SNES Ghost Valley 1

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This article is about the race course in Super Mario Kart. For the first Ghost Valley remix course in Mario Kart Tour, see RMX Ghost Valley 1.
Ghost Valley 1
Ghost Valley 1 from Super Mario Kart.
Information
Appears in Super Mario Kart (1992)
Mario Kart: Super Circuit (2001)
Mario Kart Tour (2019)
Cup(s) Mushroom Cup (Super Mario Kart)
Extra Mushroom Cup (Super Circuit)
Tour(s)
Music sample
Super Mario Kart

Mario Kart: Super Circuit

Mario Kart Tour
Course map
Super Mario Kart
The map for Ghost Valley 1.

Mario Kart: Super Circuit
MKSC SNES Ghost Valley 1 Map.png
Minimap as seen on the menu.Minimap as seen in the race.
Mario Kart Tour
The map of SNES Ghost Valley 1 from Mario Kart Tour

Ghost Valley 1 is the third course of the Mushroom Cup in Super Mario Kart. It is an old bridge surrounded by Boos. The course returns as the third course of the Extra Mushroom Cup in Mario Kart: Super Circuit, and in Mario Kart Tour where it first appeared in the 2019 Halloween Tour. It is also the first ghost-related course in the Mario Kart series, and is also the first course set in a dark environment on a dilapidated pier-like road surrounded by Boos, a theme that future tracks follow, namely Banshee Boardwalk in Mario Kart 64 and Boo Lake and Broken Pier in Mario Kart: Super Circuit.

The music for this course (and subsequent Ghost Valley courses) is a sped-up remix of the music that plays in the Ghost Houses in Super Mario World. Part of this music is also remixed and played on Banshee Boardwalk, Boo Lake, and Broken Pier.

Course layout

 
Mario racing on the course in Super Mario Kart

The course has limited guard edges, but bumping into a tile at the edge of the bridge will destroy it, allowing players to go through and fall off the course. There are several jump pads on the track, the last one allowing drivers to cross a gap. Two other lines are placed directly before two ? Panels which makes those only reachable by driving back or jumping over them with a Feather or a well-timed hop. There are some planks near the end that act as a shortcut, which can only be accessed with a Feather, Mushroom (boosting off the jump pad before it), or a well-timed hop (only applicable in 150cc).

Mario Kart: Super Circuit

 
Yoshi racing on the course in Mario Kart: Super Circuit: note the lack of bouncy pads.

Ghost Valley 1 reappeared in Mario Kart: Super Circuit, and is the third track of the Extra Mushroom Cup. It uses the background from Boo Lake. It is relatively the same as its SNES counterpart, although the two small bouncy pads before the two lone item boxes and the legs holding the track up are removed.

Mario Kart Tour

 
The course in Mario Kart Tour

Ghost Valley 1 reappears in Mario Kart Tour, starting with the 2019 Halloween Tour. It is one of the six Super Mario Kart courses in the game to have not previously appeared as a retro course since Mario Kart: Super Circuit, the other four being Vanilla Lake 1, Choco Island 1, Donut Plains 2, Vanilla Lake 2, and Bowser Castle 3. The background appears to be less dark compared to its original appearance, allowing visibility of mountains, dead trees and an entire lake surrounding the track. The newly-added starting banner, which uses the classic Mario Kart logo, is held up by two light posts. While the Item Boxes behind the two short jump pads are absent, an extra set of Item Boxes are added on the jump pad before them. The jump pad, gap, and 90° turn near the shortcut were moved back, and the straight following said turn is wider. The shortcut itself is blocked by a cutout of Boos, which hides a jump pad behind it. Additionally, the smoother turn at the end of the shortcut is wider. Unlike the original, guard edges are not destroyed after bumping into them, and there are more present on the insides of the smoother 90° turns, the second of which was made sharp. Beside Ghost Valley 1, the 2019 Halloween Tour introduced additional reversed and trick versions of the course, titled Ghost Valley 1R and Ghost Valley 1T respectively, with the Valentine's Tour later adding a reversed/trick version, Ghost Valley 1R/T.

While many retro courses in Mario Kart Tour use their original music, the course uses the Mario Kart Wii arrangement of this music, which is heard in SNES Ghost Valley 2.

Appearances

For this course's tour appearances, see List of SNES Ghost Valley 1 tour appearances in Mario Kart Tour.

Top-tier and middle-tier items

Select "show" to reveal the drivers, karts, and gliders for which SNES Ghost Valley 1 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 SNES Ghost Valley 1 tour appearances in Mario Kart Tour.

Course Three-item drivers Bonus points ×2 karts Combo bonus ×3 gliders Two-item drivers Bonus points ×1.5 karts Combo bonus ×2 gliders
 
Normal variant
                                            **    **                *      *  *** * * **  *  * ***        ** 
            
      
 
R variant
                                              *   * **  *    **  *  **   *** *        *         **      * *  * 
             
       
 
T variant
                                                   **   *    *  *  * **   **                   ** *
              
     
 
R/T variant
                                                **      *  **      ** * *   **  * * ***  *   ** *   *  *   **    *
      *        **
   
* indicates a favored course upgraded to a favorite course after reaching level 3.
** indicates a favored course upgraded to a favorite course after reaching level 6.
*** indicates a favored course upgraded to a favorite course after reaching level 8 for High-End items.

