The Mystery of the Twilight House in Mario Kart DS

[@SwankyBox]

What are your thoughts on Twilight House? Also, have you given Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit a try yet? I looked everywhere for Luigi but he was sold out in every store! Snagged Mario though!

[@Cliffordlonghead]

Awesome Video

[@Cliffordlonghead]

Love the Video and love the new Profile Pic SwankyBox.

[@nevermorebyjack6074]

I always thought that Twilight House was in the Twilight Forest in paper Mario and the thousand year door

[@Cliffordlonghead]

@@nevermorebyjack6074 me too

[@Cliffordlonghead]

I have

[@django3710]

Idea: Explore "Lunar Colony" on Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. I want to see the inside of the tunnels!

[@andreacorrea5921]

Cool Idea!

[@mariomuncher44]

Fascinating, Django

[@McBean1331]

Cool.

[@JesusLopezPrado9601]

Sweet

[@macewindu4870]

Nice

[@Charriii5]

I now petition a Luigi's Mansion game that takes place in Twilight Town, in Twilight House, where Luigi has been framed for bringing Light, so the object is to collect these Twilight Sprites and return the gloominess. Turns out that it was King Boo Jr. all along, posing as Luigi.

[@tan_nerd07]

Of course, Gooigi is this game's Shadow Mario. Can't leave that part out.

[@kibi3922]

Sounds ironically familiar. 😂

[@mickkelley3776]

That moment when Super Luigi Twilight

[@ivanivan744]

I'd like to see Rosalina in a more gothic outfit, helping Luigi collect the Twilight sprites that alter their area. I'd also like to change the main villain to be Bowser's Ancestor, since my headcannon is that the Koopalings (and Bowser & Bowser Jr.) are part of an endangered race of dragon koopa

[@johnthomas1229]

TRUMP2020

[@GmShyGuy]

I mean, they have Dark Shine Sprites in the stained glasses... And we're COLLECTING the normal Shine Sprites in Battle Mode.... So... We're taking the only good thing from the place and leaving it with pure negative energy?

[@Cliffordlonghead]

Wow

[@DooplissTheTrickster]

@Gm3m So does that make us-evil…? Unless theoretically the beings here are behaving and minding their own business and they can’t survive with light in the area and we’re just clearing it out so they can live in peace. You know, like how flooding a room could be detrimental to our own survival, but for a creature with gills it would be paradise.

[@descrates3545]

It could be that the Shine Sprites were stollen and we're taking them back

[@healmore8716]

Honestly the reason why I’ve founded this track so different and wired from the other battle tracks in this game is because of the red background it just looks really out of place in Mario kart DS/Wii

[@moodle6500]

Damn u everywhere I go

[@neonmajora8454]

Healmore It was always the backdrop that stood out to me too.

[@cain2010]

The background looks like hell

[@Conkel]

Just like Wet dry world, mario sometimes has odd things in its lvls.

[@ripity0]

Gee it's almost like it has a twilight background, who would've thought?

[@Kasmodamous]

i think the inverted sprites should be called "Twilight Sprites" Edit: I do not know how i got this many likes but thanks.

[@YellowYoshi398]

That's a good idea. It also makes sense that since Shine Sprites are the source of Isle Delfino's light (and Delfino Plaza suffered under a veil of darkness after they were stolen), these "Twilight Sprites" might be the source of Twilight House's darkness (and I mean literal darkness, as in they're the reason Twilight House takes place in an eternal sunset). If you stole the Twilight Sprites, it might be possible to have day in Twilight House. I'm also liking the idea that Twilight House might take place in Twilight Town from TTYD, as this theory would explain why that location is also eternally twilit!

[@JesusLopezPrado9601]

@@YellowYoshi398 That is a brilliant idea.

[@lianaverwood9810]

@@YellowYoshi398 I've taken to calling them 'Shade Sprites', as they would cast darkness and despair like the Shine Sprites cast light and hope. I don't think you'd need to overuse the Twilight prefix for this...

[@egbertdezee702]

@@lianaverwood9810 dim sprite

[@themostop6142]

I was thinking of calling them Zhine Zprites because of the Ztars from Mario Party, but I like your idea too.

