DS Waluigi Pinball

Waluigi Pinball is the third race course of the Flower Cup in Mario Kart DS. As its name implies, this course takes place in a giant pinball machine themed after Waluigi and contains many sharp turns and curves.

Mario Kart DS
Soon after the countdown ends and the race begins, the kart drivers are launched into the pinball machine. After that, the racers start a descent down the machine, encountering numerous pinballs on the way. Colliding with one of these causes drivers to be knocked backwards. Additionally, a racer loses any items they may be carrying. While the racers are in the pinball launcher, they are immune to all items, including Lightning. Later on the track, inside the pinball area, there are flippers and bumpers. Bumpers push and speed up drivers, but flippers, when moving, can cause them to get electrocuted and spin out. This is the longest Nitro course in the game.

This course shares its Grand Prix introduction fanfare with Figure-8 Circuit, Mario Circuit and GCN Luigi Circuit. It is the only non-circuit course with this distinction.

Staff ghost
The staff ghost for this course has a time of 2:23:288 using Waluigi in the Gold Mantis.

Missions
There are two missions involving this course: 3-1 and 4-7. In mission 3-1, Wario must break 5 item boxes and in mission 4-7, Toad must drive through the 10 gates in any order. The latter is the only mission involving driving through gates to have the player drive through the gates in any order as opposed to numerical order.

Mario Kart 7
MK7-DS-WP.png The track returns as a retro course in Mario Kart 7 as the fourth and final course in the Banana Cup, despite Waluigi's absence. The layout remained the same, but with enhanced graphics and the Dash Panels are now orange.

The launch after the starting line now encompasses a Glide Ramp, although like Maple Treeway and Airship Fortress, players cannot aim their flight. Players are also no longer immune to items while in the launcher, and being hit by anything (or stowing their glider) results in having to be rescued by Lakitu. The jumps after turn 1 and after turn 6 can be used to perform a trick and gain a boost. An extra Dash Panel is added in the small drop near the circular turn that comes after the 2nd jump.

The pinballs, bumpers, and flippers on the table behave the same way as in the DS version of the course. While playing local or online multiplayer, only one pinball traverses the main table as opposed to two.

The staff ghost for this track is Wario.

Mario Kart Tour
Waluigi Pinball returns in Mario Kart Tour, with several aesthetic differences, including the image of Waluigi's head now rotating left and right. The slots now have a Las Vegas theme to them, the bumpers now have a brighter color, the Mario Kart logo uses a modern design, and a sign after the pinball launch is a sign with Waluigi's art from Mario Party: Star Rush, the track name, a pinball, and two flippers. This course is a favorite of Baby Mario, Waluigi, Peach (Kimono), Pauline (Party Time), and Donkey Kong Jr. (SNES). It is also a favorite of Dry Bowser (Gold) and Mario (Hakama) if they are at level 3, as well as Metal Mario if he is at level 6.

As with other courses in the game, Waluigi Pinball has an R variant, a T variant, and an R/T variant referred to as Waluigi Pinball R, Waluigi Pinball T and Waluigi Pinball R/T respectively.

Halloween Tour (2019)
In the 2019 Halloween Tour, Waluigi Pinball appeared as the first course in the Waluigi Cup, the third course in the Diddy Kong Cup, and the location of the bonus challenges in the Wario Cup and the Rosalina Cup. Its R variant appeared as the third course in the King Boo Cup, while its T variant appeared as the first course in the Wario Cup and the third course in the Mario Cup.



Paris Tour
In the Paris Tour, Waluigi Pinball appeared as the second course in the Luigi Cup, the first course in the Waluigi Cup, and the location of the bonus challenges in the Toad Cup and the Donkey Kong Cup. Its R variant appeared as the first course in the Daisy Cup, while its T variant appeared as the third course in the Baby Luigi Cup and the first course in the Dry Bowser Cup.



Holiday Tour
In the Holiday Tour, Waluigi Pinball appeared as the first course in the Mario Cup, the second course in the Waluigi Cup, and the location of the bonus challenge in the Lakitu Cup. Its R variant appeared as the first course in the King Boo Cup, while its T variant appeared as the third course in the Wario Cup and the first course in the Dry Bones Cup.



New Year's Tour
In the New Year's Tour, Waluigi Pinball appeared as the third course in the Diddy Kong Cup, the first course in the Luigi Cup, and the location of the bonus challenge in the Bowser Cup. Its R variant appeared as the third course in the Iggy Cup, while its T variant appeared as the first course in the Wario Cup.



Valentine's Tour
In the Valentine's Tour, Waluigi Pinball appeared as the location of the bonus challenge in the Baby Rosalina Cup. Its R/T variant appeared as the second course in the Waluigi Cup and the third course in the Peachette Cup.



