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|appears_in=''[[Mario Kart Wii]]'' ([[List of games by date#2008|2008]])
|cups=[[Mushroom Cup]]
|cups=[[Mushroom Cup]]
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'''Toad's Factory''' is the fourth and final course of the [[Mushroom Cup]] from ''[[Mario Kart Wii]]''. As the name implies, the course takes place in a factory owned by [[Toad]]. This factory seems to be producing item boxes, as seen in several parts of the course.
'''Toad's Factory''' is the fourth and final course of the [[Mushroom Cup]] in ''[[Mario Kart Wii]]''. [[Item Box]]es are seen produced in several parts of the course. Toad's Factory is one of four courses from ''Mario Kart Wii'' that has yet to reappear as a [[classic course]] in a future game, the others being [[Luigi Circuit (Mario Kart Wii)|Luigi Circuit]], [[Mario Circuit (Mario Kart Wii)|Mario Circuit]], and [[Bowser's Castle (Mario Kart Wii)|Bowser's Castle]], making it the only one to not be the game's rendition of a recurring course.
 
==Description==
This track is located in the interior and exterior of a large item box factory, presumably owned by Toad (hence the name).  The course is a bit more difficult than other Mushroom Cup previous tracks, due to its dynamic features. These include conveyor belts in the track, which can either help or hinder the player depending on what direction he or she may be going, as well as some hydraulic machines appearing over conveyor belts, which will crush anything that is underneath them. Also, multiple [[crate|boxes]] slide along on the treadmills, which can slow karts down if they knock them down and let out a [[mushroom]], a [[banana]], or (rarely) a [[star]] when broken. Towards the end of the track, a large pool of mud must be crossed by the players. To get over quickly, dash panels are used. However, bulldozers on either side of the track will alternately move back and forth, covering up dash panels or revealing new ones. The third and final panel is on a ramp.


==Course layout==
==Course layout==
[[Image:Toads Factory Screenshot.jpg|thumb|left|Toad racing near the hydraulic machines.]]
[[File:MKW Toads Factory Machines.png|thumb|left|Toad racing near the hydraulic machines]]
The course begins just outside the factory with a picture of the owner, Toad, ahead. There is a tight turn where there is item boxes across. After the turn, there is a place where there is hydraulic machines that are stamping on the road. There are three conveyor belts; one is leading the way the player should be going, which the direction to the end of this room. The other two are opposing to the one in the center of the course. They may slow the player down, but there is item boxes that can help the player. Hydraulic machines are present at all conveyor belts that can smash the player if the player is not careful. Two hydraulic machines are present at the conveyor belt that helps the player.
The course begins just outside the factory. Racers immediately enter the factory and take a 90° turn to the right, with the first set of [[Item Box]]es in the middle. Racers then enter a room where there is a [[conveyor belt]] in the middle of the road and two conveyor belts on the sides of the road. The conveyor belt in the middle is going forwards and is green, while the conveyor belts on the sides are going backwards and are red. Above each conveyor belt is a pair of hydraulic presses which can crush the player akin to a [[Thwomp]]. On the conveyor belts on the sides, the hydraulic presses crush boxes and turn them into additional Item Boxes that racers can grab. The boxes are absent during Time Trials.


After this room, there is a road that immediately leads the player outside. There, the player is on a platform that rises above the water. There is a boost panel that leads moving platforms to the left and right. Here, there are more conveyor belts, but they move from left and right rather than forward and backward. Wooden boxes are on the conveyor belts to slow down the player and some carry [[Mushroom]]s in them. If the player is not careful, he or she may fall in the water below.
After this room, racers exit the factory into an area suspended over water, and they take another 90° turn to the right, bringing them to a [[Dash Panel|dash panel]] ramp. Upon landing, racers must cross a platform that is being moved left and right by a crane, sometimes forcing racers to adjust their angle as they go off the prior ramp. There then is a brief section with four conveyor belts that lie perpendicular to the road and alternate in direction. Item Boxes and breakable wooden crates alternate spawning onto each conveyor belt, requiring players to wave past the latter. The breakable wooden crates are replaced with unbreakable metal boxes during Time Trials. After this section is a second moving platform before racers reenter the factory. Right above the entrance is a picture of Toad holding an Item Box. When any player is playing as a [[Mii]], Toad's face in the picture is replaced with a random Mii's face.


