Landship
The Landship is an unlockable kart body that appears in Mario Kart 8. It is a small kart similar in shape of Bowser's Airships in Super Mario Bros. 3. It grants the player a large acceleration boost, and a slight handling boost, at the expense of speed, weight, and traction. It shares its stats with the Biddybuggy and Mr. Scooty. It changes color for all the Koopalings, with the back cabin and cannon covers matching their airships from New Super Mario Bros. U and the seat matching their shell colors. All the other characters have a similar color scheme to Bowser's airship from the New Super Mario Bros. games.
The Landship is one of the vehicle bodies that a CPU-controlled Bowser or Koopaling will occasionally use, combined with Wood tires. In Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, CPU-controlled Waluigi also occasionally pairs the Wood tires with the Landship.
In Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, the kart shares its engine sound with the Inkstriker.
Stats
Mario Kart 8
- Ground Speed: -0.75
- Water Speed: +0.5
- Air Speed: +0.5
- Anti-Gravity Speed: -1
- Acceleration: +1.25
- Weight: -0.5
- Ground Handling: +0.5
- Water Handling: +0.75
- Air Handling: 0
- Anti-Gravity Handling: +0.5
- Traction: -0.25
- Mini-Turbo: +1
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
- Ground Speed: -0.5
- Water Speed: +0.5
- Air Speed: -0.25
- Anti-Gravity Speed: -0.75
- Acceleration: +0.5
- Weight: -0.5
- Ground Handling: +0.25
- Water Handling: +0.75
- Air Handling: 0
- Anti-Gravity Handling: -0.25
- Traction: +0.75
- Mini-Turbo: +0.5
Color Schemes
- Larry Koopa - Sky blue seat, yellow cannon covers, green cabin
- Morton Koopa Jr. - Black seat, grey cannon covers, grey cabin
- Wendy O. Koopa - Pink seat, pink cannon covers, red cabin
- Iggy Koopa - Light green seat, purple cannon covers, green cabin
- Roy Koopa - Purple seat, red cannon covers, pink cabin
- Lemmy Koopa - Orange seat, light green cannon covers, sky blue cabin
- Ludwig von Koopa - Blue seat, orange cannon covers, green cabin
- All other characters- Red seat, green cannon covers, red cabin
Gallery
Sprites
Sprite of Iggy Koopa's Landship.
Sprite of Roy Koopa's Landship.
Sprite of Lemmy Koopa's Landship.
Sprite of Larry Koopa's Landship.
Sprite of Wendy O. Koopa's Landship.
Sprite of Ludwig von Koopa's Landship.
Sprite of Morton Koopa Jr.'s Landship.
Icon of Iggy's Landship.
Icon of Roy's Landship.
Icon of Lemmy's Landship.
Icon of Larry's Landship.
Icon of Wendy's Landship.
Icon of Ludwig's Landship.
Icon of Morton's Landship.
Screenshots
Bowser, on his Landship.
Ludwig performs a trick while using his Landship.
- Mario Kart Stadium Race Start (Roy Koopa).jpg
Roy Koopa at the starting line on his Landship.
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | クッパシップ[?] Kuppashippu |
Bowser Ship | |
| Dutch | Flitsfregat[?] | Flash Frigate | |
| German | PS-Galleere[?] | HP-Galley (PS means "Pferdestärke", engl. horsepower) | |
| Italian | Naveloce[?] | Pun on "nave" (ship) and "veloce" (fast) | |
| Portuguese | Autonavio[?] | Autoship | |
| Spanish (NOA) | Nave Bowser[?] | Bowser Ship | |
| Spanish (NOE) | Autonave[?] | Autoship |
Trivia
- Before Mario Kart 8 was updated to Ver. 2.0, the Landship's vehicle customization icon always showed the color scheme used by the non-Koopaling characters, even when used by a Koopaling.
- The kart's cannons will move back and forth, as if firing.
- The kart has an unique engine noise, which sounds like a four-stroke while idling, but sounds like a two-stroke while accelerating.
