Ninja Hideaway
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| Appears in | Mario Kart Tour (2021) Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Booster Course Pass, Wave 1) (2022) | ||||||||||
| Cup(s) | Lucky Cat Cup | ||||||||||
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- “Last but not least, Ninja Hideaway. Look, look! It's like you're riding on the roof! Woo-hoo! You gotta have some sweet ninja skills to get first on this one.”
- —Play Nintendo[1]
Ninja Hideaway is a race course from Mario Kart Tour that was introduced in the 2021 Ninja Tour as its featured course. The course takes place at a Japanese dojo called Ninja Manor[2][3] and features two routes that drivers can alternate between: one main, ground-level route and one elevated route usually accessible through regular ramps or Glide Ramps. The course is strewn with obstacles such as ninja Shy Guys and Ceiling Needles. On the front of the manor are the kanji 道忍 ("way of the ninja"). Wario-related iconography can be seen throughout Ninja Hideaway, such as depictions of his mustache and nose on the front of one of the buildings, as well as garlic motifs seen on windows, banners, and fences, referencing Wario's love for garlic.
Ninja Hideaway reappears as a classic course in the Booster Course Pass DLC for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, as the fourth and last course of the Lucky Cat Cup. Its theme was arranged for the Booster Course Pass end credits.
Mario Kart Tour
Course layout
In the standard layout, the course begins atop part of the manor rooftop before moving onto an arched bridge. A right turn appears at a Chain Chomp motif, followed by a wooden deck with two left turns. At the second left turn, there is a wooden staircase leading up to an upper level. If this route is not taken, the player then moves into multiple rooms inside the manor with a few shoji doors and Ceiling Needles, the last of which serves as a platform on the upper route and can lead to another upper area filled with coins. After another left turn, the player encounters a few ninja Shy Guys before taking a glide ramp past Shy Guys on kites and air-blowing bamboo stalks to a pagoda - this applies to the upper route as well. The pagoda's upper path features a few floorboards the player can traverse, while the lower path features a sewer system with running water. Both paths curve left and lead to a side roof with a grated path above, along with a few upwards wind currents produced by pinwheels. The course then makes an S-curve to the finish line, along with a glide ramp on the left that the player can use to access the upper floor of the manor.
The course also appears as Ninja Hideaway R (reversed), Ninja Hideaway T (with ramps) and Ninja Hideaway R/T (reversed with ramps). The former two debuted alongside the normal variant in the 2021 Ninja Tour, while the latter debuted in the Mario vs. Peach Tour. In the T and R/T variants, all Ceiling Needles and glide ramps on the course are removed. In the T variant, the staircase at the beginning is blocked off, and racers use a glide ramp just before the S-surve.
Appearances
For this course's tour appearances, see List of Ninja Hideaway tour appearances in Mario Kart Tour.
Top-tier and middle-tier items
Select "show" to reveal the drivers, karts, and gliders for which Ninja Hideaway and its variants are always favored or favorite courses. For instances in which additional drivers, karts, and gliders temporarily had this course and its variants as favored or favorite courses, see List of Ninja Hideaway tour appearances in Mario Kart Tour.
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Bonus challenges
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Chosen kart |
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Grand Star scores | Tour appearances | Cup |
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 Pipe Frame |
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Regular |  Shy Guy (Ninja) |
 Jade Hop Rod |
 Ninja Scroll |
 Mario (Hakama) |
 Kabuki Dasher |
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Ninja Tour (2021) |  Baby Mario Cup |
 Peach (Kimono) |
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 Daisy (Yukata) |
 Festival Girl |
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T |  Mario (Samurai) |
 Warrior Wagon |
 Origami Glider |
 Peach (Happi) |
Sakura Quickshaw |
 Springtime Crane |
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Daisy (Yukata) |
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Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Ninja Hideaway makes its console debut in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe via the Booster Course Pass. It is the fourth and final course of the Lucky Cat Cup, and as such was added in the first wave of the DLC. The track's design is mostly identical to its appearance in Mario Kart Tour, albeit upscaled and with updated visuals. The pond nestled before the entrance into the manor can now be tricked off of and a light near it was moved. The trickable slanted wooden surface that appeared in Mario Kart Tour right before the Ceiling Needle rooms has been removed. The ridges in the rooftop section can now all be tricked off of, even if they do not drop off to lower portions of the track. The ninja Shy Guys normally transform into Bananas, but depending on the item settings in play, they can transform into Green Shells, Mushrooms, or no items at all. The finish line gate can no longer be spun around, like it does in Mario Kart Tour; gliding drivers will fly over it, and items and drivers colliding with it will not make it spin.[4] In Time Trials, the player starts slightly off-centered, which only occurs on this course.
