Editing DS Wario Stadium

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{{about|the race course from ''[[Mario Kart DS]]'' and classic course in ''[[Mario Kart 8]]''|the race course from ''[[Mario Kart 64]]''|[[Wario Stadium]]}}
{{race course infobox
|title=Wario Stadium
|image={{tabber|title1=''Mario Kart DS''|content1=[[File:Wario Stadium MKDS preview.png|250px]]|title2=''Mario Kart 8''|content2=[[File:MK8-Course-DS WarioStadium.png|250px]]}}
|appears_in=''[[Mario Kart DS]]'' ([[List of games by date#2005|2005]])<br>''[[Mario Kart 8]]'' ([[List of games by date#2014|2014]]) <br> ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'' ([[List of games by date#2017|2017]])
|cups=[[Special Cup]] (''DS'')<br>[[Leaf Cup]] (''8'', ''8 Deluxe'')
|online_play=No longer available ([[Nintendo DS|DS]], [[Wii U]])<br>Available ([[Nintendo Switch|Switch]])
|sample=''Mario Kart DS'': Shinobu Tanaka<br>[[File:MKDS-Music-WaluigiPinball.oga]]<br>''Mario Kart DS'' (Course Intro)<br>[[File:MKDS-Music-WarioStadiumFlyover.oga]]<br>''Mario Kart 8'' / ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe'': Yasuaki Iwata<br>[[File:MK8-Music-DS-WarioStadium.oga]]<br>''Mario Kart 8'' / ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe'' (frontrunning)<br>[[File:WiiU_DS_WarioStadium_Frontrunning.oga]]
|map=''Mario Kart DS''<br>[[File:MKDS Wario Stadium DS.png|140px]]<br>[[File:MKDS Wario Stadium DS layout.png]]<br>
''Mario Kart 8'' / ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe''
<div style="white-space: nowrap;">[[File:MK8 DS Wario Stadium Map.png|frameless|upright=0.65]][[File:MK8DX DS Wario Stadium Map.png|frameless|upright=0.65]]</div>
|ghost={{ghost|DS|Ninten★マトゥ|2:14.868|[[File:Wario_MKDS_record_icon.png|32px|link=Wario]][[File:MKDS Brute Model.png|32px|link=Brute]]}}{{ghost|8|Nin★Mizuho|2:14.213|[[File:MK8 Wario Icon.png|32px|link=Wario]][[File:TrispeederBodyMK8.png|32px|link=Tri-Speeder]][[File:Off-Road.png|32px|link=Off-Road]][[File:WarioWingMK8.png|32px|link=Wario Wing]]}}{{ghost|8DX <small>150cc</small>|Nin★Mizuho|2:09.171|[[File:MK8 Wario Icon.png|32px|link=Wario]][[File:TrispeederBodyMK8.png|32px|link=Tri-Speeder]][[File:Off-Road.png|32px|link=Off-Road]][[File:WarioWingMK8.png|32px|link=Wario Wing]]}}{{ghost|8DX <small>200cc</small>|Nin★Massim|1:39.724|[[File:MK8 Waluigi Icon.png|32px|link=Waluigi]][[File:VarmintBodyMK8.png|32px|link=Varmint]][[File:HotMonsterTiresMK8.png|32px|link=Hot Monster]][[File:WarioWingMK8.png|32px|link=Wario Wing]]}}
}}
'''Wario Stadium''' is the first course of the [[Special Cup]] in ''[[Mario Kart DS]]''. The track has its own introduction music in the single-player Grand Prix. The course contains numerous mud puddles, [[Dash Panel]]s, jumps, twists, [[Fire Chain]]s and [[Fire Bars|Bars]]. This version is more reminiscent of [[GCN Waluigi Stadium|Waluigi Stadium]] from ''[[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]]'' than its N64 [[Wario Stadium|counterpart]] and shares the same music with [[DS Waluigi Pinball|Waluigi Pinball]]. 

Wario Stadium reappears as a [[classic course]] in ''[[Mario Kart 8]]'' and ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'' as the first race of the [[Leaf Cup]], making it the first Wario-themed retro course.

==''Mario Kart DS''==
===Course layout===
The course starts with a 180 degree left turn, followed by a right turn and a left U-turn. The player then climbs up a ramp and uses a [[Dash Panel]] to jump over the end of the course (a mesh platform prevents racers from falling down). The player turns left into a mud pit that slows racers down. Dash Panels on islands in the mud serve as a path to navigate the mud. Then, racers climb up a pair of ramps with spinning Fire Chains. The path narrows and passes a mud pit with Fire Bars. Next, racers climb a giant ramp before passing several small humps. Racers take one more U-turn before jumping off another ramp to the finish line.

