Bowser's Castle (Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga)

Bowser's Castle
	; Appearance in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions
First appearance	Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga (2003)
Latest appearance	Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions (2017)
Ruler	Bowletta
Iteration of	Bowser's Castle

Bowser's Castle in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga.

Sprite from Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga

Bowser's Castle appears as the last area in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga and its remake. It is near Hoohoo Village. It bears the likeness of Bowser and has the ability to fly and breathe flames. It has towers that represent its hands and cannons that represent a torso. The design of the flying Bowser's Castle was later reused for Yoshi's Island DS.

Bowser's Castle is used by Bowletta to attack the Beanbean Kingdom after discovering that Princess Peach she caught was actually a disguised Luigi, who went to the castle after hearing Prince Peasley had traveled there.

Bowser's Castle is the last location visited by both Mario and Luigi during their journey, and they get there with help from Blablanadon near the end. Bowser's Castle is not visible on the map at first, being covered by a folded corner to the upper left until the attack on Beanbean Castle Town occurs; in the remake, a picture of the castle is taped on, with the corner no longer being folded at all. Several of Bowser's troops are fought in the castle, as well as each of the Koopalings, a few of whom are assisted by Time Bob-ombs on their side. Once the Koopalings are each defeated in their own room, the Mario Bros. fight Fawful before encountering Bowletta in the throne room. Bowletta reveals her plot to conquer Mushroom Kingdom in addition to the Beanbean Kingdom before battling the Mario Bros. After being knocked out by a Time Bob-omb and being swallowed, the Mario Bros. have to fight Cackletta's spirit within Bowletta to be ejected before she returns to Bowser. A time bomb is planted by Prince Peasley, and he escape with the Mario Bros. and Blablanadon. Moments after Bowser regains consciousness, the castle explodes, sending Bowser flying at the game screen. He is rescued by Prince Peasley. In the original game only, the castle's remains crash into Oho Ocean.

The grounded Bowser's Castle appears during the credits, when the present containing Bowser is dropped by the Toad Express through its roof. Only the outer walls are included in the remake, and the ending of Minion Quest shows the castle being rebuilt after Bowser is dropped.

Enemies[edit]

Gunner Guy
Hammer Bro
Boo
Chomp Bro
Iggy (boss)
Magikoopa
Sniper Bill
Morton (boss)
Lemmy (boss)
Ludwig (boss)
Roy (boss)
Time Bob-omb (background enemy during Roy, Wendy and Larry battles; cannot be fought directly)
Wendy (boss)
Larry (boss)
Fawful (boss)
Bowletta (boss)
Flaret (with Bowletta)
Cackletta (final boss)

Items[edit]

Beanholes[edit]

Every Beanhole contains one Chuckle Bean.

Location	Image	Image (Remake)
From Blablanadon, the player should head northwest on the high elevated floor to find the beanhole near the ? Block.
Going through the second red door to Morton's room, in the first area, the player should head west to find the beanhole near the dead end.
Going through the third red door to Lemmy's room, in the first area, the player should head east on the low ground and continue doing so until they find the second area with shade and a view of the lava. The beanhole is on the northwestern corner.
In the main hallway, going west of the third red door and into the next area, the player should immediately head southwest to the small bridge into the next area. The beanhole is found directly west of the ? Block's shadow.
Going through the main hallways until the player reaches the sixth red door to Wendy's room, the Mario Bros. should High Jump up the platforms to the east, climb up to the high ground with the blue switch, then head east down the steps to find the beanhole in the low ground.

Blocks[edit]

Item	Location	Image	Image (Remake)
Ultra Mushroom and Ultra Syrup Max Nut, Ultra Mushroom and Ultra Syrup	In the entrance screen.
3-300x 3-300 Coins	In the first room of the Lemmy's area, found on a high platform to the west.
1-Up Mushroom 1-Up Super and General Badge	Before the door to Ludwig's area, there is a path to the south. The item is in the ? Block there.
Ultra Syrup	In the first screen on the path to Ludwig's area, it is in the ? Block there.
Super Mushroom and Ultra Syrup Max Mushroom and Ultra Syrup	Between the entrance of Ludwig's area and the entrance of Roy's area, there is a cage in the north.
20x 20 Coins	In the second screen on the path to Roy's area, in the northwestern corner.
1-Up Mushroom and Ultra Mushroom 1-Up Super and Max Mushroom	In the third screen on the path to Roy's area.
Ultra Mushroom and Ultra Nut	To the right of the third screen on the path to Roy's area, above the left end of the ceilings.
40x 40 Coins	In the fourth screen on the path to Roy's area, left of the exit.
Super Syrup Ultra Syrup	In the room between the door to Roy's area and the door to Wendy's area, it is in the ? Block on the lower right platform.
Ultra Mushroom Max Mushroom	Same room, but on the upper left platform.
Ultra Mushroom and Ultra Syrup	In the room before Wendy's final room.
Ultra Mushroom and Ultra Nut	In the room with Fawful's boss fight, in the southeast.
Ultra Mushroom and Ultra Syrup Golden Mushroom and Max Nut	In the room before Bowletta's area.

