Bowser Castle 1

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This article is about the race course from Super Mario Kart and extra course in Mario Kart: Super Circuit. For the race course from Mario Kart: Super Circuit and retro course in Mario Kart 7 and Mario Kart Tour, see GBA Bowser's Castle 1. For the first Bowser's Castle remix course in Mario Kart Tour, see RMX Bowser's Castle 1.
Bowser Castle 1
Bowser Castle 1 from Super Mario Kart.
Information
Appears in Super Mario Kart (1992)
Mario Kart: Super Circuit (2001)
Cup(s) Mushroom Cup (Super Mario Kart)
Extra Mushroom Cup (Super Circuit)
Music sample
Super Mario Kart

Mario Kart: Super Circuit
Course map
Super Mario Kart
Bowser Castle 1
Mario Kart: Super Circuit
MKSC SNES Bowser Castle 1 Map.png
MKSC SNES Bowser Castle 1 Extra Cup Map.pngMKSC SNES Bowser Castle 1 Mini Map.png

Bowser Castle 1 is a race course from Super Mario Kart, appearing as the fourth race of the Mushroom Cup. It was subsequently reused in Mario Kart: Super Circuit as the fourth track of the Extra Mushroom Cup. It is a stone road residing in a pool of lava. The music for this course (and subsequent Bowser Castle courses) is a variation of Bowser's battle theme from Super Mario World. Other than Mario Kart: Super Circuit, this is the only course in the Mushroom Cup in Super Mario Kart not to return as a classic course in Mario Kart Tour and the only one that has yet to return as a classic course any later Mario Kart game.

Super Mario Kart[edit]

Course layout[edit]

Bowser driving in Bowser Castle 1
Bowser racing on the course in Super Mario Kart

As with the other Bowser Castle tracks, Bowser Castle 1 is composed entirely of straightaways and 90° turns. There are also Thwomps as obstacles, which always appear in groups of four and remain airborne on the first lap. The course begins with a brief straight followed by a left turn and the only set of ? Panels. There is then a straightaway with the first row of Thwomps. Racers then take a left turn followed by a straightaway which has three zippers on alternating sides of the track. After two more left turns, the first of which has more Thwomps, racers use three wide jump pads to cross over the lava; just before the last jump pad is another row of Thwomps. Racers then take two right turns and use another three jump pads to cross over the lava. Afterwards there is two more left turns, the first of which has one last group of Thwomps, and racers reach the finish line soon after.

Mario Kart: Super Circuit[edit]

Wario racing Bowser Castle 1 (SNES)
The track's appearance in Mario Kart: Super Circuit.

Bowser Castle 1 reappears in Mario Kart: Super Circuit. It is the fourth and final course of the Extra Mushroom Cup. It uses the background appearing in that game's own Bowser Castle 1. It has an extra Item Box to the right of the bend that comes before the first lava hops. The Thwomps and zippers are not present in this version of the track.

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese クッパじょうコース 1[?]
Kuppa Jō Kōsu 1
Bowser Castle Course 1 Super Mario Kart
クッパじょう1[?]
Kuppa Jō 1
Bowser Castle 1
Chinese 酷霸王城堡1[?]
Kùbàwáng Chéngbǎo 1[1]
Bowser Castle 1

References[edit]

  1. ^ From the unreleased iQue Mario Kart: Super Circuit