Similar to Dragon Driftway, the course has a shamisen and shakuhachi added to its intro theme. The music has also been updated, with significantly less emphasis on the electric guitar compared to its original arrangement.
If the player lands on the sign immediately after the final moving spiked platform in 200cc, they will be unable to move.[5]
Ninja Hideaway is one of three courses to originate from Mario Kart Tour to appear in the first wave of the DLC, alongside Tour Paris Promenade and Tour Tokyo Blur making it the only course to not be based on a real-world city. It was the only course in the Booster Course Pass first appearing in Mario Kart Tour to not be based on a real-world city until Wave 3, with the introduction of Merry Mountain.
Even though the track appeared first in Mario Kart Tour, and the eShop page classifies it as a "Tour" track, the game does not assign it a "Tour" prefix, just like Merry Mountain and Piranha Plant Cove.[6][7] Because of this, it was the only classic race course in the series to lack a prefix at the time of its release (not including the Extra courses in Mario Kart: Super Circuit), and was one of three classic courses to lack the prefix in general, alongside Block Fort and Pipe Plaza, which appeared as battle courses in Mario Kart DS. Most official promotional material does assign the course with the prefix[8] with the exception of the Nintendo UK Booster Course Pass site[9] and the American site starting with the full announcement of Wave 3.[10]
As with all other courses from Wave 1, this course's icon was updated in the 2.1.0 update. Unlike the other courses, however, this course's icon was darkened, as opposed to being brightened.
Profiles
Mario Kart Tour
- Mario Kart Tour Twitter:
- The Yoshi Tour is wrapping up in #MarioKartTour. Next up is the Ninja Tour! Beware the traps in the new course Ninja Hideaway![11]
- Race under cover of darkness, illuminated just by the light of an ominous moon. The new Ninja Hideaway course debuts in #MarioKartTour! Dodge the falling ceiling and keep an eye out for stray ninja... It'll take a keen eye to get 1st place![12]
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
- Nintendo Switch News app (US):
- This course first appeared in the Mario Kart Tour game.
- It seems like ninjas like to live in fancy ninja manors. Swanky!
- This manor is filled with obstacles like lowering ceilings and pinwheels. Ninjas do like their privacy, after all.
- You'll want to get familiar with all the multiple pathways. Choosing the right path is the key to victory.
- Nintendo Switch News app (UK): Speed through the shadows in Ninja Hideaway!
Now, we'd like to present to you a course released as part of the first wave, which is available now: Ninja Hideaway!
Making its first appearance in the smart device game Mario Kart Tour, Ninja Hideaway's setting is a ninja mansion, fully kitted out with tricky gimmicks like spiked-roof traps and floating pinwheels! It's also a course that boasts a rich selection of alternative paths. Choosing the right one could make the difference between victory or defeat! - Nintendo Magazine 2022 Winter: "A course like a ninja manor, with complex routes and multiple gimmicks!"[13]
Gallery
Mario Kart Tour
Course icons
The course icon
The course icon of the R variant
The course icon of the T variant
The course icon of the R/T variant
Screenshots
View of a Glide Ramp with ninja Shy Guys in front of it
View of the pagoda
View of the manor
Daisy (Yukata), Peach (Kimono), and Shy Guy (Ninja) tricking on the course
Shy Guy (Ninja) gliding in the Jade Hop Rod with the Ninja Scroll
Shy Guy (Ninja) and Daisy (Yukata) tricking on the course
Mario (Samurai) and several Shy Guys gliding on the course
Mario (Samurai) driving in the Warrior Wagon on the course
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
The course icon
Princess Peach and Shy Guy gliding on the course
The finish line with Mii performing a Rocket Start to begin the race
Additional names
Internal names
| Game | File | Name | Meaning
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| Mario Kart Tour | Gmob_NinjaMansion | NinjaMansion | Ninja Mansion |
Names in other languages
Ninja Hideaway
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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| Japanese | ニンニンドージョー[?] Nin Nin Dōjō |
Nin Nin Dojo; "Nin Nin" is derived from「忍者」(ninja). | |
| Chinese (simplified) | 忍者道场[?] Rěnzhě Dàochǎng |
Ninja Dojo | |
| Chinese (traditional) | 忍者道場[?] Rěnzhě Dàochǎng |
Ninja Dojo | |
| Dutch | Ninjaschool[?] | Ninja School | |
| French | Dojo ninja[?] | Ninja Dojo | |
