Bowser Castle 4 (クッパキャッスル４ Kuppa Kyassuru 4?, Bowser Castle 4) is the fourth and final course out of the four Bowser Castles in Mario Kart: Super Circuit. It is the third course in the Star Cup. As with its fellow Bowser Castle courses, this track includes dangerous jumps over death-defying lava, Thwomps that will squash the drivers, and Mechakoopas that are spread around the end of the course. This makes this course probably known to be the hardest Bowser Castle in the game. A red generator with the Koopa King's symbol can be seen in the background when the racers face north.
Layout[]
Its resemblance to Bowser Castle 1 is more so than in Bowser Castle 2 and Bowser Castle 3. At the beginning of the course, there's a square of lava that spews out fire. It demands time, and if a hop fails then you're heading for the lava. One of the jumps is crucial, since the path that the racers take crosses an earlier section of road that they drove on; if they fail, they will be forced to go back. The course is throttled by moving Thwomps, and near the end, there are Mechakoopas.
In Mario Kart Tour[]
A Thwomp in GBA Bowser Castle 4 in Mario Kart Tour
Bowser Castle 4 makes its classic course debut as a course in the Bowser Tour, now having its name formatted GBA Bowser Castle 4, and is therefore the first Special Cup course from Mario Kart: Super Circuit to return in another Mario Kart game, as Lakeside Park. Bowser Castle 4's visuals have been updated, and it is now depicted as a ruined castle situated in a lava lake bordered by two volcanos. The lava now flows into a chasm in the middle. A large throne area has been placed within the unreachable area close to the southern edge. As with the other SNES and GBA courses, the course has elevation in this game. It still maintains a large portion of its layout, but some of the turns are simplified, with some of those having been turned into curved bends akin to most courses in Mario Kart 64, the section with the lava holes has fewer holes, and all the holes have ramps for jump boost opportunities. The section involving jumping between platforms has ben streamlined as well. New obstacles and elements have been put into the course, replacing the Mechakoopa robots in the original. One example is an iron ball dispenser that drops metallic balls similar to the steel spheres that Bowser himself has used in many of his fights in the platformers. The area with this replaces a split path, which has been moved to the very end of the course and whose paths now have a Glider section each.
The course is also a single lap. The starting line has a gate just like all the other courses, with said gate coming in the form of two pillars that hold up a banner with the words MARIO KART on it in red and a checkerboard border. The gate that denotes the second section comes after the iron balls where the original split path was, taking the form of an archway with a sign that has some stars on it, akin to the gates that mark the start of the second and final section in the Wuhu Island Loop from Mario Kart 7.
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| Normal | Baby Mario • Baby Peach • Baby Daisy • Baby Rosalina • Baby Luigi • Koopa Troopa • Shy Guy • Dry Bones • Iggy • Larry • Lemmy • Ludwig • Morton • Roy • Wendy |
