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** Bowser's Castle has a massive away of hazards in the first half of the track up to the short lava bridge. Get hit by any of them on 150cc or Extra while racing computers will easily allow one of them to not only take the lead, but [[RubberBandAI stay in the lead thanks to the inhuman top speeds they can reach when you can't see them]].

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** If Banshee Boardwalk isn't the hardest track in the game for someone, Bowser's Castle will be. It has a massive away of hazards in the first half of the track up to the short lava bridge. Get hit by any of them on 150cc or Extra while racing computers will easily allow one of them to not only take the lead, but [[RubberBandAI stay in the lead thanks to the inhuman top speeds they can reach when you can't see them]].
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** Wario's Stadium has a huge jump in the middle of it which if you manage to fall in the middle by screwing up or getting hit by something while jumping, Lakitu doesn't carry you back to the other side and instead you're forced to race back into the ramp to do another jump. It'll screw you up so badly in the rankings that you've pretty much automatically lost the race.

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** Wario's Stadium has a huge jump in the middle of it which if you manage to fall in the middle by screwing up or getting hit by something while jumping, Lakitu doesn't carry you back to the other side and instead you're forced to race back into the ramp to do another jump. It'll screw you up so badly in the rankings that you've pretty much automatically lost the race.race.
** Bowser's Castle has a massive away of hazards in the first half of the track up to the short lava bridge. Get hit by any of them on 150cc or Extra while racing computers will easily allow one of them to not only take the lead, but [[RubberBandAI stay in the lead thanks to the inhuman top speeds they can reach when you can't see them]].
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* EnsembleDarkhorse: Believe it or not, a ''Thwomp'' got this treatment- the green Thwomp locked in Bowser Castle, actually a regular Thwomp with a lighting in the cell that makes him appear green. Fans gave him the AffectionateNickname "Marty" and posted hackneyed ideas about how to unlock him.
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** Wario's Stadium has a huge jump in the middle of it which if you manage to fall in the middle by screwing up or getting hit by something while jumping, Lakitu doesn't carry you back to the other side and instead you're forced to race back into the ramp to do another jump. It'll screw you up so badly in the rankings that you've pretty much automatically lost the race.

!!The racers have the following [[CompetitiveBalance balance tropes]] associated with them:

* JackOfAllStats: The middleweight racers, with average speed and maneuverability.
** Mario: Good speed and turning, and slightly more resilient than other middleweight characters.
** Luigi: Very similar to Mario, but with average speed and weaker strength--however, this is compensated by his slightly better handling and acceleration.
* FragileSpeedster: These are the lightweight racers, who have better speed and acceleration, but tend to lose speed on turns and can be spun out easily.
** Peach: Great speed and good power slide, and she is able to jump a little farther than other racers, which makes her ideal for using some shortcuts.
** Toad: Very good acceleration, speed, handling and power slide and can jump quite far, but his light weight makes it easy heavy for other racers to make him spinout.
* LightningBruiser:
** Yoshi: Great acceleration, speed, handling, and power slide in turns.
* MightyGlacier: These are the heavyweight racers have lower speed than the others, but lose less speed on turns, and can make other racers spin out on collision, and as a bonus cannot spin out themselves.
** Bowser: Good speed and turning, has great strength (but not on par with DK) but is hampered by his poor acceleration.
** Donkey Kong: The strongest racer in the game, who can effortlessly spin out smaller racers. Has great speed, but poor acceleration.
** Wario: He has the best acceleration and handling of the heavyweights, but suffers from poor speed and is the weakest of the three heavyweights.

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** Wario's Stadium has a huge jump in the middle of it which if you manage to fall in the middle by screwing up or getting hit by something while jumping, Lakitu doesn't carry you back to the other side and instead you're forced to race back into the ramp to do another jump. It'll screw you up so badly in the rankings that you've pretty much automatically lost the race.

!!The racers have the following [[CompetitiveBalance balance tropes]] associated with them:

