Kalimari Desert

Kalimari Desert is the first course of the Leaf Cup. This is a retro course from Mario Kart 64 on the Nintendo 64 and Wii Virtual Console. The most notable feature of this desert is the train passing through. However, unlike the original, the train tunnel can no longer be entered, and doing so will penalize the player for a few seconds and Lakitu will hold up a "Wrong Way" sign. There is a new glide feature in this course, like most others. There are two shortcut ramps near the end of the first corner and before the third one, which accomodates the glide feature. The players can use mushrooms to gain easy access to these ramps, allowing them to glide over the train. This course is actually somewhat simplified in this game, even though it's in the Leaf Cup. The course is a pun of Kalahari Desert in Southern Africa.