DS Luigi's Mansion
- This article is about the race course from Mario Kart DS and retro course from Mario Kart 7 and Mario Kart Tour. For the battle course from Mario Kart: Double Dash!! and the retro course from Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, see GCN Luigi's Mansion. For other uses, see Luigi's Mansion (disambiguation).
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| Appears in | Mario Kart DS (2005) Mario Kart 7 (2011) Mario Kart Tour (2019) | ||||||||||||||
| Cup(s) | Mushroom Cup (DS) Shell Cup (7) | ||||||||||||||
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Halloween Tour (2019)
Paris Tour (2019) London Tour New Year's Tour (2020) Ice Tour Mario Bros. Tour Baby Rosalina Tour Hammer Bro Tour Trick Tour (2020) Jungle Tour Cooking Tour Pirate Tour Summer Festival Tour Super Mario Kart Tour Halloween Tour (2020) Mario vs. Luigi Tour (2020) Mario Tour (2021) Sydney Tour (April–May 2021) Trick Tour (2021) Kamek Tour Sydney Tour (September 2021) Toad vs. Toadette Tour Sky Tour Cat Tour (2022) Bangkok Tour Halloween Tour (2022) Mii Tour (2023) | ||||||||||||||
| Based on | Luigi's Mansion | ||||||||||||||
| Online play | No longer available (DS, 3DS) | ||||||||||||||
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Luigi's Mansion is the fourth and final course of the Mushroom Cup in Mario Kart DS. It is a dark course set inside Luigi's Mansion, as well as the mansion's exterior, where racers drive through Boo Woods. It reappears in Mario Kart 7 as the fourth and last course of the Shell Cup, and in Mario Kart Tour, debuting in the 2019 Halloween Tour.
Luigi's Mansion is the only Luigi-themed race course in the series that is not a circuit-type course. It is also the only course in the series to share its name with a battle course. While it does not appear in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, a remix of its music is used for the GCN Luigi's Mansion battle course.
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Course layoutEdit
Racers start outside the mansion in a section of Boo Woods, and they will go through a curvy path to the entrance of the mansion, running along a narrow hall that leads the racers downwards to a room beneath the foyer. Various portraits of portrait ghosts from Luigi's Mansion can be seen hanging on the walls. The racers then go out of the mansion. Outside the mansion is Boo Woods which has a graveyard surrounding the mansion. After crossing a stone path tunnel, racers then reach the graveyard, leaving the mansion's grounds.
Beyond the mansion's grounds is a swamp of mud, resembling a quagmire, infested with sentient trees. When a character runs into one of these trees, instead of spinning out or rolling over, the character instead will just get stuck on the tree as if it were a wall. Finally, racers end up crossing the swamp to cross the checkered line.
Very few rooms from the original Luigi's Mansion game are actually explored in this course; in fact, the only notable rooms are the foyer, hallways, dining room and a hallway that resembles the one in the basement, just before the King Boo fight at the end of the game.
MissionsEdit
There are two missions that take place on Luigi's Mansion, and the player controls Luigi in both of them.
- Mission 1-6: The player must drive in reverse through the mansion until they reach the graveyard within 45 seconds.
- Mission 2-4: The player must hit 5 moving Item Boxes within 35 seconds. Each Item Box contains a Mushroom.
GlitchesEdit
In the original DS version, on the stairs right at the start of the race, if the player climbs up and starts turning (by holding down A and B), it will cause the game to crash. The reason why this happens is because there is a file in the game data called "no sound" (file number 4). Said sound file belongs to the stairs of Luigi's Mansion and, since there is no file in that place, it causes the game to crash. This was fixed in the Wii U Virtual Console version, and it is impossible to perform in the course's reappearances in Mario Kart 7 and Tour.
Mario Kart 7Edit
Luigi's Mansion makes its classic course debut in Mario Kart 7 as the fourth and final course of the Shell Cup, with various changes. The mansion's foyer has been redesigned to more closely resemble its original appearance. The carpet now continues onto the bottom floor, and the stone tunnel now has cobwebs. In the graveyard, a Glide Ramp has been added around a gravestone, allowing racers to glide over the gate wall leading to the swamp. Additionally, part of the wall is broken as a small shortcut to cross through with a Mushroom. At the first turn in the swamp, racers can take a new outer slope to reach another Glide Ramp. The portraits of various ghosts have all been replaced with various depictions of Boo, that now occasionally shake and pop outward. This behavior was originally going to appear in Mario Kart DS, but was cut before release. This is one of two Luigi courses that appear in the Shell Cup, the other being N64 Luigi Raceway from Mario Kart 64.