* JackOfAllStats: The middleweight racers, with average speed and maneuverability.
** Mario: Good speed and turning, and slightly more resilient than other middleweight characters.
** Luigi: Very similar to Mario, but with average speed and weaker strength--however, this is compensated by his slightly better handling and acceleration.
* FragileSpeedster: These are the lightweight racers, who have better speed and acceleration, but tend to lose speed on turns and can be spun out easily.
** Peach: Great speed and good power slide, and she is able to jump a little farther than other racers, which makes her ideal for using some shortcuts.
** Toad: Very good acceleration, speed, handling and power slide and can jump quite far, but his light weight makes it easy heavy for other racers to make him spinout.
* LightningBruiser:
** Yoshi: Great acceleration, speed, handling, and power slide in turns.
* MightyGlacier: These are the heavyweight racers have lower speed than the others, but lose less speed on turns, and can make other racers spin out on collision, and as a bonus cannot spin out themselves.
** Bowser: Good speed and turning, has great strength (but not on par with DK) but is hampered by his poor acceleration.
** Donkey Kong: The strongest racer in the game, who can effortlessly spin out smaller racers. Has great speed, but poor acceleration.
** Wario: He has the best acceleration and handling of the heavyweights, but suffers from poor speed and is the weakest of the three heavyweights.
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** Wario's Stadium has a huge jump in the middle of it which if you manage to fall in the middle by screwing up or getting hit by something while jumping, Lakitu doesn't carry you back to the other side and instead you're forced to race back into the ramp to do another jump. It'll screw you up so badly in the rankings that you've pretty much automatically lost the race.

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* BreatherLevel: Rainbow Road, despite being a ridiculously long course and having Chain Chomps, is far easier than the previous level, Banshee Boardwalk.


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* BreatherLevel: Rainbow Road, despite being a ridiculously long course and having Chain Chomps, is far easier than the previous level, Banshee Boardwalk.
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* TheMario: The middleweight racers, with average speed and maneuverability.

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* TheMario: JackOfAllStats: The middleweight racers, with average speed and maneuverability.
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* MostAnnoyingSound: Peach's lines of "Herewego!!!", "Peachy", and "Ayieee". She never shuts up either!

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* MostAnnoyingSound: Peach's Every racer's lines of "Herewego!!!", "Peachy", and "Ayieee". She never shuts up either!can potentially be this, especially if it's the RubberbandAI constantly passing you.

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* ContestedSequel: Many people consider it inferior. Others consider it the part where the series began to GrowTheBeard

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* ContestedSequel: Many people consider it inferior. Others consider it the part where the series began to GrowTheBeardGrowTheBeard.
* GameBreaker: If you happen to have a Spiny Shell and hold Z, you'll trail the shell behind you. As long as you don't release Z and shoot it, it will stay behind you, providing yourself a pretty wicked shield. Since the shell only destroys itself when hitting the racer in first and has priority over all other items, it will not go away no matter how many items (or racers) hit it. [[SchmuckBait Just don't shoot it once you're in first place.]]
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** Luigi: Very similar to Mario, but with more average speed and weaker strength, but slightly better handling and acceleration.

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** Luigi: Very similar to Mario, but with more average speed and weaker strength, but strength--however, this is compensated by his slightly better handling and acceleration.

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Parkway and Road are quite easy, especially in contrast to those other levels.


* ThatOneLevel: Special Cup Levels: Yoshi Valley was a huge labrynth on narrow cliff sides, and the computer couldn't keep track of your places. Oh, and a huge egg crushes you.. Rainbow Road is ridiculously long and it's got chain chomps on the road. Banshee Boardwalk has really sharp turns and bats in one area. Donkey Kong Jungle Parkway isn't too bad, but the moment you go offroad, you get stoned by "natives" (Which is removed from the Wii version).
** Sherbet Land has those penguins.

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* ThatOneLevel: Special Cup Levels: ThatOneLevel:
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Yoshi Valley was is a huge labrynth labyrinth on narrow cliff sides, and the computer couldn't doesn't keep track of your places. Oh, and there is a huge egg crushes you.. Rainbow Road is ridiculously long and it's got chain chomps on near the road. end that can crush you.
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Banshee Boardwalk has really is easily the hardest course in the game, lots of very sharp turns and bats in one area. Donkey Kong Jungle Parkway isn't too bad, but the moment you go offroad, you get stoned by "natives" (Which is removed from the Wii version).
** Sherbet Land has those penguins.
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** Wario: He has the best speed and handling of the heavyweights, but suffers from poor acceleration and is the weakest of the three heavyweights.

