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{{about|the race course that appears in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe|the race course from Mario Kart: Super Circuit with the same Japanese name|{{classic-link|GBA|Sky Garden}}}}
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{{race course infobox
|title=Cloudtop Cruise
|title=Cloudtop Cruise
|image=[[File:MK8 Cloudtop Cruise.png|300px]]
|image=[[File:MK8-Course-CloudtopCruise.png|300px]]
|appearances=''[[Mario Kart 8]]''
|appears_in=''[[Mario Kart 8]]'' ([[List of games by date#2014|2014]])<br>''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'' ([[List of games by date#2017|2017]])
|cups=[[Special Cup]]
|cups=[[Special Cup]]
|music=[[File:Cloudtop Cruise Normal - Mario Kart 8 Music.ogg]]
|ghost={{ghost|8|Nin★Maria|2:26.347|[[File:MK8 BabyRosalina Icon.png|32px|link=Baby Rosalina]][[File:Biddybuggy-blue.png|32px|link=Biddybuggy]][[File:StandardTiresMK8.png|32px|link=Standard (tire)|Standard]][[File:MK8ThumbRosalinaSG.png|32px|link=Super Glider]]}}{{ghost|8DX <small>150cc</small>|Nin★Maria|2:19.568|[[File:MK8 BabyRosalina Icon.png|32px|link=Baby Rosalina]][[File:Biddybuggy-blue.png|32px|link=Biddybuggy]][[File:StandardTiresMK8.png|32px|link=Standard (tire)|Standard]][[File:MK8ThumbRosalinaSG.png|32px|link=Super Glider]]}}{{ghost|8DX <small>200cc</small>|Nin★Giulia|1:44.120|[[File:MK8 Bowser Jr Icon.png|32px|link=Bowser Jr.]][[File:MK8DX Koopa Clown.png|32px|link=Koopa Clown]][[File:CyberSlickTiresMK8.png|32px|link=Cyber Slick]][[File:Cloud Glider.png|32px|link=Cloud Glider]]}}
|online_play=No longer available ([[Wii U]])<br>Available ([[Nintendo Switch|Switch]])
|sample=Mahito Yokota (''Super Mario Galaxy'' themes)<br>Atsuko Asahi (composition/arrangement)<br>[[File:MK8-Music-CloudtopCruise.oga]]<br>Thundercloud<br>[[File:WiiU_CloudtopCruise_Thundercloud.oga]]<br>Frontrunning<br>[[File:WiiU_CloudtopCruise_Frontrunning.oga]]<br>Thundercloud/frontrunning<br>[[File:WiiU_CloudtopCruise_ThundercloudFrontrunning.oga]]
|based_on=[[Beanstalk]] / [[Airship]]
|map=''Mario Kart 8'' / ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe''
<div style="white-space: nowrap;">[[File:MK8 Cloudtop Cruise Map.png|frameless|upright=0.65]][[File:MK8DX Cloudtop Cruise Map.png|frameless|upright=0.65]]</div>
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'''Cloudtop Cruise''' is the first course of the [[Special Cup]] of ''[[Mario Kart 8]]'' and ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]''. This course mainly takes place on clouds, a giant beanstalk (similar to {{classic-link|GBA|Sky Garden}}), and on an airship (like {{classic-link|DS|Airship Fortress}}). Several of Bowser's airships are seen flying in the background. It shares its name with Sky Garden in some other languages.
'''Cloudtop Cruise''' is the first race track in the [[Special Cup]] of ''[[Mario Kart 8]]''. This course mainly takes place on a giant beanstalk (much like [[Sky Garden (course)|Sky Garden]]) and on an airship (like [[Airship Fortress]]). There are even floating airships in the background. The end of this track's song uses parts of [[Sky Station Galaxy]] and [[Gusty Garden Galaxy]]'s music from the ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' series.


