Editing Boomsday Machine

{{distinguish|Boomsday Weapon}}
{{character infobox
|image=[[File:Boomsday Machine.png|250px]]<br>Artwork from ''Super Mario Galaxy 2''
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'' ([[List of games by date#2010|2010]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'' ([[List of games by date#2025|2025]])
|species=[[Tank]]<br>[[Zap Nozzle]]
}}
{{quote|My {{color|blue|dad}}'s gonna get angry if I let [[Mario|you]] get another {{icon|SMG2-StarGrand}}... Time to break out my Boomsday Machine! I'll just relax in my comfy {{color|red|cockpit}} and watch you go BOOM!|Bowser Jr.|Super Mario Galaxy 2}}
The '''Boomsday Machine''' is a castle-like tank invented by [[Bowser Jr.]] that appears in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'' and [[Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo Switch)|its Nintendo Switch port]]. The machine has three [[Fire Bar]]s circling around it, and the top section has a spinning turret mechanism. The machine is fought in the galaxy [[Bowser Jr.'s Boom Bunker]]. The music heard during this battle is the same as the battle theme against Bowser Jr. in [[Bowser Jr.'s Airship Armada]] from ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''.

In ''[[The Super Mario Galaxy Movie]]'', the giant cannon on [[Planet Bowser]] is referred to as the [[Boomsday Weapon]], being named after the Boomsday Machine.

==Battle==
There are ample [[Cloud Flower]]s around the area to grab. The player must use [[Cloud Mario]]'s ability to ascend the battlefield and get to the top of the Boomsday Machine. For the first round, the player must run for one of the updrafts and then [[spin]] to create a cloud and ride it upwards. From there, [[Mario]] or [[Luigi]] can traverse across the various clouds scattered throughout the battlefield, using his cloud-making ability to assist himself. Once the player reaches the top of the tower, they must damage the machine by [[Ground Pound|ground-pound]]ing the glass. If Mario stands on the glass cockpit for too long, Bowser Jr. will spin his launcher to knock Mario off.

The second round is much like the first, but now the tower attempts to vacuum the area, pulling the clouds out from under the player's feet. The player should still be able to just [[Long Jump|long-jump]] to the top of the tower in the same manner. The player also needs to watch out for an electric shield that covers Bowser Jr.'s dome periodically when he is sucking up clouds.

In the final round, the tower goes mobile. This makes the player's climb to the top more difficult, since Bowser Jr.'s cockpit is much higher up. The player still needs to avoid coming in contact with the yellow projectiles, the spinning fire wheel, and the vacuum attack. The fire on the Boomsday Machine also destroys the player's clouds. Once the player reaches the top of an updraft, they need to use the Cloud Flower refill to get to an even higher cloud tier. They should use long jumps to get to the distant cloud, and they can score another refill. From there, the player can reach the dome with their cloud platform recharge. Once the player arrives at the glass dome, they must ground-pound it a third time, which destroys the machine and reveals the [[Grand Star]].

Mario faces this boss twice, with the second match being under a [[Prankster Comet|Daredevil Comet]]'s conditions.
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==Statistics==
{{SMG boss
|image=[[File:Boomsday Machine.png|200px]]
|world=[[World 5 (Super Mario Galaxy 2)|World 5]]
|galaxy=[[Bowser Jr.'s Boom Bunker]]
|mission=[[Bowser Jr.'s Boomsday Machine]]<br>[[Boomsday Machine Daredevil Run]]
|reward=[[File:Smg2 icon grandstar.png|link=Grand Star]][[File:Smg2 icon prankstercomet.png|link=Prankster Comet]]
}}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Bowser Jrs Boomsday Machine.png|Cloud Mario fighting the Boomsday Machine in its initial phase
SMG2 Bowser Jr Boomsday Machine Full.png|Cloud Mario fighting the final form of the Boomsday Machine
</gallery>

==Naming==
The first part of the Boomsday Machine's name is a portmanteau of the onomatopoeia "boom" and the word "doomsday".