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** Wario: He has the best speed acceleration and handling of the heavyweights, but suffers from poor acceleration speed and is the weakest of the three heavyweights.
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!!The racers have the following [[CompetitiveBalance balance tropes]] associated with them:

* TheMario: The middleweight racers, with average speed and maneuverability.
** Mario: Good speed and turning, and slightly more resilient than other middleweight characters.
** Luigi: Very similar to Mario, but with more average speed and weaker strength, but slightly better handling and acceleration.
* FragileSpeedster: These are the lightweight racers, who have better speed and acceleration, but tend to lose speed on turns and can be spun out easily.
** Peach: Great speed and good power slide, and she is able to jump a little farther than other racers, which makes her ideal for using some shortcuts.
** Toad: Very good acceleration, speed, handling and power slide and can jump quite far, but his light weight makes it easy heavy for other racers to make him spinout.
* LightningBruiser:
** Yoshi: Great acceleration, speed, handling, and power slide in turns.
* MightyGlacier: These are the heavyweight racers have lower speed than the others, but lose less speed on turns, and can make other racers spin out on collision, and as a bonus cannot spin out themselves.
** Bowser: Good speed and turning, has great strength (but not on par with DK) but is hampered by his poor acceleration.
** Donkey Kong: The strongest racer in the game, who can effortlessly spin out smaller racers. Has great speed, but poor acceleration.
** Wario: He has the best speed and handling of the heavyweights, but suffers from poor acceleration and is the weakest of the three heavyweights.
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** That said, there are skilled players who know how to drift boost (drifting is how you don't lose speed while turning after all) and use the characters' weight to their advantage. And really, if you're going off-road without stars or mushrooms you're not playing well anyway.
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* ThatOneLevel: Special Cup Levels: Yoshi Valley was a huge labrynth on narrow cliff sides, and the computer couldn't keep track of your places. Oh, and a huge egg crushes you.. Rainbow Road is ridiculously long and it's got chain chomps on the road. Banshee Boardwalk has really sharp turns and bats in one area. Donkey Kong Jungle Parkway isn't too bad, but the moment you go offroad, you get attacked by monkeys.

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* ThatOneLevel: Special Cup Levels: Yoshi Valley was a huge labrynth on narrow cliff sides, and the computer couldn't keep track of your places. Oh, and a huge egg crushes you.. Rainbow Road is ridiculously long and it's got chain chomps on the road. Banshee Boardwalk has really sharp turns and bats in one area. Donkey Kong Jungle Parkway isn't too bad, but the moment you go offroad, you get attacked stoned by monkeys."natives" (Which is removed from the Wii version).
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* ThatOneLevel: Special Cup Levels: Yoshi Valley was a huge labrynth on narrow cliff sides, and the computer couldn't keep track of your places. Oh, and a huge egg crushes you.. Rainbow Road is ridiculously long and it's got chain chomps on the road. Banshee Boardwalk has really sharp turns and bats in one area. Donkey Kong Jungle isn't too bad, but the moment you go offroad, you get attacked by monkeys.

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* ThatOneLevel: Special Cup Levels: Yoshi Valley was a huge labrynth on narrow cliff sides, and the computer couldn't keep track of your places. Oh, and a huge egg crushes you.. Rainbow Road is ridiculously long and it's got chain chomps on the road. Banshee Boardwalk has really sharp turns and bats in one area. Donkey Kong Jungle Parkway isn't too bad, but the moment you go offroad, you get attacked by monkeys.

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* BreatherLevel: Rainbow Road, despite being a ridiculously long course and having Chain Chomps, is far easier than the previous level, Banshee Boardwalk.



* ThatOneLevel: Yoshi Valley was a huge labrynth on narrow cliff sides, and the computer couldn't keep track of your places. Oh, and a huge egg crushes you.. Rainbow Road is ridiculously long and it's got chain chomps on the road. Sherbet Land has those penguins.

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* ThatOneLevel: Special Cup Levels: Yoshi Valley was a huge labrynth on narrow cliff sides, and the computer couldn't keep track of your places. Oh, and a huge egg crushes you.. Rainbow Road is ridiculously long and it's got chain chomps on the road. Banshee Boardwalk has really sharp turns and bats in one area. Donkey Kong Jungle isn't too bad, but the moment you go offroad, you get attacked by monkeys.
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Sherbet Land has those penguins.

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* BreatherLevel: Rainbow Road, despite being a ridiculously long course and having Chain Chomps, is far easier than the previous level, Banshee Boardwalk.



* ThatOneLevel: Yoshi Valley was a huge labrynth on narrow cliff sides, and the computer couldn't keep track of your places. Oh, and a huge egg crushes you.. Rainbow Road is ridiculously long and it's got chain chomps on the road. Sherbet Land has those penguins.

