The Mount Rushmore of: Mario Kart 64 Courses (+ War Movies TIEBREAKER)

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Today I learned that Full Metal Jacket is a Kubrick movie, so we get a showdown between Kubrick movies.

A few cheeky votes for Star Wars makes it do a decent showing. You know, I didn't even consider Star Wars when I wrote the fictional war addendum and that was considering clearly fantastical wars like Starship Troopers. That's how little I feel about Star Wars as a war movie.

Last 5 Rushmores

FromSoftware Boss Fights: Ornstein & Smough / Malenia / Lady Maria / Isshin
Fairies: Tinker Bell / Tooth Fairy / Fairy Godmother / Queen Titania
Film Trilogies: Star Wars OT / Lord of the Rings / Back to the Future / The Godfather
SpongeBob SquarePants Episodes: Band Geeks / Chocolate with Nuts / Pizza Delivery / Graveyard Shift
War Movies: Saving Private Ryan / Apocalypse Now / All Quiet on the Western Front / TBD

This Week's Rushmores

Thursday: Movie Studio Intros/Title Cards
Friday: Anime EPs
Saturday: Wrestling Faces
Sunday: Non-English Films

Next Themed Week: November 17 - November 23 (Film by Decades)

Today's Parameters:

You must pick courses from Mario Kart 64.

Courses are based on their Mario Kart 64 version.

https://mariokart.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Mario_Kart_64_tracks

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Bowser's Castle
Block Fort
Toad's Turnpike
Yoshi Valley

Kalamari Desert
Toads Turnpike
Bowser Castle
Rainbow Road

one for each cup, remembered being a dope and exploring the train tracks for fun

hms to basically the rest of the star and special courses (especially wario stadium and DK Jungle like both)

Toad's Turnpike
DK's Jungle Parkway
Banshee Boardwalk
Kalamari Desert

Rainbow Road
Royal Raceway
Bowser's Castle
Kalimari Desert

Koopa Troopa Beach
Kalamari Desert
Royal Raceway
Yoshi Valley

Leonhart4 posted...

Block Fort

Bold move, Cotton. Let's see how it works out for him.

I mean if you were to put a battle course in that is the one

Battle courses are allowed.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/9/971a7361.jpg

I figured if we're including battle courses, one deserves to make the cut and that's the one

But there are a bunch of worthy entrants here, so I won't complain about whatever the final cut turns out to be

Rainbow Road
Bowser's Castle
Yoshi Valley
Royal Raceway

Actually gonna just drop Rainbow Road for DK Jungle Parkway

more just personal preference than anything plus I think everyone agrees it is the worst rainbow road

Yoshi Valley
Toad's Turnpike
Koopa Troopa Beach
Rainbow Road

Yeah, I get Rainbow Road as a concept is iconic, but I don't think MK64's is particularly noteworthy aside from its length.

Rainbow Road
Toad's Turnpike
Koopa Troopa Beach
Kalimari Desert

Kalimari Desert
Toad's Turnpike
Wario Stadium
Rainbow Road

Kalimari Desert for the train, the ability to go way off track, and it was one of my favorites for time trials.
Toad's Turnpike for the reverse traffic
Wario Stadium for the huge shortcut
Rainbow Road for the music and again for being one of my time trials favorites

• Luigi Raceway
• Block Fort
• Yoshi Valley
• Rainbow Road

I feel like MK64 is the Rainbow Road.

DK's Jungle Parkway
Rainbow Road
Toad's Turnpike
Yoshi Valley

Koopa Troopa Beach
Toad's Turnpike
Rainbow Road
Block Fort

Rainbow Road
Royal Raceway
Kalimari Desert
Block Fort

Yoshi Valley
Bowser's Castle
Kalimari Desert
Royal Raceway

...I realize Rainbow Road is probably going to win, and it is memorable, but not really memorable for the right reasons, IMO.

Kalimari Desert
Toad's Turnpike
Wario Stadium
Yoshi Valley

One from each cup.

I forgot Rainbow Road Mario Kart 64 had railings the whole way.

Change vote from Rainbow Road to Moo Moo Farm

Rainbow Road
Wario Stadium
Block Fort
Toad's Turnpike

Fairly easy imo. Rainbow Road is the final level, Wario Stadium probably has the most iconic fairly easy shortcut (besides rainbow road). Block fort is the signature multiplayer map. Toad's Turnpike was the only one I thought about, and picked it over a few others due to the cars.

Kalimari Desert
Toads Turnpike
Bowsers Castle
Rainbow Road

Toad's Turnpike
Wario Stadium
Rainbow Road
Choco Mountain

The reason I'm putting Choco Mountain here is because of Triple Weathertenko.

Yoshi Valley
Royal Raceway
Koopa Troopa Beach
Block Fort

Toad Highway
Bowser's Castle
Yoshi Valley
Royal Raceway

Wario Stadium
Rainbow Road
Mario Raceway
Kalimari Desert

Yoshi Valley
Block Fort
Kalimari Desert
Royal Raceway

Kalamari Desert
Choco Mountain
Yoshi Valley
Rainbow Road

Rainbow Road
Wario Stadium
Block Fort
Toad's Turnpike

Kalamari Desert
Toad's Turnpike
Yoshi Valley
Rainbow Road

Shout-outs to Frappe Snowland for having that road surrounded by walls of ice that I still think about today

I think that's an actual thing in Japan?

Kalimari Desert
Wario Stadium
Royal Raceway
Rainbow Road

Yoshi Valley
Toad's Turnpike
Royal Raceway
Bowser's Castle

N64 Rainbow Road is lame

Kalimari Desert
Toad's Turnpike
Bowser's Castle
Big Donut

love it or hate it, big donut unfortunately is the first battle course that naturally comes to mind for me when thinking about mk64 (in fairness, i personally feel like Block Plaza was pretty much a direct improvement on Block Fort that rendered it obsolete, Skyscraper is also better but nobody's voting for it anyway, and Double Deck is just as bad as it lol)

Koopa Troopa Beach
Choco Mountain
Kalimari Desert
Rainbow Road

Koopa Troopa Beach
Toad's Turnpike
Bowser's Castle
Rainbow Road

just picked my favorite from each cup

Rainbow Road has the GOAT music, memorably absurd length, and being highly memorable in the speedrun due to its insane skips. I'm picking it for those reasons.