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| Appears in | Mario Kart Tour (2023) | ||
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Rome Avanti is a race course in Mario Kart Tour. It is based on the city of Rome, Italy, and as such takes racers round many landmarks and sites from the city, such as the Colosseum. The course made its debut in the Night Tour, and is the second city course to not debut in a tour named after the city, the first being Athens Dash. It is also the first city course to debut alongside a classic course since Paris Promenade, over three years earlier. The course is the sixth European city course and is the first of them to be set at night. "Avanti" in the course's name is an Italian word that roughly translates to "onwards", making this the first Mario Kart course to feature a non-English word in its English name. The starting line for this course resembles the front side of the Pantheon.
The course has three routes, Rome Avanti, Rome Avanti 2, and Rome Avanti 3. The first two debuted together in the Night Tour while the third debuted in the 2023 Anniversary Tour. The first route takes racers through the Colosseum, the Roman Forum, and Piazza del Campidoglio, the second route takes them through the Spanish Steps, the Villa Borghese gardens, and some of the city's piazzas, and the third route takes them through the Trevi Fountain, Trajan's Market, the Colosseum, and Piazza Navona. Additionally, the second route starts in the opposite direction compared to the other two. Rome Avanti 3 was effectively treated as the course that capped off new content for Tour, as its normal variant was in the third cup of the 2023 Anniversary Tour and not the first (unlike the other new city course routes that debuted alongside it), and its R/T variant was the final course of the entire tour.
Excluding courses announced simultaneously, this course and Squeaky Clean Sprint mark the shortest period of time between the announcement of two new courses for the Mario Kart series, with only a 16-hour gap, beating the previous courses with this distinction, Piranha Plant Cove and Yoshi's Island, by five days. Despite the Template:Media link for the course featuring being set in the course's first variant, it includes a Chain Chomp, and a corresponding Chain Chomp warning sign, which appear in Rome Avanti 3. This suggests the teaser art combined elements of the first and third variants for the artwork, despite the third variant not debuting until the 2023 Anniversary Tour.
Rome Avanti is the only city course in Mario Kart Tour that never had any of its routes featured in Coin Rush.
Rome Avanti returns in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe as the first course of the Acorn Cup in the Booster Course Pass.
Mario Kart Tour
Rome Avanti
The course starts in Via del Corso, facing the Victor Emmanuel II Monument. Just after the starting line, the player takes a slight left turn in Piazza Venezia and enters a road leading inside the Colosseum. After a spiral loop with Swoops ending with a ramp, the player is sent to the Roman Forum, which is littered with fallen columns that can be used to obtain Jump Boosts. The player must then take a U-turn to the right of the Arch of Septimius Severus and a left turn in Piazza del Campidoglio. Afterwards, the player takes a tight right and left turn leading near the Fountain of Neptune in Piazza Navona, after which they must make a right U-turn in Piazza del Popolo leading to the finish line.
The course also appears as Rome Avanti R (reversed), Rome Avanti T (with ramps), and Rome Avanti R/T (reversed with ramps). In the R/T variant, racers use a glide ramp to exit the Colosseum while avoiding a pair of Fuzzies on a track.
The R/T variant also has a glitch where players can briefly go out of bounds on both sides of the last turn.[1]
Appearances
For this course's tour appearances, see List of Rome Avanti tour appearances in Mario Kart Tour § Rome Avanti.
Top-tier and middle-tier items
Select "show" to reveal the drivers, karts, and gliders for which Rome Avanti 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 Rome Avanti tour appearances in Mario Kart Tour.
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Rome Avanti 2
Like in the first route, the course starts in Via del Corso, this time facing Piazza del Popolo. The player takes a right turn in Piazza del Popolo to enter Piazza di Spagna, with the Fontana della Barcaccia visible on the right, and then a slight left turn to the Spanish Steps. After going up the steps, the player takes a left turn and enters the Villa Borghese gardens where they make a left U-turn around the lake near the Temple of Aesculapius. Afterwards, the player returns to Piazza del Popolo, passing between the Flaminio Obelisk and Porta del Popolo to Piazza Navona. In Piazza Navona, the player can either drive to the right or left of the center of the piazza while they avoid Rocky Wrenches. After the road meets up, the player passes through Campo de' Fiori, where they must take a sharp left turn by either going around the Monument to Giordano Bruno and avoiding some barrels or taking a shortcut through the market. After driving though a thin road to the right of the Mouth of Truth, the player takes a right and left turn leading to the finish line.
The course also appears as Rome Avanti 2R (reversed), Rome Avanti 2T (with ramps), and Rome Avanti 2R/T (reversed with ramps). In the R variant, there is a glide ramp once racers pass the Flaminio Obelisk. In the R/T variant, there is a glide ramp where racers exit the Villa Borghese gardens.
Appearances
For this course's tour appearances, see List of Rome Avanti tour appearances in Mario Kart Tour § Rome Avanti 2.
Top-tier and middle-tier items
Select "show" to reveal the drivers, karts, and gliders for which Rome Avanti 2 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 Rome Avanti 2 tour appearances in Mario Kart Tour.