With skillful use of lightweight characters combined with high-handling karts, the ramps with Dash Panels can be used carefully to avoid a [[Spiny Shell (blue)|Spiny Shell]] by [[Mini-Turbo|boosting]] with precise timing when jumping over them.

This course's unique introduction music may be a reference to the {{wp|Organ (music)|baseball organ}}, based on its sounds and due to the fact that the course is a stadium.{{br|left}}

===Missions===
There is one [[Mario Kart DS#Missions|mission]] that takes place on Wario Stadium:
*'''Mission 7-5''': The player controls [[Wario]], who must collect 20 [[coin]]s within 55 seconds. During this mission, there are two additional [[Fire Chain|fire chains]] for the player to avoid.

==''Mario Kart 8'' / ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe''==
Wario Stadium makes its classic course debut in ''[[Mario Kart 8]]'' and ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'' as the first course of the [[Leaf Cup]]. While the layout is mostly the same, some changes have been made in the Fire Bars section. Rather than driving through a mud path, racers now drive on a raised platform that acts as an anti-gravity section (similar to [[Mario Kart Stadium]] and {{classic-link|GBA|Mario Circuit}}). Soon after, racers encounter a new [[Underwater driving|underwater section]] instead of continuing on the dirt path from the previous version, which then leads to a [[Glide Ramp]] instead of a [[Dash Panel]]. This part of the track, compared to the original section, has been modified to just a simple U-turn. Other major changes include the addition of a statue of Wario and the time of day, which has been changed from night to day. All the Dash Panels on the ramps are also smaller compared to their original appearance, but are more powerful, and racers can perform tricks when driving over one. In addition, the crowd can be heard cheering if the player performs a trick in both the Fire Chain jump and at the end of the anti-gravity section. Like its first appearance, it shares its music with {{classic-link|DS|Waluigi Pinball}}, making these courses the only courses to share the same music in ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe''.

The starting banner (which now has the modern ''Mario Kart'' logo) can be interacted with by playable characters gliding out of the underwater section, causing it to swing. The course is one of five with this feature; the other four courses are [[Mario Circuit (Mario Kart 8)|Mario Circuit]], {{classic-link|3DS|Neo Bowser City}}, {{classic-link|Tour|Tokyo Blur}} and {{classic-link|3DS|Rock Rock Mountain}}.
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==Track layout comparisons==
The inner loop is the same in ''Mario Kart DS'' and ''Mario Kart 8''. Turn 4 after the bridge is sharper in ''8'', leading into the boost mold section.

Turn 5 leads left to the first jump section. Though they have same hills in ''DS'' and ''8'', the ''DS'' section is diagonally aligned.

In the ''DS'' layout, the hills are followed by turn 6 slightly right, turns 7-9 with mud traps, turn 10 leading into the second jump section, and turn 11 leading right into a bumpy section.

The ''8'' layout skips turns 6 through 11, instead banking into an inside-leaning vertical hover section for its turn 6, leading into the sharp turns 7 and 8, followed by a turn 9 left turn into a jump section.

The final sharp turn, which is turn 12 in ''DS'' and turn 10 in ''8'', lead back onto the main stretch.
<gallery widths=180px heights=180px>
Wario Stadium Mario Kart DS 8 track layout comparison MKDS focus.webp|The ''Mario Kart DS'' track layout superimposed over the ''Mario Kart 8'' track layout
Wario Stadium Mario Kart DS 8 track layout comparison MK8 focus.webp|The ''Mario Kart 8'' track layout superimposed over the ''Mario Kart DS'' track layout
</gallery>

==Profiles==
===''Mario Kart DS''===
*'''North American website bio:''' "''Hit the dirt in Wario Stadium, where huge jumps and bone-rattling bumps make for an action-packed race.''"
*'''European website bio:''' "''Wario's tricky track is just as tricky and dirty as the man himself. It's a bump-ridden speedway-style course packed with pitfalls like mud to slow you down and spinning wheels of fire to burn unwary drivers. How this passed the safety inspection we'll never know...''"

===''[[Mario Kart 8 Original Soundtrack]]'' liner notes===
''"For this track, we've tried to represent Wario's nasty nature in sound. We've actually put most of the emphasis on the beat itself, rather than the original tune."''

