SNES Bowser Castle 3: Difference between revisions

|appears_in=''[[Super Mario Kart]]'' ([[List of games by date#1992|1992]])<br>''[[Mario Kart: Super Circuit]]'' ([[List of games by date#2001|2001]])<br>''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'' (2023)<!--<br>''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'' ([[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass|Booster Course Pass]], Wave 6) (2023)-->

|cups=[[Star Cup]] (''Super Mario Kart'')<br>[[Extra Cup|Extra Star Cup]] (''Super Circuit'')<!--<br>[[Acorn Cup]] (''8 Deluxe'')-->

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The course returns in ''[[Mario Kart: Super Circuit]]'' as the second track of the [[Extra Cup|Extra Star Cup]], in ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'' starting with the [[Bowser Tour (2023)|2023 Bowser Tour]], and the [[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass|Booster Course Pass]] for ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'' as the third course of the [[Spiny Cup]].

The course includes typical elements of Bowser Castle courses, including falling [[Thwomp]]s, zippers, [[jump]] lines, 90 degree turns, and forks. The layout of Bowser Castle 3 begins with a left turn, a straightaway with a row of Thwomps at the end, and another left turn. Racers then encounter the first fork where they must continuously jump over the lava onto various platforms while dodging Thwomps. After two left turns, a brief straightaway with another row of Thwomps, and two right turns, racers encounter the track's second fork; here there are three distinct paths separated by walls. The leftmost has six [[coin]]s and one zipper, but is farthest away and narrows the following turn into a hairpin. The easiest path to reach is the right one, which has a jump line and a zipper directly behind such that a player who hits the jump line passes over the zipper. To reach the zipper, the player must time a hop over the jump line and activate the zipper. The middle path has six coins and two jump lines with [[? Panel|Question Blocks]] positioned behind them. After two more left turns, racers soon reach the finish line.

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Large stretches of the course are now angled vertically, including segments of lava. The course now features more walls, pillars, and ramps. Offroad has been added all throughout the course, similar in appearance to the offroad present in GBA Bowser's Castles. Unlike in most other ''Tour'' courses, the offroad is not blocked off at all through the game's Smart Steering, even for the patches that do not serve as opportunities for shortcuts. The layout of the jump section has been streamlined, with the platforms all being fully aligned and offroad now breaking up the platforms. [[Lava Geyser]]s now erupt from the lava. An extra turn has been added before the U-bend where the track previously only got thinner, marked with an arrow sign. The walls separating the three roads towards the end can now be driven on, and gaps have been added between sections of the walls. The final turn is now a curved bend as opposed to two 90 degree turns. [[Bone Piranha Plant]]s have been added to the end of the course. The background is more open, since the arches in the background have been trimmed down and do not fill the entire horizon. A volcano similar to that of [[3DS Bowser's Castle]] has been added to the course's background.

Bowser Castle 3 reappears in ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'' as part of the sixth and final wave of the [[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass|Booster Course Pass]] DLC. It appears as the third course in the [[Spiny Cup]], marking the first time an SNES Bowser Castle course has been present in a cup since ''[[Mario Kart: Super Circuit]]''. It and {{classic-link|SNES|Mario Circuit 3}} are the only courses from ''Super Mario Kart'' to appear in the Booster Course Pass. It is also the first and only classic [[Bowser's Castle]] to appear in ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe''. It is based on its appearance in ''Mario Kart Tour'', but with significant visual upgrades. [[Anti-gravity]] has been added starting from the first jump, continuing up until the end of the slanted section, making it the first SNES course to use anti-gravity. The ground at the top of the incline is now a metal grate, instead of stone. Fireballs have been added as an obstacle, while more Thwomps appear along various parts of the course. Some of the added offroad from the ''Tour'' version was removed. The music was also arranged as a metal composition, rather than retaining any of the original SNES instruments like Mario Circuit 3.<ref>GameXplain (November 1, 2023). [https://youtu.be/Zp88vZ2POcc NEW Gameplay + Music of All 8 Tracks in Wave 6 of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Booster Course DLC! (JP Site)]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved November 1, 2023.</ref>

Although the course's name in the Wave 6 reveal trailer reads as "Bowser Castle", like in its previous appearances, the official North American website for the ''Booster Course Pass'' names the course as '''Bowser's Castle 3''', matching most modern Bowser's Castle courses. Bowser Castle 3 is the only SNES course to not be the second course of its cup, as {{classic-link|SNES|Donut Plains 3}}, {{classic-link|SNES|Rainbow Road}}, and {{classic-link|SNES|Mario Circuit 3}} are respectively the second courses of the [[Banana Cup|Banana]], [[Triforce Cup|Triforce]], and [[Turnip Cup|Turnip]] cups.

According to internal data in the 2.0.0 update, this course may have originally been planned to be the third course of the [[Cherry Cup]].

|Fra=Château de Bowser 3

|FraM=Bowser’s Castle 3