| Super | Mario • Peach • Yoshi • Daisy • Toad • Toadette • Rosalina • Luigi • Toad (Pit Crew) • Red Yoshi • Bowser • Donkey Kong • Diddy Kong • Lakitu • Bowser Jr. • Wario • Waluigi • King Boo • Black Shy Guy • Red Koopa (Freerunning) • Birdo • Pink Shy Guy • Birdo (Light Blue) • Hammer Bro • Boomerang Bro • Ice Bro • Fire Bro • Birdo (Yellow) • Monty Mole • Blue Shy Guy |
| High-End | Daisy (Farmer) • Metal Mario • Peachette • Pauline • Mario (Musician) • Peach (Kimono) • Mario (Hakama) • Rosalina (Halloween) • Rosalina (Volendam) • Peach (Vacation) • Mario (Santa) • Pink Gold Peach • Daisy (Holiday Cheer) • Yoshi (Reindeer) • Pauline (Party Time) • Mario (Happi) • Toad (Party Time) • Peach (Wintertime) • Penguin Luigi • Ice Mario • Baby Peach (Cherub) • Rosalina (Aurora) • Mario (Classic) • Lakitu (Party Time) • Luigi (Classic) • Baby Rosalina (Detective) • Yoshi (Egg Hunt) • Black Yoshi • Builder Mario • Builder Toad • Daisy (Fairy) • Mario (Chef) • Peach (Wedding) • Rosalina (Swimwear) • Mario (Swimwear) • Captain Toad • Toadette (Explorer) • Daisy (Yukata) • Mario (SNES) • Mario (Sunshine) • Mario (Halloween) • Peach (Halloween) • Peach (Explorer) • Builder Luigi • Fire Rosalina • Dry Bowser • King Boo (Luigi's Mansion) • Shy Guy (Pastry Chef) • Waluigi (Bus Driver) • Gold Koopa (Freerunning) • Wario (Hiker) • Dry Bones (Gold) • Funky Kong • Dixie Kong • Dry Bowser (Gold) • Wario (Cowboy) • Nabbit • Bowser Jr. (Pirate) • King Bob-omb • Donkey Kong Jr. (SNES) • Shy Guy (Gold) • King Boo (Gold) • Bowser (Santa) Penguin Toadette • Penguin Toad • Meowser • Cat Rosalina • Luigi (Vacation) • Chargin' Chuck • Mario (Golf) • Luigi (Golf) • Mario (Samurai) • Yoshi (Gold Egg) • Birdo (White) • Birdo (Red) |
| Coin Rush | Gold Mario |
| Karts [Edit]
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| Normal | Pipe Frame • Birthday Girl • Mushmellow • Koopa Dasher • Biddybuggy • Blue Biddybuggy • Cheep Charger • Pink Mushmellow • Birthday Girl Rosalina • Green Kiddie Kart • Red Kiddie Kart • Bullet Blaster • Bull's-Eye Banzai • Landship • Pipe Buggy • Warship • Green Cheep Charger |
| Super | Mach 8 • Daytripper • Turbo Yoshi • Soda Jet • Super Blooper • Gold Blooper • Royale • Cloud 9 • Poltergust 4000 • Streamliner • White Royale • Zucchini • Red Streamliner • Red Turbo Yoshi • Blue Seven • Super 1 • Dasher II • Tea Coupe • Yellow Turbo Birdo • Egg 1 • Birthday Girl Daisy • Red Standard 8 • Green Standard 8 • Flame Flyer • Barrel Train • DK Jumbo • Chrome DK Jumbo • Koopa Clown • Dark Clown • Para-Wing • Turbo Birdo • Light-blue Turbo Birdo • Bolt Buggy • Rambi Rider • Off-Roader • Banana Master • Pink Turbo Yoshi • Orange Turbo Birdo • Light-blue Turbo Yoshi • Red Turbo Birdo |
| High-End | B Dasher • Black B Dasher • Black Circuit • Bumble V • Carrot Kart • Cheermellow • Dozer Dasher • Circuit Special • Double-Decker • Ghost Ride • Kabuki Dasher • Quickshaw • Swift Jack • Trickster • White Turbo Birdo • Wildfire Flyer • Yellow Taxi • Queen Bee • Macharon • Wild Wing • Radish Rider • Ribbon Rider • Red B Dasher • Jingle Bells • Platinum Taxi • Glam Bruiser • Gilded Prancer • Gold Eggshell Glider • Ice-blue Poltergust • P-Wing • Apple Kart • Comet Tail • Bright Bunny • Clanky Kart • Wild Black • Karp Kart • Prancer • Rose Queen • Green Apple Kart • Choco Macharon • Gold Egg • Sweet Daytripper • Red Taxi • Pink Wing • Happy Ride • Blue Soda • Clackety Kart • Gold Clanky Kart • Festival Girl • Black Kabuki Dasher • 8-Bit Pipe Frame • Gold Pipe Frame • Surf Sailer • Star-Spangled Flyer • Green Circuit • Sports Coupe • Pumpkin Kart • Dark Trickster • Sunset Cloud • Steel