[@TrueDarkAce]

Your whole thing about the dark colored shine sprites reminds me of one track in the Pac-Man racing game that's a haunted house where it's implied that's where the ghosts live and inside it there's a chapel. Thing about it is that it has a stained glass window with a Pac-Man looking devil. Which is supposed to be something like 'yeah these ghosts are evil' but if you take a second to think about it, that stained glass window basically confirmed that the Pac-Man ghosts are basically satanic. Rated E for Everyone.

[@NutyRiver]

Omfg. What if pac man is considered evil by the ghosts? Because he sometimes kills them.

[@DarkSpartan765]

Or it could just be the ghosts seeing Pac-man as the devil in their eyes, not necessarily being devil worshippers. After all, he does he eat them.

[@TrueDarkAce]

@@DarkSpartan765 no there's literally a character named Pac Devil who is playable in the game

[@YounesLayachi]

The shines being a source of lights, these supposed anti shines would be a source of darkness

[@m2pt5]

Or the anti-shines would absorb light. Same result basically, but it's still an opposite.

[@DooplissTheTrickster]

@Emtu Well, if you think about it, that’s literally what they do. The Shine Sprites are at least reflective, being a lighter color, whereas the “Shadow Sprites” are pitch black and absorb light, as true black coloration should.

[@AltairYoshi]

When I was a kid, I used to think Twilight House was actually past the mountains in DS Bowser's Castle, because the skies looked really similar in color. Plus, I've always found it really neat that they added a forest in the MKW version. Kinda gives the place more life. No matter what version though, it's one of my all time favorite battle arenas of Mario Kart.

[@paperysmm1759]

Twilight House is my favourite Battle Track! I mean it's nothing special but the background gave me the shivers as a kid!

[@paperysmm1759]

@Ice Goomba Hey!

[@david_ga8490]

@@paperysmm1759 what happened

[@justinterry7853]

Same, it caught my eye

[@titaniumvulpes]

Consider: Haunted houses with doors were built for people who became spirits. Haunted houses without doors were built for spirits who were never people to begin with.

[@DooplissTheTrickster]

oOOOOooo! Spoooky!

[@JoelElias2_1]

Noted but note considering

[@someoneunknown6553]

The greater location of the house does look like the greater location of Twilight Town...

[@LittleAl016]

From Paper Mario: TTYD?

[@michaelhaverbusch9142]

You're absolutely right

[@bitter-bit]

Swanky you're definitely right in my book. You even proved yourself right. "Luigi's mansion has doors but was built for ghosts" no no no it was built to trap and lure beings that still needed to use doors. A building built entirely for evil spirits wouldn't need doors or anything else and the central point of the hidden floor is reminiscent of a cult summoning circle. Summoning circles work just fine in place of doors.

[@carlosdasilva2409]

Your theory could be right, specially if we take in account the "gates room" which is the room with the four gates, now that room also has a circled pattern floor. The gates are fully drawn as if they could close, so maybe the reason why they never close with players is that they aren't made to trap people. So when the gates close, the circle becomes a portal (with suction so whatever gets in doesn't escape) and gets "Summoned" to the central building. It could serve as three things: Trap evil spirits inside a house made for non human creatures Serve as a prison for REALLY bad people Or maybe it is just a discrete way for the "cultists" to get into the central house.

[@hampter3432]

Carlos Da Silva i like the third one it's not like dark or anything it's literally just about some people having like the coolest door possible

[@KorporalKReephdmkiytrecv69]

The twilight house sounds horrifying, it sounds like it's filled with millions of copies of twilight. Fitting for the Halloween season because that is incredibly horrifying

[@literallyafrog367]

You know what would be even more horrifying? .............Sparkle.

[@DooplissTheTrickster]

@Korporal K. Reep I think the horrifying part would be getting locked in that room with the metal gates. Imagine being trapped in there, and left to die, while slowly devolving into pandemonium beneath the Shadow Sprite’s dark gaze… no hope of escape or survival. …I guess theoretically that room could also just be a battle ring of sorts… where you just have to defeat the boss before the doors open.

[@JRS06]

I'm still surprised that this isn't talked about more. Twighlight House is such an enigmatic stage, and there's no real official info from Nintendo to explain it. The map's in Mario Kart Tour, but that ultimately simplified it and made it less scary (you can't even fall off the edge). I'm intrigued by the spiky gates extending far enough into the model for them to technically be able to lock the player in. Maybe at one point the devs were experimenting with a precursor to the Renegade Roundup in Mario Kart 8 but scrapped it when they couldn't figure out how to put a cage in any of the other maps, or maybe it would be a cruel trap exclusive to Twighlight House. Who knows? I'd love to see the Mario Kart DS or Wii devs asked about it, or if any beta content reveals the origins of the map.