[[Image:Screenshot 183885.jpg|thumb|right|The hall with the conveyor belts, before the red smoke blaster path.]]
[[File:MKW Toads Factory Conveyors.png|thumb|Toad approaching the hall with conveyor belts]]
After the platforms is another room that leads to another section of the factory. There, there is a place where the player can fall off if the player happens to turn too tightly. After this section is a room with 2 conveyor belts going in opposite directions and a small path where there are no conveyor belts, just item boxes lying around. The direction of the conveyor belts are opposing each other; one is forward while the other is backward. The direction of these conveyor belts may change from time to time.
When racers reenter the factory, there is a U-turn to the right with another item set in the middle, followed by a short drop. If racers take the U-turn too tightly, they are able to fall off the track. After this is a U-turn to the left where the main path has been replaced with two curved conveyor belts that go in opposite directions, though there is a narrow stretch of road on the outside of the turn that is slanted upwards. As with the first room, the conveyor belt that is going forward will be green while the one going backwards will be red. At certain times the conveyor belts will swap colors and directions, as indicated by them briefly shutting off. On the narrow stretch of road on the outside of the turn, there are two pairs of Item Boxes. After this U-turn, racers take a turn to the right through a room with blaring red sirens. Here they encounter the final item set and a dash panel ramp as they exit the factory again. When this happens, the course's music is restarted from the beginning.  


After the double conveyor belt room, there is a room full of red smoke blasters. The red smoke can, if hit, slow down the player. The player then turns right and into a ramp with boost panels that lead outside the factory and outside into the dirt. The player may perform a stunt to reach the floating item boxes to receive an item.
As racers exit the factory, there is a brief straightaway with several consecutive mounds that span the width of the road and that racers can perform [[Jump Boost|tricks]] on. To the left and right of this straight are large patches of mud. Racers then encounter one last 90° turn to the right, with a pool of water on the inside of the turn that racers can fall into. After this turn is one final straightaway, where there is a very large patch of mud. To go through without losing speed, racers must make use of two pairs of dash panels followed by a dash panel ramp in the middle of the track. However, there are very large tractors that block the dash panels; if the left dash panel is exposed, the dash panel directly right of it will get covered by a tractor and vice versa. The second pair of dash panels will always be inverted compared to the first, requiring players to drive back and forth through the section. After going off the dash panel ramp, racers soon reach the finish line.


On the ground, the player will notice a lot of bumps. The player may perform a stunt on these bumps to gain momentum. There is a turn right and into the area with the tractors, mud, and boost panels. If the player happens to turn too tightly on this turn, he or she can fall into the water.
==Shortcuts==
[[Image:ToadFactroyShot.JPG|thumb|left|The muddy tractor area.]]
The main shortcut on this course can be found where racers exit the factory for the second time: If the player tricks off the dash panel ramp and then tricks off the far right side of the first mound, it is possible to jump over the pool of water and cut off the turn. If done correctly, it is possible to complete this shortcut without using a [[Dash Mushroom|Mushroom]], though having one makes the shortcut much easier.
At the tractor area, the road is covered in mud. In order to go through it without losing any speed, the player must drive over the boost panels, left or right. If the left boost panel is exposed, the boost panel directly right of this panel will get covered by the tractors and vice versa. Same goes for the second set of boost panels, except that the boost panels shown are inverted to the closer ones. After the tractor, there is a bump that has a boost panel in it will enable the player to execute a stunt before the player crosses the finish line. After that, the lap has been completed, and the cycle will continue until the end of the race.