Remake Only[edit]

Item	Location	Image
Recording	Between the entrance of Ludwig's area and the entrance of Roy's area, in front of the door to Roy's area.
Ultra Syrup	In the room before the room with Fawful's boss fight, near the exit.

Hidden Blocks[edit]

Every Hidden Block contains one Hoo Bean.

Location	Image	Image (Remake)
In the second area from the castle's entrance, past the first red door to Iggy's room is a lone platform with a Gunner Guy on it. After defeating Iggy, a bridge will form, providing access to it. After defeating the Gunner Guy, the Mario Bros. should jump at the spot where it once was to reveal the hidden block.
Heading east into the next area, the Bros. should climb up the steps then north to find a low elevated platform. Jumping at the northwestern corner will reveal the hidden block.
Going through the third red door to Lemmy's room, in the first area, the player should High Jump up the steps, then north, then head northeast to find part of the floor hanging above the lava. Jumping at the eastern edge of the floor will reveal another hidden block.
Going through the seventh red door to Larry's room, in the second area, the Mario Bros. should take the eastern path and continue north to the next area. Then, the Bros. should head east, up the steps until they hit a dead end. Jumping at the easternmost purple tile in the shade will reveal the hidden block.

Presenter[edit]

Item	Location	Image	Image (Remake)
1-Up Super Mush Badge AA and Mushluck Pants	In the area where there are moving whirlwinds across the lava pool below, the brothers can continue east past the door to Lemmy's room, where the lava pool resumes and another moving whirlwind can be found. The brothers can use this whirlwind to guide them east through the air. At the end of the flight, this mole can be found.

Gallery[edit]

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Layout

Multimedia[edit]

Decisive Battleground - Plays in Bowser's Castle in the original game.	File info

Decisive Battleground DX - Plays in Bowser's Castle in the remake.	File info

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Names in other languages[edit]

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Italian	Castello di Bowser^[1]	Bowser's Castle

References[edit]

^ «Castello di Bowser» – Save file. Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga. Nintendo of Europe (Italian). Retrieved January 29, 2025.

[1] «Castello di Bowser» – Save file. Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga. Nintendo of Europe (Italian). Retrieved January 29, 2025.

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Bowser's Castle
Appearance in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions
First appearance	Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga (2003)
Latest appearance	Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions (2017)
Ruler	Bowletta
Iteration of	Bowser's Castle

