion 2 is the rank D "mansion" Luigi earned in the original Luigi's Mansion game (which, in my opinion, would mean Luigi canonically put very little effort into searching for money while trying to rescue Mario.)

However, I then stumbled on a different theory that Luigi actually earned a rank A mansion, but eventually downgraded to better suit his needs, evidenced by the rank A mansion in the Luigi Circuit of Mario Kart Double Dash.

Then again, there is always the possibility that the house Luigi is hanging out in in the opening cutscene of Dark Moon is completely unrelated to the original Luigi's Mansion, and all similarities are purely incidental.

So... with that said...

[dioptasesystem]

guys did you hear??? They're adding Legendary Squidward to Mario Kart???????? So hyped. I will main him.

[galactic-glamour-girl-posts]

Did...did Rosalina make Rainbow Road?

OK so Super Mario Party Jamboree is the newest Mario Party game (at the time of this post releasing) and there are these character-themed minigames called Showdown Minigames. Rosalina's one of the 10 characters who has one, it's called Rosalina's Radical Race, and the first section involves snowboarding, nothing too weird. But then there's the second portion of the minigame, and UH-

DID SHE MAKE THE MOST ICONIC MARIO KART COURSE IN HISTORY?

I mean...it certainly looks like it!

They even play what I'm pretty sure are four notes from Rainbow Road's first theme (sped up) once the players reach the second part of the race.

I saw someone else in the comment section of a now deleted video (Nintendo works fast) claim that the music at the start of the snowboarding portion of Rosalina's Radical Race sounds like the music for Double Dash's Rainbow Road. I didn't catch that on my first listen (I've never played Double Dash, alright?) Look up the clip if you're interested, do you hear it?

But anyway, back to the lore implications.

You know, this makes some things retroactively make a lot more sense, like her reveal trailer for Smash taking place on Rainbow Road:

Even going all the way back to Mario Kart Wii, it would explain its version of Rainbow Road being heavily influenced by Super Mario Galaxy (other than, you know, cross-promotional synergy). It has Star Bits, a Launch Star cannon, both its course staff ghosts use Rosalina, it uses Good Egg Galaxy's theme as a countermelody underneath its own main melody, etc.:

So has Rainbow Road just...ALWAYS been hers? This whole time?

She did that?

That was her?

If so...

Iconic. I have no notes.

[rottencandyapp1es]

Congrats to Pauline for making it into MK8 Deluxe!! 💋✨️❤️

She's super fun to play as!

[akfamilyhome]

Put this in Booster Course Pass Wave 6

[zootopiathingz]

I unironically love playing as Peachette in mario kart now. She tries to be like Peach but you can absolutely tell it’s just Toadette trying way too hard and I love her for that

[luigicat117]

35 years ago today 🖤❤️💛

[woobab]

PEP AND EM MIITOPIA SHENANIGANS ❤️ (plus Waluigi!)

I've been doing a bit of back and forth with my miitopia save file, and I wanted to see how my lil guys were doin'

Hey, I might remake some of these into actual art pieces in the future~~ 👀❤️

Look at 'em all they're silly 💕

[capobegone]

POV: Akaza is pouting bc Kokushibo just told him that it’s Douma’s turn to play Mariokart on the Nintendo Wii😔

[pianokantzart]

Time to unwind from a long day by playing a game that fills me with rage 100% of the time

[mrmistopher]

I wish Marty just showed up in jail in more Mario Kart stages. Like Big the Cat in SA2

[luigikittykat]

How's everyone enjoying the final wave?

[obligatebureaucrat]

It’s okay girl. I’m happy you’re here, even if nobody else is

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Why is the red underline missing underline missing under LWJ's and XL's names in the mario kart comic? /gen q /love your stuff /have a nice day

Truthful Answer: I forgot to ink it and didn't want to rescan the comic.

Funny Answer: They never finished the course.

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