Editing GBA Yoshi Desert

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{{race course infobox
|title=Yoshi Desert
|image={{tabber|title1=''Mario Kart: Super Circuit''|content1=[[File:MKSC Yoshi Desert Starting Line.png]]|title2=''Mario Kart Tour''|content2=[[File:MKT GBA Yoshi Desert Sphinx.jpg|250px]]}}
|appears_in=''[[Mario Kart: Super Circuit]]'' ([[List of games by date#2001|2001]])<br>''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'' (2023)
|tours=[[Yoshi Tour (2023)]]<br>[[Pipe Tour]]
|cups=[[Star Cup]]
|sample=''Mario Kart: Super Circuit''<br>[[File:MKSC-Music-YoshiDesert.oga]]<br>''Mario Kart Tour''<br>[[File:MKT GBA Yoshi Desert Theme.oga]]
|map=''Mario Kart: Super Circuit''<br>[[File:MKSC Yoshi Desert Map.png|140px]]<br>[[File:MKSC Yoshi Desert Mini Map.png]]<br>''Mario Kart Tour''<br>[[File:MKT Map YoshiDesertGBA.png|120px]]
}}
'''Yoshi Desert''' is the third course of the [[Star Cup]] in ''[[Mario Kart: Super Circuit]]''. In this course, there are pyramids and a Yoshi Sphinx statue in the background. About the track, there are cacti and quicksand zones, where [[Piranha Plant]]s wait to prey on any [[kart]] that falls in. There are also two oases, and at the second, the player can use a [[Super Star|Star]] or [[Dash Mushroom|Mushroom]]s to make a shortcut. The course has a few [[Dash Panel]]s, which can either help the player or make the player lose control.

The Yoshi Sphinx that appears in this course appeared multiple times after, the first time being in [[Wii Dry Dry Ruins|Dry Dry Ruins]] in ''[[Mario Kart Wii]]''. Later, in ''[[Paper Mario: Sticker Star]]'', the sphinx appears as [[Yoshi Sphinx|a location]] that Mario visits rather than a background detail. The background music for the course is heavily Arabic-inspired, using a double harmonic scale for the majority of its main melody. A modified version of the sound effect emitted by Yoshi in older ''Super Mario'' games plays in time with the music throughout the song. This is made more obvious in the ''Mario Kart Tour'' arrangement.

The course later makes its debut as a classic course in ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'' in the [[Yoshi Tour (2023)|2023 Yoshi Tour]].

==''Mario Kart: Super Circuit''==
===Course layout===
The track starts on a small straightaway with a short left turn. A series of S-turns follow, with a Dash Panel shortly after the first wide turn. After the S turns is a somewhat wider area with quicksand pits on the off-road sections, small ramps near the beginning and a large group of [[Coin]]s in the wider area. An oasis is located to the left of this area. After the wider area is a right hand turn with more quicksand pits to the side and another large right hand U turn. Following this turn is a longer straightaway with a few coins and ramps. Another right hand U turn is after the straight path leading to another sharp U turn. At the end of the U turn is another oasis, with the track going around it. After the oasis is the final straightaway leading to the finish. The course's layout is very similar to [[GBA Sunset Wilds|Sunset Wilds]].{{br|left}}

===Shortcuts===
*At the beginning of the turn at the second oasis is a ramp going over the oasis. The player can use a [[Dash Mushroom|Mushroom]] to jump the oasis. A quicksand pit is located before the ramp.

==''Mario Kart Tour''==
Yoshi Desert makes its classic course debut in ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'', starting from the [[Yoshi Tour (2023)|2023 Yoshi Tour]]. Various architecture such as pillars, arches, and the pyramids are much closer to the course rather than being limited to just the background. Cacti and billboards with sponsors have also been added to the course. A starting banner, made of damaged pillars and using the classic ''Mario Kart'' logo, is added. The time of day has also been changed to sunrise, much like [[N64 Yoshi Valley]] and [[DS Airship Fortress]]. Most of the turns are preserved, but the track is shaped very differently in proportions compared to the original, as the top half of the course's layout has been elongated; the first lake has also been incorporated into a new split path, and the road next to it has a trickable ramp. Two falling pillars have been added before the first oasis. All Piranha Plants in the quicksand pits are now visible, which are now reduced from seven of the original to just three. The oasis shortcut has been changed a bit, now lacking a ramp. Despite this, a Mushroom is still required to use it. Like other ''Mario Kart: Super Circuit'' courses that hadn't received new music compositions, this course received a new rendition of its music, notably replacing the synth bass with a simple pulse waveform, but retaining the Yoshi vocals, which are now reused from ''[[Super Mario World]]''. Unlike the GBA courses introduced prior in ''Tour'', the colored blocks follow the pattern of the SNES courses instead.