[Edit] Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga / Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions / Minion Quest: The Search for Bowser
Characters (Superstar Saga)	Protagonists	Mario^1,2 • Luigi^1,2 • Princess Peach^1,2 • Prince Peasley • Bowser^1,2
	Antagonists	Cackletta (Bowletta) • Fawful • Popple • Bowser (Rookie)^1,2
	Supporting characters	Beanbean troops^1,2 • Bink^1,2 • Blablanadon^1,2 • Bloat^1,2 • Boddle^1,2 • Border Bros^1,2 • Bubbles • Chuckleroot^1,2 • Chuckleroot's granddaughter^1,2 • Cork and Cask • Doctor^1,2 • Dr. Toadley² • Fava^1,2 • Firebrand and Thunderhand^1,2 • Hammerhead Bros.^1,2 • Harhall^1,2 • Hermie III • Hoohoo civilization^1,2 • Jellyfish Sisters^1,2 • Lady Lima^1,2 • Miles Tones^1,2 • Moai^1,2 • Mole^1,2 • Pea^1,2 • Peach-bot^1,2 • Photographer (Koopa Troopa)^1,2 • Pipeman^1,2 • Professor E. Gadd • Prospector^1,2 • Psycho Kamek¹ • Queen Bean^1,2 • Soybean civilization^1,2 • Spangle • Starshade Bros.^1,2 • Toadsworth^1,2 • Tolstar^1,2 • Tuki^1,2 • Yoshi Fan Club^1,2
	Species	Ankoopa¹ • Beanish^1,2 • Beanlet^1,2 • Big Koopa Troopa² • Designbomb^1,2 • Ghost^1,2 • Hoohooligan^1,2 • Kurako^1,2 • Lagoon-dweller^1,2 • Oho Jee • Sailor^1,2 • Thwomp • Toad^1,2 • Winkle^1,2 • Yoshi^1,2
Characters (The Search for Bowser)	Protagonists	Captain Goomba³ (Gold³) • Captain Shy Guy³ • Captain Boo³ (Gold³) • Captain Koopa Troopa³ (Gold³) • Koopalings (Iggy · Morton · Lemmy · Ludwig · Roy · Wendy · Larry)
	Antagonists	Cackletta (Bowletta) • Fawful • Popple
	Supporting characters	Bowser³ • Corporal Paraplonk³ • Private Goomp³ • Sergeant Guy³ • Prince Peasley • Bubbles • Cork and Cask • Hermie III • Professor E. Gadd • Spangle • Starlow³
Special moves	Overworld/solo attacks	Dash^1,2 • Dunk Hammer^1,2 • Firebrand^1,2 • Hammer^1,2 • High Jump^1,2 • Jump^1,2 • Mini-Mario^1,2 • Pump Mario^1,2 • Spin Jump^1,2 • Surfboard^1,2 • Tickle^1,2 • Thunderhand^1,2
	Bros. Attacks^1,2	Bounce Bros. • Chopper Bros. • Cyclone Bros. • Fire Bros. • Knockback Bros. • Splash Bros. • Swing Bros. • Thunder Bros.
	Captain Commands³	Deny • Rally • Chance • Play Dead • Lightning • Parry • Pass the Bob-omb • Thwomp Thump • Clash of Captains • Call for Backup • Sneak Attack • Shell Shock
Bosses	Superstar Saga	Birdo • Bowletta^1,2 • Bowser^1,2 • Cackletta^1,2 • Chuckolator^1,2 • Dragohoho^1,2 • Fawful • Flaret^1,2 • Hermie III^1,2 • Hoohooros^1,2 • Jojora^1,2 • Jojora's friends^1,2 • Koopalings (Iggy · Morton · Lemmy · Ludwig · Roy · Wendy · Larry) • Mom Piranha^1,2 • Popple • Queen Bean^1,2 • Rookie^1,2 • Tolstar^1,2 • Trunkle^1,2 • Wiggler^1,2
Bosses	The Search for Bowser	Birdo • Corporal Paraplonk³ • Fawful • Koopalings (Iggy · Morton · Lemmy · Ludwig · Roy · Wendy · Larry) • Popple • Private Goomp³ • Sergeant Guy³
Locations		Beanbean Airport^1,2 • Beanbean Borderland^1,2 • Beanbean Castle^1,2 • Beanbean Castle Sewers/Beanbean Castle Sewer^1,2 • Beanbean Castle Town^1,2 • Beanbean Outskirts/Beanbean Fields • Beanbean Kingdom • Bowser's Castle • Castle Town Item Shop^1,2 • Chateau de Chucklehuck^1,2 • Chucklehuck Woods • Fire Palace^1,2 • Guffawha Ruins^1,2 • Gwarhar Lagoon • Harhall's Studio^1,2 • Hoohoo Mountain • Hoohoo Village^1,2 • Information Booth^1,2 • Joke's End • Koopa Cruiser • Little Fungitown^1,2 • Little Fungitown Item Shop^1,2 • Mario and Luigi's house^1,2 • Mushroom Kingdom^1,2 • Oho Oasis^1,2 • Oho Ocean^1,2 • Pipe House^1,2 • Princess Peach's Castle^1,2 • Relaxation Room^1,2 • S.S. Chuckola^1,2 • Seabed^1,2 • Starbeans Cafe^1,2 • Stardust Fields^1,2 • Teehee Valley • Thunder Palace^1,2 • Toadtown Square/Peach's Castle^1,2 • Winkle Colosseum^1,2 • Woohoo Hooniversity^1,2 • Yoshi Theater^1,2
