Editing Excitebike Arena

{{race course infobox
|title=Excitebike Arena
|image=[[File:MK8-DLC-Course-ExcitebikeArena.jpg|center|300px]]
|appears_in=''[[Mario Kart 8]]'' ([[The Legend of Zelda x Mario Kart 8|DLC Pack 1]]) ([[List of games by date#2014|2014]])<br>''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'' ([[List of games by date#2017|2017]])
|cups=[[Egg Cup]]
|based_on=''{{wp|Excitebike}}''
|ghost={{ghost|8|Nin★Pedro|2:06.483|[[File:MK8 Mario Icon.png|32px|link=Mario]][[File:StandardBikeBodyMK8.png|32px|link=Standard Bike]][[File:SlimTiresMK8.png|32px|link=Slim (tire)|Slim]][[File:SuperGliderMK8.png|32px|link=Super Glider]]}}{{ghost|8DX <small>150cc</small>|Nin★Pedro|1:58.808|[[File:MK8 Mario Icon.png|32px|link=Mario]][[File:StandardBikeBodyMK8.png|32px|link=Standard Bike]][[File:SlimTiresMK8.png|32px|link=Slim (tire)|Slim]][[File:SuperGliderMK8.png|32px|link=Super Glider]]}}{{ghost|8DX <small>200cc</small>|Nin★Akira|1:29.202|[[File:MK8DX Female Inkling Icon.png|32px|link=Inkling|Inkling Girl]][[File:InkstrikerMK8D InklingGirlOrange.png|32px|link=Inkstriker]][[File:Leaf Tires MK8.png|32px|link=Leaf Tires]][[File:MK8DThumbInklingGirlSG.png|32px|link=Super Glider]]}}
|online_play=Available ([[Wii U]] until April 8, 2024, [[Nintendo Switch|Switch]])
|sample=Shiho Fujii (arrangement)<br>Akito Nakatsuka (original)<br>[[File:MK8-DLC-Music-ExcitebikeArena.oga]]<br>Frontrunning<br>[[File:WiiU_ExcitebikeArena_Frontrunning.oga]]
|map=''Mario Kart 8'' / ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe''
<div style="white-space: nowrap;">[[File:MK8 Excitebike Arena Map.png|frameless|upright=0.65]][[File:MK8DX Excitebike Arena Map.png|frameless|upright=0.65]]</div>
}}
'''Excitebike Arena''' is a racecourse included with [[The Legend of Zelda x Mario Kart 8|''The Legend of Zelda'' × ''Mario Kart 8'']] downloadable content in ''[[Mario Kart 8]]'' as well as the base content of ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'' as the second course of the [[Egg Cup]]. The course is based on the [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]] game ''{{wp|Excitebike}}''. The music for this course is featured in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' as a track.

==Course layout==
[[File:Excitebike Arena MK8 DLC photo 1.png|thumb|250px|left|Screenshot showing some different patterns of the elements of the track.]]
The racecourse is simply a huge oval (much like [[GCN Baby Park|Baby Park]], but longer and larger in width) with many ramps and [[mud]] spots, much like race tracks in the original ''Excitebike''. Signs featuring the Japanese & European box art for ''Excitebike'' can be seen throughout the course, as well as a large statue of an 8-bit biker sprite on one end of the track. This track is unique in the fact that the track changes every time a race starts. There are many different segments with jumps, ramps and mud spots that can change position and height; according to ''Mario Kart 8'' director Kosuke Yabuki, there are over 200 different patterns of such elements.<ref>GameSpot. (November 18, 2014). [http://www.gamespot.com/articles/mario-kart-8-director-talks-dlc-hyrule-circuit-sec/1100-6423677/ Mario Kart 8 Director Talks DLC, Hyrule Circuit Secrets, and More -- Interview]. Retrieved November 18, 2014.</ref> A standard pattern is used in [[Time Trials]] to help keep consistency between time trial records.<ref>Mario Kart. (October 28, 2014). [https://www.facebook.com/MarioKartEN/posts/603634643074466 "... the location of ramps and speed boosts change every time you race! (Except on Time Trials, of course!)&nbsp;..."]. ''Facebook''. Retrieved July 29, 2022.</ref> In ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'', brown variants of the ramps in this course are found in [[RMX Choco Island 1]] and [[RMX Choco Island 2]] and their respective variants.

This is one of three new courses in ''Mario Kart 8'' without anti-gravity sections, the other two being [[Animal Crossing]] and [[Super Bell Subway]]. It is also one of nine courses without any gliding, underwater, or anti-gravity sections, the others being {{classic-link|GCN|Yoshi Circuit}}, {{classic-link|SNES|Rainbow Road}}, {{classic-link|SNES|Mario Circuit 3}}, {{classic-link|GBA|Snow Land}}, {{classic-link|Tour|London Loop}}, {{classic-link|GBA|Riverside Park}}, {{classic-link|DS|Mario Circuit}}, and {{classic-link|GBA|Sunset Wilds}}. Out of those tracks, it is the only one that is a new course.
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==Profiles==
===''Mario Kart 8''===
*'''Course trailer:''' ''Get ready for high-octane racing and high-flying hurdles!''<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQ7yVvxk8Q4 Wii U - Mario Kart 8 DLC: Excitebike Arena - Youtube]</ref>

====''[[Mario Kart 8 Original Soundtrack]]'' liner notes====
''"We worked the original NES Excitebike music in as a motif here. We used the old NES sound for the melody and accompanied it with a band. We were aiming to create a track that would be familiar while also having a fresh new feel."''

