Dragon Driftway
Dragon Driftway is a stunning, stylish course, which blends a lot of Eastern theming and motifs: mountains, pagodas, paper lanterns, curved bridges, and a red-and-gold colour palette that is common in Imperial Chinese imagery.
Reapers (Southbound)
The Reapers in Southbound are essentially floating, legless skeletons that resemble twisted versions of the Grim Reaper. These mysterious entities stalk what seems to be a lonely desert highway, acting as watchers and enforcers.
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Excitebike Arena
Unlike most Mario Kart 8 tracks, Excitebike Arena doesn’t originate from the Mario universe at all. Instead, it’s a tribute to Nintendo’s classic NES motocross game Excitebike, which was released in 1984.
Lake Kingdom
Welcome to Lake Lamode, a submerged sanctuary of fashion inhabited by mermaid-like beings called Lochladies. It is a relatively small kingdom, but the clothing motif is evident throughout.
GCN Yoshi Circuit
Yoshi Circuit is literally shaped like the lovable green dinosaur himself. From a bird’s-eye view, the circuit traces his body – head, arms, tail, and all. In fact, it’s the only course in the Mario Kart series to be shaped after a playable character.
#809 Melmetal
Melmetal is a Pokémon that has seemingly reappeared in the world after 3,000 years. It is created when one strong Meltan absorbs the rest of the group it lives with in order to evolve.
The J.R.R. Tolkien Calendar 1979
The J.R.R. Tolkien Calendar 1979 was the final calendar in the series to include new, previously unpublished images made by Tolkien himself. It included four further illustrations that Tolkien originally made for The Hobbit, but it also ventured beyond the Middle-earth legendarium and included examples of emblematic dragons, trees, and flowers.
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#808 Meltan
Meltan is a curious Mythical Pokémon that seems to show an interest in all things. It has a soft body made from liquid metal – gallium – that gives it a very fluid shape. Its tail looks like a power cord or a plastic-coated copper wire with an exposed end.
The Shimmer (Annihilation)
Biologist Lena joins a science team that enters the mysterious Area X – a subtropical wilderness where an alien infestation is slowly encroaching behind an amorphous, iridescent, reality-shifting barrier known as the Shimmer.
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Porygon Family
Porygon is an artificial Pokémon made entirely out of programming code. Its inorganic body is made out of pink and blue polyhedra and prisms, which make it look like a bizarre digital cartoon bird.