Big Boo's Haunt
Super Mario 64 Super Mario 64 DS
How to unlock	Collect 12Power Stars (15 in the DS remake) and defeat the Big Boo in the castle's courtyard.
Boss(es)	Big Boo,Big Mr. I.
Mission(s)	Super Mario 64 Go on a Ghost Hunt Ride Big Boo's Merry-Go-Round Secret of the Haunted Books Seek the 8 Red Coins Big Boo's Balcony Eye to Eye in the Secret Room Super Mario 64 DS Go on a Ghost Hunt Ride Big Boo's Merry-Go-Round Secret of the Haunted Books Seek the 8 Red Coins Big Boo's Balcony Eye to Eye in the Secret Room Switch Star in the Basement
Stars	Super Mario 64: Super Mario 64 DS:

“You don't stand a ghost of a chance in this house. If you walk out of here, you deserve...a Ghoul Medal...”

—Sign outside the haunted house,Super Mario 64

Big Boo's Haunt, also known asBig Boo's Mansion,^[1]Boo's Haunted Mansion,^[2]Big Boo's Haunted House,^[3] and theHaunted House,^[4] is a three-story mansion owned by theBig Boo, located in a small birdcage (also identified as a "carousel").^[5] It is the fifth course inSuper Mario 64 andSuper Mario 64 DS. Instead of accessing the course via apainting, the player must travel to theMushroom Castle'scourtyard after they have collected 12Power Stars (15 in the DS remake) and defeat theBig Boo containing the cage. When near the cage, the player's character shrinks down and enters it. This is the only course (in the original game) that does not share its theme with another course and has the most encounters with enemies containing Stars, with the Big Boo being fought three times andBig Mr. I. being fought once. The background is that of a moonlit night in a dark forest as well as howling wind.

In the remake, Big Boo's Haunt is the only main course thatYoshi cannot access entirely, since he can neither defeat nor eatBoos; this is also the only course to have alevel inside it required to free another playable character, and it is one of two levels to have a secret level inside it (the other beingBehind the Waterfall in theHazy Maze Cave).

Layout

Map of the area outside the haunted house inSuper Mario 64 DS

Big Boo's Haunt takes place within the cage. There are two buildings in the course: the mainhaunted house and a wooden shack off to the side (also known as the "House of Fun").^[6] Around the haunted house are severalScuttle Bugs, and an entrance to a secret room with a couple of Boos is at the back of the haunted house.

The shack leading to the haunted house's basement

The haunted house consists of three floors, though only the first floor is accessible during thefirst mission (unless the player has unlockedLuigi in the DS version, in which case the player can easilyjump to the next floor). The rooms of the first floor consist of, from left to right, a room with theMad Piano, a room with a library, a room with a dungeon, a room with a collapsing bridge, and a room with a black pit and some platforms. If the player falls into the pit, it will lead them to the merry-go-round underneath. Once all the Boos and the Big Boo on the first floor are defeated, a staircase to the second floor appears.

The second floor has the same number of rooms as the first, as well as the course'sStar Marker. The second door from the left leads to a library with books flying out of the shelves, trying to attack the player. The end of the library leads to the first room from the left, which contains a Power Star. The third room has a wire-frame grate floor above the dungeon room, the fourth room has severalcaskets that rise when the player approaches them, and the fifth room contains a bookcase withBookends and a largetilting platform that will drop the player into the merry-go-round if they stand on it for too long. The door in the back of the fifth room leads to ablue block (or red in the DS version), and a door above on a ledge leads to the third floor.

The third floor consists of a small hall with doors to the balcony and a secret room containing Big Mr. I. In the DS version, a Luigi painting that bringsMario to theBig Boo Battle stage is also present in the hall. To access the room with Big Mr. I., the player has to beVanish Mario or Vanish Luigi and enter through the large picture of a Boo before the power wears off. On the balcony lies the Big Boo, and the player canlong-jump from the platform to access the roof.