[@JohnTK]

Idk personally as a kid I never found the twilight house as “intentionally spooky”. I just thought it was a floating maze and nothing at all is scary about it.

[@DooplissTheTrickster]

@John K I played it maybe thrice and never looked at it again after because I hated the track. It’s okay now, but I didn’t think so then.

[@2ndPigeon]

Same. This guy is grasping at straws

[@cstaub4845]

The scariest thing about this level for me was being on the outside area and seeing a shell flying towards you

[@elfiebranford9330]

I always loved Twilight House, my favourite battle track from Mario Kart DS!! I absolutely love autumn sunset aesthetics, especially with a gloomy overtone to them. It also reminded me of Twilight Town from Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door too, which was the real cherry on top. I knew a place near my elementary school that looked EXACTLY like this Twilight House every October, and it was only fitting that there were Mario Kart battle parties held there. I never really thought of it as creepy, but certainly Halloweeny, but at the same time, it felt simultaneously so out of place yet perfectly fitting for a Mario Kart course. Thanks for this blast of nostalgia, Swanky~!!

[@GoldenYoshi1]

In Wii, there was a tournament where you did a normal GP race in DS Twilight House, and some passageways between rooms were closed... however I don't remember if they used the gates you mentioned or different barriers...

[@mincemeat1016]

Probably an extension of twilight town, the hall maybe? They have a few trees that look like this, have a red/orange sky and have shadow liking inhabitants.

[@ThomasMarioFan_11]

I used to just go to the corners with a heavy character like bowser or dk and just push others off the stage when they went to get an item box lol

[@LagannDriller024]

First place to comes to mind is twilight town in paper mario It looks really similar to TT in thousand year door Maybe its a house for the shadow sirens since they are shadows And the only connection between shinesprites and twilight town is that both of their games debuted on the gamecube

[@dustymcwari4468]

TTYD also use Shine Sprites

[@Droid18Beta]

I think the “dark shine sprites” are just regular shine sprite decals that are just cast in shadow by the dusk, and further contrasted by the backlight

[@arcticdino1650]

They're eyes a glowing. Regular shines have black eyes

[@Droid18Beta]

@@arcticdino1650 it’s a shine sprite cutout, not an actual shine. The eyes being holes could just be a design choice

[@arcticdino1650]

I know it's not an actual shine. Also, the window's glass is red while the eyes are yellow, which would have had to be colored in like that

[@ParkerLilithWonderdog]

Theory: The doors of the stage are meant to draw non-spirits in, while the center room is meant solely to be a place where spirits can chill without having to worry about intruders. The surrounding structures of the level aren't meant for the inhabiting spirits to reside, but rather areas that draw in soon to be victims. Exploration eventually leads mortals to the cage room, dropping down and ensuring they are forever at the mercy of the otherworldly inhabitants.

[@ripity0]

Digging too deep, adding extra "lore" just for the sake of it. It's a fucking track.

[@SmashBasher123]

"If Shine Sprites instill hope, then that can only mean one thing for this demonic-looking inversion..." Somewhere, a black and white bear is laughing.

[@naikou1633]

I understand this reference, but also don't at the same time. (I still need to play Danganronpa.)

[@inktonythekaonashigaster6631]

A body has been discovered!

[@Itsninjaturtl]

THIS was the comment I was looking for

[@roaringthunder115]

I was looking for this

[@orbsorbs8465]

@@naikou1633 same

[@muigogitoultrasonic3947]

Although I never play this level(heck not even mario kart wii), it is an interesting lore exploration. Possible explanation: 1. It's house for ghost to live in 2. It's a teleporting stage like mario 64 levels, where it requires player the wope into, so no need for any accessible way to get inside 3. The dark side of mario sunshine, the thing balance with hope since everything has its counterparts 4. The rumor behind the story of Luigi's mansion 5. The developer can't think of any new maps ideas, so make a map with 101 questions

[@mallorygrace8190]

Twilight House is my favourite map among all, I always found it very creepy but still fascinating and almost cozy, I love the forest with the red sky of an eternal twilight sorrounding the house that is suspended in the void, the dark abyss always gave me goosebumps. It seems like a place out of space and time. Maybe I like it so much because I love the twilight and the sunset, and the gloomy places too

[@ch4rlesiv115]

MKDS Developers: Hmm lets put some stained glass of dark shine sprites, thats kinda spooky Swanky 12 or so years later: THE SHINES ARE EVIL AND THEY ARE BEING WORSHIPPED

[@ClockworkChandelure]

One interesting thing about the house that I always liked is that the walls are decorated by what looks like mosaics or frescoes of piraña plants.

