Editing Bowser's Highway Showdown

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|image=[[File:Bowser Mobile Battle.png|250px]]<br>Mario fighting Bowser

|game=''[[Super Mario 3D World]]''<br>''[[Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury]]''

|before_alt=

|track=Bowser's Lava Lake Keep

'''Bowser's Highway Showdown''', also known as '''{{world|1|castle3dw}}''', is the final standard course of [[World 1 (Super Mario 3D World)|World 1]] in ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'' and its [[Nintendo Switch]] port ''[[Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury]]''. It is a castle with many [[Kick Bomb]]s, with [[Bowser]] serving as the boss. The green Sprixie Princess is held prisoner in the castle. It is unlocked by completing [[Plessie's Plunging Falls]] or [[Switch Scramble Circus]]. Ten [[Green Star]]s are needed to enter and its own completion frees the green Sprixie Princess who builds a [[Clear Pipe]] to [[World 2 (Super Mario 3D World)|World 2]].

This course begins in a road with two [[Kick Bomb]]s, a [[Green Ring]], and a [[Goomba Tower]]. If the player, in cat form, climbs on top of the wall behind these things and waits, they will see an 8-bit [[Super Mario (form)|Super Luigi]] swimming; this is the level's hidden 8-bit [[Luigi]]. Later on, there is an area with two [[Cannon]]s shooting Kick Bombs. Some [[Thwomp]]s and a [[Cat Wheel]] appear soon after. A short path with a [[Goomba Tower]] and a [[Green Star]] follows. The road ends in a wall made of many stone [[Brick Block]]s. The player must use some nearby Kick Bombs to break the wall, and get to the nearby [[Warp Box]] leading to the boss. After climbing up a staircase, the player encounters [[Bowser]] in [[Bowser's Muscle Car|his Muscle Car]].  

Players defeat Bowser by launching the Kick Bombs he throws by running into them. The player will score full damage if they hit Bowser directly, but the car will take three hits before actual damage is scored. After a while, Bowser will begin to spit fire onto the road which will leave hazardous flaming residue where it lands. Once Bowser is defeated, a Warp Box appears and leads the player to the [[Goal Pole]] and the green Sprixie Princess.

|[[File:SM3DW W1-C 1st Green Star.jpg|150px]]

|At the beginning of the course, the player must activate the [[Green Ring]] and collect the 8 [[Green Coin]]s to make the Green Star appear.

|[[File:SM3DW W1-C 2nd Green Star.jpg|150px]]

|For this Green Star, [[Cat Mario]] is required. Shortly after the first Green Star, the player must activate the [[Cat Wheel]] and then scale the walls to get the second Green Star.

|[[File:SM3DW W1-C 3rd Green Star.jpg|150px]]

|After the second star, a [[Goomba Tower]] holding the third Green Star captive appears. The player must defeat the Goomba Tower to get the Green Star.

|image1=SM3DW-BowserStamp.png

|alt1=Wii U version

 

|[[File:SM3DW Bowser's Highway Showdown stamp.jpg|150px]]

|After the beginning after the set of moving platforms is a wall of gray blocks underneath a Cat Wheel. A bomb from the nearby cannons must be kicked into the wall to find the course's stamp. The stamp is [[Bowser]].

|image1=[[File:Goomba Artwork - Super Mario 3D World.png|50px]]

|name1=[[Goomba]]

|image2=[[File:GoombaTowerSM3DW.jpg|50px]]

|name2=[[Goomba Tower]]

|image3=[[File:Thwomp SM3DW Prima.jpg|50px]]

|name3=[[Thwomp]]

|image4=[[File:Kick Bomb SM3DW Prima.jpg|50px]]

|name4=[[Kick Bomb]]

|image5=[[File:Bowser Mobile Artwork - Super Mario 3D World.png|50px]]

|name5=[[Bowser]]

|count5=(boss)

|JapR=Taiketsu! Kuppa no haiwei-jō

|Fre=Châteautoroute de Bowser

|FreM=Bowser's Castleway

 

{{SM3DW levels}}

[[Category:Bowser's castles]]

[[Category:Super Mario 3D World levels]]