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|caption2=A tower in ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''

'''Towers''' are a type of level appearing in ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'' sub-series. They are more or less the equivalent of the [[fortress]]es from ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' and ''[[Super Mario World]]''. Unlike most fortresses, in which the player may have to progress from left to right or vertically, towers exclusively feature vertical direction. One appears midway through every [[world]] (except for [[World 6 (New Super Mario Bros.)|World 6]] and [[World 8 (New Super Mario Bros.)|World 8]] from ''New Super Mario Bros.'' as well as [[Rock-Candy Mines]] from ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'', which have two). The challenge of towers generally depends more on traps and obstacles than [[List of enemies|enemies]].  

*'''{{world-link|8|towern|World 8-Tower (New Super Mario Bros.)}}:''' The fight is like a small obstacle course, with [[burner]]s and moving platforms. Bowser Jr. throws shells.

At the end of the towers, there is a boss fight with the [[Koopalings|Koopaling]] of that world. After defeating it, it flees to the [[castle]] at the end of its respective world for a rematch. In the last tower, instead of a Koopaling, [[Kamek|Magikoopa]] is fought instead. After defeating him, he flees to the Airship. However, he is not fought there again.  

*'''{{world-link|3|tower|World 3-Tower (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)}}''': The fight with [[Lemmy Koopa]] is on a floor of ice with two bottomless pits on each side, similar to Bowser Jr.'s fight in {{world|5|towern}} in ''New Super Mario Bros.''.

*'''{{world-link|4|tower|World 4-Tower (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)}}''': [[Wendy O. Koopa]] has a fight in a small room, similar to both her original fight in ''Super Mario Bros. 3'' and Bowser Jr.'s in ''New Super Mario Bros.''.

==''New Super Mario Bros. U'' / ''New Super Mario Bros U Deluxe'' boss fights==

At the end of the first six worlds' towers (excluding [[Rock-Candy Mines]]' second tower), there is a boss fight with [[Boom Boom]], who, after [[Acorn Plains]], has [[Kamek|Magikoopa]] enhance his abilities. After [[Grinding-Stone Tower]], the bosses of the towers [[Screwtop Tower]] and [[Slide Lift Tower]] are replaced by [[Boss Sumo Bro]] and Magikoopa respectively.

*'''{{world-link|Acorn|tower|Crushing-Cogs Tower}}''':Boom Boom in his most standard boss fight.

*'''{{world-link|Cake|tower|Stoneslide Tower}}''': Boom Boom given the power to spin jump. He keeps this ability in the following boss fights.

*'''{{world-link|Waters|tower|Giant Skewer Tower}}/{{world-link|Frost|tower|Freezing-Rain Tower}}''': Boom Boom given the power to jump, similarly to ''Super Mario Bros. 3''.

**The ''New Super Mario Bros Wii'' instruction manual refers to towers as "[[fortress]]es."<ref>''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'' instruction booklet, page 9.</ref> However, the [[Prima Games]] guide refers to them correctly as "Towers"<ref>Bueno, Fernando. ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'' PRIMA Official Game Guide. Page 11.</ref>.