Driver • Holiday King • Gold Snow Skimmer • Dreamy Egg • Badwagon • Blue Badwagon • Gold Train • Bruiser • Snow Skimmer • Offroader • Banana Master • Poison Apple Kart • Cheep Snorkel • Gold Cheep Snorkel • Gold Cheep Charger • Dark Buggy • Koopa King • Brown Offroader • Cact-X • Pirate Sushi Racer • Silver Bullet Blaster • Head Honcho • DK Maximum • Sushi Racer • Gilded King • Crawly Kart • Black Dozer • Pink Speeder • Black Sneeker • Pink Sneeker • Gold Bruiser • Gold Jingle Bell • Holiday Speedster • Yellow Hard Hat Balloon • Gold Hard Hat Balloon • New Year's 2023 • Gold Quickshaw • Pineapple 1 • Hot Pot Hot Rod • Blue Crawly Kart • Gold Capsule Kart • Rainbow Streetle • Gold 8-Bit Pipe Frame • Rainbow Pipe Buggy • Taiko Drum Dasher • Sakura Sports Coupe • Gold Hop Rod • Bright Girl • Huffin Puffin Egg • Jumbo Jetter • Gold Paintster • Silver Flower Kart • Bronze Cucumber • Cream Classic • Black Jingle Bell • Gold Sushi Racer • Dry Bones Dasher • Red Comet • Pink Comet • Green Comet • Gold Comet • Mach 8-R • Gold Cupid's Arrow • Silver Cupid's Arrow • Silver Warrior Wagon • Golf Warrior Wagon • Black Shielded Speedster • Gold Shielded Speedster • Waluigi Racer Mk. 2 |
| Coin Rush | Gold Standard |
| Gliders [Edit]
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| Normal | Super Glider • Parachute • Parafoil • Paper Glider • Droplet Glider • BBIA Parafoil • Minion Paper Glider • Piston Glider • Piranha Plant Parafoil |
| Super | Peach Parasol • Flower Glider • Oilpaper Umbrella • Lightning Oilpaper • Pink Flower Glider • 8-Bit Jumping Mario • ? Block • Plaid Ribbon • Eggshell Glider • 8-Bit Jumping Luigi • Bob-omb Parafoil • Shell Parachute • Wario Wing • Waluigi Wing • BaNaNa Parafoil • Blue Flower Glider |
| High-End | Bright Balloons • Gold Glider • Fare Flier • Purple Oilpaper Umbrella • Full Flight • Strawberry Crêpe • Le Tricolore • Starchute • Royal Parachute • Glitter Glider • Soaring Jack • Gift Glider • New Year's 2020 • New Year's Kite • Fireworks Parachute • Crimson Crane • Blizzard Parasol • Blizzard Balloons • Sweetheart Glider • Heart Balloons • Luma Parafoil • Rainbow Starchute • Bright Glider • Safety Glider • Daisy Glider • Pink Gold Paper Glider • Butterfly Sunset • Chocolate Donut • Gold Crane • Chocolate Banana Crêpe • Strawberry Donut • Silver Bells • Silver-and-Gold Hearts • Manta Glider • Treasure Map • Butterfly Wings • Great Sail • Festival Wings • 8-Bit Star • Super Mario Kart Glider • Star-Spangled Glider • Spider Glider • Sunset Balloons • Jolly Bells • Silver Starchute • Butterfly Prism • Planet Glider • New Year's 2021 • Swooper • Bullet Bill Parachute • Cloud Glider • Rainy Balloons • Wicked Wings • Gold Swooper • Banana Wingtip • Tropical Glider • Dragon Wings • Blooper Wingtip • Nabbit Oilpaper Umbrella • Cheep Cheep Masks • Baby Mario Hanafuda • Yoshi's Egg Hanafuda • Peach Hanafuda • Barrel Hanafuda • Blooper Hanafuda • Cape Mario Hanafuda • Bullet Bill Hanafuda • Boo Hanafuda • Piranha Plant Hanafuda • Goomba Hanafuda • Jumping Mario Hanafuda • Bowser Hanafuda Blizzard Parasol • Polka-Dot Manta Glider • Gold Bells • Glittering Glider • Red Emblem • Green Emblem |
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| Blue Standard • Cyber Slick • Gold Tires • Metal • Monster • Mushroom • Off-Road • Red Monster • Retro Off-Road • Roller • Slick • Slim • Sponge • Standard • Wood | |
