New Super Mario Bros. Wii -100% #30: Bowser's Castle

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Published on December 15, 2009 7:38:03 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlXlrabLs2A

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New Super Mario Bros. Wii (2009)

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World 8: Bowser's Castle. This is it, get your jumping boots ready for the final stage. Yes a Starman here is pretty useless but whatever. You shouldn't really have trouble with the Star Coins in this stage because they are all in plain view. Just don't go overboard it the skull platforms, because there is one part where you need to jump on top of one of them to move forward.

If you ask me, they made this stage way too short. I mean seriously, good luck running out of time here. But yeah, once you reach Bowser's Door, there is a Flag and a hidden box containing a Fire Flower to the right of the door.

Bowser will start off by sending some potshots your way. Jump or duck past the large orbs of fire and confront the head honcho himself. In a classic fashion, he will attack while guarding that "!" switch behind him. If you want to run past Bowser, you have to time your running just perfectly to get past him. He will push you away while dealing damage just so that you can't take the cheap way out. You must get completely around him. You other option is to blast him with Fire Balls. Note that you must land 30 hits on him to take him out. Hit the "!" switch to drop the bridge and your done... yeah right.

Kamek, of all things, was faking you out the whole time just so he can cast his magic again. And what does he do? Make Bowser friggin' massive. It's nothing like in Yoshi's Island, but he does act the part. This Bowser will switch between shooting fireballs and hand-smashing rocks. His fireballs will break apart walls as deep as 3 Blocks wide. You need to avoid the fire, but allow it to break out some walls for you to move forward. They decided to put the last Star Coin in here for some reason. I guess they wanted to give people something to gripe about if they screwed it up here? Carefully move to the right, avoiding the lava (remember: touch=death) and look out when Bowser jumps.

Music during this part is pretty nice. But unfortunately, it's about anti-climatic how you do all this just to hit a BIGGER "!" Switch. I mean... come on! Couldn't there have been a way to fight "Giga" Bowser instead of this option? Aw...

Note: Mario removes his hat when you have 99 lives.

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