Editing GBA Ribbon Road

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{{race course infobox
|title=Ribbon Road
|image=[[File:MKSC Ribbon Road Starting Line.png|240px]]
|appears_in=''[[Mario Kart: Super Circuit]]'' ([[List of games by date#2001|2001]])<br>''[[Mario Kart 8]]'' ([[Animal Crossing x Mario Kart 8|DLC Pack 2]]) (2015)<br>''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'' ([[List of games by date#2017|2017]])
|cups=[[Star Cup]] (''Super Circuit'')<br>[[Bell Cup]] (''8'', ''8 Deluxe'')
|online_play=No longer available ([[Wii U]])<br>Available ([[Nintendo Switch|Switch]])
|sample='''''Mario Kart: Super Circuit''''' (Kenichi Nishimaki, Masanobu Matsunaga, Minako Hamano)<br>[[File:MKSC-Music-RibbonRoad.oga]]<br>'''''Mario Kart 8'' / ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe''''' (Kenta Nagata)<br>Normal<br>[[File:MK8-DLC-Music-GBA-RibbonRoad.oga]]<br>Frontrunning<br>[[File:WiiU_GBA_RibbonRoad_Frontrunning.oga]]
|map=''Mario Kart: Super Circuit''<br>[[File:MKSC Ribbon Road Map.png|140px]]<br>[[File:MKSC Ribbon Road Mini Map.png]]
''Mario Kart 8'' / ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe''
<div style="white-space: nowrap;">[[File:MK8 GBA Ribbon Road Map.png|frameless|upright=0.65]][[File:MK8DX GBA Ribbon Road Map.png|frameless|upright=0.65]]</div>
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'''Ribbon Road''' is the second course of the [[Star Cup]] in ''[[Mario Kart: Super Circuit]]''. The course returns as a [[classic course]] in the ''[[Mario Kart 8]]'' [[Animal Crossing x Mario Kart 8|DLC Pack 2]] and ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'' as the second track of the [[Bell Cup]]. The entire road is made of a giant stretch of ribbon, hence the name.

==''Mario Kart: Super Circuit''==
[[File:RibbonRoad.PNG|thumb|190px|left|[[Wario]] driving along Ribbon Road]]
The original course as featured in ''Mario Kart: Super Circuit'' is set in a world made entirely of craft materials and presents, and begins in a straight red road that soon leads to a curve to the right. It is a circular curve that leads the player into [[Dash Panel]]s and makes the player boost past and over the section of the road they were in. Here a shortcut may be performed if the player takes all the Dash Panels and then makes a sharp turn to the right after jumping. It is risky and may land the racer off the track, but it is useful for getting ahead of other racers. Past the ramp is a short straight road that turns left into a straight road, and another curve to the left that will also lead the player into Dash Panels and a ramp that will speed the player past a previous section of the course.

After the second and final ramp is a curve to the right that leads the player into a twisty, but one-directional road that has off road and presents to slow the player. After the twisty road is another twisty road past the curve to the right that leads the player southwest the course and two more minor curves to the left, that leads the player into the southernmost part of the course.

There is a slightly straight, but curvy road in the last straight road before the finish line. The first section of this road is straight, but there is a very minor curve to the left that leads the player even further down the course until they meet a curve to the right that leads into the road with the finish line. It is straight and it leads the player back into the finish/starting line.

===Shortcuts===
This course has only one shortcut that can be used without a Mushroom. From the first large ramp, the player must drive over all of the Dash Panels and take a sharp right turn. This allows them to skip the part of the course that leads to the second ramp.
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==''Mario Kart 8'' / ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe''==
[[File:MK8-DLC-Course-GBA RibbonRoad.jpg|left|thumb|260px|Ribbon Road in ''Mario Kart 8'']]
Ribbon Road makes its classic course debut in ''[[Mario Kart 8]]'' as a classic course in the add-on pack, [[Animal Crossing x Mario Kart 8|''Animal Crossing'' × ''Mario Kart 8'']], as well as in the base content of ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'', as the second race of the [[Bell Cup]]. The course is now set in a bedroom at toy size, that not only features gift boxes, similar to the original, but stuffed Yoshis (based on Yarn Yoshi), [[Koopa Clown Car]] jack-in-the-boxes, toy versions of karts used in ''Mario Kart 8'', [[Mini Toad]]s and a ''Mario Kart 8'' poster on the bedroom's wall as well. The track surface now has three different colors of ribbons with the [[Mario Kart (series)|series]] logo printed on it, instead of just red as in the original. 