The wooden boxes on the conveyor belt get replaced by unbreakable metal boxes in Time Trial mode.
An extremely difficult glitch shortcut can also be performed at the section with the moving platforms. By slowing down after the first dash panel ramp and facing slightly right, it is possible to use a Mushroom to clip the edge of one of the moving crates, gain significant air time, and land inside a later section of the factory.<ref>[https://youtu.be/m6f9J2yHuCs The world record, as of January 10, 2023, using the glitch]</ref>


===Shortcuts===
==Tournaments==
There is a shortcut that allows the player to cut the final curve, just after jumping out of the factory, the player must use a [[Mushroom]] at the soil [[ramp]]s and perform a [[trick]] so the player can pass over the water hole falling just before the big bulldozers.
[[File:2009-TournamentJanuary1.jpg|thumb|200px|The Toad's Factory tournament]]
[[List of Mario Kart Wii tournaments#January 2009 Tournament 1|January 2009's first tournament]] required players to complete a Time Trial in reverse on Toad's Factory. There are several ramps added to make this possible. Players start the Time Trial with no items, but the section with the hydraulic presses still has Item Boxes which will always contain Mushrooms. This tournament was later repeated as the first tournament of January 2011, the second tournament of April 2012, and the first tournament of July 2013.
{{br}}


==Tournaments==
==Profiles==
[[File:2009-TournamentJanuary1.jpg|thumb|200px|right|The '''Toad's Factory''' tournament.]]
===''Mario Kart Wii''===
A tournament took place on this track, where players competed in a time trial race. However, this time trial involved racing through Toad's Factory backwards. As a result, ramps had been added to make it possible to complete the tournament. It was the first tournament of January 2009, and it was repeated as the first tournament of January 2011, the second tournament of April 2012, and the July 2013 first tournament.
*'''Website bios:'''
<br clear=all>
**[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px]] "''Drive over conveyer{{sic}} belts, through muck, and across moving platforms in one of the trickiest new courses.''"
**[[File:Flag of Europe.png|20px]] "''Technology isn't always helpful! With moving walls, conveyer belts and heavy machinery obstructing your path, it's going to take some special driving to bring home the Mushroom Cup.''"
*'''Prima Guide:''' "''The final course offers a relatively square-shaped track, complete with a wide starting tarmac run that enters a conveyor-belt building where crushers and arrows are part of your racing run. An exterior series of leaps across more conveyor belts forces you to keep a straight line into a winding tunnel, and make a large leap onto a sandy track before a final race across the mud.''"<ref> [[Prima Games]]: [https://archive.org/details/mario-kart-wii-prima-official-game-guide-2008-wii Mario Kart Wii] page 48</ref>
 
==Sponsors==
*[[List of sponsors debuting in Mario Kart Wii#Factory|Factory]] (Trackside banners)
*[[List of sponsors debuting in Mario Kart Wii#Item Box|Item Box]] (Trackside banners)


==Official descriptions==
==Gallery==
*'''Sites'''
<gallery widths=150px>
**[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px]] ''"Drive over conveyer belts, through muck, and across moving platforms in one of the trickiest new courses."''
MKW Toad's Factory Banner.png|The course banner
**[[File:Flag of Europe.png|20px]] ''"Technology isn't always helpful! With moving walls, conveyer belts and heavy machinery obstructing your path, it's going to take some special driving to bring home the Mushroom Cup."''
Toad'sFactory-CoursePreview.gif|A preview of the course
*'''Guide:''' "''The final course offers a relatively square-shaped track, complete with a wide starting tarmac run that enters a conveyor-belt building where crushers and arrows are part of your racing run. An exterior series of leaps across more conveyor belts forces you to keep a straight line into a winding tunnel, and make a large leap onto a sandy track before a final race across the mud.''"
MKW Toads Factory Platforms.png|The area with the floating platforms and conveyor belts
MKW Toads Factory Red Room.png|The red room
MKW Toads Factory Mud.png|The muddy tractor area
MKW Toads Factory Goal.png|The end of the course
</gallery>


==Names in other languages==
==Additional names==
{{foreignname
===Internal names===
{{internal names
|game1=''[[Mario Kart Wii]]''
|name1=<tt>factory_course</tt>
|meaning1=Factory course
}}
 
