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4. Ribbon Road

Rainbow Road? No, this is Ribbon Road! Absolute banger of a track and an all-timer reclamation project. The original Ribbon Road? It's fine but completely unnotable. The remake? Basically the most unrecognizable retro track in the game, and that's a good thing. It plays like an original. The vague theming of giant presents in the background has been reimagined into a beautiful playroom set, kind of similar to Squeaky Clean Sprint in the whole miniaturization aspect and the way there's just tons of shit to see in the background here. The track just feels great; beautiful racing lines all over, creative shortcuts, and tricking off the wavy blue track is awesome. I love the Mechakoopas here, you so rarely see these guys and I don't even think they were in the original but they kind of remind me of 'older' Mario, like they're something that would be in SMK or SC that you don't see a lot anymore, and they work perfectly with the whole toy theme. The music arrangement's cool as hell too, sounds almost nothing like the original. Easy S-tier track, one of my top faves, underrated.