Music Park
- This article is about the race course fromMario Kart 7. For its musical theme, seeMusic Park (theme).
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| Appears in | Mario Kart 7 (2011) Mario Kart 8 (2014) Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (2017) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Music Park (known asMelody Motorway in the British English version) is the thirdrace course of theFlower Cup inMario Kart 7. The course takes place on a winding circuit floating in space, containing several musical instruments, including a giant xylophone and piano, as well as giant tambourines that act likeMushroom Trampolines and three bouncing musical notes at the end. All instruments make their own sounds when driven over or passed by.
Music Park reappears as a classic course inMario Kart 8 andMario Kart 8 Deluxe as the third course of theLeaf Cup.
Mario Kart 7[edit]
Course layout[edit]
The course starts off with a road, with trumpets and a large violin visible. Following this is a prolonged turn around a set of piano keys (with the black keys beingtrickable, then a straightaway with twoBig Piranha Plants planted. The Piranha Plants are surrounded by circles of light, signaling the range in which they will bite racers, causing them to spin out. The Piranha Plants swap sides every lap. After this is a slight turn with a small shortcut ramp off to the side near aNote Block. Following this are two turns on thexylophone and thevibraphone, which have similarly trickable black keys on the inside. Thetambourine then appears, acting like a Mushroom Platform. In this section of the track, the walls are adorned with musical staffs.
This section is followed by a split ramp (two ramps that each alternate between being a regular ramp and aGlide Ramp) that leads to an area containingBouncing Notes, which jump up and down. Three metronome beats are played just before they hit the ground. InMario Kart 7, after 1 minute and 52 seconds have passed, they start to jump right after they land. Any players that race beneath a Bouncing Note when it lands will be flattened and spin out. However, if players are near one of the notes when it hits the ground, they will be launched into the air and can take advantage of the air time with a trick boost, signaled by the flashing of the floor. Following this section is a big turn with a smaller tambourine trampoline nestled within, which can be used to cut the turn. The tambourine can be combined with an off-road shortcut within the left turn leading to the finish line.
The banners around the course have the name "Music Park" on them, even in regions where the course's name is or is derived from "Melody Motorway".
Music Park's track layout bears a striking resemblance toSilence 2 - Wavy Road fromF-Zero X as well as the real-lifeShanghai International Circuit in China.
Mario Kart 8 /Mario Kart 8 Deluxe[edit]
Music Park makes its classic course debut inMario Kart 8 andMario Kart 8 Deluxe as the third course of theLeaf Cup. There are no changes made to the track layout, but there are several cosmetic changes. The course banner now resembles a guitar neck with strings, and theMario Kart logo is now multi-colored. The Bouncing Notes now squint when they land, and them speeding up is no longer based on a timer. This time, they do not speed up until the player in 1st place begins the third lap, and they stay on-beat with the new, faster tempo. In the area they are in, the metronome played is louder than before. A few additional coins have also been placed around the track. Small Bouncing Notes have been added at the start/finish line, jumping in time with the music.
Mario Kart 8 Original Soundtrack liner notes[edit]
"This is a special version we've come up with for the soundtrack, with some additional sound effects that you hear while going around the track."
Gallery[edit]
Mario Kart 7[edit]
First person view ofToad at the starting line
Peach driving on the giant piano
Piranha Plants on the course
Lakitu, approaching aBouncing Note
Mario Kart 8 /Mario Kart 8 Deluxe[edit]
The course icon
The full course icon
Results screen
The British English course icon
The course, as seen from the starting line
Toad racing on the course
Toadette, approaching giant Bouncing Notes
Shortcut towards the homestretch
A released screenshot of the course, revealing the name of the course
Thestamp obtained for beating the staff ghost for this course
Naming[edit]
Internal names[edit]
| Game | File | Name | Meaning |
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| Mario Kart 7 | Gctr_MusicPark | Grand PrixCentrair[2] Music Park | |
| Mario Kart 8/Mario Kart 8 Deluxe | G3ds_MusicPark | Grand Prix3DS Music Park |
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ミュージックパーク[3][4] Myūjikku Pāku | Music Park | |
| Chinese(Simplified) | 音乐公园[3][4] Yīnyuè Gōngyuán(Mandarin) Yāmngohk Gūng'yún(Cantonese) | Music Park | |
| Chinese(Traditional) | 音樂公園[3][4] Yīnyuè Gōngyuán(Mandarin) Yāmngohk Gūng'yún(Cantonese) | Music Park | |
| Dutch | Muziekcircuit[3][4] | Music Circuit | |
| French(Canadian) | Piste Musicale[3] | Musical Track;piste can mean both "music track" and "race track" | Mario Kart 8 onward |
| Piste musicale[4] | Mario Kart 7 | ||
| French(European) | Piste musicale[3][4] | Musical Track;piste can mean both "music track" and "race track" | |
| German | Instrumentalpiste[3][4] | Instrumental Track; unlike in French,Piste only refers to a race track | |
| Italian | Melodiodromo[3][4] | Frommelodia ("melody") andautodromo ("racetrack") | |
| Korean | 뮤직 파크[3][4] Myujik Pakeu | Music Park | |
| Polish | Park Muzyczny[5] | Music Park | |
| Portuguese | Autoestrada Musical[3][4] | Musical Motorway | |
| Russian | Мелодиодром[3][4] Melodiodrom | Fromмелодия (melodiya, "melody") andавтодром (avtodrom, "racetrack") | |
| Spanish(Latin American) | Autopista Musical[3][4] | Musical Highway; pun onpista musical ("music track") | |
| Spanish(European) | Circuito Musical[3][4] | Musical Circuit |
References[edit]
- ^@zachruff (May 22, 2022)."So it turns out that there are 4 staff ghosts in the Tencent Chinese version of MK8D that are actually different to the global version. It seems that they really did not like the Mercedes car parts so any ghost that used them had to be redone."Twitter. Retrieved May 24, 2022.
- ^The Cutting Room Floor:Project Names/Nintendo.The Cutting Room Floor. Retrieved June 13, 2025.
- ^abcdefghijklmString1452 in fileUI/<language>/message.sarc/Common.msbt.Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (2017). Nintendo EPD et al.
- ^abcdefghijklmString1609 in fileUI/common-<language>.szs/Common.msbt.Mario Kart 7 (2011). Nintendo EAD et al.
- ^Music track title inMario Kart World (Ver. 1.5.0). Nintendo. Retrieved January 22, 2026.
