This article is about the second course based on Wuhu Island in Mario Kart 7. For other uses of "Wuhu", seeWuhu.

Maka Wuhu Wuhu Mountain Loop
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Appears in	Mario Kart 7 (2011)
Cup	Star Cup
Based on	Wuhu Island (Wii Sports Resort)
Music sample Ryo Nagamatsu (composition) Kenta Nagata, Satomi Terui (arrangement) Frontrunning
Course map
Staff ghosts 7 Ret★Reed 1:50.607 7Expert Nin★Chucky 1:39.361

Maka Wuhu (known asWuhu Mountain Loop in the British English version) is the fourth and final race course of theStar Cup inMario Kart 7, which takes place onWuhu Island fromWii Sports Resort. The course's music is an arrangement of the title screen music ofWii Sports Resort, shared withWuhu Loop. This is the second course to be a long course split into sections rather than laps, and the first course in theMario Kart series to have the start and end point at different locations (followed byMount Wario andBig Blue inMario Kart 8).

This course, along with its counterpartWuhu Loop, are the only tracks fromMario Kart 7 that have yet to return as a classic course in a futureMario Kart installment. It is also the only course inMario Kart 7's Star Cup that never appeared inMario Kart Tour.

The course's American English name originates from the large volcano on Wuhu Island, named Maka Wuhu. The European English name of the course generically refers to the mountain as "Wuhu Mountain", although it is called Mt. Tenganamanga in PAL releases ofWii Sports Resort andPilotwings Resort.

Course layout[edit]

The starting line with Lakitu counting down to the start of the race

Unlike most other courses, Maka Wuhu has no laps, instead having a start and end point (which are in different areas, a trait specific to this track in7) and is divided in three sections, similar to its counterpart,Wuhu Loop, and this game's variant ofRainbow Road. Unlike Mount Wario and Big Blue in8, though, the track eventually loops back around.

The race begins on the beach of Maka Wuhu in the evening, where several trick ramps and dirt piles are found in the road. After this, the road forks in half until coming across a bridge, which opens to a large mud-filled turn that leads to the first checkpoint of the race. On the start of the second section, the player is led into a cave with several pits and trick ramps. After exiting the cave, the road will curve along a cliff side, with Duckling Lake on the other side. After aDash Panel, the road turns to the right and the player will cross another bridge around Summerstone Castle. At the next turn there is another trick ramp and the second checkpoint.

The third section begins with a right turn on the side of a cliff, wrapping around the upper part of the mountain, as boulders fall onto the track that can knock racers off course. After the rock section, the road travels downhill slightly to aGlide Ramp. From here, there are two glide routes. The left gliding route has an intermediate stop at a platform similar to the ones fromPilotwings Resort suspended by balloons with a Dash Panel, while the right side has a ramp on top of the Cocoba Hotel and is located at a much lower altitude. After the hang gliding section, the player will land back on the beach, directly behind where they began the race. Racers land on one of two paths, the left one (right in Mirror Mode) traveling through Camel Rock and the other skirting around the side of the rock, before arriving at the finish line. After the finish line is a roundabout that the player (now controlled by the software) will go around, back to the branching paths. The player will take a left, leading back to the starting line. Attempting to drive to the finish line from the start will result in players being counted out-of-bounds, and they will then be brought back to the starting line.

Additionally, after the gliding segment on the final section, racers can turn right at Camel Rock instead of driving to the finish line area and drive back to the starting line without being picked up by Lakitu. By doing this, racers can complete additional laps indefinitely.

Shortcuts[edit]

Maka Wuhu has two shortcuts. The first one is a hiddenunderwater path through Duckling Lake in front of Summerstone Castle near the end of the second section, while the second one is through Summerstone Castle.

The course also has a glitch shortcut that can save at least 20 seconds, activated by jumping into the water on the right of the entrance to the cave or right next to the water, right after the second section begins. Lakitu then puts the player above the cave at the bottom of the hill before the third section begins. This glitch was patched out of Online Multiplayer starting in version 1.1, but it still works in the Single Player and Local Multiplayer modes.

Brands[edit]

• Nintendo (Trackside banners)
• Water Sports (Trackside banners)

Gallery[edit]

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  View of the beach

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  Yoshi at the first section of Maka Wuhu

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  Yoshi drifting on Maka Wuhu

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  Inside of the cave

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  Luigi racing inside the Duckling Lake section

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  A shortcut at the end of section 2

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  A boulder on the mountain pass

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  Approaching the finish line

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  The finish line

Naming[edit]

Internal names[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

References[edit]

• Castles
• Islands
• Mountains
• Sectioned courses
• Mario Kart 7 race courses

• Articles with unsourced foreign names