Bowser's Castle (race course)

This article is about the race courses from the Mario Kart series. For other uses, see Bowser's Castle (disambiguation).

Bowser's Castle in its latest appearance in Mario Kart 8.

Bowser's Castle (also called Bowser Castle in some games) is a common race course found in the Mario Kart series. The course features usually hazards such as lava pits, Thwomps, fireballs and sharp turns. Due to these hazards, it is one of the most difficult course in each game, similar to Rainbow Road.

In Mario Kart: Super Circuit and its succeeding games, Bowser's Castle is the penultimate course of the Special Cup. In Super Mario Kart and Mario Kart 64, Vanilla Lake 2 and Banshee Boardwalk were the penultimate courses in the Special Cup. In Super Mario Kart and Mario Kart: Super Circuit, there were multiple new versions of this track, similar to the Mario Circuit courses in Super Mario Kart.

History

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  Bowser Castle 1 (SNES)
  Super Mario Kart
  Mario Kart: Super Circuit

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  Bowser Castle 2 (SNES)
  Super Mario Kart
  Mario Kart: Super Circuit

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  Bowser Castle 3 (SNES)
  Super Mario Kart
  Mario Kart: Super Circuit

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  Bowser's Castle (N64)
  Mario Kart 64
  Mario Kart Wii

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  Bowser Castle 1 (GBA)
  Mario Kart: Super Circuit
  Mario Kart 7

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  Bowser Castle 2 (GBA)
  Mario Kart: Super Circuit
  Mario Kart DS

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  Bowser Castle 3 (GBA)
  Mario Kart: Super Circuit
  Mario Kart Wii

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  Bowser Castle 4
  Mario Kart: Super Circuit

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  Bowser's Castle (GCN)
  Mario Kart: Double Dash!!

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  Bowser's Castle (arcade)
  Mario Kart Arcade GP
  Mario Kart Arcade GP 2

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  Bowser Castle (DS)
  Mario Kart DS

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  Bowser's Castle (Wii)
  Mario Kart Wii

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  Bowser's Castle (3DS)
  Mario Kart 7

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  Bowser's Castle (Wii U)
  Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	クッパキャッスル[?] Kuppa Kyassuru	Bowser Castle
Chinese	酷霸王城堡 (Simplified)[?] Kùbàwáng Chéngbǎo	Bowser Castle
Dutch	Bowsers Kasteel[?]	Bowser's Castle
German	Bowsers Festung[?]	Bowser's Fortress
Italian	Castello di Bowser[?]	Bowser's Castle
Korean	쿠파 성[?] Kupa Seong	Bowser Castle
Portuguese	Castelo do Bowser[?]	Bowser's Castle
Russian	Замок Боузера[?] Zamok Bouzera	Bowser Castle
Spanish	Castillo de Bowser[?]	Bowser's Castle

Trivia

• Bowser's Castle, Mario Circuit (named Mario Raceway in Mario Kart 64), and Rainbow Road are the only courses that appear in each Mario Kart game to date.
  • Among all courses, Bowser's Castle is the only course to appear in the entire Mario Kart series so far, including the Arcade GP series.
• Mario Kart: Super Circuit has the most Bowser Castle courses (four new tracks and the three from Super Mario Kart) in any Mario Kart game to date.