Enemies	Superstar Saga	Anuboo^1,2 • Beanerang Bro • Beanie • Belly Blech^1,2 • Bill Blaster^1,2 • Blooper^1,2 • Bob-omb • Boo • Cheep Cheep¹ • Chomp Bro^1,2 • Chuck Guy • Chuckorok^1,2 • Clumph • Dry Bones⁴ • Eeker^1,2 • Elite Chuck Guy • Elite Dry Bones^1,2 • Elite Gritty Goomba^1,2 • Elite Limbo Bro • Elite Pestnut • Elite Troopea • Fighter Fly^1,2 • Fuzzbush • Fuzzy^1,2 • Glurp^1,2 • Gold Beanie • Goomba • Goomdiver^1,2 • Gritty Goomba • Gunner Guy^1,2 • Hammer Bro • Ice Snifit • Lakipea • Laser Snifit^1,2 • Limbo Bro • Magikoopa • Malibut^1,2 • Mecha-Blooper^1,2 • Mecha-Chomp¹ • Mechakoopa • Oucher Glass^1,2 • Parabeanie • Paratroopea • Pestnut • Piranha Bean • Piranha Plant^1,2 • Puffer-Cheep¹ • Rex • Roto-Disc^1,2 • Sand Cheep^1,2 • Scaratroopea • Sharkbone^1,2 • Sharpea • Sniper Bill^1,2 • Spiky Snifit^1,2 • Spiny⁴ • Spiny Cheep Cheep² • Starkiss • Super Fly^1,2 • Sworm^1,2 • Tanoomba • Time Bob-omb^1,2 • Troopea • Virus^1,2 • Yo Bro^1,2
Enemies	The Search for Bowser	Bandit³ • Beanerang Bro • Beanie • Big Boo³ • Big Tail Goomba³ • Bob-omb • Bomb Boo³ • Boo • Boomerang Bro³ • Broozer³ • Buzzy Beetle³ • Chain Chomp³ • Chargin' Chuck³ • Chuck Guy • Clumph • Dry Bones⁴ • Elite Captain Quartet³ • Elite Chuck Guy • Elite Limbo Bro • Elite Pestnut • Elite Troopea • Fire Bro³ • Fire Stalking Piranha Plant³ • Fly Guy³ • Fuzzbush • Gold Beanie • Goomba • Goomba Tower³ • Green Magikoopa³ • Gritty Goomba • Hammer Bro • Ice Bro³ • Ice Snifit • Koopa Paratroopa³ • Koopa Troopa³ • Lakipea • Lakitu³ • Limbo Bro • Magikoopa • Mechakoopa • Mechawful³ • Para-Beetle³ • Parabeanie • Paragoomba³ • Paratroopea • Pestnut • Piranha Bean • Pokey³ • Red Magikoopa³ • Rex • Scaratroopea • Sharpea • Shy Guy³ • Spear Guy³ • Spike³ • Spiny⁴ • Spiny Cheep Cheep² • Starkiss • Tail Boo³ • Tanoomba • Troopea • White Magikoopa³
Items	Consumables	1-Up Mushroom^1,2 • 1-Up Super^1,2 • 100 Coin² • 10 Coin² • 50-Coin² • Boo Biscuit² • Coin^1,2 • Five Coin^1,2 • Golden Mushroom^1,2 • Green Pepper^1,2 • Max Mushroom^1,2 • Max Nut^1,2 • Max Syrup^1,2 • Mushroom^1,2 • Nut^1,2 • Red Pepper^1,2 • Refreshing Herb^1,2 • Super Mushroom^1,2 • Super Nut^1,2 • Super Syrup^1,2 • Syrup^1,2 • Ultra Mushroom^1,2 • Ultra Nut^1,2 • Ultra Syrup^1,2
	Key items	Bean Fruit^1,2 • Beanbean Brooch^1,2 • Beanbean Map^1,2 • Beanstar^1,2 • Beanstar piece^1,2 • Beanstone^1,2 • Chuckola Fruit^1,2 • Chuckola Reserve^1,2 • Crabbie Grass^1,2 • Face^1,2 • Fake Beanstar^1,2 • Flaming statue^1,2 • Hoohoo Spirit^1,2 • Invincishroom • Membership Card^1,2 • Neon Egg^1,2 • Peach's Extra Dress^1,2 • Pearl Bean^1,2 • Peasley's Rose^1,2 • Precious belonging^1,2 • Red and Green Goblets^1,2 • Secret Scroll 1^1,2 • Secret Scroll 2^1,2 • Suitcase^1,2 • Winkle Card^1,2
	Bean Juice^1,2	Chuckle Blend • Chuckoccino • Hoohoo Blend • Hoolumbian • Teehee Blend • Teeheespresso • Woohoo Blend
	Special items	Bonus Ring^1,2 • Cobalt Necktie^1,2 • Excite Spring^1,2 • Game Boy Horror SP^1,2 • Great Force^1,2 • Greed Wallet^1,2 • Power Grip¹ • Secret Specs²
	Blocks^1,2	! Block • ? Block • Bros. Block • Command Block • Hidden Block • Hoohoo Block • L Block • M Block • Rally Block • Random Block • Recovery block • Save Album • Simu-Block • Spin Block
