N64 Rainbow Road
Ostensibly, this is the Rainbow Road from Mario Kart 64, one of the most infamous tracks in Mario Kart history, but in reality it has been changed so much that it might as well be a completely different course.
Lisa Trevor
Lisa Trevor is a terrifying sight. Clothed only in a rotting hospital gown, she is bony and hunched over, clearly showcasing years of captivity and medical abuse. She shuffles rather than walks, howling with agony as she does so.
Wii Grumble Volcano
With deep lava awaiting anyone who strays off the track and flaming fireballs littering your path, Grumble Volcano will undo all your previous hard work in the Star Cup if you aren’t careful.
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History of Dudley Zoo (Part 1)
Dudley Zoo is the only zoo in the UK with a vintage chairlift and a castle on its grounds, and it’s also home to the world’s largest collection of surviving Tecton buildings.
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3DS Piranha Plant Slide
Piranha Plant Slide takes place in a sewer system and is clearly based on the underground levels of Super Mario Bros. There are lots of floating blocks, Goombas, and – yes – Piranha Plants. This course is basically ‘World 1-2’ as a racetrack.
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Mew
Mew started as a top-secret easter egg, became the centre of one of the biggest gaming rumours of the ’90s, and then grew into an important piece of the Pokémon mythos.
DS Tick Tock Clock
If you like clocks, then this track has it all – giant gears, swinging pendulums, a road of spinning cogs, slowly turning clock hands, an alarm clock starting line, clock faces to drive over…
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Hunters
About halfway through Resident Evil Remake, a new type of enemy rears its ugly, scaly head. Most of the zombies in the mansion vanish, replaced by faster, stronger, more agile monsters called Hunters, which are a frightening cross between a reptile and a human.
Rainbow Road
The Special Cup in the Mario Kart series always end in a Rainbow Road track, and Mario Kart 8 is no different. Like previous Rainbow Road courses, this one takes place in outer space – in this case, in low orbit with the Earth visible in the background.
Web Spinner
The Web Spinner was intended to be deployed to war zones, where it would use its venom to injure combatants before eating them. However, although its increase in size was impressive, it was deemed to have no practicality as a bioweapon, since its lack of intelligence made it uncontrollable.