Luigi's Mansion (Mario Kart DS theme)
| "Luigi's Mansion" | |
|---|---|
| "Luigi's Mansion" in Mario Kart DS | |
| Composed by: Shinobu Nagata | |
| Key | C harmonic minor, D-sharp harmonic minor |
| First appearance | Mario Kart DS (2005) |
| Latest appearance | Mario Kart World (2025) |
"Luigi's Mansion"[1] is a musical theme composed by Shinobu Nagata for Mario Kart DS, where it plays in the race course of the same name.
History[edit]
Mario Kart DS[edit]
Mario Kart DS marks the first appearance of "Luigi's Mansion". It is also included in the official album The Year of Luigi Sound Selection.
Mario Kart 7[edit]
In Mario Kart 7, an arrangement of "Luigi's Mansion" plays in DS Luigi's Mansion. It is likewise titled "DS Luigi's Mansion" in the Nintendo Music app. This arrangement uses higher-quality samples, but it is otherwise near identical to the original. A looping drum set beat is added to the instrumentation whenever the player is driving at top speed while in first place.
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Mario Kart 8 Deluxe[edit]
In Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, a fast-paced arrangement of "Luigi's Mansion" plays in the battle course GCN Luigi's Mansion. It is likewise titled "GCN Luigi's Mansion" in the Nintendo Music app.
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Mario Kart Tour[edit]
In Mario Kart Tour, the Mario Kart 7 arrangement of "Luigi's Mansion" plays in DS Luigi's Mansion, which was first added in the 2019 Halloween Tour.
Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit[edit]
In Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit, the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe arrangement of "Luigi's Mansion" plays in King Boo's Courtyard.
Mario Kart World[edit]
In Mario Kart World, a progressive metal arrangement of "Luigi's Mansion" based on the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe arrangement can play on the route from Boo Cinema to Dry Bones Burnout in the Leaf Cup and on VS Race routes coming from Boo Cinema during the day. It is fully titled "Luigi's Mansion (Mario Kart DS)" in the Nintendo Music app. The image shows a race on Boo Cinema, where the arrangement cannot play.
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Gallery[edit]
Image for "DS Luigi's Mansion" from Mario Kart 7 on Nintendo Music
Image for "GCN Luigi's Mansion" from Mario Kart 8 Deluxe on Nintendo Music
Image for "Luigi's Mansion (Mario Kart DS)" from Mario Kart World on Nintendo Music
List of Super Mario appearances[edit]
Games[edit]
| Work | System | Year | Type | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mario Kart DS | Nintendo DS | 2005 | Original | 「ルイージマンション」 (Ruīji Manshon)[2] | Shinobu Nagata |
| Mario Kart 7 | Nintendo 3DS | 2011 | Arrangement | "DS Luigi's Mansion"[3] | |
| Remix | |||||
| Mario Kart 8 Deluxe | Nintendo Switch | 2017 | Arrangement | "GCN Luigi's Mansion"[4] | |
| Mario Kart Tour | iOS, Android | 2019[a] | Past arrangement (Mario Kart 7) | ||
| Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit | Nintendo Switch | 2020 | Past arrangement (Mario Kart 8 Deluxe) | ||
| Mario Kart World | Nintendo Switch 2 | 2025 | Arrangement | "Luigi's Mansion (Mario Kart DS)"[1] |