[@CrystaJoy]

I’d like to think, as a longtime Zelda fan and historian...that Twilight Sprites and the fact that this exists on an Ethereal Plane that is cast in a constant state of dusk...that this is the Lorulean counterpart of Delfino...let’s give it a Beta name like Lunam. As Delfino had the Shine Sprites to keep their sunny days, Lunam requires the Twilight Sprites to retain their state of dusk...hence the reason why they have the imagery on the buildings as a form of idolatry. Here’s to our overactive imaginations!

[@theg-man4840]

cool idea

[@ClockworkChandelure]

Aren't you confusing Lorule with the Twilight Realm? I mean, it's a cool theory, just pointing this out.

[@CrystaJoy]

@@ClockworkChandelure No. Although I understand why you would think that from the usage of my word “Twilight” (I thought it was a cool sounding name from someone else who posted the name in another thread) allow me to explain. Lorule is the Dark World equivalent to Hyrule, which is canon...hence why I made that comparison. The Twilight realm is not a mirror image of Hyrule, but is instead a land formed by the Twili when they were banished for the utilization of “dark magic”. They aren’t two sides of the same coin, nor do they use the same item to exist like Hyrule and Lorule do in terms of the Triforce. You can argue that they have the mirror, but the mirror is only a transportation method...not a means for governance or existence. The mask that is used by Midna is not used by any Hyruleans, so there is no commonality between them. Yes, in the game you gather items such as the tears for the light spirits...but, again that is due to the Twili invasion as opposed to actual congruence. This theory is based on this being a Dark World equivalent of Delfino, which operates on the same fundamentals as Delfino. So, if Delfino needs Shine Sprites to retain their sunshine...then Lunam would need their Sprites to retain their darkness as the opposite of Delfino. That was all.

[@ClockworkChandelure]

@@CrystaJoy a couple things- the twilight realm wasn't shaped by the twili, it was the other way around. The ancestors of the twili (be it the sheikah, the zonai or whatever other tribe the dark interlopers belonged to) got exiled in the twilight realm, which eventually turned them into the twili. Also the Dark World was the corrupted version of the Sacred Realm after Ganondorf got the Triforce and defeated Link in the decline timeline, while Lorule had its own triforce before the lorulean royal family destroyed it.

[@CrystaJoy]

@@ClockworkChandelure I consider the Twili to be the descendants of the Dark Interlopers, therefore it is their realm through inheritance. They created the realm, but the realm does not have any similarities to Hyrule in its shaping, belief structure...etc. With regards to Lorule, they degraded into the “Dark World Corrupted” version through corruption and war, but that still doesn’t negate the fact that their origins are rooted in similar ideological origins as Hyrule...especially with the Triforce. When it comes to a Link Between Worlds, the game itself...Lorule is the Counterpart to Hyrule...so to speak. Two sides of a coin...it is considered to be a dark parallel world to Hyrule. This is the basis for my theory. That this Twilight House is a part of a Parallel World of Delfino. It operates under the same premise of Delfino, but with dusk instead of shine. Lorule is a dark world mirror of Hyrule. It isn’t actually the Dark World, but it is a world steeped in darkness. I mean, I understand you are trying to “educate” me, but I have played the games and also own Hyrule Historia and am well aware of the timelines, but what you are insinuating is not applicable to this particular theory. This is not the Twilight Realm. This is merely a parallel version of Delfino that is steeped in darkness and instead of worshipping the Shine Sprites as their form of idolatry, they worship the Sprites that would be the Dusk Sprites (since Twilight Sprites is causing some debate)

[@SolariusLunarius]

I mean, the name of the place kinda explains why there are negative shine sprites in it. Twilight House. We don't know the details, but it stands to reason that the "twilight version of the shine sprites" are here, whether they are intrinsically twilight sprites, or just shine sprites that have expanded most of their energy and come here to die or recharge, or broken shine sprites that need repair.

