Squeaky Clean Sprint
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| Squeaky Clean Sprint | |
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| Appears in | Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Booster Course Pass, Wave 5) (2023) |
Squeaky Clean Sprint is a course featured in Wave 5 of the Booster Course Pass for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. The course is set in a giant bathroom, similarly to how GBA Ribbon Road's Mario Kart 8 appearance is set in a giant bedroom.[1] The course takes racers through various departments within the bathroom, such as counters, shelves, bathtubs, and drains. According to internal data, this course was created as a new course for Mario Kart Tour, despite being revealed for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe first, similar to Sky-High Sundae and Yoshi's Island.[2]
Throughout the course are various items commonly found in a bathroom. The starting banner is held up by two cups, each containing scissors, toothpaste, a toothbrush and a hairbrush, while two balloons hold up another banner. Various bottles of hair mousse, shampoo, soap, and other fluids are seen throughout the course labelled with brands referencing various characters, one of which being labelled Toad Barber, a pun on Toad Harbor. Other objects seen throughout the course include sponges, hula hoops, inflatable balls, bars of soap, a fan, and sunglasses.
Course layout
The starting line is located directly next to a sink full of water. The racers pass the sink before being taken to a fork in the road leading into a bathtub containing a hula hoop. Racers can choose to drive along sponges that lead them into the water, or they can take a ramp to go directly into the tub. After swerving around bath bombs, racers soon drive down the drain. Here, a wedding ring acts as an arch representing an off-road shortcut. After leaving the drain section, racers are on the floor, avoiding soap next to a large fan. Racers then take a Glide Ramp over a toilet, taking them onto a wooden shelf. Serpentining around holes in the shelf, one last glider is used to pass the finish line.
References to the Super Mario franchise
Similarly to the Mario Kart 8 version of GBA Ribbon Road, the course contains a number of small references to various games from the Super Mario franchise in the background of the course:
- A clock resembling a Para-Biddybud (and by extension a Biddybuggy) appears near the starting line.
- A can of Princess Orange can be seen near the bathtub segment.
- Stars pattern the bath curtains.
- The wallpaper of the bathroom, seen most clearly around the bathtub, features the cloud sprite from Super Mario Bros.. The color, too, makes the wallpaper resemble the sky from World 1-1.
- Lakitu's Cloud can be seen on several balloons.
- Sunglasses resembling those Princess Peach wears while visiting the Lake Kingdom in Super Mario Odyssey can be seen leaning on top of a suitcase.
- The aforementioned suitcase has a number of stickers plastered on its side, one of which depicts a Shine Sprite.
Gallery
View of the finish line
Another view of the starting line
Another view of the starting line
View of a toilet and a fan
View of a toilet
View of the sink and shelves
View of a bathtub
View of the ending section
View of some bath bombs
View of the wedding ring in the drain section
Artwork of Petey Piranha, Kamek, and Wiggler on Squeaky Clean Sprint
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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| Japanese | シャボンロード[?] Shabon Rōdo |
Soap Road | |
| Chinese | 肥皂泡之路[3] Féizào Pào Zhī Lù |
Soap Bubble Road | |
| Dutch | Badderbaan[?] | Bathe Track | |
| French | Course à la propreté[?] | Race to Cleanliness | |
| German | Bad-Parcours[?] | Bath Course | |
| Italian | Corsa in bagno[?] | Race in the bathroom | |
| Korean | 비눗방울 로드[4] Binutbang-ul Rodeu |
Soap Bubble Road | |
| Portuguese | Percurso Sanitário[?] | Sanitary Course | |
| Spanish | Escusado Acelerado[?] | Bathroom Acceleration |
References
- ^ Nintendo of America (June 21, 2023). Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - Booster Course Pass Wave 5 - Nintendo Direct 6.21.2023. YouTube. Retrieved June 21, 2023.
- ^ A number of internal text strings in Mario Kart Tour (JumpMobbr, and JumpStickyMobbr) refer to map objects that are seen in the Squeaky Clean Sprint course; they are referred to as belonging to Mobbr, indicating that the course has the Mob platform code, used for courses originating from Mario Kart Tour. For a list of internal Mario Kart Tour strings describing objects related to unreleased courses, see List of Mario Kart Tour pre-release and unused content § List of text strings, models, animations, and textures related to unreleased courses.
- ^ https://www.nintendo.com.hk/topics/article/5TBDn9YLKHJshX5ZYRhxda
- ^ https://www.nintendo.co.kr/news/article/yH5AqBMPhiG5kJWcCxje4
