Gobi Desert
| Gobi Desert | |
|---|---|
 Gobi Desert in the PC release ofMario's Time Machine | |
| Appears in | Mario's Time Machine (1993) |
| Greater location | China,Mongolia |
| Inhabitants | Explorers (includingMarco Polo) |
TheGobi Desert (Chinese:戈壁; Mandarin:Gēbì; Cantonese:Gwōbīk; Mongolian:ᠭᠣᠪᠢ,Gowĭ; Cyrillic Mongolian:Гови,Govi) is a region of desert that stretches fromChina toMongolia. It was commonly used as a means of entering the neighboring areas. In the thirteenth century,Marco Polo crossed the desert with his family,Niccolò and Maffeo Polo, and eventually reachedCambuluc, the capital of the Mongol Empire. After spending years in the capital, they eventually crossed the desert again to return home, this time with a Mongolian princess who they needed to escort to the Khan ofPersia. In 1292,Mario travels to the Gobi Desert himself to return aPrint Block to Marco Polo while he is still on the outskirts of Cambuluc.
The name "Gobi Desert" is also briefly shown in any ending cutscene of the MS-DOS version forMario's Time Machine, alongsideEat at Joe's, when Bowser tries to escape toParadise in the year 2000 by using thetimulator.
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