Mario Kart TourEdit
Luigi's Mansion reappears in Mario Kart Tour, starting with the 2019 Halloween Tour. The track mainly uses features from its 3DS appearance, with graphic improvements, and the area was given a tint of blue. Similar to Mario Kart 8, the Mario Kart logo uses a modern design instead of its classic design. The moon now has a bluish-white color, and the finish line banner has a new design. This version of Luigi's Mansion can also be seen in the background of GCN Baby Park.
The course also appears as Luigi's Mansion R (reversed), Luigi's Mansion T (with ramps), and Luigi's Mansion R/T (reversed with ramps). The former two debuted alongside the regular version in the 2019 Halloween Tour, while the latter debuted in the London Tour. In the R variant, there is a glide ramp at the mansion's entrance.
AppearancesEdit
For this course's tour appearances, see List of DS Luigi's Mansion tour appearances in Mario Kart Tour.
Top-tier and middle-tier itemsEdit
Select "show" to reveal the drivers, karts, and gliders for which DS Luigi's Mansion and its variants are always favored or favorite courses. For instances in which additional drivers, karts, and gliders temporarily had this course and its variants as favored or favorite courses, see List of DS Luigi's Mansion tour appearances in Mario Kart Tour.
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Bonus challengesEdit
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Chosen kart |
Chosen glider |
Grand Star scores | Tour appearances | Cup |
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Regular |  Baby Luigi |
 Pipe Frame |
 Super Glider |
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London Tour |  Waluigi Cup |
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Chosen kart |
Chosen glider |
Grand Star scores | Tour appearances | Cup |
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Regular |  Koopa Troopa |
 Pipe Frame |
 Super Glider |
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New Year's Tour (2020) |  Koopa Troopa Cup |
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Chosen kart |
Chosen glider |
Item Box type found |
Number of item slots | Grand Star scores | Tour appearances | Cup |
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Regular |  Dry Bowser |
 Pipe Frame |
 Super Glider |
 Bob-omb |
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Paris Tour (2019) |  Dry Bowser Cup |
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Grand Star distances | Tour appearances | Cup |
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Regular |  Toadette |
 Pipe Frame |
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Halloween Tour (2019) |  Baby Luigi Cup |
| Halloween Tour (2020) |  Baby Rosalina Cup | ||||||
| Kamek Tour | Dry Bowser Cup | ||||||
| Bangkok Tour |  Daisy Cup | ||||||
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Halloween Tour (2022) |  Peach Cup | |||||
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Mii Tour (2023) |  Metal Mario Cup | |||||
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Chosen kart |
Chosen glider |
Obstacles | Tour appearances | Cup |
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Regular | Koopa Troopa |
 Koopa Dasher |
 Super Glider |
 Piranha Plant (passive)  Goomba  Piranha Plant (aggressive) |
Beta Test | Koopa Troopa Cup |
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Pipe Frame |
Super Glider |
Mario Bros. Tour Super Mario Kart Tour |
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TBD | Bob-ombs  Mushroom |
Beta Test |  King Boo Cup |
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 Ghost Ride |
 Rainy Balloons |
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| Kamek Tour | Shy Guy Cup | ||||||
| Halloween Tour (2022) |  Nabbit Cup | ||||||
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Grand Star scores | Tour appearances | Cup |
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Summer Festival Tour | Baby Daisy Cup |
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Item Box type found |
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Pipe Frame |
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Grand Star scores | Tour appearances | Cup |
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Pipe Frame |
Super Glider |
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Paris Tour (2019) | Baby Luigi Cup |
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R |  Ice Bro |
 Pipe Frame |
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Mario Tour (2021) |  Wendy Cup |
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Highest combo counts | Tour appearances | Cup |
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T |  Luigi |
Pipe Frame |
Super Glider |
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Hammer Bro Tour |  Baby Peach Cup |
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Sydney Tour (April–May 2021) | Waluigi Cup | |||||
| Halloween Tour (2022) |  Cat Peach Cup | ||||||
ProfilesEdit
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- European website bio: "After rescuing Mario from the dark dungeons of this dreary old place, Luigi has decided to make some money from his mansion by turning it into a racetrack. Perpetual darkness means you'll need your headlights on for this one, especially since the trees have a tendency to walk around..."
