The player may perform a trick if they manage to drive off them like a ramp. After the bridge is a very straight path, with two tree roots obscuring the path. tends to fall off in this area of the course and the wavy bridge may also throw the player off course when performing stunts and into the land far below the bridge. After a very slight turn to the left, there is a wavy bridge (actually a net), where the player may perform tricks on. The player may do a trick on that ramp and land on one more thick branch. After the player drives for a very little bit, the player will drive across a narrow bridge, which makes it easy for heavier players to knock lighter players off.Īfter the bridge is a ramp with a Dash Panel on it.
After that area the track is very straight, with some more leaf piles in it. On the ramp are item boxes that the player can use. In the section with the half-pipe ramp in it, there is a curve that leads right with a small crevice that it is possible to fall into. Also, if the player is very slow, they will fall off before the curve with a half-pipe ramp, since there is a small gap in between the Dash Panel sections and the section with half-pipe ramp in it. The player may also fall off both sides in this area, so the player must be careful where to use the Dash Panels. The Wiggler will bounce back the player if the player touches the Wigglers, but no other effect will take place.Īfter the Wiggler area, there is a slight dropping right turn on a branch, which has two Dash Panels on them. In the large circular area, there are two Wigglers who trot about on their own and some more leaf piles for the player to drive through. The turn on the branch is very tight and the player can fall off both sides if they happen to drift incorrectly. The player will then exit the insides of the tree and see a large branch, making a left U-turn toward a large circular arena with two Wigglers on it. After the set of item boxes, there is a curve to the left which leads to a Barrel Cannon, that will blast the player into an incoming treetop, directly through the leaves and branches of the tree.Īfter the player lands, the player turns right and through some leaf piles, which may reveal a simple banana flying from it, but it could be possible that a mushroom or a star flies from the scattered leaf pile. The course starts out with a slight downhill curve with the very first set of item boxes. It is very easy to fall off when racing on the branches if the players drift incorrectly, either too tightly or too loosely, or does not drift at all. Wigglers act as the only obstacles, unless one counts the bananas that get released from leaf piles. Interesting elements of this track are the Barrel Cannon at the beginning, the thin branches during the middle of the course, and the bouncy netting towards the end. In Maple Treeway, the players race on gigantic trees. It also resembles the Forest of Illusion overworld levels from Super Mario World, which debut Wigglers as enemies. It appears to be loosely based on or a reference to Wiggler's lair in Super Mario 64 DS, which features autumn leaves bunched together to form the walls and ceiling, and a net on which the battle took place. The race takes place in an autumn setting, with orange leaves and the sun a little low in the sky. Wiggler's lair in Super Mario 64 DS, which features a net and fallen leaves, bears some resemblance to Maple Treeway. In Paper Mario: The Origami King, a slower-paced Eastern rendition of Maple Treeway's music plays in the Tranquil Pipes Teahouse of Shogun Studios. Additionally, another arrangement of it is heard in the second half of the credits music along with Luigi Circuit/ Mario Circuit and Moo Moo Meadows. The course reappears in Mario Kart 7, and in Mario Kart Tour starting with the 2020 Halloween Tour, making it the first course from Mario Kart Wii to reappear in that game.ĭespite not sharing much similarity, the music used for Maple Treeway is also used for Bowser's Castle, albeit rearranged into a slower, lower-pitched, and more sinister version. The course's name may be a portmanteau of the words "tree" and " freeway." Leaf piles flank various parts of the track, and driving through them reveals Mushrooms and Bananas, and rarely, Stars. Wigglers make their home on the treetops, and driving into them will hinder any racer.
The track consists of racing on tree branches, on the treetops and even within the trees themselves. It takes place in a large forest during autumn. Maple Treeway is the third race course in the Star Cup in Mario Kart Wii. ( Wiggler with the Egg 1, Sponge tires, and Flower Glider) ( Wiggler with the Standard Kart, Wood tires, and Super Glider)