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| New | New York Minute • Tokyo Blur • Paris Promenade • London Loop • New York Minute 2 • Tokyo Blur 2 • Paris Promenade 2 • Vancouver Velocity • London Loop 2 • Tokyo Blur 3 • Los Angeles Laps • New York Minute 3 • Merry Mountain • Berlin Byways 2 • Tokyo Blur 4 • Ninja Hideaway • Sydney Sprint • Paris Promenade 3 • Los Angeles Laps 3 • Sydney Sprint 2 • New York Minute 4 • London Loop 3 • Vancouver Velocity 2 |
| Retro | Airship Fortress • GBA Bowser's Castle 1 • GBA Bowser's Castle 2 • Cheep Cheep Lagoon • Choco Island 1 • Choco Island 2 • Choco Mountain • Daisy Hills • Dino Dino Jungle • DK Pass • DK Summit • Donut Plains 1 • Ghost Valley 1 • Kalimari Desert • Kalimari Desert 2 • Koopa Beach 2 • Koopa Troopa Beach • Frappe Snowland • Luigi's Mansion • Maple Treeway • Mario Circuit 1 • Mario Circuit 2 • Mario Circuit 3 • 3DS Mario Circuit • Mushroom Gorge • Shy Guy Bazaar • Rock Rock Mountain • Neo Bowser City • SNES Rainbow Road • Rosalina's Ice World • Royal Raceway • 3DS Rainbow Road • Sky Garden • Sunset Wilds • Toad Circuit • Vanilla Lake 1 • Waluigi Pinball • Yoshi Circuit • Yoshi Valley • Peach Circuit • Daisy Circuit • Mario Raceway • GBA Luigi Circuit • Waluigi Stadium |
| Tours [Edit]
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| 2019 | New York Tour • Tokyo Tour • Halloween Tour (2019) • Paris Tour (2019) • Winter Tour (2019) • London Tour • Holiday Tour |
| 2020 |
New Year's Tour (2020) • Ice Tour • Valentine's Tour • Vancouver Tour • Mario Bros. Tour • Baby Rosalina Tour • Hammer Bro Tour • Yoshi Tour (2020) • Trick Tour • Flower Tour • Jungle Tour • Cooking Tour • Peach Tour • Marine Tour • Exploration Tour • Wild West Tour • Pirate Tour • Summer Festival Tour • Super Mario Kart Tour • Los Angeles Tour • 1st Anniversary Tour • Halloween Tour (2020) • Sunset Tour • Mario vs. Luigi Tour • Winter Tour (2020) • Rosalina Tour |
| 2021 | New Year's Tour (2021) • Berlin Tour • Cat Tour • Peach vs. Daisy Tour • Snow Tour • Mario Tour • Yoshi Tour (2021) • Ninja Tour (2021) • Sydney Tour • Bowser vs. Donkey Kong Tour • Trick Tour (2021) • Wedding Tour • Paris Tour (2021) • Summer Tour • Los Angeles 2021 Tour • Mario vs. Peach Tour • Frost Tour • Kamek Tour • Sydney Tour 2 • 2nd Anniversary Tour • Autumn Tour • Halloween Tour (2021) • Toad vs. Toadette Tour • Spacy Tour • Holiday Tour (2021) • Penguin Tour |
| 2022 | New Year's 2022 Tour • Singapore Tour • Wario vs. Waluigi Tour • Los Angeles Tour (2022) • Sky Tour • Mii Tour • Samurai Tour • Yoshi Tour (2022) • Amsterdam Tour • Doctor Tour • Peach vs. Bowser Tour (May 2022) • Cat Tour (2022) • Metropolitan Tour • Bangkok Tour • Piranha Plant Tour • Ocean Tour • Sundae Tour • Bowser Tour • Mario vs. Luigi Tour (2022) • Anniversary Tour • Battle Tour • Halloween Tour (2022) • Autumn Tour (2022) • Animal Tour • Peach vs. Bowser Tour (November 2022) |
| 2023 | Space Tour • Winter Tour • Exploration Tour • Doctor Tour • Ninja Tour • Yoshi Tour • Spring Tour • Bowser Tour • Mii Tour • Princess Tour • Mario vs. Luigi Tour • Night Tour