Mario Kart TourEdit
- Mario Kart Tour Twitter: "In the dead of night, the roar of engines breaks the eerie silence...and the race is on! In the next tour, the Luigi's Mansion course from the Mario Kart DS game rises from its grave! Haunted houses aren't so scary when you race right through them!"[2]
GalleryEdit
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Course icon
Bowser racing through the lobby
Luigi drives on the lower floor in Time Trial.
The Walking Tree section
Mario Kart 7Edit
The starting line
The entrance to the mansion
The Foyer of the mansion
The graveyard behind the mansion
Shortcut
The mud path with the moving trees
Mario Kart TourEdit
Course iconsEdit
The course icon with Luigi
The course icon with King Boo
The course icon with Baby Luigi
The course icon with Luigi (Classic)
The course icon with Peachette
The course icon with Waluigi (Bus Driver)
The course icon with Dr. Luigi
The course icon of the R variant with Baby Luigi
The course icon of the R variant with King Boo (Beta)
The course icon of the R variant with Luigi
The course icon of the R variant with Peach
The course icon of the R variant with Pauline
The course icon of the R variant with Luigi (Golf)
The course icon of the T variant with King Boo (Luigi’s Mansion)
The course icon of the T variant with Luigi
The course icon of the T variant with Pauline
The course icon of the T variant with Baby Rosalina
The course icon of the T variant with Pink Gold Peach
The course icon of the T variant with the Dry Bones Mii Racing Suit
The course icon of the R/T variant with Wario
The course icon of the R/T variant with King Boo
The course icon of the R/T variant with Baby Luigi
The course icon of the R/T variant with Luigi
The course icon of the R/T variant with Luigi (Classic)
The course icon of the R/T variant with Kamek
ScreenshotsEdit
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View of the starting line
Luigi cheering
Luigi driving by a Boo portrait
Rosalina (Halloween) tricking
King Boo (Luigi's Mansion) tricking
Rosalina (Halloween) driving towards the mansion
King Boo (Luigi's Mansion) on DS Luigi's Mansion R
King Boo (Luigi's Mansion) inside the mansion
Rosalina (Halloween) on DS Luigi's Mansion R/T
Luigi performing a Mini-Turbo
King Boo (Luigi's Mansion) inside the mansion
Dry Bowser and Bowser Jr. (Pirate) tricking on the course
Rosalina (Halloween), Peach (Halloween), and Kamek driving on the course
OtherEdit
The Break Item Boxes bonus challenge on this course
Names in other languagesEdit
| Language | Name | Meaning |
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| Japanese | ルイージマンション Ruīji Manshon |
Luigi Mansion |
| Chinese (simplified) | 路易吉的洋馆 Lùyìjí de Yángguǎn 路易吉洋馆 (Mario Kart Tour) Lùyìjí Yángguǎn |
Luigi's Mansion |
| Chinese (traditional) | 路易吉洋樓 Lùyìjí Yánglóu |
Luigi Mansion |
| Dutch | Luigi's Landgoed |
Luigi's Estate |
| French | Manoir de Luigi |
Luigi's Mansion |
| German | Luigi's Mansion |
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| Italian | Palazzo di Luigi |
Luigi's Palace |
| Korean | 루이지 맨션 Ruiji Maensyeon |
Luigi Mansion |
| Portuguese | Mansão do Luigi |
Luigi's Mansion |
| Russian | Дворец Луиджи Dvorets Luidzhi |
Luigi's Palace |
| Spanish | Mansión de Luigi |
Luigi's Mansion |
See alsoEdit
- Twisted Mansion, a similar course featuring a haunted mansion introduced in Mario Kart 8.
ReferencesEdit
- ^ a b MetalEdu (November 4, 2019). MKT - Halloween Tour - King Boo Cup 150cc (Final). YouTube. Retrieved December 21, 2020.
- ^ mariokarttourEN (October 20, 2019). Twitter. Retrieved March 13, 2020.