The course now features a starting banner, which is made of coral pink and lavender colored ribbon arches, with the course's name featured on the front star details on the sides of the banner and on the tips of the arches, as well as a wooden ornament made of a ribbon and a Super Bell on top. Also, much like {{classic-link|GCN|Yoshi Circuit}} and {{classic-link|GBA|Cheese Land}}, the modern ''Mario Kart'' logo is used instead of the classic logo that the course had in its original appearance.
[[File:MK8 GBA Ribbon Road Starting Line.jpg|thumb|300px|The course, as seen from the starting line.]]

The course contains three colored sections with castle walls of different colors. Out of the start/finish line, racers travel through the first section, which has red ribbons on pink carpet with castle walls, mini Toads, and Super Bell icons - this section is based on [[Princess Peach]]. After doing a three-quarter turn, the racers go through the first jump and enter the second section of castle, where the track is now a green ribbon with light green carpet, with [[Bowser]]-colored castle walls with his icon on them and wind-up [[Mechakoopa]]s posing as hazards - this section is based on Bowser. After another three-quarter turn, the racers go through the second jump and enter an anti-gravity segment, with floating blue ribbons, blue-white castle walls, with [[Luma]] symbols and stars on the spires - this section is based on [[Rosalina]] and her power of levitation. The anti-gravity segment ends in a gliding segment, with racers having to dodge Jack-in-the-Box Koopa Clown Cars before returning to the red ribbon portion of the track. After another U-turn, the track returns to the start/finish line. 

The music has also been remade, now with a slowed-down surf-rock rendition of the previous theme, and the key has been changed from B major to C major (C#/D♭ major on the final lap). The final lap version of the music also has a different, shorter intro; this distinction is shared with [[3DS Rock Rock Mountain|Rock Rock Mountain]] in ''[[Mario Kart 7]]'', [[Toad Harbor]], {{classic-link|3DS|DK Jungle}}, [[Mute City]], and {{classic-link|SNES|Bowser Castle 3}}.

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===Shortcuts===
*Mushrooms or a Star can be used to cut the corners in the green segment of the track.
*The player can make a sharp drift onto a ramp next to the [[Teddy Buggy]] statue. 
*Before the main gliding area with the two Jack-in-the-Box Koopa Clown Cars, the player can drift onto a hidden glider ramp.
* Upon returning to the red ribbon portion of the track, after gliding, players can take a sharp right turn through the ribbon arches using a Mushroom or Star to cut off the wide curve.

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==References to the ''Super Mario'' franchise==
The ''Mario Kart 8'' version of the course contains several references to the game itself and the [[Super Mario (franchise)|''Super Mario'' franchise]] which can be seen in the background:
*The [[Super Bell]] appears on many aspects of the track, reflecting the [[Bell Cup|cup]] that the track is in.
*[[Mini Toad]]s from the [[Mario vs. Donkey Kong (series)|''Mario vs. Donkey Kong'' series]] appear at the beginning of the track.
*Multiple large knitted [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]]s resembling both their appearance in ''[[Yoshi's Woolly World]]'' and the Yarn Yoshi series of [[amiibo]].
*After the first ramp, there is a boomerang in the background resembling the one from a [[Boomerang Flower]] in ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]'' and ''Super Mario 3D World'' (when used by [[Toad]]).
*A board game called "[[Yoshi]]'s Dice Game" has the map of {{classic-link|GCN|Yoshi Circuit}} on the box.
*A poster featuring the box art of ''Mario Kart 8''.
*Toy kits can be seen for various ''Mario Kart 8'' karts. They display the stats for the karts, as well as the parts used within the [[Kart]] or [[All-Terrain Vehicle|ATV]], including the [[Glider]]s. The combinations are Mario and [[Luigi]]'s [[Standard Kart]]s with [[Standard (tire)|Standard tires]] and the [[Super Glider]], Toad's [[Teddy Buggy]] with [[Button (tire)|Button tires]] and the [[Parachute (glider)|Parachute glider]], and [[Baby Daisy]]'s [[Biddybuggy]] with Standard tires and the [[Flower Glider]].
*A Ribbon Road toy kit box with [[Baby Mario]] on the box that references the ''Mario Kart'' track sets from [[K'NEX]].
*There are also sized-up versions Standard Kart, Teddy Buggy and Biddybuggy.
*Toad's character icon artwork from ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'' can be seen on two gift boxes, although it is recolored representing his typical red dot, blue vest color scheme. The 2D artworks of [[Red Shell]]s, [[Super Star]]s, [[Fire Flower]]s, [[Coin]]s, [[Green Shell]]s, [[Bullet Bill]]s, [[? Block]]s and [[Bob-omb]]s, as well as the Toad Toy Store Logo can be seen on the same wrapping paper as well.
*A Standard Kart structure poster appears on the bedroom wall.