==Course layout==
==Course layout==
The race starts a giant beanstalk, shortly after there is a ramp with some [[Item Box]]es on it, there is a Bowser Balloon that characters can bounce on, similar to the mushrooms in [[Mushroom Gorge]] for the ''[[Mario Kart Wii]]''. The racers will then continue racing on a cloud. Later, they come onto an airship, where the player encounters two paths, both of which meet up right before a cannon, which launches the player to a anti-gravity metal track inside a storm cloud. On the track, there are many boost panels, but once in a while, lightning will strike them, which causes racers to spin out. This section then ends to start a gliding section, which touches down on a giant stone [[? Block|Question Block]]. There is just one more right turn before the finish line.
[[File:MK8 Cloudtop Cruise Starting Line.png|thumb|250px|left|The course as seen from the starting line]]
The race starts on a giant beanstalk. Shortly after, there is a slight right turn and a ramp with some [[Item Box]]es on it leading onto a balloon with Bowser's insignia that characters can bounce on, similar to [[Mushroom Trampoline]]s. The racers will then continue racing on a cloud, with a zigzagging set of turns and a small split route with another balloon. After a U-turn, they jump onto an airship, where the player encounters two paths, both of which meet up right before a cannon, which launches the player to a anti-gravity metal track inside a storm cloud. On the track, there are many [[Dash Panel]]s, but once in a while, lightning will strike them, which the racers have to avoid or else they will get knocked out. The lightning also deactivates the Dash Panels when active. This section then ends to start a gliding section, which touches down on a giant stone [[? Block]], a reference to how Beanstalks grow out of ? Blocks in ''[[Super Mario (franchise)|Super Mario]]'' games. There is then one more right turn before the finish line.


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==Shortcuts==
==Shortcuts==
*Players can bounce on the second Bowser Balloon without using a Mushroom.
*Near the end of the lap, players can jump off two big leaves, cutting the final corner.
*Near the end of the lap, players can use a speed boosting item to jump off two big leaves, cutting off the final corner.
 
==Music==
Like several other courses, the music for this course has two different variations: the first variation is orchestral and plays when the players drive on the cloud and beanstalk sections, while the second variation is a rock arrangement that plays when reaching the thundercloud section. The ending portion of both variations uses parts of "[[Gusty Garden Galaxy (theme)|Gusty Garden Galaxy]]" from ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' and "[[Sky Station Galaxy]]" from ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''. The course's music also reappears as a new arrangement, which combines the two variations, in ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Wii U]]'' on the [[Mario Circuit (Super Smash Bros. for Wii U)|Mario Circuit]] stage and ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' on any ''[[Mario Kart (series)|Mario Kart]]'' stage.
 
The first portion of the course's music plays on [[amiibo]] screens in select retail stores.
{{media table
|file1=MK8 CloudtopCruise2.oga
|title1=Cloudtop Cruise
|description1=The Gusty Garden Galaxy section of the music
|file2=Thundercloud_gustygardengalaxy.oga
|title2=Cloudtop Cruise (thundercloud)
|description2=The thundercloud version of the Gusty Garden Galaxy section of the music
}}
 
==''[[Mario Kart 8 Original Soundtrack]]'' liner notes==
''"On this title, we set ourselves on a challenge of creating melodies we'd never come up with before, and we put a huge amount of effort into this track. We thought that a full orchestra would be perfect for creating that sense of a vast world in the clouds. We've included the thundercloud version of the track, as well as a medley."''