===Internal names===
{{internal names
|game1=''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''
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|name1=KoopaJrCastle
|meaning1=Bowser Jr. Castle
|game2=''Super Mario Galaxy 2''
|file2=<tt>SystemData/ObjNameTable.arc/ObjNameTable.tbl</tt>
|name2=クッパJrキャッスル (''Kuppa Jr Kyassuru'')
|meaning2=Bowser Jr. Castle
}}

===Names in other languages===
{{Foreign names
|Jpn=バトルキャッスル
|JpnR=Batoru Kyassuru
|JpnM=Battle Castle
|JpnC=<ref>{{cite|author=Tachibana, Tadashi, Isamu Horie, Shinji Kutsuzawa, Itaru Nakatani, Seishiro Fuwa, Kimihara Hongo, and Toshimune Suzuki|date=2010|title=『スーパーマリオギャラクシー2 任天堂ゲーム攻略本』|language=ja|location=Tokyo|publisher=ambit|isbn=978-4-8399-3630-3|page=22}}</ref><ref>{{cite|author=Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors|date=2015|title="Super Mario Galaxy 2" in『[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|スーパーマリオブラザーズ百科: 任天堂公式ガイドブック]]』|language=ja|location=Tokyo|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|isbn=978-4-09-106569-8|page=160}}</ref>
|ChiT=呼風喚雲城
|ChiTRM=Hūfēnghuànyúnchéng
|ChiTRC=Fūfūngwuhnwàhnsìhng
|ChiTM=Literally "Wind-Calling, Cloud-Summoning Castle;" from{{lang|zh-hant|「呼風喚雨」}}(''hūfēnghuànyú'' / ''fūfūngwuhn'yúh'', "to have supernatural powers"),{{lang|zh-hant|「雲」}}(''yún'' / ''wàhn'', "cloud") and{{lang|zh-hant|「城」}}(''chéng'' / ''sìhng'', "castle")
|ChiTC=<ref>{{cite|quote=啟動{{color|red|呼風喚雲城}}！就讓我從這{{color|red|駕駛艙}}，看著你慘敗！|author=[[Bowser Jr.]] during "[[Bowser Jr.'s Boomsday Machine]]"|date=4 Dec. 2010|title=''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'' by [[Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development|Nintendo EAD Tokyo]]|language=zh-hant|publisher=Nintendo of Taiwan Co., Ltd.|archive=youtu.be/FHD-mbVIgXQ?si=1m0bp1fhgGQmAJvy&t=191|archivedate=12 Jun. 2023|archiver=YouTube by 資深電玩迷 分享回憶錄}}</ref>
|Dut=Turbotanktoren
|DutM=Turbo Tank Tower
|DutC=<ref name=missionSWITCH>In-game name for "Bowser Jr.'s Boomsday Machine" from the [[Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo Switch)|Nintendo Switch version of ''Super Mario Galaxy 2'']].</ref>
|Fre=Tank Cataboum
|FreM="Tank" with a portmanteau between "catastrophe" and ''boum'' ("boom")
|FreC=<ref>{{cite|quote=C'est le moment ou jamais d'essayer mon Tank Cataboum!|author=Bowser Jr. during "Bowser Jr.'s Boomsday Machine"|date=23 May 2010|title=''Super Mario Galaxy 2'' by Nintendo EAD Tokyo|language=fr-ca|publisher=Nintendo of America|archive=youtu.be/BZC6QbQX5gA?si=BjkVmO_6aUmvoDa9&t=1341|archivedate=26 Jan. 2020|archiver=YouTube by MrsSantaClaus}}</ref><ref>{{cite|quote=Laisse-moi te présenter mon nouveau joujou, le Tank Cataboum!|author=Bowser Jr. during "Bowser Jr.'s Boomsday Machine"|date=11 June 2010|title=''Super Mario Galaxy 2'' by Nintendo EAD Tokyo|language=fr|publisher=Nintendo of Europe GmbH|archive=youtu.be/vl6Iv7bntkA?si=K7DW9EzqKBwDHua8&t=339|archivedate=7 Feb. 2015|archiver=YouTube by TheJoueur1}}</ref><ref>{{cite|author=Ardaillon, Joanna, and Victoria Juillard-Huberty, editors|date=2018|title="Super Mario Galaxy 2" in ''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Encyclopedia]]''|translator=Fabien Nabhan|language=fr|location=Toulon|publisher=Soleil Productions|isbn=978-2-3020-7004-2|page=160}}</ref>
|Ger=Megamurksmaschine
|GerM=Mega Botched Machine