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* ThatOneLevel: Special Cup Levels: Yoshi Valley was a huge labrynth on narrow cliff sides, and the computer couldn't keep track of your places. Oh, and a huge egg crushes you.. Rainbow Road is ridiculously long and it's got chain chomps on the road. Banshee Boardwalk has really sharp turns and bats in one area. Donkey Kong Jungle isn't too bad, but the moment you go offroad, you get attacked by monkeys.
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Sherbet Land has those penguins.
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* UrbanLegendOfZelda: It was a fairly common belief that the Green Thwomp in Bowser's Castle in MK64 was a secret racer.
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** Toad's Turnpike on Extra Cup, where not only the turns, but the ''cars'' change direction.
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* ThatOneLevel: Yoshi Valley was a huge labrynth on narrow cliff sides, and the computer couldn't keep track of your places. Oh, and a huge egg crushes you.. Rainbow Road is ridiculously long and it's got chain chomps on the road (though unlike every other incarnation, you can't fall off). Sherbet Land has those penguins.

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* ThatOneLevel: Yoshi Valley was a huge labrynth on narrow cliff sides, and the computer couldn't keep track of your places. Oh, and a huge egg crushes you.. Rainbow Road is ridiculously long and it's got chain chomps on the road (though unlike every other incarnation, you can't fall off).road. Sherbet Land has those penguins.
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* ThatOneLevel: Yoshi Valley was a huge labrynth on narrow cliff sides, and the computer couldn't keep track of your places. Oh, and a huge egg crushes you.. Rainbow Road is ridiculously long and it's got chain chomps on the road. Sherbet Land has those penguins.

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* ThatOneLevel: Yoshi Valley was a huge labrynth on narrow cliff sides, and the computer couldn't keep track of your places. Oh, and a huge egg crushes you.. Rainbow Road is ridiculously long and it's got chain chomps on the road.road (though unlike every other incarnation, you can't fall off). Sherbet Land has those penguins.
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* EvenBetterSequel: Arguably. Many people consider it inferior.

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* EvenBetterSequel: Arguably. ContestedSequel: Many people consider it inferior.inferior. Others consider it the part where the series began to GrowTheBeard
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* Urban Legend of Zelda: It was a fairly common belief that the Green Thwomp in Bowser's Castle in MK64 was a secret racer.

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* Urban Legend of Zelda: UrbanLegendOfZelda: It was a fairly common belief that the Green Thwomp in Bowser's Castle in MK64 was a secret racer.
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* ThatOneLevel: Yoshi Valley was a huge labrynth on narrow cliff sides, and the computer couldn't keep track of your places. Oh, and a huge egg crushes you.. Rainbow Road is ridiculously long and it's got chain chomps on the road. Sherbet Land has those penguins.

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* ThatOneLevel: Yoshi Valley was a huge labrynth on narrow cliff sides, and the computer couldn't keep track of your places. Oh, and a huge egg crushes you.. Rainbow Road is ridiculously long and it's got chain chomps on the road. Sherbet Land has those penguins.penguins.
* Urban Legend of Zelda: It was a fairly common belief that the Green Thwomp in Bowser's Castle in MK64 was a secret racer.
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* EvenBetterSequel: Arguably.

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* EvenBetterSequel: Arguably. Many people consider it inferior.
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* EvenBetterSequel

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* EvenBetterSequelEvenBetterSequel: Arguably.
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** The theme for [[http://youtu.be/K5xdue7GFcc Rainbow Road]] is also pretty catchy.
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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYwZT3CvpMw&fmt=18 The Staff Roll]], such an amazing, happy and heartwarming song.
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* CharacterTiers:Almost nobody likes the Heavy characters,they are incredibly slow and useless on turns and offroads. This game probably introduced a real tier system.

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* CharacterTiers:Almost CharacterTiers: Almost nobody likes the Heavy characters,they characters, they are incredibly slow and useless on turns and offroads. This game probably introduced a real tier system.



* MostAnnoyingSound: Peach's lines of "Herewego!!!" "Peachy" and "Ayieee".She never shuts up either!
* ThatOneLevel:Yoshi Valley was a huge labrynth on narrow cliff sides,and the computer couldn't keep track of your places,oh and huge Egg is gonna crush you. Rainbow Road is ridiculously long and it's got chain chomps on the road. And Sherbet Land has those penguins.

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* MostAnnoyingSound: Peach's lines of "Herewego!!!" "Peachy" "Herewego!!!", "Peachy", and "Ayieee"."Ayieee". She never shuts up either!
* ThatOneLevel:Yoshi ThatOneLevel: Yoshi Valley was a huge labrynth on narrow cliff sides,and sides, and the computer couldn't keep track of your places,oh places. Oh, and a huge Egg is gonna crush you.egg crushes you.. Rainbow Road is ridiculously long and it's got chain chomps on the road. And Sherbet Land has those penguins.

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