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==''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe''== | ==''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe''== | ||
[[File:MK8-Course-Tour LondonLoop.jpg|thumb|250px|London Loop in ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe'']] | [[File:MK8-Course-Tour LondonLoop.jpg|thumb|250px|London Loop in ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe'']] | ||
London Loop returns in ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'' as part of the third wave of the [[Booster Course Pass]]. It is the first course of the [[Rock Cup]]. The course has received significant visual upgrades, and is now set in cloudy weather. The {{wp|London Eye}} now moves, unlike in ''Mario Kart Tour''. The various barrels and crates on the course have been removed. The minimap is rotated 90 degrees clockwise and features multiple paths that are unused in ''Mario Kart Tour'', such as one to the right of Leadenhall Market and one going beneath the Admiralty Arch. This makes London Loop the second ''Mario Kart Tour'' city course to include roads that were unused at the time of their appearance in the Booster Course Pass, after [[Tour Sydney Sprint|Sydney Sprint]] and alongside [[Tour Berlin Byways|Berlin Byways]]. | London Loop returns in ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'' as part of the third wave of the [[Booster Course Pass]]. It is the first course of the [[Rock Cup]]. The course has received significant visual upgrades, and is now set in cloudy weather. The {{wp|London Eye}} now moves, unlike in ''Mario Kart Tour''. The various barrels and crates on the course have been removed. The minimap is rotated 90 degrees clockwise and features multiple paths that are unused in ''Mario Kart Tour'', such as one to the right of Leadenhall Market and one going beneath the Admiralty Arch. This makes London Loop the second ''Mario Kart Tour'' city course to include roads that were unused at the time of their appearance in the Booster Course Pass, after [[Tour Sydney Sprint|Sydney Sprint]] and alongside [[Tour Berlin Byways|Berlin Byways]]. Like Berlin Byways, the previously unused roads in this course were never used in ''Tour'' prior to new content for it concluding. | ||
The first lap is based on the first London Loop route. Racers begin on {{wp|Westminster Bridge}}, facing Big Ben. An [[arrow field]] immediately directs them to turn right and drive through {{wp|Charing Cross}}. Unlike in ''Mario Kart Tour'', racers can perform tricks off of the center of the roundabout. They can also drive the long way around the roundabout, though there is no benefit to doing so. Either way, players then drive around the front of {{wp|St Paul's Cathedral}} and come to {{wp|Leadenhall Market}}. They can still drive through it, but there is now also the option to drive on a straighter path to its right, which is unused in ''Tour''. From there, they drive through a right curve past a [[Chain Chomp]] chained outside the [[Tower of London]], across [[Tower Bridge]], and back to the starting line taking the route past {{wp|The Shard}}. | The first lap is based on the first London Loop route. Racers begin on {{wp|Westminster Bridge}}, facing Big Ben. An [[arrow field]] immediately directs them to turn right and drive through {{wp|Charing Cross}}. Unlike in ''Mario Kart Tour'', racers can perform tricks off of the center of the roundabout. They can also drive the long way around the roundabout, though there is no benefit to doing so. Either way, players then drive around the front of {{wp|St Paul's Cathedral}} and come to {{wp|Leadenhall Market}}. They can still drive through it, but there is now also the option to drive on a straighter path to its right, which is unused in ''Tour''. From there, they drive through a right curve past a [[Chain Chomp]] chained outside the [[Tower of London]], across [[Tower Bridge]], and back to the starting line taking the route past {{wp|The Shard}}. | ||
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The third and final lap is a combination of London Loop 2 again and London Loop 3R. Players once again drive through St James's Park. However, the Chain Chomp has broken loose and is now roaming around, occasionally crossing onto the road. The Chain Chomp outside the park's gate has also freed itself and gone through the {{wp|Admiralty Arch}} to circle the Charing Cross. Racers, too, drive under the Admiralty Arch and go straight through Charing Cross towards the {{wp|River Thames}} (where an unchained Chain Chomp is swimming, of no consequence to the player). Players drive along the Thames and under the Waterloo Bridge before taking the right turn near the Tower of London again, whose Chain Chomp has also broken loose. They drive over the Tower Bridge again (although there is no [[Glide Ramp]] like there is in ''Mario Kart Tour''), turn right to drive on the other side of the Thames, and then head for the finish line to end the race. | The third and final lap is a combination of London Loop 2 again and London Loop 3R. Players once again drive through St James's Park. However, the Chain Chomp has broken loose and is now roaming around, occasionally crossing onto the road. The Chain Chomp outside the park's gate has also freed itself and gone through the {{wp|Admiralty Arch}} to circle the Charing Cross. Racers, too, drive under the Admiralty Arch and go straight through Charing Cross towards the {{wp|River Thames}} (where an unchained Chain Chomp is swimming, of no consequence to the player). Players drive along the Thames and under the Waterloo Bridge before taking the right turn near the Tower of London again, whose Chain Chomp has also broken loose. They drive over the Tower Bridge again (although there is no [[Glide Ramp]] like there is in ''Mario Kart Tour''), turn right to drive on the other side of the Thames, and then head for the finish line to end the race. | ||
In the first lap, the second path of Leadenhall Market is blocked off with red arrows, implying the player would drive there in a later lap. However, the player never visits that area in the race again, so the route, like in ''Mario Kart Tour'', remains unused, making it the only route in the Booster Course Pass with this distinction. | In the first lap, the second path of Leadenhall Market is blocked off with red arrows, implying the player would drive there in a later lap. However, the player never visits that area in the race again, so the route, like in ''Mario Kart Tour'', remains unused, making it the only route in the Booster Course Pass with this distinction. (Note that the route only leads into a void.) | ||
This course being positioned in the Rock Cup may be a reference to the course's music, which is based on British rock music from the 1960s and 1970s. It is also one of two courses in the third wave to utilize rock music for its theme, alongside {{classic-link|3DS|Rock Rock Mountain}}. Both of these courses are in the Rock Cup. During the beginning of this course's music, a second guitar plays a few notes, panned to the left; this guitar is absent in all subsequent loops of the song.<ref>YoshiMr. (December 9, 2022). [https://youtu.be/WZaNsUFBqUA How a Single Guitar (may have) Set a Mario Kart Milestone (I think)]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved December 9, 2022.</ref> | This course being positioned in the Rock Cup may be a reference to the course's music, which is based on British rock music from the 1960s and 1970s. It is also one of two courses in the third wave to utilize rock music for its theme, alongside {{classic-link|3DS|Rock Rock Mountain}}. Both of these courses are in the Rock Cup. During the beginning of this course's music, a second guitar plays a few notes, panned to the left; this guitar is absent in all subsequent loops of the song.<ref>YoshiMr. (December 9, 2022). [https://youtu.be/WZaNsUFBqUA How a Single Guitar (may have) Set a Mario Kart Milestone (I think)]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved December 9, 2022.</ref> | ||