[@2ndPortal]

I love how the designers are just gluing things together to get stages done on time. And this guy is reading a whole story of it XD

[@twilighthefoxicorn]

Twilight House’s music really does slap, though. It was always one of my favorite levels to play Balloon Battle on (besides Block Fort).

[@OrbitalFrog_]

I don’t care what people say, twilight house is the best battle course in Mario kart history, the risk of going outside, you could fall off, but you avoid most of the chaos that is in the 8 rooms of the mansion, but if your a light weight, you’re better off staying inside the house to pick off the slow players with shells. It’s not too open, like palm beach and tart top, meaning you can’t just randomly fling red shells from across the map and they will hit someone anyways. Truly the pinnacle of game design.

[@XJ-0641]

I like the idea that the twilight house is a house for ghosts. You bring up the disparity of doors between Luigi's Mansion and the Twilight House, but I will argue that (at least in the japanese version), the Haunted Mansion existed in a ghostless state as a regular mansion before the events of the game. It was a human mansion made for humans, which was later inhabited by ghosts. The Twilight House could be a house made by ghosts, _for_ ghosts. Furthermore, if we do go by the us version, then the Haunted Mansion was made as a trap for the Mario Brothers. Pretty hard to trap someone somewhere if you cant get them inside. International Luigi's Mansion was made by ghosts, yes, but it was still designed with humans in mind.

[@user-un3gh9fu8f]

i think your theory about the spirits is correct because the luigi mansion was not made for ghost specifically it was suposed to trap mario and luigi meaning a human "luigi" was meant to get inside meanwhile in here we dont know why it was created so it maybe did not need human inside so that why its all walls

[@catbatrat1760]

Yeah, that's kinda what I was thinking. It's been a while since I've seen a Let's Play of Luigi's Mansion, but I don't think it was specifically built by ghosts for ghosts?

[@Oooze3424]

aren't the boo houses traps for humans? that's probably why they have doors. the twilight house, being suspended in the air and having no doors, might be where the ghosts actually live.

[@shadeof2010]

I like the idea of negative shine sprites, especially when you look at the purpose of the normal ones. They bring light to Isle Delphino, but why is it so dark without them? Nowhere else is veiled in darkness without them, but perhaps that's just it. My theory would be that this house exists somewhere on Isle Delphino. These negative Shine Sprites, or twilight sprites (Shade sprites?), are gathered there and constantly release waves of darkness that cover the whole island. The Shine Sprites had to be created/found and gathered at the Shine Gate in a mass equal to or greater than the mass in this house in order to counteract the energy they release. However, no one has seen or approached the twilight house in so long that it isn't even a myth anymore. The need for shine sprites on Isle Delphino has simply become a fact of life for the residents. They know nothing of the actual problem that rests somewhere on the problem, they only know the temporary solution. Another possibility is that they DO know of the house, but they believe it will be a problem of the past shortly. They sent a hero to destroy it, but that hero has yet to return. However, the residents refuse to give up. They believe that if they simply wait, their hero will return. The only question is; how long can the shine sprites last against this seemingly endless assault of darkness?

[@Meyohimeyoi]

I don't think nintendo didn't put much thought when creating this battle track. But yet there some unknown backstory to this track that people don't know about.

[@diamondmario64]

I'm glad someone is going in depth with Twillight House, as it's been bothering me for years now

[@ImWhyMortalsCry]

MKDS was my first MK And I loved the Baloon Mode Amd this was my favorite stage Would've never thought to see a video about it Didn't think there's anything special about it

[@SorceressRose]

Honestly, I just thought Twilight House was inspired by Twilight Town from Paper Mario: The Thousand Years Door. It’s located in a forest with the same sky, plus the area does have a very notable haunted house on it’s outskirts and shrine sprites exist in PM:TTYD. So it just made sense to me at least.

[@Fattydeposit]

These "overthinking" videos are why I subscribe. It's fun storytelling and you do it so well.