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery widths=160px>
<gallery widths=150px>
File:CloudtopCruiseMK8.png|An image released by Nintendo which revealed the name of the track.
MK8 Cloudtop Cruise Course Icon.png|The course icon
File:BabyRosa8.jpg|[[Baby Rosalina]] at the start of the track.
DonkeyBiddybuggy2.jpg|Starting line
File:MarioKart8RosalinaBike.jpg|[[Rosalina]] racing on the track.
Cloudtop Cruise MK8 Baby Rosalina.png|[[Baby Rosalina]] at the start of the course
File:MarioCatCruiser.jpeg|[[Mario]] racing on the track.
Cloudtop Cruise MK8 Rosalina.png|[[Rosalina]] racing on the course
File:ShyGuyBuggy.png|[[Shy Guy]] racing on the track.
CloudTopRosalina.jpg|Cloudy segment of the course
CloudtopAirship.jpg|The [[Airship]] segment on the course
CloudtopThunderhead.jpg|Entrance to the course's thunderhead segment
MarioCatCruiser.jpg|[[Mario]] racing on the course
MK8Booster.png|Final jump
CloudtopBeanstalk.jpg|Aerial view of the beanstalk segment of the course
ShyGuyBuggy.png|[[Shy Guy]] racing on the course
File:MK8D Diddy Kong.png|[[Diddy Kong]] on the course
CloudtopCruiseMK8.png|A released screenshot revealing the name of the course
Airship stamp.png|The [[Stamp (Mario Kart 8)|stamp]] obtained for beating the staff ghost at this course
</gallery>
</gallery>


==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
{{Foreignname
{{foreign names
|Jap=スカイガーデン
|JapR=Sukai Gāden
|JapM=Sky Garden
|Spa=Ruta Celeste
|Spa=Ruta Celeste
|SpaM=Celestial Route
|SpaM=Celestial Route
|FraA=Dans les nuages
|FreA=Dans les nuages
|FraAM=In the Clouds
|FreAM=In the Clouds
|FraE=Voie céleste
|FreE=Voie céleste
|FraEM=Celestial Way
|FreEM=Celestial Way
|Dut=Wildewolkenweg
|Dut=Wildewolkenweg
|DutM=Wild Cloudway
|DutM=Wild Cloudway
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|Por=Via Nublada
|Por=Via Nublada
|PorM=Cloudy Way
|PorM=Cloudy Way
|Jap=スカイガーデン
|Rus=Заоблачный круиз
|JapR=Sukai Gāden 
|RusR=Zaoblachnyy kruiz
|JapM=Sky Garden
|RusM=Cloudstrider Cruise
|Kor=스카이 가든
|Kor=스카이 가든
|KorR=Seukai Gadeun
|KorR=Seukai Gadeun
|KorM=Sky Garden
|KorM=Sky Garden
|ChiT=空中花園
|ChiTR=Kōngzhōng Huāyuán
|ChiTM=Sky Garden
|ChiS=空中花园
|ChiSR=Kōngzhōng Huāyuán
|ChiSM=Sky Garden
}}
}}


==Trivia==
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*In the Japanese and Korean version, this course shares its name with [[Sky Garden (course)|Sky Garden]] from ''[[Mario Kart: Super Circuit]]''.
*The Question Block at the end of the anti-gravity section is probably a reference to how Beanstalks grow out of Question Blocks in
Mario games.
 
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Latest revision as of 13:02, April 10, 2024

This article is about the race course that appears in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. For the race course from Mario Kart: Super Circuit with the same Japanese name, see GBA Sky Garden.
Cloudtop Cruise
Cloudtop Cruise
Information
Appears in Mario Kart 8 (2014)
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (2017)
Cup(s) Special Cup
Based on Beanstalk / Airship
Online play No longer available (Wii U)
Available (Switch)
Music sample
Mahito Yokota (Super Mario Galaxy themes)
Atsuko Asahi (composition/arrangement)

Thundercloud

Frontrunning

Thundercloud/frontrunning
Course map
Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Map of Cloudtop Cruise in Mario Kart 8.Map of Cloudtop Cruise in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.
Staff ghost(s)
8 Nin★Maria
2:26.347 Baby Rosalina's head icon in Mario Kart 8The blue Biddybuggy.StandardThumbnail of Rosalina and Baby Rosalina's Super Glider (with 8 icon), in Mario Kart 8.
8DX 150cc Nin★Maria
2:19.568 Baby Rosalina's head icon in Mario Kart 8The blue Biddybuggy.StandardThumbnail of Rosalina and Baby Rosalina's Super Glider (with 8 icon), in Mario Kart 8.
8DX 200cc Nin★Giulia
1:44.120 Bowser Jr.'s head icon in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.Koopa Clown from Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.Cyber Slick tires from Mario Kart 8Cloud Glider from Mario Kart 8

