Pipe Plaza

Pipe Plaza is a Battle Course that debuted in Mario Kart: Double Dash!!. It is a little lot in the middle of nowhere with low brick walls around it and cement ground. There are two floors to this battle stage, one being the big cement ground floor where most of the action is, and the other being a metal grate material with ramps leading to the bottom floor. On the back wall are four giant pipes leading into said wall, two being on the bottom floor, and two being on the top floor. Driving into one of the pipes sends the player flying out of another pipe on the opposite floor.

Weapons cannot pass through the pipes and therefore are destroyed as soon as they enter. Red Shells can be avoided by simply driving into a pipe before it hits the player. Be warned however, some people like to put Banana Peel]]s or Fake Item Boxes right where players land after being shot out of a pipe. They are unavoidable here, making driving through the pipes dangerous.

The Battle Stage returns in Mario Kart DS, with almost no changes except for better graphics.