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In Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, GCN Dry Dry Desert returns as a retro course, and thus the large pit of quicksand also returns. While sinking can be avoided entirely by simply staying away from the pit, Item Boxes only appear close to its center.

In Mario Kart Wii, the battle course Thwomp Desert takes place in a large pit of quicksand that gradually pulls nearby racers to the center, where a giant Thwomp can be found and periodically stomps the sand below, creating shockwaves. These pits of quicksand have Piranha Plants in them that will eat any racer that falls in.Ī large pool of quicksand appears in the Dry Dry Desert course in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! Similarly to Mario Kart: Super Circuit, a large Pit Plant eats any racer that falls in and Lakitu will have to rescue them.

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Quicksand first appears in the Mario Kart series in Mario Kart: Super Circuit, where pools of quicksand are found on the sides of the Yoshi Desert course as obstacles. Mario Kart series Mario Kart: Super Circuit In Wario Land: Shake It!, quicksand pits appear in Disturbing Tomb, two of which lead Wario to treasure chests. At night, the quicksand is still, and functions as an empty space, meaning Wario will simply fall through. Sand Hands try to reach onto the platforms above to pull Wario in. The only way out is by taking a path to the side at the bottom. In Wario Land 3, quicksand appears in the Desert Ruins during the day, and cannot be escaped through jumping. If a player lands on one of the Green Spaces above one of the quicksand pits, any players standing on the rock platforms above that pit will fall in and be warped near the other pit. There is a quicksand pit on both the east and west sides of the board, each of which have three rock platforms standing over them. Pyramid Park in Mario Party 7 has a board event that is nearly identical to the one from Spiny Desert. If a player lands on one of the Happening Spaces surrounding the pits, that player and anyone else near that pit will be swallowed by the quicksand, which warps them to the other pit. The Spiny Desert board in Mario Party 3 has two quicksand pits. Quicksand is featured in Mario Party 2 as the basis for the minigame Quicksand Cache. In Donkey Kong 64, quicksand appears in Angry Aztec, where it simply hurts the Kongs to touch it. It also can be seen flowing down a river of it into the aforementioned pool. It is dark brown and has a few craters in it. It behaves the same as in previous games, though much slower than usual. Quicksand appears in desert levels of Super Mario Run, but it does not slow down the player from falling into the pit.Ī single pool of quicksand appears in Super Mario Odyssey within Tostarena Ruins. It is featured primarily in Conkdor Canyon. Quicksand also appears in Super Mario 3D World, behaving the same as in the predecessors. The player character is now seen as a silhouette when traveling through quicksand, and sink noticeably faster. U and New Super Luigi U, behaving identical to previous games. Quicksand is featured again in New Super Mario Bros. Quicksand reappears in New Super Mario Bros. The player can sink into it, making moving and jumping more difficult, though continuously sinking causes the player to fall into a pit. The player must use log-like bones to travel across this type. Some of it can be escaped by jumping repeatedly within it others move faster and act more similar to waterfalls. 2, where it appears in the desert levels. Quicksand makes its first Mario-related appearance in Super Mario Bros. History Super Mario series Super Mario Bros. 1.5.4 Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.

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