==Sponsors==
===''Mario Kart DS''===
*[[List of recurring sponsors in the Mario Kart series#Koopa Sport|Koopa Sport]] (Trackside banners)
*[[List of recurring sponsors in the Mario Kart series#KoopaKart|KoopaKart]] (Trackside banners)
*[[List of recurring sponsors in the Mario Kart series#Mario Kart (Nintendo-style banner)|Mario Kart]] (Trackside banners)
*[[List of recurring sponsors in the Mario Kart series#Peach Grand Prix|Peach Grand Prix]] (Trackside banners)
*[[List of recurring sponsors in the Mario Kart series#Super Mario|Super Mario]] (Trackside banners)
*[[List of recurring sponsors in the Mario Kart series#Super Mushroom|Super Mushroom]] (Trackside banners)
*[[List of recurring sponsors in the Mario Kart series#Super Star!|Super Star!]] (Trackside banners)
*[[List of recurring sponsors in the Mario Kart series#Waluigi Grand Prix|Waluigi Grand Prix]] (Trackside banners)
*[[List of recurring sponsors in the Mario Kart series#Wario GP|Wario GP]] (Trackside banners)

===''Mario Kart 8'' / ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe''===
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*[[List of sponsors in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe#BaNaNa Boy|BaNaNa Boy]] (Trackside banners)
*[[List of recurring sponsors in the Mario Kart series#Bowser Oil|Bowser Oil]] (Signs, trackside banners)
*[[List of recurring sponsors in the Mario Kart series#Bullet Bill Speed Trail|Bullet Bill Speed Trial]] (Signs)
*[[List of recurring sponsors in the Mario Kart series#Burning DK|Burning DK]] (Signs, trackside banners)
*[[List of recurring sponsors in the Mario Kart series#Dream Gliders|Dream Gliders]] (Signs, trackside banners)
*[[Leaf Cup]] (Banners, starting line, tents)
*[[List of sponsors in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe#Lemmy's Tire Service|Lemmy's Tire Service]] (Signs, trackside banners)
|
*[[List of recurring sponsors in the Mario Kart series#Mario Kart (Oil)|Mario Kart]] (Oil cans)
*[[Mario Kart TV]] (Screens, tents, trackside banners, vans)
*[[List of recurring sponsors in the Mario Kart series#Mario Motors|Mario Motors]] (Signs, trackside banners)
*[[List of recurring sponsors in the Mario Kart series#Mario Work Gear|Mario Work Gear]] (Trackside banners)
*[[List of recurring sponsors in the Mario Kart series#Mushroom Piston|Mushroom Piston]] (Signs)
*[[List of sponsors in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe#Roy Smooth Sounds|Roy Smooth Sounds]] (Signs)
*[[List of sponsors in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe#Wario Billionaires|Wario Billionaires]] (Crowd banners, banners)
|}

==Gallery==
===''Mario Kart DS''===
<gallery widths=150px>
MKDS Wario Stadium Course Icon.png|The course icon
MKDSUnusedWarioCourse.png|The bumps found on the track
MKDS Wario Stadium Wario Falling.png|[[Wario]], racing at Wario Stadium
MKDS Boost Pad.png|A [[Dash Panel]]
</gallery>

===''Mario Kart 8'' / ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe''===
<gallery widths=150px>
MK8 DS Wario Stadium Course Icon.png|The course icon
MK8 DS Wario Stadium Starting Line.png|View of the starting line
MK8 - DS Wario Stadium.png|The jump before the anti-gravity section of the track
Rosalina-DSWarioStadium-MK8.jpg|[[Rosalina]] performs a trick
Wario Trick Wario Stadium MK8.jpg|Wario performs a trick at the end of the anti-gravity portion of the track
Rosalina-Iggy-WarioStadium-Finish-MK8.jpg|Rosalina and [[Iggy Koopa|Iggy]] approach the finish line
MK8DSWarioStadium.png|A released screenshot of the course, revealing the name of the track
MK8 Wario Stadium Stamp.png|The [[Stamp (Mario Kart 8)|stamp]] obtained for beating the staff ghost at this course
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=ワリオスタジアム
|JapR=Wario Sutajiamu
|JapM=Wario Stadium
|ChiS=瓦力欧竞技场
|ChiSR=Wǎlìōu Jìngjìchǎng
|ChiSM=Wario Arena
|ChiT=瓦利歐競技場
|ChiTR=Wǎlìōu Jìngjìchǎng
|ChiTM=Wario Arena
|Spa=Estadio Wario
|SpaM=Wario Stadium
|Fre=Stade Wario
|FreM=Wario Stadium
|Dut=Wario's Stadion
|DutM=Wario's Stadium
|Ger=Wario-Arena
|GerM=Wario Arena
|Ita=Stadio di Wario
|ItaM=Wario's Stadium
|Por=Estádio Wario
|PorM=Wario Stadium
|Rus=Стадион Варио
|RusR=Stadion Vario
|RusM=Wario's Stadium
|Kor=와리오 스타디움
|KorR=Wario Seutadium
|KorM=Wario Stadium
}}

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