Sunset Wilds
MKSC Sunset Wilds Starting Line.png
Information
Appears in Mario Kart: Super Circuit (2001)
Mario Kart Tour (2020)
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Booster Course Pass, Wave 5) (2023)
Cup(s) Lightning Cup (Super Circuit)
Cherry Cup (8 Deluxe)
Tour(s)
Online play Available (Switch)
Music sample
Mario Kart: Super Circuit

Mario Kart Tour

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (frontrunning)
Course map
Mario Kart: Super Circuit
MKSC Sunset Wilds Map.gif
MKSC Sunset Wilds Mini Map.png
Mario Kart Tour
Map of GBA Sunset Wilds from Mario Kart Tour
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Map of GBA Sunset Wilds in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.
Staff ghost(s)
8DX 150cc Nin★Pit
1:48.993 Petey PiranhaFlame RiderOff-RoadFlower Glider
8DX 200cc Nin★Juliet
1:20.411 Shy GuyFlame RiderOff-RoadSuper Glider

Sunset Wilds is the fourth and final course of the Lightning Cup in Mario Kart: Super Circuit. The course is desert-themed and the sun is setting in the background. One of the most notable features of the track is that the evening progresses as the sun sets when each lap is completed, and the third lap is completed in the night. If the course takes place in five laps on Quick Run or VS. mode, the course remains in night for the duration of the race from the third lap.

This course also contains Shy Guy Tents housing Shy Guys that can grab karts, making them lose coins and become slower. In the Japanese version of the game, these Shy Guys wear Native American headdresses, which were removed in international versions, possibly to avoid racial controversy with the Native American culture, though they still are found in tipis. This was further altered in its Mario Kart Tour appearance, as the Shy Guy Tents and Shy Guy obstacles, Exploring Shy Guys, now take on an explorer theme.

Sunset Wilds returns in Mario Kart Tour, first appearing in the Sunset Tour. It also returns in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe as the second course of the Cherry Cup in the Booster Course Pass.[1]

Mario Kart: Super Circuit

Course layout

Sunset Wilds begins on a straightaway, which is followed by a U-turn. Throughout this section, a few rocks can be spotted along the track, and a few cacti as well. The rocks and cacti, however, do not serve as obstacles, and will only knock the driver back slightly. After the U-turn, the player approaches a less sharp turn. On this turn is a section with some mud and bumps of land. The player is recommended to hit the land as much as possible, as the mud is slightly slower, although not by much. After this turn, the player will reach a section with four Dash Panels which have bumps before them, making them harder to access. The player will then go onto the path, which has large animal tracks, which lead to another mud section, this time, with some Dash Panels placed on the land areas, to help the player make it past the section quickly. The player approaches a few more turns, before reaching a section with many Shy Guy Tents with Shy Guys inside. Other features around this area are totem poles depicting Shy Guys, Snifits, and Toadies stacked up to the sides. The section with the tents has many Dash Panels, which can be used to gain speed, but are risky due to the fact hitting the tents will make a Shy Guy pop out, which will slow the player down and make them lose coins. After a few more U-turns, the player returns to the straightway in which the track begins, and moves on to the second lap as the sun goes down. The course's layout is very similar to Yoshi Desert.

Shortcut

  • Towards the end of the track, at the sharp U-turn section, there is a ramp. If players use a mushroom and drive up the ramp, they can skip the whole turn.

Mario Kart Tour

 
The course in Mario Kart Tour

Sunset Wilds makes its classic course debut in Mario Kart Tour, starting with the Sunset Tour. The Shy Guys are now depicted as prospectors (named Exploring Shy Guys in-game), with the tents being redesigned to resemble prospector tents instead of tipis. The two totem poles were replaced by more cacti. The rocks were moved to the off-road and the bumps were removed. The archway that appears in the background of the original course is now on the road, and can be driven under. The mud after the second turn was moved to the side of the road and all Dash Panels except for the ones on the second mud part were removed. The two U-turns before the finish line were removed and replaced with a part with hills and Swoops that appear at night. The course now changes to night after a set period of time, approximately the time required to complete one lap, due to the course now only having two laps. The course also now has a proper starting banner with the classic Mario Kart logo that is supported by two flagpoles that are sprouting up from Warp Pipes.

Excluding courses from Mario Kart 7, Sunset Wilds is the first course to make its classic course debut in Mario Kart Tour, the first Super Circuit course that is not a Bowser's Castle course, and the first classic course to receive a new arrangement for its music.