- ^ Added in the 2019 Halloween Tour on October 22, 2019
Albums[edit]
| Work | Year | Type | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Year of Luigi Sound Selection | 2013 | Original | 「ルイージマンション」 (Ruīji Manshon) | Shinobu Nagata |
| Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo Music) | 2024 | Past arrangement (Mario Kart 8 Deluxe) | "GCN Luigi's Mansion" | |
| Mario Kart 7 (Nintendo Music) | 2025 | Past arrangement (Mario Kart 7) | "DS Luigi's Mansion" | |
| Mario Kart World (Nintendo Music) | 2026[a] | Past arrangement (Mario Kart World) | "Luigi's Mansion (Mario Kart DS)" |
- ^ Added to the album on June 29, 2026
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Note(s) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ルイージマンション Ruīji Manshon |
Luigi's Mansion | [1] |
References[edit]
| Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit | ||
|---|---|---|
| Drivers | Playable | Mario • Luigi |
| Alliesb | Peachb • Toadb • Yoshib | |
| Non-playable | Bowser Jr. • Iggy Koopa • Larry Koopa • Lemmy Koopa • Ludwig von Koopa • Morton Koopa Jr. • Roy Koopa • Wendy O. Koopa • King Boob | |
| Other | Lakitu | |
| Courses | Mushroom Cup | Live Circuit • Lightning Lagoon • Piped Wetlands |
| Flower Cup | Freezie Frosts • Glazed Gardens • Piranha Paradise | |
| Shell Cup | Work Zone • Cheep Cheep Reef • Bowser's Castle | |
| Star Cup | Royal Highway • Wibble Woods • Windswept Prairie | |
| Banana Cup | Mushroom Fields • Boo Fortress • Tornado Tundra | |
| Leaf Cup | Magikoopa Mirage • Crafty Tropics • Gusty Galaxy | |
| Lightning Cup | Jolly Workshop • Chain Chomp Stadium • Ember Island | |
| Special Cup | World 1-1 • Chain Chomp Glacier • Rainbow Road | |
| Mario Cupa | Slick Circuita • Barrel Templea • Fossil Fieldsa | |
| Luigi Cupb | Windmill Meadowsb • Music Broadwayb • King Boo's Courtyardb | |
| Items and objects | Banana • Blooper • Bob-omb • Boomerang Flower • Bullet Bill • Chain Chomp • Coin • Dash Panel • Golden Mushroom • Item Box • Kart • Lightning • Mushroom • Red Shell • Spiny Shell • Star • Triple Bananas • Triple Mushrooms • Trophy | |
| Enemies and obstacles | Amp • Boo • Barrela • Cheep Cheep • Dino Roara • Fire Bar • Flying Shy Guy • Freezie • Goomba • Lava Bubble • Magikoopa • Music Bash • Oil slicka • Piranha Plant • Poison Piranha Plant • Thwomp • Twister • Water Geysera | |
| Techniques | Drift • Hop • Mini-Turbo • Rocket Start | |
| Music | "Title Screen" | |
| Miscellaneous | Finish line • Gallery • Staff • Underwater driving | |
| Mario Kart World music | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Courses | Race courses | New courses | "Acorn Heights" ("Opening (Special Cup)") • "Boo Cinema" • "Bowser's Castle" ("Opening (Lightning Cup)") • "Cheep Cheep Falls" ("Opening (Leaf Cup)") • "Crown City" ("Opening (Shell Cup)") • "Dandelion Depths" ("Opening (Leaf Cup)") • "DK Spaceport" ("Opening (Mushroom Cup)") • "Dry Bones Burnout" ("Opening (Leaf Cup)") • "Faraway Oasis" ("Opening (Shell Cup)") • "Great ? Block Ruins" • "Mario Bros. Circuit" ("Opening (Mushroom Cup)" · "Replay" · "Trophy Theme") • "Peach Stadium" ("Opening (Shell Cup)" · "Opening (Special Cup)") • "Rainbow Road" ("Opening (Special Cup)" · "Results Screen (Rainbow Road)" · "Victory Lap (Rainbow Road)") • "Salty Salty Speedway" • "Starview Peak" ("Opening (Star Cup)") • "Whistlestop Summit" ("Opening (Mushroom Cup)") |
