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==''Mario Kart 8''==
==''Mario Kart 8''==
The Pipe Frame returns in ''Mario Kart 8'' as a retro kart body, although it is slightly different, as this time around it has a more tubular engine with one exhaust pipe, similar to the ones first seen in ''Super Mario Kart'', rather than a square engine with two exhaust pipes, as in other games including ''Mario Kart 64'' and ''Mario Kart: Super Circuit'' and it has the emblem on the front for each character. Mario, Luigi, Peach, Yoshi, Toad, Bowser, Donkey Kong and Wario once again retain their colored karts from ''Mario Kart 64'', and ''Mario Kart: Super Circuit'' and Koopa Troopa retains his colored kart from ''Super Mario Kart''. In addition, all Koopalings excluding Morton have unique colored steering wheels for their karts as opposed to black. Also, Baby Mario, Baby Luigi, Baby Peach, Baby Daisy and Baby Rosalina's colored pipe frame karts are identical to their adult counterparts and Koopa Troopa and Larry's colored pipe frame kart is identical to Donkey Kong's pipe frame kart.  
The Pipe Frame returns in ''Mario Kart 8'' as a retro kart body, reverted to the ''Super Mario Kart'' design featuring a tubular engine with one exhaust pipe, rather than a square engine with two exhaust pipes used in ''Mario Kart 64'' and ''Mario Kart: Super Circuit''. It also contains a small circular piece of metal on the front, which displays the current character's [[emblem]].
 
Unlike past installments, the colors of the Pipe Frame are now shared with multiple characters, featuring 23 unique colors used between the 35 characters (and of those, eleven of the colors are exclusive to one character, counting alternative colors for [[Yoshi]] and [[Shy Guy]] but excluding [[Mii]]s, and only one color (Brown) are exclusive to Miis). Mario, Luigi, Peach, Yoshi, Toad, Bowser, Donkey Kong and Wario once again retain their colored karts from ''Mario Kart 64'', and ''Mario Kart: Super Circuit'' and Koopa Troopa retains his colored kart from ''Super Mario Kart''. In addition, all the [[Koopalings]] excluding Morton have unique colored steering wheels for their karts as opposed to the standard black.


The Pipe Frame gives a good boost in acceleration and handling, but hinders weight and traction. Its stats are identical to the [[Wild Wiggler]], [[Standard Bike]], [[Flame Rider]], [[Varmint]] and [[W 25 Silver Arrow]].
The Pipe Frame gives a good boost in acceleration and handling, but hinders weight and traction. Its stats are identical to the [[Wild Wiggler]], [[Standard Bike]], [[Flame Rider]], [[Varmint]] and [[W 25 Silver Arrow]].

Revision as of 00:36, November 16, 2014

Template:Kart-infobox The Pipe Frame is the standard kart used in Super Mario Kart, Mario Kart 64, and Mario Kart: Super Circuit, and a customizable kart part in Mario Kart 7 and Mario Kart 8. In the first three installments of the Mario Kart series, the Pipe Frame acts as the main standard kart. The abilities of the kart depend on the driver so the kart itself has no strong or weak points.

Mario Kart 7

The Pipe Frame appears in Mario Kart 7 as a retro kart body. In this game the kart offers a good boost in acceleration and off-road, but hinders speed and weight. The Pipe Frame is one of the three kart parts to have a different color for each character. Mario, Luigi, Peach, Yoshi, Bowser, Donkey Kong, Toad and Wario retain the same colored kart from Mario Kart 64 and Mario Kart: Super Circuit.

Color schemes

Character Color
Mario Red
Luigi Green
Peach Pink
Yoshi Lime green
Bowser Orange
Donkey Kong Yellow
Toad Blue
Koopa Light green-yellow
Daisy Yellow-orange
Wario Purple
Rosalina Turquoise
Metal Mario Blue-gray
Shy Guy Black
Honey Queen Fuchsia
Wiggler Brown
Lakitu Sky blue
Mii Color depends on Mii's color

Mario Kart 8

The Pipe Frame returns in Mario Kart 8 as a retro kart body, reverted to the Super Mario Kart design featuring a tubular engine with one exhaust pipe, rather than a square engine with two exhaust pipes used in Mario Kart 64 and Mario Kart: Super Circuit. It also contains a small circular piece of metal on the front, which displays the current character's emblem.

Unlike past installments, the colors of the Pipe Frame are now shared with multiple characters, featuring 23 unique colors used between the 35 characters (and of those, eleven of the colors are exclusive to one character, counting alternative colors for Yoshi and Shy Guy but excluding Miis, and only one color (Brown) are exclusive to Miis). Mario, Luigi, Peach, Yoshi, Toad, Bowser, Donkey Kong and Wario once again retain their colored karts from Mario Kart 64, and Mario Kart: Super Circuit and Koopa Troopa retains his colored kart from Super Mario Kart. In addition, all the Koopalings excluding Morton have unique colored steering wheels for their karts as opposed to the standard black.

The Pipe Frame gives a good boost in acceleration and handling, but hinders weight and traction. Its stats are identical to the Wild Wiggler, Standard Bike, Flame Rider, Varmint and W 25 Silver Arrow.

Like the standard vehicles, all of the computer-controlled characters (excluding the Miis and alternate-colored Yoshis and Shy Guys) occasionally use this body.

