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[[File:Toad Balloons.PNG|thumb|250px|An Enemy Course from World 2 in ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'']]

The '''Enemy Courses'''<ref>''New Super Mario Bros. Wii instruction booklet'', page 8.</ref> (also known as '''Enemy Battles'''<ref>''New Super Mario Bros. U Prima Official Game Guide'', page 11.</ref>) are a type of battle course found in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'' and ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]''. [[Enemy Blockade]]s in ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'' work in a similar fashion to Enemy Courses.

Each of the first six worlds of ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' features at least one Enemy Course.  An enemy will patrol the world map, moving when the player dies or clears a level, and the player must fight it if they cross paths. Depending on where they meet, the arena and any block contents may change (ex.: meeting on a water tile in [[Water Land|World 3]] will have the ground submerged underwater). If the player wins this battle, they will be rewarded with an item, such as a [[Super Star|Starman]] or [[Music Box]].  In this game, Enemy Courses consist solely of [[Hammer Bro]]thers and their variants. These courses can be skipped if the player uses a Music Box, which puts them to sleep until the player clears a level or dies twice.

If the tens digit of the player's score and both digits of their coin count match upon clearing a level (zero doesn't count) in [[Grass Land]], Water Land, [[Sky Land]], or [[Ice Land]], a Hammer Brother Enemy Course will become a [[Treasure Ship]] (the prize for clearing the ship remains the same).

In [[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3|the GBA version]], once [[Completion|every level is beaten]], the Enemy Courses can be replayed indefinitely, and the player is not forced to enter them, though they will also move if the player visits a [[Toad House]] or [[Spade Panel]].

*Two [[Fire Bro]]thers that give a [[Recorder|Magic Whistle]]

*A [[Sledge Bro]]ther that gives a [[Lakitu's Cloud]]

*Two Hammer Brothers that give a Music Box

[[File:NSMBW W3-Enemy.png|thumb|right|200px|An Ice Bro Enemy Course in World 3.]]

[[File:NSMBW W6 Enemy Course.png|thumb|right|200px|A Bullet Bill Enemy Course in World 6.]]

An Enemy Course is found in all worlds except for World 9 in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]''.  The player needs to collect eight [[Toad balloon]]s, while enemies attack them, to release a [[Treasure Chest|treasure chest]] that contains a [[Toad (species)|Toad]] in it. Once all balloons are collected, the Toad thanks the player for rescuing him and will give the player three [[Super Mushroom]]s. These courses are played at designated areas of the Map where an enemy is found; they move when players do. In Worlds 6 and 8, the player can do their Enemy Course infinite times. The enemies do not need to be defeated, and are automatically defeated when the game is won. The players cannot quit these courses, so in order to get back to the World Map the player has to complete the course or lose a life. However, if the player loses a life, they will be knocked back to the space where they were on the World Map.

Losing a life in any level will cause enemies to reappear on the map. Using a [[Super Star]] when on the map and running into one of the enemies will immediately dispatch them without having to enter these courses, but the player will not receive three [[Super Mushroom]]s for doing so.

*Eight [[Goomba]]s

*Four [[Hefty Goomba]]s

*Two [[Big Goomba]]s

*Three [[Spiny|Spinies]]

;World 3

*Three [[Ice Bro]]s.

*Four Ice Bros.

;World 4

*A [[Porcupuffer]]

*Four [[Stalking Piranha Plant]]s

*Infinite [[Bullet Bill]]s

*A [[Lakitu]] that throws Spinies

*Five [[Lava Bubble]]s

===''New Super Mario Bros. U'' / ''New Super Luigi U''===

[[File:Goomba Enemy Course.PNG|thumb|250px|right|The Goomba Enemy Course found in Layer-Cake Desert in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]''.]]

After being absent in ''New Super Mario Bros. 2'', Enemy Courses return in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'' and ''[[New Super Luigi U]]''; there are 7 Enemy Courses this time around. As with the courses in ''Super Mario Bros. 3'', the enemies must be defeated in order to retrieve the prize, which is a [[Super Star]] this time around, instead of three Super Mushrooms given by Toad, but if the player doesn't open the chest for 30 to 45 seconds, [[Nabbit]] will jump out of nowhere and steal the chest's contents (If Nabbit is used in ''New Super Luigi U'', the screen simply fades to black.). In ''New Super Luigi U'', the prize is either a [[Propeller Mushroom]] or a [[Mini Mushroom]]. If the enemy cannot be defeated by normal stomps, such as [[Boo]]s, a [[Flying ? Block]] holding a Super Star floats by for Mario and co. to use.

 

== Names in other languages ==

|FraE=Niveau ennemi<ref>''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'' French instruction booklet, page 11</ref>

|FraEM=Enemy level

*In ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'', Spinies are the only enemies of the enemy courses to not be seen in the world map.