Editing Machine Passage

{{Infobox-AirRideCourse
|title= Machine Passage
|image= [[File:KAR Machine Passage Track Image.jpg|300px]]
|caption= A view of the '''Machine Passage''' course.
|lap=2
|hazard=ramps, [[Dash Panel]]s, fan blades, [[Cannon]], [[rail]]s, bumpers, conveyors
|enemy=<small>[[Dale]], [[Gordo]], [[Heat Phanphan]], [[Pichikuri]], [[Plasma Wisp]], [[Waddle Dee]], [[Wheelie]]</small>
|theme music=[[File:KAR Machine Passage theme sample.mp3]]<br>[[File:KSS Boarding the Halberd Sample.oga]]
|theme title="[[Air Ride: Machine Passage]]" <br>[[Boarding the Halberd|Revenge of Meta Knight 2]]
|description=Clips of the course music from Machine Passage
}}
[[File:Machine Passage Icon.png|left]]
'''Machine Passage''' is the seventh course in the [[Air Ride]] mode of ''[[Kirby Air Ride]]''. It is set in a futuristic structure full of lights and moving hazards, featuring a large cannon as part of the course, along with lots of narrow passages and tight turns. It is a medium-length, but very complex course, and the default number of laps run on it is two.

== Overview ==
[[File:KAR Machine Passage HUD Map.png|thumb|left|The track display of Machine Passage.]]
=== Track ===
Machine Passage is a convoluted cluster of mostly straight pathways that fold in on each-other, making the track line fairly convoluted and the turns fairly challenging. Despite this, the branching paths do not deviate very far from each-other, making the course fairly straightforward. The track begins along the lowermost horizontal line of the track, and heads off in a mostly clockwise manner. After heading up the initial road, the path turns sharply right, splitting into three possible paths as it enters a wide chamber filled with green liquid before reconverging in the next hall. From there, another sharp right leads to a split into two more narrow passages that gently curve right. The upper path is a very narrow glass tube, while the lower one is lined with rotating fan blades which the racers can crash into. The paths merge in a chamber with fans in the floor that can be used for a boost before reaching a u-turn leading outside of the complex and up to the base of a huge cannon.

Once the racers enter the cannon, they are fired to a faraway catwalk lined with [[Dash Panel]]s that loops back into the building, where a series of ramps and [[rail]]s on the sides of the hall ahead can be used to bypass some bumpers in the middle of the path. After another sharp turn, the racers will pass through a series of laterally-moving conveyors before heading down more tight turns. The final part of the track has the racers moving straight forward and avoiding flippers that pop out of the walls before reaching the finish line and completing a lap.

=== Setting and enemies ===
Machine Passage takes place in a futuristic and fully artificial environment, most of which takes place inside a large metal building of unknown purpose filled with machinery. The background is a deep red and seemingly lifeless skyline, reminiscent of Planet [[Mekkai]] from [[Milky Way Wishes]].

There is less variety in the enemies in Machine Passage than most other stages, though the most common ability-granting enemies are [[Plasma Wisp]] and [[Wheelie]], with [[Pichikuri]] and [[Heat Phanphan]] also making appearances. [[Gordo]]s can appear on this track, both in standard Air Ride and in the Time Attack mode.

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== Checklist objectives ==
The following are all of the [[Checklist (Air Ride)|checklist objectives]] that specifically pertain to Machine Passage:
{| class="sortable wikitable" border=1 cellpadding=2
!class=sortable|Objective
!class=sortable|Reward
!class=unsortable|Notes
|-
|''Air Ride: MACHINE PASSAGE Finish 2 laps in under 01:48:00!''
|None
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|''Air Ride: MACHINE PASSAGE Finish 2 laps in under 02:10:00!''
|None
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|-
|''Air Ride: MACHINE PASSAGE Race over 4,500 feet in 2 minutes!''
|Machine: [[Jet Star]]
|Must be done in Time mode, rather than Laps mode.
|-
|''Free Run: MACHINE PASSAGE Do 1 lap under 00:57:00 on [[Swerve Star]]!''
|None
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|''Free Run: MACHINE PASSAGE Finish 1 lap in under 00:56:00!''
|None
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|-
|''Free Run: MACHINE PASSAGE Finish 1 lap in under 01:05:00!''
|Machine: [[Rocket Star]]
|
|-
|''MACHINE PASSAGE: Finish in 1st place without touching the walls even once!''
|None
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|-
|''MACHINE PASSAGE: Shoot 3 characters out of the cannon at one time!''
|Music: [[Boarding the Halberd|Revenge of Meta Knight 2]]
|Alternative music for the course Machine Passage. Original track of "Boarding the Halberd" from ''[[Kirby Super Star]]''.
|-
|''Time Attack: MACHINE PASSAGE Finish in under 03:10:00!''
|Music: [[Air Ride: Machine Passage]]
|
|-
|''Time Attack: MACHINE PASSAGE Finish in under 02:48:00!''
|None
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|-
|''Time Attack: MACHINE PASSAGE Finish in under 02:50:00 on [[Rex Wheelie]]!''
|None
|
|}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
KAR Single Race Machine Passage Stadium.png|Stadium Icon for Machine Passage
KAR Machine Passage Banner.png|Banner image for Machine Passage
Machine Passage 1.png|[[King Dedede (Kirby Air Ride)|Dedede]] just after the starting line.
Machine Passage 2.png|Before the first bend and jump
Machine Passage 3.png|At the passage with the fan blades
Machine Passage 4.png|One of the narrow tunnels
Machine Passage 5.png|Being shot out of the cannon
Machine Passage 6.png|The passage with the obstacles coming out of the wall
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{names
|ja=スチールオーガン
|jaR=Suchīru Ōgan
|jaM=Steelorgan<ref>Taken from in-game in the Japanese version upon starting the course</ref>
|fr=Machine Passage
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|de=Machine Passage
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|it=Machine Passage
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|es=Machine Passage
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