The shack on the grounds of the haunted house leads to an elevator that brings the player to large halls when stepped on. At the end of the halls is a room withwater and a merry-go-round in the center, accessed by doors on either side. The merry-go-round has a large spinning platform in the center and several portraits of Boos. One of the portraits has actual Boos come out of it, and another acts like aflamethrower.

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  Map of the first floor

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  Map of the second floor

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  Map of the merry-go-round

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  Map of the secret room

Missions

Mission	Appears in	Summary
Go on a Ghost Hunt	Super Mario 64 Super Mario 64 DS	This mission's objective is to defeat all theBoos followed by theBig Boo on the first floor.
Ride Big Boo's Merry-Go-Round	Super Mario 64 Super Mario 64 DS	The mission's objective is similar to that of the previous mission, with the Boos and Big Boo located within the merry-go-round in the basement.
Secret of the Haunted Books	Super Mario 64 Super Mario 64 DS	This mission's goal is to collect thePower Star behind the library on the second floor.
Seek the 8 Red Coins	Super Mario 64 Super Mario 64 DS	This mission involves collecting the eightRed Coins scattered throughout the haunted house.
Big Boo's Balcony	Super Mario 64 Super Mario 64 DS	This mission's objective is to defeat the Big Boo (for the third and final time) on the balcony.
Eye to Eye in the Secret Room	Super Mario 64 Super Mario 64 DS	This mission involves defeatingBig Mr. I. in the third floor's secret room with theVanish Cap.
Switch Star in the Basement	Super Mario 64 DS	This mission's objective is to collect the Switch Star near the merry-go-round by breaking aBlack Brick.

Enemies

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  Boos

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  Mr. I.'s

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  Mad Piano

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  Bookends

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  Scuttle Bugs

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  Chairs

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  Flamethrower

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  Big Boo (boss)

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  Big Mr. I. (boss)

Statistics

• Total Number ofCoins: 151 (160 inSuper Mario 64 DS)
• Caps Found:Vanish Cap (3)
• Spinning Heart: (none)
• Cannons: (none)
• 1UP Mushrooms (2):
  • Static Mushroom:#1 On the top of the shack.
  • Box Mushroom:#2 On the top of the haunted house.
• Warps: (none)

Gallery

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  Background

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  The cage

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  Map artwork

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  The cage leading to Big Boo's Haunt in the N64 version

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  The starting area in the N64 version

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  The room with a blue block in the N64 version

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  The cage leading to Big Boo's Haunt in the DS version

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  The starting area in the DS version

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  The entrance toBig Boo Battle

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  Super Mario-kun (side image)

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  Super Mario-kun

Other appearances and references

• Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour: The haunted house makes an appearance on Hole 2 ofBowser Badlands inMario Golf: Toadstool Tour.
• New Super Mario Bros.: InNew Super Mario Bros., the minigameHide and Boo Seek is set in the main lobby of the haunted house. An arrangement of the merry-go-round theme from this course is also used in the minigameLakitu Launch, which returns fromSuper Mario 64 DS.
• Mario Strikers Charged: A remix of the merry-go-round's theme is inMario Strikers Charged as Boo's theme whenever he scores a goal.
• Mario Kart 8: The merry-go-round music is also used near the Aqua Cups area inMario Kart 8'sWater Park.

Multimedia

Stage theme - Big Boo's Haunt

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Names in other languages

Notes

• If the player activates first-person view when Mario is close enough to enter the course, the player can still move the camera for a bit before the screen transitions to the mission-selection screen.
• In the DS version, agreen cap appears on the Boo in the back room of the first floor. By using hacks to enter the course as Yoshi, it can be shown that Yoshi is able to tongue the cap off the Boo and turn into Luigi as if the cap were on a normalGoomba.
• The music for this level samples "46 - Untitled" by Zero-G.^[9]
• The name of the 100-Coin Star isBeat the Boos!^[2]

References

Big Boo's Haunt coverage on otherNIWA wikis:

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