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Bowser Castle 4 is the penultimate track in Mario Kart: Super Circuit, appearing as the third track of the Special Cup just before Rainbow Road. It's the last of the four iterations of Bowser Castle in this game. After over two decades, this track makes a retro appearance in Mario Kart Tour as of the Bowser Tour (2023).
This iteration is the longest and most difficult out of the other four iterations, featuring a bit of everything the other iterations included: Thwomps, ramps, Podoboos, sections with steel wire, and off-road. Mechakoopas make an appearance in this track. There is even a jump that goes over part of the track.
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Mario Kart: Super Circuit[]
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Toad impressively makes his way through Bowser Castle 4 in Mario Kart: Super Circuit.
This course appears similar to Bowser Castle 1, with a different background depicting a ball with many wires coming out of it, emblazoned with the traditional Bowser face icon. At the beginning of the course there are unbarricaded squares of lava that act as danger zones, so unless a hop is properly timed, the racer will fall in, and even if a jump is successful, Podoboos leap out of the lava at intervals and can smoke the racer, forcing them to brake to avoid a spinout and subsequent coin loss. Right after this section are some corners with Dash Panels located around the far edges, that can only be reached by taking the turns wide to avoid the small wall segments. Throughout the course, there are also Thwomps, but unlike the other tracks, these Thwomps are mobile and move around the track before smashing down onto the road. Near the end of the racetrack, there are three Mechakoopas, which are just silly wind-up Koopa toys. but nonetheless will send racers spinning out if they collide without braking. This track is also the longest and most angular of the courses in Super Circuit. Because the length of Bowser Castle 4 is so excessive, Time Trials and 5-lap races can often extend beyond the time threshold of that the Ghost Data memory is capable of recording.
Mario Kart Tour[]
After over 21 years, this track made it's grand return 22 years after its first appearance as of this game's 2023 Bowser Tour. The track received updated graphics. Like many other GBA tracks that appear in this game, This track has received a layout change, but it is quite signifcant. Additons include a section with a carpet, a mud section with Bone Piranha Plants, and two different pathways to the Finish Line, with one having a Glide Panel at the beginning and the other ending with one. The area at the west side now has rolling balls that roll to the south, courtesy of a machine that launches them; this replaces a divider in the Super Circuit version. Only a few holes remain, but those holes can be jumped with ramps. Instead of three laps, this track is in two sections, just like what happened to Wii Rainbow Road; when the racers turn right at the northwest corner of the track, they encounter a Section Gate in the form of a banner with stars on it.
The reverse variant replaces the rolling balls with bone Piranha Plants. There is no trick variant for the course, and no reverse-trick variant appears either.
Trivia![]
- This course was the first Special Cup track from Super Circuit to appear in another Mario Kart game, and the only Bowser Castle from that game that did not appear in any other games other than Mario Kart Tour.
- This was the first Bowser Castle track to be the penultimate track in their game.
- This track is the longest track in Mario Kart: Super Circuit.
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Previous track:
Broken Pier |
Current track:
Bowser Castle 4 |
Next track:
Rainbow Road |
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Previous track:
SNES Bowser's Castle 3 |
1st reappearance:
Mario Kart Tour |
Next track:
GCN Mushroom Bridge |
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