Wild Woods

Wild Woods
Information
Cup(s)	Crossing Cup
First appearance	Mario Kart 8 (2014)
Appearance(s)	Mario Kart 8
Map(s)
Music

Wild Woods is the third track of the Crossing Cup in Mario Kart 8.

The staff ghost kart setup is a male Villager driving a Streetle with Leaf tires and a Paper Glider.

Layout

Mario Kart 8

The track starts out in anti-gravity, going up a tree. After going forward a bit, racers will reach a fork in the road. The left track has coins scattered through the road, while the right allows racers to perform many tricks. After this, the track passes through a small village, where numerous Shy Guys live.

After gliding over a large void and reach a circular platform, the boardwalk continues once racers have landed there. Taking a slight bend to the left, racers drop from the boardwalk to a passage with water running down the center, similar to Koopa Cape. Racers then exit the passage and fall to a shallow pond. It has enormous leaves floating with Boost Pads on them so that players can perform tricks.

After the pond, the racer will find a last ramp to jump over and land directly to another boardwalk over an anti-gravity pad. The track makes a slight detour to the left, which is also the last bend that leads the player back to the starting line.

Shortcuts

• Take the left route where the track splits near the beginning to take either of these shortcuts:
  • A mushroom can be used over a patch of grass cutting off a corner.
  • To the left of the jump ramp a small grass ramp can be taken using a mushroom, cutting off the turn leading to the main ramp.
  • These shortcuts can be combined on 200cc with a well timed mushroom or a star on 150cc.
• Just before the finish line and located in the detour, there is a single jump ramp that can be taken using a mushroom or a star.

Gallery

A view of the course at the start of a race.

The track's icon.

A male Villager performing a trick.

A male Villager at the track's glider portion.

Dry Bowser at the pond portion of the track.

Mario Kart Trivia

• This is the only track to start in anti-gravity, but to not entirely be in anti-gravity.
  • This track uses anti-gravity sooner than any other track, as you start out using it.
• This is the only new track in Mario Kart 8 in which its icon has the feature on the left side of the icon.

Previous track: GBA Cheese Land	Current track: Wild Woods	Next track: Animal Crossing

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