===Names in other languages===
{{foreign names
|Jap=キノピオファクトリー
|Jap=キノピオファクトリー
|JapR=Kinopio Fakutorii
|JapR=Kinopio Fakutorī
|JapM=Toad Factory
|JapM=Toad Factory
|Ger=Toads Fabrik
|Ger=Toads Fabrik
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|Spa=Fábrica de Toad
|Spa=Fábrica de Toad
|SpaM=Toad's Factory
|SpaM=Toad's Factory
|FraE=Usine Toad
|FreE=Usine Toad
|FraEM=Toad Factory
|FreEM=Toad Factory
|FraA=Usine de Toad
|FreA=Usine de Toad
|FraAM=Toad's Factory
|FreAM=Toad's Factory
|Kor=키노피오 팩토리
|Kor=키노피오 팩토리
|KorR=Kinopio Paektori
|KorR=Kinopio Paektori
|KorM=Toad Factory}}
|KorM=Toad Factory
}}


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*Amongst the many vehicles driving on [[Moonview Highway]] is a truck with a mushroom emblem on it and the word 'Factory' on it. It is likely that these trucks are departing from, or are heading towards, Toad's Factory.
*The first seven seconds of the course's music do not play at the start of the race. Instead, the music will restart from the beginning when the player takes the large jump after the room filled with gas. This is the only course in the ''[[Mario Kart (series)|Mario Kart]]'' series where this happens, therefore making it practically impossible to hear the whole song under normal circumstances (unless one simply sits in place long enough for the whole song to play through). However, the music restart did not occur during the Toad's Factory competition.
*For some reason, the music for this course restarts right after the player takes the large jump after the room filled with smoke.
**Because of this, it is one of three courses in ''Mario Kart Wii'', alongside {{classic-link|SNES|Ghost Valley 2}} and {{classic-link|N64|DK's Jungle Parkway}}, where the song's intro is not skipped on the third lap.
**This does not happen during the Toad's Factory competition.
 
*When playing as a Mii, Toad's face in the outside room with crates is replaced with that of a Mii.
==References==
*The conveyors make a reference to the stadium in the Wii U version of [[Rainbow Road (Wii U)|Rainbow Road]].
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Latest revision as of 20:02, November 27, 2024

Toad's Factory
View of Toad's Factory in Mario Kart Wii
Information
Appears in Mario Kart Wii (2008)
Cup(s) Mushroom Cup
Online play No longer available (Wii)
Music sample
Exterior

Interior
Course map
Mario Kart Wii
Staff ghost(s)
Wii Nin★Misa
2:22.480 ToadJet Bubble
Wii Expert Nin★GQO
2:05.593 ToadBlue Falcon

Toad's Factory is the fourth and final course of the Mushroom Cup in Mario Kart Wii. Item Boxes are seen produced in several parts of the course. Toad's Factory is one of four courses from Mario Kart Wii that has yet to reappear as a classic course in a future game, the others being Luigi Circuit, Mario Circuit, and Bowser's Castle, making it the only one to not be the game's rendition of a recurring course.

Course layout[edit]

Toad's Factory
Toad racing near the hydraulic machines

The course begins just outside the factory. Racers immediately enter the factory and take a 90° turn to the right, with the first set of Item Boxes in the middle. Racers then enter a room where there is a conveyor belt in the middle of the road and two conveyor belts on the sides of the road. The conveyor belt in the middle is going forwards and is green, while the conveyor belts on the sides are going backwards and are red. Above each conveyor belt is a pair of hydraulic presses which can crush the player akin to a Thwomp. On the conveyor belts on the sides, the hydraulic presses crush boxes and turn them into additional Item Boxes that racers can grab. The boxes are absent during Time Trials.

After this room, racers exit the factory into an area suspended over water, and they take another 90° turn to the right, bringing them to a dash panel ramp. Upon landing, racers must cross a platform that is being moved left and right by a crane, sometimes forcing racers to adjust their angle as they go off the prior ramp. There then is a brief section with four conveyor belts that lie perpendicular to the road and alternate in direction. Item Boxes and breakable wooden crates alternate spawning onto each conveyor belt, requiring players to wave past the latter. The breakable wooden crates are replaced with unbreakable metal boxes during Time Trials. After this section is a second moving platform before racers reenter the factory. Right above the entrance is a picture of Toad holding an Item Box. When any player is playing as a Mii, Toad's face in the picture is replaced with a random Mii's face.