| German | Ninja-Dojo[?] | Ninja Dojo | |
| Italian | Covo ninja[?] | Ninja Lair | |
| Korean | 닌자 도장[?] Ninja Dojang |
Ninja Dojo | |
| Portuguese | Mansão Ninja[?] | Ninja Mansion | |
| Russian | Дом ниндзя[?] Dom nindzya |
Ninja House | |
| Spanish | Mansión Ninja[?] | Ninja Mansion |
Ninja Manor
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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| Japanese | 忍者屋敷[14] Ninja yashiki |
Ninja Mansion | |
| Chinese (traditional) | 忍者莊園[15][16] Rěnzhě zhuāngyuán |
Ninja Manor | |
| Dutch | Ninja Manor[17] | - | |
| French | Manoir ninja[18] | Ninja Manor | |
| German | Ninja-Haus[19] | Ninja House | |
| Italian | Dimora ninja[20] | Ninja Residence | |
| Portuguese (NOA) | Mansão Ninja[21] | Ninja Mansion | |
| Portuguese (NOE) | Ninja Manor[22] | - | |
| Russian | Японском поместье[23] Yaponskom pomest'ye |
Japanese Manor | |
| Spanish (NOA) | Mansión Ninja[24] | Ninja Mansion | |
| Spanish (NOE) | Casa ninja[25] | Ninja House |
References
- ^ Play Nintendo (June 18, 2022). Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Gets MORE Courses?!🙀🚦 | @Play Nintendo. YouTube. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
- ^ Race Mario Kart’s New Ninja Tour. apple.com. Retrieved April 23, 2021. (Archived April 24, 2021, 02:14:38 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
- ^ AppStore (April 9, 2021). Sneak out a win on the new Ninja Hideaway course! @mariokarttourEN is celebrating one and a half years with the Ninja Tour. Drift through Ninja Manor, take flight with a new glider, and overtake new drivers like Shy Guy (Ninja). Burn rubber. Twitter. Retrieved April 23, 2021. (Archived April 24, 2021, 02:19:12 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
- ^ Daniel MK Moments (March 19, 2023). Is It Possible To Spin The Starting Line Banner Like In MK Tour ? YouTube. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
- ^ Gaming Reinvented (April 6, 2022). You Can Softlock Mario Kart 8 Deluxe in Ninja Hideaway (Glitch)! YouTube. Retrieved June 3, 2022.
- ^ Screenshot
- ^ avimidi the needy (March 17, 2022). Mario Kart 8 Deluxe: The 2.0.0 Update. YouTube. Retrieved March 17, 2022.
- ^ https://youtu.be/0PpEiH23bMs?t=117
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- ^ mariokarttourEN (April 2, 2021). Twitter. Retrieved April 2, 2021.
- ^ mariokarttourEN (April 7, 2021). Twitter. Retrieved April 8, 2021.
- ^ Nintendo Magazine 2022 Winter (Digital English edition). nintendo.co.jp. Retrieved December 1, 2022. (Archived December 1, 2022, 20:11:43 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
- ^ 夜桜舞い散る 忍者屋敷を走ろう. apple.com (Japan). Retrieved February 10, 2022. (Archived February 10, 2022, 21:43:26 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
- ^ 蓄勢待發，投身忍者巡迴賽. apple.com (Hong Kong). Retrieved February 12, 2022. (Achived February 12, 2022, 20:21:54 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
- ^ 蓄勢待發，投身忍者巡迴賽. apple.com (Macau). Retrieved February 12, 2022. (Achived February 12, 2022, 20:10:55 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
- ^ De Ninja Tour komt eraan. apple.com (Netherlands). Retrieved February 10, 2022. (Archived February 10, 2022, 21:32:13 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
- ^ La Saison des ninjas. apple.com (France). Retrieved February 10, 2022. (Archived September 26, 2021, 01:30:36 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
- ^ Die Ninja-Tour-Saison. apple.com (Germany). Retrieved February 10, 2022. (Archived April 10, 2021, 17:42:42 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
- ^ Preparati al Ninja Tour. apple.com (Italy). Retrieved February 10, 2022. (Archived September 26, 2021, 01:18:22 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
- ^ Prepare-se para o Ninja Tour. apple.com (Brazil). Retrieved February 10, 2022. (Archived February 10, 2022, 21:36:40 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
- ^ Prepara‑te para a Ninja Tour. apple.com (Portugal). Retrieved February 10, 2022. (Archived September 26, 2021, 01:12:00 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
- ^ Прокатитесь с ниндзя. apple.com (Russia). Retrieved February 10, 2022. (Archived February 10, 2022, 21:56:24 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
- ^ Prepárate para la temporada ninja. apple.com (Mexico). Retrieved February 10, 2022. (Archived September 28, 2021, 21:54:06 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
- ^ Prepárate para la Temporada ninja. apple.com (Spain). Retrieved February 10, 2022. (Archived February 10, 2022, 21:24:24 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
