Block Fort
- Not to be confused with Block City or Block Plaza.
| Block Fort | |||
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| The icon for Block Fort, from Mario Kart 64. | |||
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| Appears in | Mario Kart 64 (1996) Mario Kart DS (2005) | ||
| Cup | Battle Mode | ||
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Block Fort is a battle course in Mario Kart 64 that contains four structures in each corner of the level. It is also a classic battle course in Mario Kart DS .
Block City from Mario Kart: Double Dash!! and Block Plaza from Mario Kart Wii serve as spiritual successors to this stage.
Mario Kart 64[edit ]
The course takes place in a square arena with four different coloured structures, being red, green, blue, and yellow. Ramps lead up to the first level of the structures, where thin bridges lead to the other forts. Another ramp leads to the top level, with longer bridges to the other forts' roofs. Item Boxes are on the ground levels edge-wall, and on both of the forts' levels. Like Double Deck, this course shares its music with Choco Mountain.
Mario Kart DS[edit ]
This battle course reappears in Mario Kart DS . Despite returning race courses featuring name prefixes, Block Fort and the other returning battle course Pipe Plaza lack them. In this iteration, the four blocks have a stone appearance, while retaining their original colors.
In Shine Runners, there are thirteen possible spawning locations for the Shine Sprites, the most of every battle course featured in this game. There are four Shine Sprite spawning locations on the four corners of the course, four more on the first level of all structures, and another four on the second level of the same structures. A singular Shine Sprite spawning location is in the center of the course as well.
Missions[edit ]
There is one mission that takes place on Block Fort:
- Mission 6-4: The player controls Mario, who must hit 10 moving Item Boxes within 120 seconds. Each Item Box contains a Mushroom.
Profiles[edit ]
Mario Kart 64[edit ]
- Instruction booklet: "The map consists of a series of floors, each three levels high. The four blocks are colored red, yellow, green and blue so you can quickly check your opponents' screens to find their locations."
- Web page: "Block Fort is a multi-level arena with three levels of platforms linked by ramps and elevated roads. The four blocks that make up the arena are color coded so you can tell where your opponents with a glance at their screen."[1]
Gallery[edit ]
The icon from the menu
The icon from the official Mario Kart 64 website
The course icon in Mario Kart DS
Naming[edit ]
Internal names[edit ]
| Game | File | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mario Kart 64 | 15 BLOCK | 15 - Block | |
| Mario Kart DS | mini_block_64 | Mini Block 64 |
Names in other languages[edit ]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Note(s) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ブロックとりで Burokku Toride |
Block Fort | [2] | |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 四色堡垒 Sìsè Bǎolěi (Mandarin) Seisīk Bóuléuih (Cantonese) |
Tetracolored Fortress | [3] | |
| French | Bloc Fort | Block Fort | [?] | |
| German | Block-Fort | Block Fort | [?] | |
| Italian | Forte Blocco | Block Fort | [?] | |
| Korean | 블록 요새 Beullok Yosae |
Block Fort | [?] | |
| Spanish (European) | Ciudad Bloque | Block City | Shared with Block City | [?] |
Notes[edit ]
- In the Nintendo 64 version, the entire battle course appears to be surrounded by a sea of water, as shown in the icon in the battle stage selection. In the Nintendo DS version, the Touch Screen indicates the course is surrounded by a field of grass, though all that is actually modeled is a sky void.
References[edit ]
- ^ (February 5, 1998) Nintendo: Mario Kart 64: Battle Mode (Internet Archive). Retrieved February 24, 2018.
- ^ 【DS】マリオカートDS 実況プレイ! めざせ全カップ優勝!編【生放送】
- ^ 马力欧卡丁车 (Mǎlì'ōu Kǎdīngchē) instruction booklet. iQue (Simplified Chinese). Page 34.