Toad's Factory
Toad approaching the hall with conveyor belts

When racers reenter the factory, there is a U-turn to the right with another item set in the middle, followed by a short drop. If racers take the U-turn too tightly, they are able to fall off the track. After this is a U-turn to the left where the main path has been replaced with two curved conveyor belts that go in opposite directions, though there is a narrow stretch of road on the outside of the turn that is slanted upwards. As with the first room, the conveyor belt that is going forward will be green while the one going backwards will be red. At certain times the conveyor belts will swap colors and directions, as indicated by them briefly shutting off. On the narrow stretch of road on the outside of the turn, there are two pairs of Item Boxes. After this U-turn, racers take a turn to the right through a room with blaring red sirens. Here they encounter the final item set and a dash panel ramp as they exit the factory again. When this happens, the course's music is restarted from the beginning.

As racers exit the factory, there is a brief straightaway with several consecutive mounds that span the width of the road and that racers can perform tricks on. To the left and right of this straight are large patches of mud. Racers then encounter one last 90° turn to the right, with a pool of water on the inside of the turn that racers can fall into. After this turn is one final straightaway, where there is a very large patch of mud. To go through without losing speed, racers must make use of two pairs of dash panels followed by a dash panel ramp in the middle of the track. However, there are very large tractors that block the dash panels; if the left dash panel is exposed, the dash panel directly right of it will get covered by a tractor and vice versa. The second pair of dash panels will always be inverted compared to the first, requiring players to drive back and forth through the section. After going off the dash panel ramp, racers soon reach the finish line.

Shortcuts[edit]

The main shortcut on this course can be found where racers exit the factory for the second time: If the player tricks off the dash panel ramp and then tricks off the far right side of the first mound, it is possible to jump over the pool of water and cut off the turn. If done correctly, it is possible to complete this shortcut without using a Mushroom, though having one makes the shortcut much easier.

An extremely difficult glitch shortcut can also be performed at the section with the moving platforms. By slowing down after the first dash panel ramp and facing slightly right, it is possible to use a Mushroom to clip the edge of one of the moving crates, gain significant air time, and land inside a later section of the factory.[1]

Tournaments[edit]

The Toad's Factory tournament

January 2009's first tournament required players to complete a Time Trial in reverse on Toad's Factory. There are several ramps added to make this possible. Players start the Time Trial with no items, but the section with the hydraulic presses still has Item Boxes which will always contain Mushrooms. This tournament was later repeated as the first tournament of January 2011, the second tournament of April 2012, and the first tournament of July 2013.

Profiles[edit]

Mario Kart Wii[edit]

  • Website bios:
    • Flag of the United States of America since July 4, 1960. For North American (and sometimes South American) release dates. "Drive over conveyer[sic] belts, through muck, and across moving platforms in one of the trickiest new courses."
    • Flag of the European Union (previously the European Economic Community). For European release dates. "Technology isn't always helpful! With moving walls, conveyer belts and heavy machinery obstructing your path, it's going to take some special driving to bring home the Mushroom Cup."
  • Prima Guide: "The final course offers a relatively square-shaped track, complete with a wide starting tarmac run that enters a conveyor-belt building where crushers and arrows are part of your racing run. An exterior series of leaps across more conveyor belts forces you to keep a straight line into a winding tunnel, and make a large leap onto a sandy track before a final race across the mud."[2]

Sponsors[edit]

Gallery[edit]

Additional names[edit]

Internal names[edit]

Game File Name Meaning

Mario Kart Wii factory_course Factory course

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese キノピオファクトリー[?]
Kinopio Fakutorī
Toad Factory
French (NOA) Usine de Toad[?] Toad's Factory
French (NOE) Usine Toad[?] Toad Factory
German Toads Fabrik[?] Toad's Factory
Italian Fabbrica di Toad[?] Toad's Factory
Korean 키노피오 팩토리[?]
Kinopio Paektori
Toad Factory
Spanish Fábrica de Toad[?] Toad's Factory

Trivia[edit]

  • The first seven seconds of the course's music do not play at the start of the race. Instead, the music will restart from the beginning when the player takes the large jump after the room filled with gas. This is the only course in the Mario Kart series where this happens, therefore making it practically impossible to hear the whole song under normal circumstances (unless one simply sits in place long enough for the whole song to play through). However, the music restart did not occur during the Toad's Factory competition.

References[edit]