	Other	Axe^1,2 • Badge^1,2 • Bean^1,2 • Bike Pads^1,2 • Black Rock^1,2 • Boo Statue^1,2 • Brown Rock^1,2 • Button^1,2 • Cart^1,2 • Gold ring • Chuckola Cola^1,2 • Clothing^1,2 • Conductor^1,2 • Gown^1,2 • Gray Rock^1,2 • Headgear^1,2 • Invincibility Mushroom³ • Koopa Clown Car^1,2 • Lift^1,2 • Poison Mushroom^1,2 • Poltergust 3000^1,2 • Pressure Plate^1,2 • Recording² • Region map¹ • Rolling Bar Defense System^1,2 • Spiky Stardust Defense System^1,2 • Spring Pad^1,2 • Super Poltergust 3001^1,2 • Surfing Spot^1,2 • Toad Express^1,2 • Torch^1,2 • Wall Face^1,2 • Warp Pipe^1,2 • Watering hole^1,2 • Waterspout^1,2 • Whirlwind^1,2
Game mechanics	Stats	Bros. Point^1,2 • Defense • Experience Point • Heart Point • Level up • Power • Speed^1,2 • Spirit³ • Stache^1,2
	Elements	Fire • Thunder
	Status	Burn^1,2 • Charred^1,2 • DEF-Down • DEF-Up • Dizzy • Downed • Fury² • Heavy G^1,2 • Invisible² • Light G^1,2 • Poison^1,2 • POW-Down • POW-Up • Prohibited Command^1,2 • SPD-Down^1,2 • SPD-Up^1,2 • Trip^1,2
	Battle mechanics	Action Command • Advanced Command/Super Attack^1,2 • Counterattack^1,2 • Emergency Block² • First Strike • Flee^1,2 • Lucky hit
	Minigames^1,2	Border Jump • Mysterious Mine Carts • Star 'Stache Smash • Barrel • Chuckola Bounce • Surfing Game • Splart
Music		"A New Adventure Begins" • "We're Off Again!" • "Touch of Evil" • "Prince Peasley's Theme" • "Fawful Music" • "Bowser's Road" • "Cackletta, the Fiercest Foe" • "A Journey Full of Laughs" • "Going Home" • "Stardust Fields Area 64" • "Hoohoo Mountaintop" • "The Kingdom Called Beanbean" • "Beanish People" • "Castle of Beans" • "Chucklehuck Woods" • "Danger Abounds!" • "Woohoo Hooniversity" • "Sea... Sea... Sea..." • "Don't Dwell on Danger" • "Sweet Surfin'" • "Hold the Corny Jokes, Please!" • "Decisive Battleground" • "Let's Go!" • "We Can't Lose!" • "The Marvelous Duo" • "Fawful and Cackletta" • "Time to Settle This!" • "Showdown with Cackletta!" • "Win & Dance" • "Let's Kick it into High Gear!" • "Star 'Stache Smash!" • "To Challenge!" • "It's My Turn" • "This is Minion Turf!" • "Everyone, Attack!" • "Fighting Friends" • "Let's Talk Strategy" • "Bowser's Minions March"
Other		Battle Guide² • Bean Fever^1,2 • Beanbean Air • Beanhole locations¹ (Bowser's Minions²) • Block locations¹ (Bowser's Minions²) • Bestiary¹ (Bowser's Minions²) • Enemy formations^1,2 • Gallery¹ (Bowser's Minions²) • Gear¹ (Bowser's Minions²) • Glitches¹ (Bowser's Minions²) • Hidden Block locations¹ • Hooroglyphs^1,2 • Kingdom Courier^1,2 • Level up progressions^1,2 • Luigi-do Check • Mario & Luigi RPG: Sound Selection¹ • Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga Joke Spinner • Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga Moves Guide • Mario Bros.¹ • Pre-release and unused content¹ • Quick Poll • Quotes¹ (Bowser's Minions²) • Shops² • Special Skill³ • Sound test² • Staff¹ (Bowser's Minions²) • Story summaries²
¹ Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga ² Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions ³ Minion Quest: The Search for Bowser ⁴ Enemy variants differ in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions

Bowser's Castle (Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga)

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Hidden Blocks[edit]

Presenter[edit]

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