Cloudtop Cruise is the first course of the Special Cup of Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. This course mainly takes place on clouds, a giant beanstalk (similar to GBA Sky Garden), and on an airship (like DS Airship Fortress). Several of Bowser's airships are seen flying in the background. It shares its name with Sky Garden in some other languages.

Course layout[edit]

Cloudtop Cruise, from Mario Kart 8.
The course as seen from the starting line

The race starts on a giant beanstalk. Shortly after, there is a slight right turn and a ramp with some Item Boxes on it leading onto a balloon with Bowser's insignia that characters can bounce on, similar to Mushroom Trampolines. The racers will then continue racing on a cloud, with a zigzagging set of turns and a small split route with another balloon. After a U-turn, they jump onto an airship, where the player encounters two paths, both of which meet up right before a cannon, which launches the player to a anti-gravity metal track inside a storm cloud. On the track, there are many Dash Panels, but once in a while, lightning will strike them, which the racers have to avoid or else they will get knocked out. The lightning also deactivates the Dash Panels when active. This section then ends to start a gliding section, which touches down on a giant stone ? Block, a reference to how Beanstalks grow out of ? Blocks in Super Mario games. There is then one more right turn before the finish line.

Shortcuts[edit]

  • Near the end of the lap, players can jump off two big leaves, cutting the final corner.

Music[edit]

Like several other courses, the music for this course has two different variations: the first variation is orchestral and plays when the players drive on the cloud and beanstalk sections, while the second variation is a rock arrangement that plays when reaching the thundercloud section. The ending portion of both variations uses parts of "Gusty Garden Galaxy" from Super Mario Galaxy and "Sky Station Galaxy" from Super Mario Galaxy 2. The course's music also reappears as a new arrangement, which combines the two variations, in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U on the Mario Circuit stage and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate on any Mario Kart stage.

The first portion of the course's music plays on amiibo screens in select retail stores.

Audio.svg Cloudtop Cruise - The Gusty Garden Galaxy section of the music
File infoMedia:MK8 CloudtopCruise2.oga
Audio.svg Cloudtop Cruise (thundercloud) - The thundercloud version of the Gusty Garden Galaxy section of the music
File infoMedia:Thundercloud_gustygardengalaxy.oga
Help:MediaHaving trouble playing?

Mario Kart 8 Original Soundtrack liner notes[edit]

"On this title, we set ourselves on a challenge of creating melodies we'd never come up with before, and we put a huge amount of effort into this track. We thought that a full orchestra would be perfect for creating that sense of a vast world in the clouds. We've included the thundercloud version of the track, as well as a medley."

Gallery[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning
Japanese スカイガーデン
Sukai Gāden
Sky Garden

Chinese (simplified) 空中花园
Kōngzhōng Huāyuán
Sky Garden

Chinese (traditional) 空中花園
Kōngzhōng Huāyuán
Sky Garden

Dutch Wildewolkenweg
Wild Cloudway
French (NOA) Dans les nuages
In the Clouds
French (NOE) Voie céleste
Celestial Way
German Wolkenstraße
Cloudstreet
Italian Vascello Nuvolante
"Cloudflying" Vessel – "Nuvolante" is a pun of "nuvola" (cloud) and "volante" (flying)
Korean 스카이 가든
Seukai Gadeun
Sky Garden

Portuguese Via Nublada
Cloudy Way
Russian Заоблачный круиз
Zaoblachnyy kruiz
Cloudstrider Cruise

Spanish Ruta Celeste
Celestial Route