[@thalassianw]

Fun fact : in french this track is translated as Dawn House

[@zenatrical]

Manoir de l'aube

[@UltraAryan10]

I loved this stage a lot and was my favourite in the battle mode thing, but now you have made it eerie :(

[@ChristopherMoom]

Here's another great Mario Kart DS mystery for you guys: Why would Nintendo create something as great as Mission Mode, but only use it in ONE game

[@Cliffordlonghead]

Wow

[@thelegendarymarioman8461]

Why are you everywhere

[@ninja_raven256]

true

[@KorporalKReephdmkiytrecv69]

It wasn't ruining enough friendships so Nintendo decided it had to go

[@jonathanrosales7342]

When you said DS, I was like "and Wii" you forgot Mario Kart Wii, just reminding you

[@covlf1999]

Is anyone even taking about Swanky's new icon?

[@Cliffordlonghead]

I do

[@LilithFox04]

I'm so glad other people actually noticed it😄

[@JesusLopezPrado9601]

The new icon does fit to be SWANKY.

[@Blavin]

It’s not that new

[@Danblak08]

He made a community post about it like 1-2 months ago

[@BetterDonutGamer]

I always sorta liked this track in MKW because I liked the spooky like setting it had, and the music was good too I honestly never really thought about the building in the middle, that is indeed strange

[@j.ojo2004]

Bro I loved Mario kart DS Twilight House felt strange to me but 6 year old me brushed it off I’d always go there because of the music and the level area and the red sky because my favorite color was red After a few years I never thought about the eerieness in that level especially the middle of the level since it has no entrances

[@KemuriTheCat]

In the many times I’ve played on this level, I’ve never noticed the dark Shine Sprites

[@MashupProductions22]

Fans: can we have mario kart 9 Nintendo: mario kart tour mario kart vr and mario kart live (Seriously nintendo give us mario kart 9)

[@therealmariofan]

I hope it comes to switch but at the rate they are going I doubt it.

[@jrspaceboy9648]

THEORY: Twilight House was built by the same civilization that resided in Pumpkin Hill.

[@dye988]

That map was soooo fun in balloon battle. Balloon battle ds is my favorite because players remain eliminated after they lose all their balloons

[@ricardocantoral7672]

I guess I am weird but when I see this house, I feel at ease.

[@kadenduzan8405]

Same I do too because I’m so used to seeing it in the game it’s a really iconic map

[@DooplissTheTrickster]

@Ricardo Cantoral Maybe you a ghost lol

[@ricardocantoral7672]

@@DooplissTheTrickster I do have a sudden urge to cover my eyes when people look at me.

[@DooplissTheTrickster]

@Ricardo Cantoral No worries, you’re not alone. It does look rather cozy… and I also don’t like to be stared at.

[@Eiskrall3]

I know it sounds weird, but I want to thank you for your Subtitles, for me as a bad english speaking person, it is very helpful to have subtitles (I'm not meaning I can't understand you, you are talking in a good understandable speed but the subtitles help me too^^) I hope my text is understandable ^^`

[@1Thunderfire]

Your text is great. :)

[@casual3123]

I was terrified of playing on this stage as a kid

[@1Thunderfire]

I spent so many hours doing Balloon Battles against hard CPUs in the Twilight House back in the day. I miss it.

[@DonkeyFilms]

Banshee Boardwalk creeped me out, just a weird black void with a structure without a roof and bats flying out of a fireplace

[@dankgaming6010]

It reminds me of the ghost house from mario 64

[@bugjams]

I love this content because its exploring the exact mysteries we wanted to know as kids. This channel alongside Boundary Break answer so many questions that I had as a kid.

[@slothsong080]

I loved using Twilight House to practice drifting on the DS. The spooky backdrop to me was just a cool location.

[@FZone96]

I believe there was a Coin Mission in the Twilight House where soem gates were actually shut.

[@TheDragonfang134]

I think your statement about "A house with no doors, is a house not meant for humans." May very well be plausible. Think about this, without a door there's no way for an unwanted visitor to enter. Meaning the building is a safe haven from a certain unwanted "strange old man in a coat". And for the one's that DO have doors, their usually deathtraps.

[@JerryBlaze7]

Over thinking Mario games you say? - Sounds like someone's been drinking the gametheory koolaid Matpat hides behind the wall of diet soda in his closet! --- cool i'm in! I'm buckled up and ready to ride this crazy story out. Let's f***ing Goo!!!!

