Rainbow Road

""Take a ride through the galaxy on this multicolored stage. Be careful for the passing Shy Guys!""

Rainbow Road is a stage in Nexed, resembling the incarnation of the reoccuring Mario Kart track found in Mario Kart 7 (specifically its appearance in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS).

History
Rainbow Road is a reoccuring track found in the Mario Kart series, first found in 1992's Super Mario Kart. These tracks usually take place in outer space and feature a transparent, multicolored road which the track gets its name from. Starting with Mario Kart 7, which is the game where the Nexed version of the stage hails from, some portions of the track go onto non-rainbow terrain, such as other planets or space stations.

Aside from its appearances in Mario Kart, Rainbow Road appears in a handful of Mario spinoff titles, such as Mario Hoops 3-on-3 and Paper Mario: Color Splash. It is also referenced in Super Mario Galaxy 2's Rolling Coaster Galaxy, and appears in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS.

Stage Layout
The background of Rainbow Road depicts how the track appears in Mario Kart 7, which changes depending on where the stage's traveling platform goes. Locations include the rings of Saturn, a white polka-dotted mushroom trampoline, the finish line, and the moon.

The stage takes place on a single rainbow-colored platform which flies around the area and lands at several different locations, changing the stage's layout in the process.

Hazards

 * Shy Guys: With this hazard on, Shy Guys will drive through certain areas of the stage, driving Standard Karts. Fighters who come in contact with a Shy Guy's kart will be damaged and launched.

Trivia

 * The decision to port Rainbow Road over from Mario Kart 7 was made because Faz felt that its aesthetic best suited a Rainbow Road course.