| Returning courses | "Airship Fortress" ("Opening (Flower Cup)") • "Choco Mountain" ("Opening (Lightning Cup)") • "Desert Hills" • "Dino Dino Jungle" • "DK Pass" • "Koopa Troopa Beach" ("Opening (Shell Cup)") • "Mario Circuit" ("Opening (Special Cup)" · "Staff Credits") • "Moo Moo Meadows" • "Peach Beach" ("Opening (Banana Cup)") • "Shy Guy Bazaar" • "Sky-High Sundae" ("Opening (Star Cup)") • "Toad's Factory" • "Wario Shipyard" ("Opening (Star Cup)") • "Wario Stadium" ("Opening (Flower Cup)") | ||
| Battle courses | "Battle Course" (Mario Kart: Double Dash!!) • "Battle Course" (Mario Kart DS) • "Battle Course" (Mario Kart 64) • "Battle Course" (Super Mario Kart) • "Battle Stadium" • "Chain Chomp Wheel" • "Delfino Pier" • "Thwomp Desert" | ||
| Arrangements | Mario Kart arrangements | Super Mario Kart | "Bowser Castle" • "Choco Island" • "Donut Plains" • "Ghost Valley" • "Koopa Beach" • "Rainbow Road" • "Staff Credits" • "Title Screen" • "Vanilla Lake" |
| Mario Kart 64 | "Character Select" • "DK's Jungle Parkway" • "Frappe Snowland" • "Kalimari Desert" • "Koopa Troopa Beach" • "Moo Moo Farm" • "Rainbow Road" • "Results Screen" • "Title Screen" • "Toad's Turnpike" | ||
| Mario Kart: Super Circuit | "Bowser Castle" • "Cheese Land" • "Peach Circuit" • "Rainbow Road" • "Ribbon Road" • "Shy Guy Beach" • "Yoshi Desert" | ||
| Mario Kart: Double Dash!! | "Baby Park" • "Dry Dry Desert" • "Luigi Circuit" • "Mushroom Bridge" • "Rainbow Road" • "Sherbet Land" | ||
| Mario Kart DS | "Cheep Cheep Beach" • "Delfino Square" • "Figure-8 Circuit" • "Luigi's Mansion" • "Peach Gardens" • "Rainbow Road" • "Shroom Ridge" • "Staff Credits" • "Tick-Tock Clock" • "Waluigi Pinball" • "Yoshi Falls" | ||
| Mario Kart Wii | "Coconut Mall" • "Daisy Circuit" • "DK Summit" • "Dry Dry Ruins" • "Grumble Volcano" • "Luigi Circuit" • "Maple Treeway" • "Moonview Highway" • "Mushroom Gorge" • "Rainbow Road" • "Staff Credits A" • "Wario's Gold Mine" | ||
| Mario Kart 7 | "Bowser's Castle" • "Daisy Hills" • "Music Park" • "Piranha Plant Slide" • "Rainbow Road" • "Rock Rock Mountain" • "Rosalina's Ice World" • "Toad Circuit" | ||
| Mario Kart 8 Deluxe | "Bone-Dry Dunes" • "Cloudtop Cruise" • "Dolphin Shoals" • "Dragon Driftway" • "Electrodrome" • "Ice Ice Outpost" • "Mario Circuit" • "Mario Kart 8" • "Rainbow Road" • "Shy Guy Falls" • "Sunshine Airport" • "Super Bell Subway" • "Sweet Sweet Canyon" • "Thwomp Ruins" • "Toad Harbor" • "Twisted Mansion" • "Water Park" • "Wild Woods" | ||
| Mario Kart Tour | "Bangkok Rush" • "Merry Mountain" • "Ninja Hideaway" • "Los Angeles Laps" • "Singapore Speedway" • "Tokyo Blur" • "Vancouver Velocity" | ||
| Super Mario arrangements | Super Mario Bros. | "Ending" • "Game Over" • "Ground BGM" • "Underground BGM" • "Underwater BGM" | |
| Super Mario Bros. 2 | "Ground BGM" • "Please Select Player" • "Underground BGM" | ||
| Super Mario Bros. 3 | "Airship BGM" • "Athletic BGM" • "Course Clear" • "Ending" • "Fortress Boss BGM" • "Ground BGM" • "Overworld Medley (Super Mario Bros. 3)" • "Underwater BGM" | ||
