Luigi's Mansion (track)

This article is not to be confused with the battle stage, Luigi's Mansion (battle stage).

Luigi's Mansion
Information
Cup(s)	Mushroom Cup Shell Cup
First appearance	Mario Kart DS (2005)
Appearance(s)	Mario Kart DS Mario Kart 7 Mario Kart Tour
Map(s)	Mario Kart DS Mario Kart DS (Mirror) Mario Kart 7 Mario Kart 7 (Mirror)

Luigi's Mansion is an eerie Mario Kart track based on the series with the same name. The map features a gigantic, dark green haunted house, collapsing chandeliers, creeping trees, and shaking or popping-out portraits.

This course is the last track of the Mushroom Cup in Mario Kart DS, and then reappears in Mario Kart 7 as the last track of the Shell Cup. This track reappeared in Mario Kart Tour.

Layout

Mario Kart DS

The road begins in the center of a spooky forest, the Boo Woods, at night. The full moon sheds a bit of light on the track, exposing decaying trees and mossy crypts on the grassy ground. Up ahead, barely silhouetted in the night sky, is a humungous mansion with multiple floors. So, the sandy path, which seems to be glowing green, slightly curves to the left and then about 20 degrees to the right. A left turn gets the road going on a straight path to the house, gated by a corroding stone wall with barbs on top. The track slopes upward, with the outlying patches of grass rising above the road to make sure no one tries to drive off into the grassy fields surrounding the haunted dwelling. The entrance to the mansion is quite ornate, with carved sculptures decorating the borders of the stairway, a high arched door, and even a set of Item Boxes.

Bowser traveling through the lobby of Luigi's Mansion.

The interior of the house has fancy red carpeting with yellow trimming throughout, as well as gray walls. The far section of the upper floor is roped off, where the carpet is tannish maroon. Multiple creepy portraits hang from the walls right here, including Boo and Bowser. Overhead, a huge, four light chandelier keeps almost falling, but slowly picks itself back up. From here, the hallway slants downward and goes into a sharp hairpin turn, with a few more pictures hanging from the walls. These hallways are kinda hazardous when there's Green Shells bouncing through the house corridors. The main lobby comes up, with another improperly bolted down chandelier (or simply just possessed.) A very unnecessary block lays smack in the middle of the room, forcing players to go around it, no other alternatives at all. Passing a few more frightening photos and 1 more chandelier, the back door of the mansion comes next, leading drivers into a cave carved completely out of stones. After this straightway and another set of Items, the blackened sky, and scary woods approach...

A moving tree ahead of Luigi.

Players then drive back onto the sandy path, which winds rapidly around several dead trees and a stone crypts. A 90 degree left turn is succeeded a right, then left swing on the road. Not too hard, but unprepared players sometimes just can't keep up with the pace ('specially on 150cc) and head into the Off-Road, super-slow grass. Another stone wall follows, with the metal gates drawn to the side to allow entry into the more forested area. But some of the trees are more... active here. While curving right, one of these ghastly trees sidesteps the area, which often brings racers to a sudden halt. There movements, like Sidesteppers, are unpredictable, so the best thing to do is don't even get close. All throughout this section of Luigi's Mansion are also bloodcurdling Boos flying around the track, but luckily they don't grapple on to you like in previous encounters... (Broken Pier as an example.)

A left turn guarded by a walking tree leads players to the last stretch, a wide field covered with reddish-brown mud, a few patches of road, and more relentless trees. While slowly but steadily heading to the right, the first portion of sand comes up to the right side of the widened road, which boasts a few circling Item Boxes. A red arrow sign posted ahead advises racers to Drift sharper to the left. Although the red dirt slows you down just barely and causes mud to flare up behind your tires, Drifting through it will make passage a whole lot faster. A short straightway comes up, with edges of green sand lining the mud and a tree scouting it. Then, more arrows direct players to round a buildup of trees, with the path easing right. Two more road patches and a mobile tree appear on this part, and then a final left curve with one more ambling tree lead back to the finish line. This track belongs to Luigi.

Missions

• Mission 1-6: Luigi must navigate out of the mansion while driving backward.
• Mission 2-4: Luigi must destroy 5 moving item boxes before going into the tunnel.

Mario Kart 7

DS Luigi's Mansion as it appears in Mario Kart 7.

A few additional features have been added to the new Luigi's Mansion course for the Nintendo 3DS, such as the Boo portraits in the hallways coming to life and jumping out at players, and a Glider Ramp on this second half of Boo Woods.

Mario Kart Tour

DS Luigi's Mansion in Mario Kart Tour.

After nearly eight years of absence, Luigi's Mansion returns in Mario Kart Tour. This rendition of the track borrows many assets from its appearance in Mario Kart 7. The whole track is given a blue tint, and the graphics appear in a higher quality. This course is a favorite of Luigi, King Boo, Rosalina (Halloween), Mario (Santa), Mario (Chef), Luigi (Lederhosen), Wario (Hiker), King Boo (Gold), and Shy Guy (Ninja). It is also a favorite of Kamek if he reaches level 3, and Peachette, Mario (Musician), and Waluigi (Bus Driver) if they are at level 6. As with other courses in the game, Luigi's Mansion gets a reversed, trick and reversed/tricked renditions of the track, which are Luigi's Mansion R, Luigi's Mansion T and Luigi's Mansion R/T respectively; the former two were introduced alongside the regular version during the 2019 Halloween Tour, while the latter was added during the London Tour.

Shortcuts

• Patches of grass can be cut throughout the forested areas.^{✱ for all games}
• Take the Glider Ramp to go around part of the woods.^{✱ for MK7}

Time Trial data

Mario Kart DS

Staff Ghost

Course	Time	Player	Character	Kart
Luigi's Mansion	1:59:357	Ninten★しんご	Luigi	Streamliner

World Record

Course	Time	Player	Character	Kart
Luigi's Mansion	1:30.626 (video)	MKDasher	Dry Bones	ROB-BLS

Mario Kart 7

Staff Ghosts

• Normal: Nin★Konno (2:09.982) (Luigi driving the Egg 1 with Monster tires and a Super Glider)
• Expert: Ret★Vince (1:58.539) (Luigi driving the Egg 1 with Monster tires and a Paraglider)

Official descriptions

Mario Kart DS

• 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 Tour

• 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!"

Trivia!

• The Portrait Ghosts popping out of the pictures were originally planned for the DS version of Luigi's Mansion, but was scrapped due to incomplete frames. However, this appeared in Mario Kart 7.
• Twisted Mansion from Mario Kart 8 is considered the sequel to this track.
• Pressing A, B, and any direction on the D-Pad on the stairs leading inside the mansion will crash the game.
  • This was fixed on the DS Emulators, the Wii U Virtual Console release, and Mario Kart 7.

Gallery

The Mario Kart DS icon of Luigi's Mansion.

Overview of the DS map.

Luigi at the course

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