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Rome Avanti 3
The course starts in Via del Corso, facing the Victor Emmanuel II Monument. Near the starting line, racers take a sharp left turn which takes them to a glide ramp to glide over the Trevi Fountain. Afterwards, the road turns right in Trajan's Market and heads towards a metallic bridge in the Colosseum with two Chain Chomps biting the sides. After exiting the Colosseum, the road takes racers to Piazza del Campidoglio, where they take a right turn into another road leading to Campo de' Fiori. After a sharp right turn in Campo de' Fiori, racers reach another glide ramp to glide over Piazza Navona. Near the Fountain of the Four Rivers' obelisk, there are two circular tracks which each have a pair of Fuzzies and surround groups of coins. After taking a sharp right turn in Piazza del Popolo, racers reach the finish line.
The course also appears as Rome Avanti 3R (reversed), Rome Avanti 3T (with ramps), and Rome Avanti 3R/T (reversed with ramps). In the T variant, the first gliding section is removed, racers drive over several Note Blocks, there are two more tracks with Fuzzies near Trajan's Market, and there are two rolling Chain Chomps in Piazza Navona. In the R/T variant, both gliding sections are gone as well as all Chain Chomps and tracks with Fuzzies. Additionally, there are multicolored water geysers in the Trevi Fountain.
Appearances
For this course's tour appearances, see List of Rome Avanti tour appearances in Mario Kart Tour § Rome Avanti 3.
Top-tier and middle-tier items
Select "show" to reveal the drivers, karts, and gliders for which Rome Avanti 3 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 Rome Avanti 3 tour appearances in Mario Kart Tour.
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Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
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This notice should be removed after a month has passed since the DLC wave was first released.
Rome Avanti returns in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, as part of the sixth and final wave of the Booster Course Pass DLC. It is the first course of the Acorn Cup. The course has vast visual improvements and upgrades compared to its Mario Kart Tour appearance. Like other Mario Kart Tour city-courses, this iteration of the track combines the course's three routes together into one continuous route that occupies three laps. The Trevi Fountain is now properly flowing, rather than being static as in Mario Kart Tour. The Glide Ramp in Piazza Navona has been made smaller. The Rocky Wrenches have been redesigned, now sporting their original designs from Super Mario Bros. 3.[2]
Rome Avanti is one of three Mario Kart Tour courses in Wave 6, alongside Piranha Plant Cove and Tour Madrid Drive.
Sponsors
- 100% Organic Antifreeze (trackside banners)
- 1-Up Mushroom Car Insurance Group (signs)
- BaNaNa Boy (stands, trackside banners)
- Burning DK (stands, trackside banners, trucks)
- Coconut Cafe (boards, signs, trackside banners)
- Fountain Cafe (trackside banners)
- Fun Flower (trackside banners)
- Moo Moo Meadows Milk (trucks)
- Princess Orange (signs)
- Propeller Toad Transport (trucks)
- Vanilla Lake Winter Sports Equipment (signs)
Gallery
Mario Kart Tour
Rome Avanti
Course icons
The course icon with Donkey Kong (Gladiator)
The course icon of the R variant with Poochy
The course icon of the T variant with Metal Mario
The course icon of the R/T variant with Mario (Musician)
The course icon of the R/T variant with Rosalina (Aurora)
Screenshots
View of the Colosseum
View inside the Colosseum
View of Piazza del Campidoglio
View of the starting line in Via del Corso
Another view of the starting line
Rome Avanti 2
Course icons
The course icon with Daisy (Farmer)
The course icon of the R variant with Mario (Golf)
The course icon of the T variant with Toad (Tourist)
The course icon of the R/T variant with Toad (Astronaut)
The course icon of the R/T variant with Poochy
Screenshots
View of Piazza Navona
View of the Mouth of Truth
Rome Avanti 3
Course icons
The course icon with Donkey Kong (Gladiator)
The course icon of the R variant with Donkey Kong (Gladiator)
The course icon of the T variant with Mario (King)
The course icon of the R/T variant with Toad (Tourist)
Screenshots
View of some Chain Chomps in the Colosseum
View of Campo de' Fiori
View of the Trevi Fountain
View of some Fuzzies circling coins in Piazza Navona
View of Chain Chomps in Piazza Navona in the T variant
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
View of the Piazza Navona
View inside the Colosseum
Racers on the course
Pauline on the course
Racers on the course
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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| Japanese | ローマ アバンティ[?] Rōma Abanti |
Rome Avanti | |
| Chinese (simplified) | 罗马前进[?] Luómǎ Qiánjìn |
Rome Advance | |
| Chinese (traditional) | 羅馬前進[?] Luómǎ Qiánjìn |
Rome Advance | |
| Dutch | Rome-Run[?] | Rome Run | |
| French | Roma romantica[?] | Romantic Rome, from the Italian translation | |
| German | Rom-Rambazamba[?] | Rome Racket | |
| Italian | Roma romantica[?] | Romantic Rome; potentially a pun on Roma Antica ("Ancient Rome"), an allusion to the ruins seen through the course. | |
| Korean | 로마 아반티[?] Roma Abanti |
Rome Avanti | |
| Portuguese (NOA) | Roma Enluarada[?] | Moonlit Rome | |
| Portuguese (NOE) | Giro por Roma[?] | Tour around Rome | |
| Spanish | Roma bajo la Luna[?] | Rome under the Moon |
References
- ^ michael the railfan (June 30, 2023). rome avanti R/T glitch! nintendo forgot to add the invisible walls! 😂 #shorts. YouTube. Retrieved August 23, 2023.
- ^ GameXplain (November 1, 2023). NEW Gameplay + Music of All 8 Tracks in Wave 6 of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Booster Course DLC! (JP Site). YouTube. Retrieved November 1, 2023.