==Sponsors==
===''Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe''===
*''[[List of sponsors debuting in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe#Kung Fu Lakitu|Kung Fu Lakitu]]'' (Poster)
*[[List of sponsors debuting in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe#Lemmy's Tire Service|Lemmy's Tire Service]] (Logos)
*[[List of sponsors debuting in Mario Kart Arcade GP and Mario Kart Arcade GP 2#Mario Motors|Mario Motors]] (Logos)
*[[List of sponsors debuting in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe#Toad Toy Store|Toad Toy Store]] (Logos)

==''[[Mario Kart 8 Original Soundtrack]]'' liner notes==
''"This is really different from the original track. We hadn't expected to end up with this kind of steady stomping sound, but it ends up working surprisingly well. I hope you agree!"''

==Gallery==
===''Mario Kart: Super Circuit''===
<gallery widths=150px>
Ribbon Land MKSC icon.png|The course icon, depicting [[Wario]] driving on Ribbon Road
Ribbon Road Road GBA.png|[[Toad]] driving on Ribbon Road
MKSC Ribbon Road Shortcut.png|The shortcut
</gallery>

===''Mario Kart 8'' / ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe''===
<gallery widths=150px>
MK8 GBA Ribbon Road Course Icon.png|The course icon
MK8-DLC-Course-GBA RibbonRoad01.jpg|The course curves around the castle
MK8-DLC-Course-GBA Ribbon Road-03.jpg|Jack-in-the-Box [[Koopa Clown Car]]s
MK8 Ribbon Road Starting Line.jpg|[[Mario]] at the starting line, ready to race
MechaKoopa-GBARibbonRoad-MK8.jpg|[[Dry Bowser]] races past two [[Mechakoopa]]s
MK8-GBA-RibbonRoad-bluesection.png|[[Yoshi]] in the anti-gravity section
MK8-DLC-Course-GBA RibbonRoad02.jpg|[[Toadette]] turning a corner in her [[Mr. Scooty]]
Ribbon Road stamp MK8.png|The stamp for this course
</gallery>

===Miscellaneous===
<gallery>
Tencent Switch Double 11 2020 Promotional Banner.jpg|Promotional banner from {{wp|Tencent}}'s [[Nintendo Switch]] online store on {{wp|JD.com}} during the Double 11 promotion
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=リボンロード
|JapR=Ribon Rōdo
|JapM=Ribbon Road
|ChiT=緞帶之路
|ChiTR=Duàndài Zhī Lù
|ChiTM=Ribbon Road
|ChiS=缎带之路<br>''Duàndài Zhī Lù''<br>彩带路 <small>(''Mario Kart: Super Circuit'')</small><ref>From the iQue localization prototype.</ref><br>''Cǎidài Lù''
|ChiSM=Ribbon Road
|Dut=Sprintlint
|DutM=Dash Ribbon
|Fre=Route Ruban
|FreM=Ribbon Road
|Ger=Party-Straße
|GerM=Party Road
|Ita=Strada del Fiocco
|ItaM=Bow Road
|Kor=리본 로드
|KorR=Ribon Rodeu
|KorM=Ribbon Road
|Por=Estrada de Fita
|PorM=Ribbon Road
|Rus=Серпантин
|RusR=Serpantin
|RusM=Serpentine ''or'' Streamer
|SpaA=Ruta Listón
|SpaAM=Ribbon Route
|SpaE=Ruta del Lazo<br> Calle de los regalos <small>(''Mario Kart: Super Circuit'' European instruction booklet)</small><ref>[https://cdn02.nintendo-europe.com/media/downloads/games_8/emanuals/game_boy_advance_8/Manual_GameBoyAdvance_MarioKartSuperCircuit_EN_DE_FR_ES_IT.pdf ''Mario Kart: Super Circuit'' Instruction Booklet (EU)], page 93</ref>
|SpaEM=Ribbon Route<br>Street of the presents
}}

==Trivia==
* As of the [[Yoshi Tour (2023)|2023 Yoshi Tour]], it is the only course from the [[Star Cup]] of ''Super Circuit'' to not be remade in ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]''.

==References==
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