The course also appears as Sunset Wilds R (reversed), Sunset Wilds T (with ramps), and Sunset Wilds R/T (reversed with ramps); the first two debuted alongside the normal variant in the Sunset Tour, while the last debuted in the 2020 Mario vs. Luigi Tour. In the R/T variant, many Monty Moles are added throughout the course.

From version 3.0.0. until version 3.2.1, there was a bug that caused the ground to keep its night palette from the start of the course when replaying the course after finishing a previous race.

Appearances

For this course's tour appearances, see List of GBA Sunset Wilds tour appearances in Mario Kart Tour.

Top-tier and middle-tier items

Select "show" to reveal the drivers, karts, and gliders for which GBA Sunset Wilds and its variants are always favored or favorite courses. For instances in which additional drivers, karts, and gliders temporarily had this course and its variants as favored or favorite courses, see List of GBA Sunset Wilds tour appearances in Mario Kart Tour.

Course Three-item drivers Bonus points ×2 karts Combo bonus ×3 gliders Two-item drivers Bonus points ×1.5 karts Combo bonus ×2 gliders
 
Normal variant
                                                           **     ***    **         *** ***          **   *      **  ** *      **  * ***  *
           
 
R variant
                                                   *     ***  *  **        **  ***     **     * **      *          *   **   **  *  *
          
 
T variant
                                                        ***  *  *    ** ***      *  *** ***     **   *     **       ** *  *    **  * ***      
      **    
 
R/T variant
                                                             * **   ***     *    * **     *  * **           **    *   **       *  **       
       * *     
* indicates a favored course upgraded to a favorite course after reaching level 3.
** indicates a favored course upgraded to a favorite course after reaching level 6.
*** indicates a favored course upgraded to a favorite course after reaching level 8 for High-End items.

Bonus challenges

Ring Race
Icon Course variant Chosen
driver
Chosen
kart
Chosen
glider
Grand Star scores Tour appearances Cup
  Regular  
Birdo (Yellow)
 
Pipe Frame
 
Super Glider
  • 10
  • 15
  • 22
Sunset Tour  
Toad Cup
  • 10
  • 17
  • 22
Trick Tour (2021)  
Birdo Cup
Amsterdam Tour  
Rosalina Cup
Do Jump Boosts
Icon Course variant Chosen
driver
Chosen
kart
Chosen
glider
Grand Star scores Tour appearances Cup
  Regular  
Ludwig
 
Pipe Frame
 
Super Glider
  • 5
  • 10
  • 15
Mario vs. Luigi Tour (2020)  
Monty Mole Cup
Paris Tour (2021)  
Toad Cup
Bangkok Tour  
Baby Luigi Cup
Big Reverse Race
Icon Course variant Opponents Tour appearances Cup
7th 6th 5th 4th 3rd 2nd 1st Extra
  Regular Driver  [2]  [2]  [2]  [2]  [2]  [2]  [2] N/A Sunset Tour  
Toadette Cup
Kart              
Glider TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD
Smash Small Dry Bones
Icon Course variant Chosen
driver
Chosen
kart
Chosen
glider
Grand Star scores Tour appearances Cup
  Regular  
Metal Mario
 
Pipe Frame
 
Super Glider
  • 4
  • 8
  • 12
New Year's 2021 Tour  
Koopa Troopa Cup
Kamek Tour  
Pauline Cup
Bangkok Tour  
Koopa Troopa Cup
Pipe Tour  
Chargin' Chuck Cup
Time Trial
Icon Course variant Chosen
driver
Chosen
kart
Chosen
glider
Grand Star scores Tour appearances Cup
  Regular  
Birdo (Light Blue)
 
Pipe Frame
 
Super Glider
  • 2:00.00
  • 1:50.00
  • 1:30.00
Rosalina Tour  
Roy Cup
  • 1:54.00
  • 1:44.00
  • 1:34.00
Peach vs. Bowser Tour (May 2022)  
Bowser Cup
  R  
Boomerang Bro
 
Pipe Frame
 
Super Glider
  • 1:55.00
  • 1:42.00
  • 1:34.00
Peach vs. Daisy Tour  
Fire Bro Cup
Combo Attack
Icon Course variant Chosen
driver
Chosen
kart
Chosen
glider
Highest combo counts Tour appearances Cup
  T  
Mario
 