[@bucket9144]

If these sprites are the opposites of shines (which represent hope) then they must represent despair. It's my crazy headcannon, that the house in the center is some sort of sacrificial chamber, while the gated portion is a holding cell for victims. How do people get up on the platform? And more importantly, how do they get down? Or perhaps the inverted shines are meant to be a combination of day and night, thus fitting the mood of twilight. Maybe the house is built in a land with an eternal sunset. Maybe time is frozen, or maybe the land is constantly following the light of the sun, and very slowly going into darkness.

[@themapcartographer5952]

I always like the subtle mysteries the Mario series has, hell valley sky trees being one of my favourites.

[@CadDriftarus]

Alright, before I watch, I'm gonna say I always thought it was an old manor from Twilight Town. Adding on to your thought that a manor for ghosts wouldn't need doors, Luigi's Mansion does not necessarily conflict with that thought. The residents there were all living beings at some point, so of course it's a more... "normal" Mansion. But a Manor specifically _built_ for spirits wouldn't need to worry about that.

[@NekoJCat]

most of the ghost houses are intended for people to come in, luigi's mansion for example , it is a trap for living things, it has to have a door. if they don't want people to come in, they don't make one.

[@roaringthunder115]

I loved the twilight house, and I like thinking about the mysteries of this place.

[@toestal8526]

THIS IS THE MAP IVE REMEMBERED FOR SO LONG NOBODY MENTIONS IT

[@grimaa]

This stage was so much fun

[@Fezeros]

The iron gates opening and closing during a battle would have been really cool!

[@joanahkirk338]

I think some of the eeriness comes from the fact this acts as a bit of a liminal space. While it doesn't, say, normally have it's layout filled with other things, it is similar enough to other haunted themed maps that the lack of such detail gives off an eerie vibe.

[@renegaderonin1247]

A house with windows and bars but no doors? Sounds like a prison or something similar intended to keep something from getting out.

[@BlackFantasy470]

Luigis Mansion had doors before this maps were created. Surely they reused assets for the MK tracks (including doors). The Twilight House is a whole different thing. Why are there no doors but those Dark Shine emblems? There has probably been a cult or something similar using this place. At that time there was a door of some kind but it has been sealed off by extending the wall to where the door was. Or maybe there is a secret hidden door inside the wall that's barely visible and can only be opened by special means.

[@RaveNinja1401]

The Twilight House might be actually a prison for the dark sprites, this because while the shine sprites bring hope to the inhabitants of Isle Delfino, dark sprites might instill DESPAIR instead, so it only makes sense to try and contain them instead of let run rampant.

[@JesusLopezPrado9601]

That does make sense, but the thing is this place seems to represent the twilight sprites. If it was built to capture them, then the place should not represent them. It would look different from them, but that is my speculation.

[@angeles2470]

I get "House of The Dead" vibes from this stage

[@PlutoniumSlum]

The thing I’m mostly curious about is what’s inside the houses or who lives in them?

[@LilithFox04]

It could always be a version of the Dark Star from Mario And Luigi Bowser's Inside Story But that's just a theory A game theory 😄

[@kirstyyyyy]

I like the profile picture my good sir, professor Layton is an underrated masterpiece

[@LilithFox04]

@@kirstyyyyy thanks. I could t agree more 😄

[@DooplissTheTrickster]

@Jenson Wow! I was thinking that same thing! I’m glad I’m not the only one! Huzzah!

[@jpgeccho]

I actually remember really liking this course as a child although I always used to fall of the edge lmao

[@suppliedsquid5570]

I remember playing this level with my friends on the bus while going to school. It was very fun and hectic. It was probably fun because I won a lot, heh.

[@ashemabahumat4173]

Not nearly as spooky as you make it out to be, even as a kid. Cool, if anything

[@NinjaKingAce]

The track that always seemed odd to me, as a kid, was Banshee Boardwalk

[@crispy0range]

First off, this was pretty dam informative. secondly, i'm a huge fan of the new profile pic

[@brynnjohnson2316]

I loved Mario Kart DS as a kid, and one of my favorite parts was the battle mode - still, out of all the tracks, I would go out of my way to avoid the Twilight House. It wasn't even that it scared me, I just always felt like it was... off, somehow. You did a really great job of explaining how the track's design gives it this real sense of foreboding.

