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 Bowser Jr. also occasionally pairs the Wood tires with the Landship while Bowser now pairs the Landship with the Bowser Kite as well.
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 | |
| Russian | Каравелла[?] Karavella |
Caravel | |
| 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 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.