Pipe Frame
 
Super Glider
  • 5
  • 10
  • 20
Mario vs. Luigi Tour (2020)  
Baby Luigi Cup
  • 8
  • 12
  • 20
Toad vs. Toadette Tour  
Luigi Cup
Exploration Tour (2023)  
Yoshi Cup
Take them out quick!
Icon Course variant Chosen driver information Item Box type(s) found Opponent information Starting time Grand Star times Tour appearances Cup
Driver Kart Glider Number of balloons Number of item slots Driver Kart Glider Number of balloons Items used
  Regular  
Wario
 
Pipe Frame
 
Super Glider
3 1  
Bob-omb Cannon

 
Frenzy
(Bob-omb Cannon)
 
Bowser
 
Landship
TBD 7  
Banana

 
Giant Banana
1:15.00
  • 0:00.00
  • 0:05.00
  • 0:10.00
Battle Tour  
Birdo Cup
Pipe Tour  
Ice Bro Cup

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

 
Sunset Wilds in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

Sunset Wilds makes its home console debut in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe as part of Wave 5 of the Booster Course Pass DLC. It appears as the second course of the Cherry Cup. The track is based on its appearance from Mario Kart Tour, but with a graphical overhaul. Similar to GBA Boo Lake and GBA Riverside Park, the cartoony clouds have been removed in favor of a more realistic skybox. The pipes holding up the starting line have changed colors, going from green to blue. Toads, Yoshis, and Shy Guys have been added as spectators to several locations in the course. Additional Shy Guys can be seen inside the tents. The number of Exploring Shy Guys has been reduced from four to three. There are now arrow signs placed throughout the course. The Dash Panels during the mud section are much bigger and can now be tricked off of. A wooden ramp now appears as part of the shortcut behind the first tent on the left. Smoke signals are now visible on top of some of the buttes in the background.[3] Unlike its previous iterations, the setting no longer changes to nighttime on the final lap. The soundtrack now has a much more orchestral-like style staying true to the Western theme, while the banjo now plays nearly the whole song as a backing track. The Exploring Shy Guys also vocalize along to the music when driving past them.

Prior to the course's official announcement for the Booster Course Pass, screenshots of the Mario Kart Tour iteration of Sunset Wilds were included among the many pictures used in an Template:Media link, located within Mario Kart 8 Deluxe's internal data present in version 2.0.0 of the game. Additionally, a very brief portion of Sunset Wilds' music was present within the internal data for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe in version 2.1.0. The filename for the music snippet was "Cnsw_53", indicating it was originally assigned to the third course of the Feather Cup.

Gallery

Mario Kart: Super Circuit

Mario Kart Tour

Course icons

Screenshots

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese サンセットこうや[?]
Sansetto Kōya
Sunset Wilds
Chinese (simplified) 日落荒野
Rìluò Huāngyě
夕阳荒漠 (Mario Kart: Super Circuit)[4]
Xīyáng Huāngmò
Sunset Wilderness

Sunset Desert
Chinese (traditional) 日落荒野[?]
Rìluò Huāngyě
Sunset Wilderness
Dutch Schemersteppe[?] Twilight Steppe
German Sonnenuntergangs-Wüste[?] Sunset Desert
Italian Riserva naturale
Riserva naturale al tramonto (Mario Kart: Super Circuit European instruction booklet and Mario Kart Tour)
[?]
Natural reserve
Natural reserve in the sunset
Korean 선셋 황야[?]
Seonses Hwang-ya
Sunset Wilderness
Portuguese (NOA) Deserto Poente[?] Sunset Desert
Portuguese (NOE) Deserto Crepúsculo[?] Twilight Desert
Russian Закатная пустыня[?]
Zakatnaya pustynya
Sunset Desert
Spanish (NOA) Reserva del Poniente
Reserva Natural del Poniente (Mario Kart Tour)
[?]
Sunset's Reserve
Sunset's Natural Reserve
Spanish (NOE) Reserva del Poniente
Reserva Natural del Poniente (Mario Kart Tour)
Reserva natural del poniente (Mario Kart: Super Circuit European instruction booklet)[5]
Sunset's Reserve
Sunset's Natural Reserve
Natural reserve of the sunset

References

  1. ^ Nintendo UK (July 6, 2023). Wave 5 of the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass launches July 12th!. YouTube. Retrieved July 6, 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g AppCentral (November 9, 2020). Mario Kart Tour - Toadette Cup (Sunset Tour!) YouTube. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
  3. ^ 任天堂ホームページ (July 6, 2023). GBA サンセットこうや. YouTube. Retrieved July 9, 2023.
  4. ^ From the iQue localization prototype.
  5. ^ Mario Kart Super Circuit European instruction booklet