[@Fluffkitscripts]

Or, more likely- the designers just weren’t really trying for this one, hence the exclusion of doors and nonsense architecture.

[@SoupArchive]

Man, I remember playing MK Wii as a kid and adoring this stage. It was my favorite!

[@charKT-7461]

In the next Mario game, Bowser goes on a journey to collect all the dark Shine Sprites to gain the power to delete half of the universe in one claw swipe.

[@CrodoLibro]

You should do an analysis video about skyscraper from mario kart 64

[@luxrayblast]

It might be a reference to the Creepy Steeple in Paper Mario Thousand Year Door. You do find Shine Sprites all around Rougeport's various locales, Creepy Steeple included.

[@DooplissTheTrickster]

I know I’m a bit late, but I have a theory about the dark shine sprites. What if it has some connection to the dark star in Bowser’s Inside Story, or possibly linked to a parallel universe, similar to how Lorule had a parallel Triforce? Or maybe linked to the Black Paint as we have seen in Paper Mario Color Splash and Bowser’s Fury. And Bowser’s Fury was linked to Super Mario Sunshine through Bowser Jr’s paintbrush, when he accidentally created black paint. So black paint could have theoretically existed in Super Mario Sunshine. Perhaps the black paint could have formed a blasphemous symbol of a dark shine sprite, to invoke fear and chaos into the hearts of all in it’s power. Just my ideas. And one more thing. I think I know why this house doesn’t have doors, but all of the Luigi’s Mansion buildings do (save for one room in the Gloomy Manor and a few others I may have forgotten). Originally, all of the mansions form the Luigi’s Mansion series had humans living in it at one time, or were directly intended as a trap for humans (And otherwise solid living beings such as toads). If this building was built BY Spirits FOR Spirits, and no human (or otherwise) intervention was desired, than no doors would have been implemented. And we do know that Ghosts in the Mario universe can build, as we saw at the end of Luigi’s Mansion 3 where everyone including the ghosts pitch in to rebuild their home. So theoretically, your initial idea about it being a home for Spirits and Ghosts could be very much true. And great video by the way. This was the first of your content I watched, almost a year ago when it came out (and now you are one of my favorite KZbin creators ever, so thanks a billion for giving me some awesome videos to totally need out on). It didn’t occur to me to comment at the time, so I did it now.

[@catbatrat1760]

What if the center building was built so that humans can't get inside, but the ghost/spirit living there could, and while Mario and friends are playing together in the surrounding area, the spirit is just... watching?

[@DooplissTheTrickster]

They’re the audience. Even ghosts need entertainment!

[@catbatrat1760]

@@DooplissTheTrickster Dammit, I was trying to be all ominous, and you turned it into something funny. XD

[@DooplissTheTrickster]

I didn’t say it was HAPPY entertainment. Their favorite part is watching the players get cast into the abyss.

[@catbatrat1760]

@@DooplissTheTrickster LMAO, true!

[@catluvr2]

Twilight House is where the bodies that the Boos inhabited when they were alive are sealed away.

[@maskedyt199]

I used to like this map when I was young. Then all of the sudden, I just got scared of it because the house and the gates. Whenever I hear refers revving their engine in the distance, I always get goosebumps.

[@doomslayer3829]

I use to like this stage as a kid

[@astromotive6047]

My favorite thing about this stage when playing as a kid was that if you were a heavy character like Bowser or D.K. and have a mushroom on hand you can patrol along the edges and punt off anybody else who tried to pass you into the endless void below. To put it simply if you are playing on this stage as Toad and or Dry Bones you are to avoid driving along the edges at all costs.

[@asrieldreemurr3832]

I loved this level.

[@Sprited]

Reminds me quite a bit of twilight Town from the thousand year door

[@azazelmumford2465]

I remember this stage I just thought it was kool and I didn't think to much of it

[@LNERFlyingScotsman]

Twilight Town from Paper Mario TTYD ---> Twilight House

[@LukeLandwalk3r]

This is a really good video ngl✨✌️ but when i played the Twilight House in Mariokart Wii when i was still little, I never found it spooky, I was curious about the blood red Sunset and the woods and what might be lurking in the forest…I always thought that the twilight house might just be a Guest house or something or a House for travelers to stay in for the night I was Today years old when i found out about the place called Twilight town which is shrouded in mystery or smthing