|GerC=<ref>{{cite|quote=Höchste Zeit für meine brandneue, maliziöse Megamurksmaschine!|author=Bowser Jr. during "Bowser Jr.'s Boomsday Machine"|date=11 June 2010|title=''Super Mario Galaxy 2'' by Nintendo EAD Tokyo|language=de|publisher=Nintendo of Europe GmbH|archive=youtu.be/83t6ICLDqgs?si=ZSnUxuNidxFnIXxD&t=120|archivedate=30 Apr. 2016|archiver=YouTube by NintendoGamerGuide}}</ref><ref>{{cite|author=Scholz, Sabine, and Benjamin Spinrath, editors|date=2017|title="Super Mario Galaxy 2" in ''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Encyclopedia - Die ersten 30 Jahre : 1985-2015]]''|translator=Yamada Hirofumi|language=de|location=Hamburg|publisher=Tokyopop|isbn=978-3-8420-3653-6|page=160}}</ref>
|Ita=Torrattacco
|ItaM=Portmanteau between ''torre'' ("tower") and ''attacco'' ("attack")
|ItaC=<ref>{{cite|author=Browne, Catherine|date=2010|title=''Super Mario Galaxy 2 Guida Strategica Ufficiale''|format=Multiplayer.it Edizioni|language=it|translator=Christian La Via Colli, Francesca Noto, and Virgina Petrarca|location=Terni|publisher=Multiplayer Edizioni, [[Prima Games]]|isbn=9788863551198|page=207}}</ref><ref>{{cite|author=Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), and Marco Figini, editors|date=2018|title="Super Mario Galaxy 2" in ''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|translator=Marco Amerighi|language=it|location=Milan|publisher=Magazzini Salani|isbn=889367436X|page=160}}</ref><ref>In-game name of "[[Bowser Jr.'s Boomsday Machine]]" in the [[Nintendo Switch]] version of ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''.</ref>
|Kor=배틀캐슬
|KorR=Baeteul Kaeseul
|KorM=Battle Castle
|KorC=<ref>{{cite|quote={{color|red|배틀캐슬}} 출동! 난 {{color|red|조종석}}에서 네 녀석이 당하는 꼴을 지켜보겠다!|author=Bowser Jr. during "Bowser Jr.'s Boomsday Machine"|date=20 Jan. 2011|title=''Super Mario Galaxy 2'' by Nintendo EAD Tokyo|language=ko|publisher=Nintendo of Korea Co., Ltd.|archive=youtu.be/BCXpIAyVE5o?si=_wZVp6hD_Vmy0CuT&t=231|archivedate=6 Dec. 2017|archiver=YouTube by 개초보}}</ref>
|Por=Catástorre
|PorM=Portmanteau of ''catástrofe'' ("catastrophe") and ''torre'' ("tower")
|PorC=<ref>{{cite|quote=Está na hora de usar minha Catástorre!|author=Bowser Jr. during "Bowser Jr.'s Boomsday Machine"|date=2 Oct. 2025|title=''Super Mario Galaxy 2'' by Nintendo STC and Nintendo EPD Tokyo|language=pt-br|publisher=Nintendo}}</ref>
|Spa=Tanquetorreta
|SpaM=Portmanteau between ''tanque'' ("tank") and ''torreta'' ("turret")
|SpaC=<ref>{{cite|quote=¡Esta vez voy a deshacerme de ti gracias a mi Tanquetorreta!|author=Bowser Jr. during "Bowser Jr.'s Boomsday Machine"|date=23 May 2010|title=''Super Mario Galaxy 2'' by Nintendo EAD Tokyo|language=es-419|publisher=Nintendo of America|archive=youtu.be/T6lZCOXohIY?si=BaQP_8p4pjc7UjtA&t=122|archivedate=21 Jan. 2022|archiver=YouTube by Games Revolution Inc}}</ref><ref>{{cite|quote=¡Esta vez voy a deshacerme de ti gracias a mi Tanquetorreta!|author=Bowser Jr. during "Bowser Jr.'s Boomsday Machine"|date=11 June 2010|title=''Super Mario Galaxy 2'' by Nintendo EAD Tokyo|language=es-es|publisher=Nintendo of Europe GmbH|archive=youtu.be/vQV1DPk-jY8?si=3iBiacOSbPcmuvwl&t=475|archivedate=20 May 2025|archiver=YouTube by xRayo}}</ref><ref>{{cite|author=Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors|date=2017|title="Super Mario Galaxy 2" in ''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Enciclopedia Super Mario Bros. 30ª Aniversario]]''|translator=Gemma Tarrés|language=es-es|location=Barcelona|publisher=Editorial Planeta, S.A.|isbn=978-84-9146-223-1|page=160}}</ref>
}}

==References==
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{{SMG2}}
[[Category:Tanks]]
[[Category:Cannons]]
[[Category:Towers]]
[[Category:Super Mario Galaxy 2 bosses]]
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