Twilight House
- Not to be confused withTwilight Town orTwilight City.
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| Appears in | Mario Kart DS (2005) Mario Kart Wii (2008) Mario Kart Tour (2022) | ||
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Twilight House is a battle course debuting inMario Kart DS which takes place in and around a house located at the center of a forest during twilight, floating above a dark void.
It also makes appearances as a classic battle course inMario Kart Wii andMario Kart Tour.
Mario Kart DS[edit]
Twilight House is a battle course modeled after a 3x3 square grid in layout, featuring eight wide rooms surrounded by a narrow balcony in addition to an inaccessible center. The center, eastern and southeastern rooms make up the actual house, with a connected roof and threeItem Boxes inside. A good majority of these rooms are set outdoors, fenced off by brick walls with different openings leading to the balcony or to other rooms. These rooms also contain item boxes with the exception of the northeastern room. Finally, the northwestern room features a spacious, castle-like structure with entrances fitted with traditional portcullises.
As mentioned before, the entire course is surrounded by a narrow balcony, which has the risk of making players fall into the void should they not be careful. Its four corners feature small square-shaped areas, each of which features an Item Box. Notably, a darkShine Sprite motif can be seen throughout this track, both on the archway designs and as emblems decorating some of the track's walls; the latter is much more prominent on the northwestern room which features large, dark Shine Sprite emblems above its entrances.
InShine Runners, there are eight possible spawning locations for the Shine Sprites. Four of these are located in rooms on each corner of the battle course, while four more are located on the center portions of each side of the narrow balcony.
Missions[edit]
There is onemission that takes place on Twilight House:
- Mission 3-8: The player controlsMario, who must collect 20coins scattered throughout the course within 65 seconds. During this mission, there are both barriers andBananas all over the map, so the player has to plan their route.
Mario Kart Wii[edit]
Twilight House returns inMario Kart Wii with graphical changes, including ambient lighting, better shading, and remixed music. The biggest change is that a thick forest filled with trees (similar toMoonview Highway) was added below the course where players can fall into, with tall pillars now holding the entire course up.
Tournaments[edit]
July 2008's second tournament required players to complete a GP race on a version of Twilight House that has been turned into a race track: Players must drive five laps clockwise through the eight rooms (excluding the centermost room), with barriers blocking off the outer balcony edges. Controls were restricted to Wii Wheel users only. The tournament was later repeated as the second tournament of July 2010.
Mario Kart Tour[edit]
Twilight House reappears inMario Kart Tour debuting in the2022 Halloween Tour. The course has received a notable graphical overhaul - the rooftops are now a shade of maroon, the castle design has been made present throughout most of the track, and the dark Shine Sprite motif has been removed (with a more generic star design on the castle itself). Several of the rooftops have been removed to accommodate the battle mechanic for eliminated players inMario Kart Tour, allowing them to throw items at the remaining players. ARocky Wrench now appears in the course's northern, eastern, southern, and western rooms, replacing theItem Boxes there, while the north-western room has cyan lighting instead of orange like the rest of the rooms. A wall surrounding the entire course has also been added, allowing projectiles to rebound off of the course's boundaries, and the four corner platforms have been removed. Like other battle courses in this game, Twilight House usesSNES Battle Course 1's music fromMario Kart 8 Deluxe instead of itsMario Kart Wii arrangement. However, its original song is still present in thefiles ofMario Kart Tour.
Using aSuper Leaf, it was possible to fly onto the roof of the house bouncing off of aRocky Wrench.[1] This bug was fixed in the2022 Autumn Tour.
Appearances[edit]
For this course's tour appearances, seeList ofDS Twilight House tour appearances inMario Kart Tour.
Top-tier and middle-tier items[edit]
The following are the drivers, karts, and gliders for which is always afavored or favorite course. For instances in which additional drivers, karts, and gliders temporarily had this course as a favored or favorite course, seeList of tour appearances inMario 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 |
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| * 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. | ||||||
Profiles[edit]
Mario Kart Wii[edit]
- European website:Weave in and out of a spooky house, taking care to stay away from the edge as you battle against the backdrop of a spooky red sky.
Gallery[edit]
Mario Kart DS[edit]
Course icon
Mario Kart Wii[edit]
Course banner
A preview of the course
Overview of the course inMario Kart Wii
Yoshi participates in Balloon Battle
Mario Kart Tour[edit]
Course icons[edit]
The course icon
Screenshots[edit]
View of the course
Alternate view of the course
Naming[edit]
Internal names[edit]
This section is astub. Please considerexpanding it to include any missing information.Specifics: The internal name fromMario Kart Tour
| Game | File | Name | Meaning |
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| Mario Kart DS | mini_stage2 | Mini Stage 2 | |
| Mario Kart Wii | old_House_ds | Old HouseDS; one of two course file names inMario Kart Wii to feature capital letters, the other beingGCN Cookie Land |
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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| Japanese | ゆうやみハウス[2] Yūyami Hausu | Twilight House | |
| Chinese | 薄暮之家[?] Bómù zhī Jiā(Mandarin) Bohkmouh jī Gā(Cantonese) | Twilight House | |
| French | Maison de l'Aube[?] | Eve House | |
| German | Finstervilla[?] | Dark Mansion | |
| Italian | Casa Crepuscolare[?] | Twilight House | |
| Casa crepuscolare[?] | prior toMario Kart Tour | ||
| Korean | 어두컴COME![?] Eodukeom KEOM! | Pun on "어두컴컴" (eodukeomkeom, "darkness") and "come" | |
| Portuguese | Casa Crepuscular[?] | Twilight House | |
| Spanish | Casa Crepuscular[?] | Twilight House |
References[edit]
- ^Burrato (October 20, 2022).Exploring the top of Twilight house with a glitch!Reddit. Retrieved November 8, 2022.
- ^【DS】マリオカートDS 実況プレイ！ めざせ全カップ優勝！編【生放送】