| Super Mario Land | "Ground BGM" • "Underground BGM" | ||
| Super Mario World | "Ending" • "Ground BGM" ("Bonus Game BGM" · "Castle BGM" · "Underground BGM" · "Underwater BGM") • "Koopalings BGM" • "Overworld Medley (Super Mario World)" • "Title BGM" | ||
| Super Mario Land 2 - 6 Golden Coins | "Main Theme" | ||
| Super Mario 64 | "Bowser's Road" • "Bowser's Theme" • "Dire, Dire Docks" • "File Select" • "Peach's Castle" • "Piranha Plant's Lullaby" • "Staff Roll" • "Title Theme" ("Cool, Cool Mountain" · "Slider") | ||
| Super Mario Sunshine | "Delfino Plaza" ("Ricco Harbor") • "Secret Course - Sky and Sea" | ||
| New Super Mario Bros. | "Castle BGM" • "Ground BGM" | ||
| Super Mario Galaxy | "Buoy Base Galaxy" • "Egg Planet" • "Enter Bowser Jr.!" • "Final Battle with Bowser" • "Gusty Garden Galaxy" • "Purple Comet" • "Rosalina in the Observatory 3" • "Space Junk Road" | ||
| New Super Mario Bros. Wii | "Beach Theme" • "Castle BGM" • "Castle Boss" • "Credits Theme 1" • "Desert BGM" • "Underwater BGM" • "Volcano BGM" | ||
| Super Mario Galaxy 2 | "Bowser's Galaxy Generator" • "Cloudy Court Galaxy" • "Digga-Leg" • "Melty Monster Galaxy" • "Puzzle Plank Galaxy" • "Starship Mario 1" • "Sky Station Galaxy" • "The Starship's Journey" • "Yoshi Star Galaxy" | ||
| Super Mario 3D Land | "Beach Theme" • "Ground Theme" • "Snow Mountain Theme" | ||
| New Super Mario Bros. U | "Ground Theme" | ||
| Super Mario 3D World | "A Boss Approaches" ("Bowser's Highway Showdown" · "World 8") • "Athletic Theme" • "Captain Toad Goes Forth" • "Double Cherry Pass" • "Hands-On Hall" • "Hisstocrat" • "Piranha Creeper Creek" • "Shifty Boo Mansion" • "Sprawling Savanna" • "Super Bell Hill" | ||
| Super Mario Maker | "Title Screen" | ||
| Super Mario Odyssey | "Break Free (Lead the Way)" • "Fossil Falls" • "Jump Up, Super Star!" • "Peronza Plaza" • "Shiveria Town" • "Steam Gardens" • "Tostarena Ruins" | ||
| Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury | "Attack! Bowser's Fury" • "Plessie Ride!" | ||
| Yoshi arrangements | Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island | "Athletic BGM" • "Bowser" • "Flower Field BGM" • "Opening Melody" • "Stage Boss" • "Stage Start" | |
| Yoshi's Story | "Yoshi's Song" • "Yoshi's Tale" | ||
| Other arrangements | Mario Paint | "Flyswatter Level 1" • "Painting Mode 1" | |
| Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 | "Main Theme" | ||
| Donkey Kong Country | "DK Island Swing" | ||
| Luigi's Mansion | "Title Theme (Humming)" | ||
| WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! | "Voices Being Carried on the Waves" | ||
| Flipnote Studio | "Mario Drawing Song" | ||
| Other | "Awards Ceremony (1st – 3rd Place)" ("Trophy Theme") • "Final Lap Fanfare" • "Mario Kart 64 Title Screen" ("Victory Lap (Rainbow Road)") • "Mission Clear" • "Results Screen" • "Staff Credits" • "Staff Credits" (Mario Kart 64) ("Special Cup Appears" · "Trophy Theme" · "Victory Lap" · "Victory Lap (Rainbow Road)") • "Super Star" • "Title Theme" ("Opening (Knockout Tour)" · "Peach Stadium" · "Rainbow Road" · "Replay" · "Course Select" · "Special Cup Appears" · "Spectating") | ||