Color schemes

Character(s) Color
Body Steering Wheel
Mario's head icon in Mario Kart 8Baby Mario's head icon in Mario Kart 8File:YoshiRed-MK8.pngMii icon, from Mario Kart 8. (Red) Red Black
Luigi's head icon in Mario Kart 8Baby Luigi's head icon in Mario Kart 8File:ShyGuyGreen-MK8.pngMii icon, from Mario Kart 8. (Green) Green Black
Peach's head icon in Mario Kart 8Baby Peach's head icon in Mario Kart 8File:YoshiPink-MK8.pngFile:ShyGuyPink-MK8.pngToadette's head icon in Mario Kart 8Cat Peach's icon from Mario Kart 8Mii icon, from Mario Kart 8. (Pink) Light pink Black
Daisy's head icon in Mario Kart 8Baby Daisy's head icon in Mario Kart 8File:YoshiOrange-MK8.pngFile:ShyGuyOrange-MK8.pngTanooki Mario's icon from Mario Kart 8Mii icon, from Mario Kart 8. (Orange) Yellow-orange Black
Rosalina's head icon in Mario Kart 8Lakitu's head icon in Mario Kart 8Baby Rosalina's head icon in Mario Kart 8File:YoshiLightBlue-MK8.pngFile:ShyGuyLightBlue-MK8.pngMii icon, from Mario Kart 8. (Light-blue) Sky blue Black
Metal Mario's head icon in Mario Kart 8 Metallic gray Black
Yoshi's head icon in Mario Kart 8Mii icon, from Mario Kart 8. (Light-green) Light green-yellow Black
Koopa Troopa's head icon in Mario Kart 8Donkey Kong's head icon in Mario Kart 8File:YoshiYellow-MK8.pngFile:ShyGuyYellow-MK8.pngMii icon, from Mario Kart 8. (Yellow) Yellow Black
Toad's head icon in Mario Kart 8File:YoshiBlue-MK8.pngFile:ShyGuyBlue-MK8.pngLink's icon from Mario Kart 8Mii icon, from Mario Kart 8. (Blue) Blue Black
File:YoshiWhite-MK8.pngFile:ShyGuyWhite-MK8.pngMii icon, from Mario Kart 8. (White) White Black
Shy Guy's head icon in Mario Kart 8File:YoshiBlack-MK8.pngFile:ShyGuyBlack-MK8.pngMii icon, from Mario Kart 8. (Black) Black Black
Mii icon, from Mario Kart 8. (Brown) Brown Black
Pink Gold Peach's head icon in Mario Kart 8 Metallic pink Black
Bowser's head icon in Mario Kart 8 Orange Black
Wario's head icon in Mario Kart 8Mii icon, from Mario Kart 8. (Purple) Purple Black
Waluigi's head icon in Mario Kart 8 Dark purple Black
Iggy's head icon in Mario Kart 8 Lime green Blue-violet
Roy's head icon in Mario Kart 8 Red-purple Light pink
Lemmy's head icon in Mario Kart 8 Cyan Orange
Larry's head icon in Mario Kart 8 Yellow Sky blue
Wendy's head icon in Mario Kart 8 Pink Light purple
Ludwig's head icon in Mario Kart 8 Dark blue Blue
Morton's head icon in Mario Kart 8 Dark gray Black

Stats

Stat values are out of 6.

Mario Kart 7

  • Speed: -0.25
  • Acceleration: +0.25
  • Weight: -0.25
  • Handling: 0
  • Off-Road: +0.25

Mario Kart 8

  • Speed: 0
  • Acceleration: +0.25
  • Weight: -0.25
  • Handling: +0.5
  • Traction: -0.5

Gallery

Artwork

Screenshots

Mario Kart 7

Mario Kart 8

Club Nintendo

"Die Jagd nach dem Nintendo 64: Krawall im All"

Mario and Luigi driving karts
Mario and Luigi driving karts in the Club Nintendo comic "Die Jagd nach dem Nintendo 64: Krawall im All".

In the Club Nintendo comic "Die Jagd nach dem Nintendo 64: Krawall im All", Mario and Luigi are seen driving karts in their mission to find a spaceship shaped like the Nintendo 64. They compete against Wario and Bowser and make another reference to the Mario Kart games by dropping Banana Peels and making them crash. The karts seen in this comic resemble those seen in the then-new Mario Kart 64. Unlike their video game equivalents, though, they can also be turned into jet skis by pushing a button on their steering-wheels.

Mario Kirby Meisaku Video

A Pipe Frame makes an apperance resembling the one in Super Mario Kart in the Mario segment of the Mario Kirby Meisaku Video where Mario drives it during his pursuit of the mysterious thief W. Eventually, after being attacked by some monsters, he spins out near a vegetable garden.

Super Mario-Kun

A kart. Page 145 of volume 6 of Super Mario-kun.

Pipe Frame karts are seen in the Mario Kart adaptions of Super Mario-Kun. The first time they appear, Mario races against other characters including Donkey Kong Jr. and Bowser.

Super Smash Bros. series

Super Smash Bros. Melee Trophy

Name Image Game Description
Racing Kart File:Trophy213.PNG Super Mario Kart
9/92
The famous racing karts from the ever-popular Mario Kart racing series come loaded for speed with three different engine sizes: 50, 100, and 150 cc. The karts' handling differs with the characters driving them, but all of them utilize Mario Kart standards like drift, jump, and turbo. They're extremely durable and impossible to total.

Names in other languages

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Trivia

  • In Mario Kart 7, the White Mii is the only Mii color to receive a unique Pipe Frame color, as no other character uses a white Pipe Frame. In Mario Kart 8, this trait only applies to the Brown Mii.

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