Bonus challenges

Ring Race
Icon Course variant Chosen
driver
Chosen
kart
Chosen
glider
Grand Star scores Tour appearances Cup
  Regular  
Rosalina
 
Pipe Frame
 
Super Glider
  • 10
  • 20
  • 30
Vancouver Tour  
Lemmy Cup
Do Jump Boosts
Icon Course variant Chosen
driver
Chosen
kart
Chosen
glider
Grand Star scores Tour appearances Cup
  Regular  
Baby Rosalina
 
Pipe Frame
 
Super Glider
  • 5
  • 10
  • 19
Vancouver Tour  
Baby Rosalina Cup
  • 8
  • 14
  • 18
Frost Tour  
Larry Cup
Big Reverse Race
Icon Course variant Opponents Tour appearances Cup
7th 6th 5th 4th 3rd 2nd 1st Extra
  Regular Driver  [1]  [1]  [1]  [1]  [1]  [1]  [1]  [2] Halloween Tour (2019)  
Baby Daisy Cup
Kart                
Glider TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD Mario Tour (2021)  
Dry Bowser Cup
Goomba Takedown
Icon Course variant Chosen
driver
Chosen
kart
Chosen
glider
Item Box
type found
Number of item slots Grand Star scores Tour appearances Cup
  Regular  
Waluigi
 
Pipe Frame
 
Super Glider
 
Mega Mushroom
1
  • 10
  • 16
  • 28
London Tour  
Dry Bones Cup
Marine Tour  
King Boo Cup
Mario vs. Luigi Tour (2023)  
Metal Mario Cup
Steer Clear of Obstacles
Icon Course variant Chosen
driver
Chosen
kart
Chosen
glider
Obstacles Tour appearances Cup
  Regular  
Baby Mario
 
Pipe Frame
 
Super Glider
 
Goomba
 
Goomba Tower
 
Wooden cutout
Vancouver Tour  
Toadette Cup
Samurai Tour  
Fire Bro Cup
Vs. Mega King Boo
Icon Course variant Mega opponent information Tour appearances Cup
Driver Kart Glider Items used
  Regular  
King Boo
 
Dark Clown
 
Super Glider
 
Green Shells[3]
Mario Bros. Tour  
Dry Bones Cup
Samurai Tour  
Daisy Cup
Smash Small Dry Bones
Icon Course variant Chosen
driver
Chosen
kart
Chosen
glider
Grand Star scores Tour appearances Cup
  Regular  
King Boo
 
Pipe Frame
 
Super Glider
  • 3
  • 5
  • 8
London Tour  
Donkey Kong Cup
Cooking Tour  
Waluigi Cup
  • 3
  • 6
  • 9
Halloween Tour (2022)  
Luigi Cup
Break Item Boxes
Icon Course variant Chosen
driver
Chosen
kart
Chosen
glider
Item Box
type found
Number of item slots Grand Star scores Tour appearances Cup
  Regular  
King Boo
 
Pipe Frame
 
Super Glider
 
Mega Mushroom

 
Coin
2
  • 5
  • 10
  • 23
Holiday Tour (2019)  
Wario Cup
  • 5
  • 10
  • 18
Mario vs. Luigi Tour (2020)  
Ludwig Cup
  • 10
  • 16
  • 20
Halloween Tour (2022)  
Kamek Cup
Time Trial
Icon Course variant Chosen
driver
Chosen
kart
Chosen
glider
Grand Star scores Tour appearances Cup
  Regular  
Baby Rosalina
 
Pipe Frame
 
Super Glider
  • 1:20.00
  • 1:02.00
  • 0:55.00
Mario Bros. Tour  
Mario Cup
  • 1:10.00
  • 1:02.00
  • 0:54.00
Trick Tour (2021)  
Toad Cup
  R  
Baby Luigi
 
Pipe Frame
 
Super Glider
  • 1:15.00
  • 1:03.00
  • 0:52.00
Super Mario Kart Tour  
Baby Rosalina Cup
  • 1:06.00
  • 0:58.00
  • 0:50.00
Piranha Plant Tour  
Daisy Cup
Combo Attack
Icon Course variant Chosen
driver
Chosen
kart
Chosen
glider
Highest combo counts Tour appearances Cup
  T  
Ludwig
 
Pipe Frame
 
Super Glider
  • 5
  • 12
  • 20
Mario Bros. Tour  
Ludwig Cup
  • 10
  • 16
  • 22
Mario vs. Luigi Tour (2023)  
Kamek Cup

Gallery

Mario Kart Tour

Course icons

Screenshots

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Japanese おばけぬまコース 1 (Super Mario Kart)
Obake Numa Kōsu 1
おばけぬま1
Obake Numa 1
Ghost Swamp Course 1

Ghost Swamp 1

Chinese (simplified) 幽灵沼泽1 (Mario Kart Tour)
Yōulíng Zhǎozé 1
幽灵谷1 (Mario Kart: Super Circuit)[4]
Yōulíng Gǔ 1

Ghost Swamp 1

Ghost Valley 1

Chinese (traditional) 幽靈沼澤1
Yōulíng Zhǎozé 1
Ghost Swamp 1

French Vallée Fantôme 1
Ghost Valley 1
German Geistertal 1
Ghost Valley 1
Italian Valle Fantasma 1
Ghost Valley 1
Korean 유령의 늪 1
Yuryeongui neup 1
Ghost Swamp 1

Portuguese Vale Fantasma 1
Ghost Valley 1
Spanish Valle Fantasma 1
Ghost Valley 1

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Phoenix King Gaming (October 25, 2019). Mario Kart Tour Episode 46 Halloween Tour Baby Daisy Cup. YouTube. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
  2. ^ AppCentral (November 2, 2019). Mario Kart Tour: Walkthrough - Baby Daisy Cup! (Halloween Tour). YouTube. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
  3. ^ TheMadWeazel (February 26, 2020). Mario Bros Tour “Dry Bones Cup” - Mario Kart Tour. YouTube. Retrieved December 21, 2020.
  4. ^ From the unreleased iQue Mario Kart: Super Circuit