==Sponsors==
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*[[List of sponsors debuting in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe#Bowser Oil|Bowser Oil]] (Promotional tents, trackside banners, signs, flags)
*[[List of sponsors debuting in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe#Bullet Bill Speed Trial|Bullet Bill Speed Trial]] (Trackside banners, signs)
*[[List of sponsors debuting in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe#Fuzzy Battery|Fuzzy Battery]] (Flags, promotional tents, signs, trackside banners)
*[[List of sponsors debuting in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe#Galaxy Air|Galaxy Air]] (Commentator's towers, trackside banners, signs)
*[[List of sponsors debuting in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe#Mario Automobile Association|Mario Automobile Association]] (Promotional tents)
*[[Mario Kart TV]] (Commentator's towers, promotional tents, screens, trucks)
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*[[List of sponsors debuting in Mario Kart Arcade GP and Mario Kart Arcade GP 2#Mario Motors|Mario Motors]] (Trackside banners, signs)
*[[List of sponsors debuting in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe#Mario Super Motor Team|Mario Super Motor Team]] (Trucks)
*[[List of sponsors debuting in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe#Mushroom Piston|Mushroom Piston]] (Trackside banners, signs)
*[[List of sponsors debuting in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe#Roy Smooth Sounds|Roy Smooth Sounds]] (Signs)
*[[List of sponsors debuting in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe#Toad Mushroom Powered|Toad Mushroom Powered]] (Trucks)
|}

==Gallery==
<gallery widths=150px>
MK8 Excitebike Arena Course Icon.png|The course icon
MK8 Excitebike Arena Starting Line.jpg|The course, as seen from the starting line
Excitebike Arena MK8 DLC photo 2.png|A view of the racers, mimicking that of the original ''Excitebike''
Excitebike Arena MK8 DLC photo 3.png|Mario and [[Luigi]] jumping off a ramp
Excitebike Arena MK8 DLC photo 4.png|[[Tanooki Mario]] racing on the course
Excitebike Arena MK8 DLC photo 5.png|[[Cat Mario|Cat Peach]] performing a trick
PeachBikerA.jpg|[[Princess Peach]] racing on the course
PeachBikerB.jpg|Peach about to drift around a corner on the course
PeachBikerC.jpg|Peach performing a jump with the Excitebike screen in the background
MK8 Excitebike Arena Roy Trick.jpg|[[Roy Koopa]] performing a [[trick]]
RosalinaStartingLineExcitebikeArena.jpg|[[Rosalina]] at the starting line
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=エキサイトバイク
|JapR=Ekisaitobaiku
|JapM=Excitebike
|ChiS=越野摩托
|ChiSR=Yuèyě Mótuō
|ChiSM=Excitebike
|ChiT=越野摩托車
|ChiTR=Yuèyě Mótuōchē
|ChiTM=Excitebike Motocross
|Dut=Excitebike-Arena 
|DutM=Excitebike Arena
|Fre=Arène d'Excitebike
|FreM=Excitebike Arena
|Ger=Excitebike-Stadion
|GerM=Excitebike Stadium
|Ita=Arena Excitebike
|ItaM=Excitebike Arena
|Kor=익사이트 바이크
|KorR=Iksaiteu Baikeu
|KorM=Excite Bike
|Por=Arena Excitebike
|PorM=Excitebike Arena
|Rus=Арена Excitebike
|RusR=Arena Excitebike
|RusM=Excitebike Arena
|Spa=Estadio Excitebike
|SpaM=Excitebike Stadium
}}

==Trivia==
*The opening animation during the countdown to the race is the lowering of the bars, which allow the characters to drive, like the starting line from the ''Excitebike'' series. This is one of six courses to have an opening animation during the countdown (the others are [[Twisted Mansion]], [[Electrodrome]], [[Mount Wario]], [[Bowser's Castle (Mario Kart 8)|Bowser's Castle]] and [[Piranha Plant Cove]]).
**Out of these tracks, it is the only DLC course to have this feature.
*During its debut trailer, all of the characters except for [[Yoshi]] (who is given an ATV) are given bikes as a reference to the game the track was based on. 
*This is the only track based on a video game outside of the ''Super Mario'' franchise not to be the last course of a cup.
*At the lower end of the course, along the turn leading to the finish line, there are two sets of doors with textures that have been mirrored by mistake, made obvious by the ''Mario Kart'' logos situated on top of them.

==References==
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[[Category:Mario Kart 8 race courses]]
[[Category:Downloadable content]]
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