Editing 3DS Bowser's Castle

|appears_in=''[[Mario Kart 7]]'' ([[List of games by date#2011|2011]])<br>''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'' (2021)

|cups=[[Special Cup]]

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|based_on=[[Bowser's Castle]]

|sample=Kenta Nagata, Satomi Terui (composition/arrangement)<br>Shinobu Tanaka, Kenta Nagata (''Double Dash!!'' themes)<br>[[File:MK7 Bowser's Castle Theme.oga]]<br>''Mario Kart 7'' (frontrunning)<br>[[File:3DS_BowserCastle_Frontrunning.oga]]

|map=''Mario Kart 7''<br>[[File:MK7 Bowser'sCastle.png|140px]]<br>[[File:Bowser Castle.png|140px]]<br>''Mario Kart Tour''<br>[[File:MKT Map BowsersCastle3DS.png|110px]]

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'''Bowser's Castle''' is the third course of the [[Special Cup]] in ''[[Mario Kart 7]]''. Unlike previous Bowser's Castle courses, it strongly resembles a haunted mansion inside. It features spiderwebs, lava pillars and [[Lava Geyser|geyser]]s, [[Thwomp]]s, and stairs. This course later returns as a [[classic course]] in ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'', starting with the [[New Year's 2022 Tour]].

The second portion of this course's music covers the [[Bowser's Castle (Mario Kart: Double Dash!!)|Bowser's Castle]] theme from ''[[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]]''

[[File:Bowser's Castle Entrance (Mario Kart 7).jpg|thumb|left|The start of the course]]

This course starts off on a separate platform with a ramp to glide into Bowser's Castle. There are two entrances, an upper level and a lower level if the upper level is missed while gliding. The two levels have a set of stairs with Thwomps and inclining slopes that lead into one room filled with lava pools and sharp turns. Past that room is a wide wooden [[Turning Floor]] that leads to a [[Underwater driving|lake filled with water]], with some pipes pouring lava and lava-filled edges. Afterward, racers return to land along a cliff side, passing by lava waterfalls as the racers drive. At the end of the outdoor section is a sharp wide turn that ends with a [[Glide Ramp]] leading to the [[Finish Line (object)|finish line]], with a giant ring in the air suspended over the one on the ground highlighting this. The ramp allows for side paths to be taken on laps 2 and 3, which split into two to allow both levels of the castle to be reached. 3DS Bowser's Castle is the only Bowser's Castle course in the [[Mario Kart (series)|''Mario Kart'']] series with an underwater section.

==''Mario Kart Tour''==

For this course's tour appearances, see [[List of 3DS Bowser's Castle tour appearances in Mario Kart Tour|List of 3DS Bowser's Castle tour appearances in ''Mario Kart Tour'']].

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==Gallery==

===''Mario Kart 7''===

BC-MK7.png|[[Toad]] gliding into Bowser's Castle

Bowser'sCastle7Hall.jpg|The large hall at the start of the race

===''Mario Kart Tour''===

====Course icons====

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====Screenshots====

MKT New Year's 2022 Tour Week 1 Drivers.jpg|[[Cat Mario|Cat Peach]] and [[Meowser]] tricking on the course

MKT vs. New Year's Team.png|Various characters racing on the course

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|SpaM=Bowser's Castle

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{{MK race courses}}