This course also appears as '''Yoshi Desert R''' (reversed), '''Yoshi Desert T''' (with ramps), and as '''Yoshi Desert R/T''' (reversed with ramps). In the T variant, no pillars fall onto the track, and there are two Piranha Plants in pipes. In the R/T variant, there are several water geysers along the track, including two at the end which come out of pipes.

===Appearances===
For this course's tour appearances, see [[List of GBA Yoshi Desert tour appearances in Mario Kart Tour|List of GBA Yoshi Desert tour appearances in ''Mario Kart Tour'']].

===Top-tier and middle-tier items===
{{MKT favored table|GBA|Yoshi Desert}}

===Bonus challenges===
<div class="contentbox mw-collapsible mw-collapsed>
{{MKT bonus challenge table|Smash Small Dry Bones|GBA Yoshi Desert}}
{{MKT bonus challenge table|Combo Attack|GBA Yoshi Desert T}}
{{MKT bonus challenge table|Precision Gliding|GBA Yoshi Desert}}
</div>

==Sponsors==
===''Mario Kart Tour''===
*[[List of sponsors debuting in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe#1-Up Mushroom Car Insurance Group|1-Up Mushroom Car Insurance Group]] (signs)
*[[List of sponsors debuting in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe#Bullet Bill Speed Trial|Bullet Bill Speed Trial]] (signs)
*[[List of sponsors debuting in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe#Roy Smooth Sounds|Roy Smooth Sounds]] (signs)
*[[List of sponsors debuting in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe#Mushroom Piston|Mushroom Piston]] (signs)
*[[List of sponsors debuting in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe#Red Shell Strike Equipment|Red Shell Strike Equipment]] (signs)

==Gallery==
===''Mario Kart: Super Circuit''===
<gallery widths=150px>
Yoshi Desert MKSC icon.png|The course icon, depicting a [[Piranha Plant]] pulling [[Bowser]] into the quicksand
Yoshi in Yoshi Desert MKSC screenshot.png|[[Yoshi]] racing on Yoshi Desert
MKSC Yoshi Desert Piranha.png|A Piranha Plant coming out of the quicksand
Mksc desert.jpg|[[Wario]] and [[Toad]] racing on Yoshi Desert
</gallery>

===''Mario Kart Tour''===
====Course icons====
{{main-gallery|Mario Kart Tour race course icons (GBA courses)#Yoshi Desert|Mario Kart Tour race course icons (GBA courses) § Yoshi Desert}}
<gallery>
MKT Icon YoshiDesertGBA YoshiKangaroo.png|The course icon
MKT Icon YoshiDesertRGBA Poochy.png|The course icon of the R variant
MKT Icon YoshiDesertTGBA Wario.png|The course icon of the T variant
MKT Icon YoshiDesertRTGBA YoshiGoldEgg.png|The course icon of the R/T variant
</gallery>

====Screenshots====
<gallery>
MKT GBA Yoshi Desert Starting Line.jpg|View of the starting line
MKT GBA Yoshi Desert Sphinx 2.jpg|View of the Yoshi Sphinx
MKT GBA Yoshi Desert Scene.png|View of the course
MKT GBA Yoshi Desert Scene 2.jpg|View of the [[Piranha Plant]]s
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=ヨッシーさばく
|JapR=Yosshī sabaku
|JapM=Yoshi Desert
|Chi=耀西沙漠
|ChiR=Yàoxī Shāmò
|ChiM=Yoshi Desert
|Fre=Désert Yoshi
|FreM=Yoshi Desert
|Ger=Yoshi-Wüste
|GerM=Yoshi Desert
|Ita=Deserto di Yoshi
|ItaM=Yoshi Desert
|Kor=요시 사막
|KorR=Yosi Samak
|KorM=Yoshi Desert
|Por=Deserto Yoshi
|PorM=Yoshi Desert
|Spa=Desierto de Yoshi
|SpaM=Yoshi's Desert
}}

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[[Category:Deserts]]
[[Category:Mario Kart: Super Circuit race courses]]
[[Category:Mario Kart Tour race courses]]
[[Category:Classic courses]]
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