Vancouver Tour
In the Vancouver Tour, Waluigi Pinball appeared as the second course in the Rosalina Cup, the third course in the Pauline Cup, and the location of the bonus challenge in the Morton Cup. Its R variant appeared as the second course in the Donkey Kong Cup and the first course in the Iggy Cup, while its T variant appeared as the third course in the Toadette Cup.



Mario Bros. Tour
In the Mario Bros. Tour, Waluigi Pinball appeared as the second course in the Mario Cup, the third course in the Baby Mario Cup, and the location of the bonus challenge in the Daisy Cup. Its R variant appeared as the first course in the Donkey Kong Cup, while its T variant appeared as the second course in the King Boo Cup and the first course in the Larry Cup.



Trick Tour
In the Trick Tour, the R/T variant of Waluigi Pinball appeared as the third course in the Shy Guy Cup and the first course in the Waluigi Cup.



Flower Tour
In the Flower Tour, Waluigi Pinball appeared as the second course in the Peach Cup and the location of the bonus challenge in the Koopa Troopa Cup. Its T variant appeared as the second course in the Lakitu Cup, while its R variant appeared as the third course in the Yoshi Cup.



Cooking Tour
In the Cooking Tour, the R variant of Waluigi Pinball appeared as the location of the bonus challenge in the Baby Daisy Cup, while the R/T variant appeared as the third course in the Waluigi Cup.



Marine Tour
In the Marine Tour, Waluigi Pinball appeared as the first course in the King Boo Cup. Its R variant appeared as the second course in the Wendy Cup, while its T variant appeared as the first course in the Shy Guy Cup.



Exploration Tour
In the Exploration Tour, Waluigi Pinball appeared as the third course in the Larry Cup. Its T variant appeared as the second course in the Baby Rosalina Cup, while its R variant appeared as the first course in the Waluigi Cup.



Wild West Tour
In the Wild West Tour, Waluigi Pinball appeared as the third course in the Wario Cup and the location of the bonus challenge in the Donkey Kong Cup. Its T variant appeared as the first course in the Wendy Cup and the location of the bonus challenge in the Baby Peach Cup, while its R variant appeared as the third course in the Diddy Kong Cup.



Halloween Tour (2020)
In the 2020 Halloween Tour, Waluigi Pinball appeared as the third course in the Toad Cup. Its R variant appeared as the third course in the Donkey Kong Cup, while its T variant appeared as the second course in the Baby Rosalina Cup.



Sunset Tour
In the Sunset Tour, Waluigi Pinball appeared as the location of the bonus challenge in the Metal Mario Cup. Its R/T variant appeared as the third course in the Waluigi Cup.



Mario vs. Luigi Tour
In the Mario vs. Luigi Tour, the R/T variant of Waluigi Pinball appeared as the second course in the Baby Luigi Cup.



Other appearances
Waluigi Pinball makes a cameo appearance in the 2006 release of the Nintendo Monopoly board game. It can be seen in one of the screenshots making up the montage of images from various Nintendo games.

Mario Kart DS

 * European website bio: "Wario's weird sibling constructed this high-speed track inside a giant pinball table; complete with bumpers, flippers, ramps, and enormous steel spheres that bounce you around like - well, like a pinball. Make sure to bring plenty of aspirin for this race."

Mario Kart Tour

 * Mario Kart Tour Twitter: "Waluigi Pinball, a course stocked with all the lights and sounds of a pinball machine, bumps its way into blue in the next tour! Can you weave your way past the bumpers and flippers? Just try not to tilt!"

Mario Kart DS / Mario Kart 7

 * Super Mario (Trackside banners)
 * Waluigi Sport (Trackside banners)

Mario Kart Tour

 * Fuzzy Battery (Trackside banners)
 * Lemmy's Tire Service (Trackside banners)
 * Princess Orange (Trackside banners)
 * Mushroom Piston (Trackside banners)
 * Mario Automobile Association (Trackside banners)

Music
Waluigi Pinball shares its music with Wario Stadium. An arrangement of the music is also featured in Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U on the Mario Circuit stage, and in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate for any Mario Kart-series stage, arranged in an enhanced electronic rock style by Kentaro Ishizaka. The arrangement also incorporates Wario's victory theme from the same games.

Trivia

 * The course has several unique sound effects that evoke pinball machine scoring noises. These sounds are retained in its retro course appearances in Mario Kart 7 and Mario Kart Tour:
 * A unique item roulette sound, making it one of four courses in the series to have this feature, along with Hyrule Circuit, Animal Crossing, and Urchin Underpass, making it the only course not based on a crossover series to do so.
 * An additional "rolling" sound played when traversing a Dash Panel. No other course in the series has this feature.
 * A unique set of sounds for when the player's position changes. No other course in the series has this feature, though similar sounds for when the player's position changes are used in Mario Kart Wii onwards.
 * Except in Mario Kart Tour, where the second lap is the final lap, a unique jingle plays when the player enters the second lap. No other course in the series has this feature.