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| Interactable | Banzai Bill • Barrel • Barrel Bomb • Barrel Cannon • Big egg • Blimp • Bob-omb Car • Bone Piranha Plant • Burner • Cannon • Car • Ceiling Needle • Chain Chomp • Cheep Cheep • Clampy • Crate • Dash Panel • Dash panel ramp truck • Exploring Shy Guy • Falling Pillar • Festive tree • Flipper • Floaty • Flying Shy Guy • Glide Ramp • Goal Ring • Goat • Goomba • Goomba Tower • Half-pipe • Hot-air balloon • Inky Piranha Plant • Jack-o'-lantern • Jellybeam • Jump Boost field • Kadomatsu • Kanaami Road • Lava Plume • Leaf pile • Mud • Mushroom Platform • Mushroom Trampoline • Noshi • Oil slick • Penguin • Pipe • Pinball • Piranha Plant • Podoboo • Pokey • Puddle • Ramp • Rocky Wrench • Rolling rock • Sidestepper • Skating Shy Guy • Snow block • Snowball • Snowboarding Shy Guy • Snowman • Spring egg • Star Ring • Stilt Guy • Super Thwomp • Swooper • Table • Thwomp • Traffic cone • Train • Truck • Unagi • Urn • Venus Fire Trap • Walking Tree • Waterspout • Wiggler • Wiggler Wagon • Whomp • Winged Cloud • Wooden cutout |
| Non-interactable | Boo • Boo Buddies • Bulber • Goonie • Huffin Puffin • Incoming Chomp • Mega Cheep Cheep • Mufti Guy • Nep-Enut • Painting • Shy Guy Tent • Star Bit • Vase |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Sponsors | 1-Up Fuel • 1-Up Mushroom Car Insurance Group • 1 Up Racing • 100% Organic Antifreeze • B Dash • BaNaNa Boy • Barrel Travel • Blooper's Seafood Bar • Bob-omb Plugs • Boomerang Bros. International Airlines • Bowser Oil • Bowser Technology • Broadway Musical Entertainment • Bullet Bill Speed Trial • Burning DK • Chain Chomp Racing Chains • Coconut Café • Donkey Kong: The Best Musical! • Dream Gliders • Fountain Café • Fun Flower • Fuzzy Battery • Galaxy Air • Green Shell Strike Equipment • Green Shell Taxi • Iggy's Glass • Kingdom Café • Lemmy's Tire Service • Lord Bowser • Ludwig Painting • Mario Automobile Association • Mario Electrical Support • Mario Expo in Los Angeles • Mario Kart Oil • Mario Super Motor Team • Mario Work Gear • Moo Moo Meadows Milk • Morton Construction • Mushroom Piston • No Limits • Paratroopa Airlines • Peach Cosmetics • Peach & Daisy Royal Patisserie • Princess Orange • Princess Peach • Princess Peach Jewels • Propeller Toad Transport • Race • Racer's • Rainbow Exploration Agency • Red Shell Strike Equipment • Roy Smooth Sounds • Shell Books • Shell Island • Sunshine Parts • Shy Guy Metals • Super Marine World • Toad City Sightseeing • Toad Mushroom Power • Toad Polar Expedition 2014-2015 • Toad Services • Toad Shopping Plaza • Toad Toy Store • Tropical Grocery • Undead Motors • Waluigi Sea Bed • Wario Bank • Wario Billionaires • Wario GP • Wendy's Car Interiors • Wiggler Air • W Wheel • Yoshi's Egg Market • Yoshi Runners |
| Cups | Baby Daisy Cup • Baby Luigi Cup • Baby Mario Cup • Baby Peach Cup • Baby Rosalina Cup • Birdo Cup • Bowser Cup • Bowser Jr. Cup • Cat Peach Cup • Chargin' Chuck Cup • Daisy Cup • Diddy Kong Cup • Dixie Kong Cup • Donkey Kong Cup • Dry Bones Cup • Dry Bowser Cup • Fire Bro Cup • Fire Rosalina Cup • Funky Kong Cup • Hammer Bro Cup • Ice Bro Cup • Ice Mario Cup • Iggy Cup • Kamek Cup • King Bob-omb Cup • King Boo Cup • Koopa Troopa Cup • Lakitu Cup • Larry Cup • Lemmy Cup • Ludwig Cup • Luigi Cup • Mario Cup • Metal Mario Cup • Mii Cup • Monty Mole Cup • Morton Cup • Nabbit Cup • Pauline Cup • Peach Cup • Peachette Cup • Pink Gold Peach Cup • Poochy Cup • Rosalina Cup • Roy Cup • Shy Guy Cup • Tanooki Mario Cup • Toad Cup • Toadette Cup • Waluigi Cup • Wario Cup • Wendy Cup • Yoshi Cup |
| Bonus challenges | Break Item Boxes • Do Jump Boosts • Combo Attack • Ring Race • Steer Clear of Obstacles • Take them out quick! • Time Trial |
| Other | Gallery • List of characters in Mario Kart Tour • List of gliders in Mario Kart Tour • List of karts in Mario Kart Tour |