
They help to create an environment in the game like no other. The course name is a play on the real-life Kalahari Desert found in southern Africa.Video game music has been an iconic music genre ever since video games were first made.The Mario Kart 7 update replaces the crossing bells with North American bells. They sound out of place in the North American version, as they use different electronic bells as well as mechanical bells. The railroad crossing sounds have been taken from real Japanese National Railway railroad crossings.The music is later used in Paper Mario for the train ride on the K64 Train.This course is called "Kara Kara Desert" in Japan.


This course reappears in Mario Kart 7 as a retro course, with additional glider ramps placed all around the course. Item Boxes only appear three times: at the beginning before the first railroad crossing again, right before the second railroad crossing and finally, halfway after the second railroad crossing. If you go out too far, you will go out-of-bounds and you will be reset back on the main course. If you go out into the sand, your kart will become increasingly slower.

The next hazards are the sand and the out-of-zone areas. Crashing into them causes spinouts, like Dry Dry Ruins and Thwomp Desert from Mario Kart Wii. Although, there is a glitch that allows you to use this track to skip laps.Īnother hazard on the track is the cacti. Unless just messing around, this train-track is not a shortcut but instead costs time. The train-track is not limited, and the whole train-track is available to drive on (unless you're playing on the Mario Kart 7 version). Sometimes the player must slow to a stop to wait for the train to pass by and then speed up again. These trains run across train-tracks that cross over the racing track. It is desert-themed and features trains that will flip you out if they are touched. Leaf Cup Kalimari Desert is the last course in Mushroom Cup of Mario Kart 64.
