Editing Bowser Castle 1

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{{about|the race course from ''[[Super Mario Kart]]'' and extra course in ''[[Mario Kart: Super Circuit]]''|the race course from ''[[Mario Kart: Super Circuit]]'' and retro course in ''[[Mario Kart 7]]'' and ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]''|[[GBA Bowser's Castle 1]]|the first Bowser's Castle remix course in Mario Kart Tour|[[RMX Bowser's Castle 1]]}}
{{race course infobox
|title=Bowser Castle 1
|image=[[File:SMK Bowser Castle 1 Lower-Screen Map.png|256px]]
|appears_in=''[[Super Mario Kart]]'' ([[List of games by date#1992|1992]])<br>''[[Mario Kart: Super Circuit]]'' ([[List of games by date#2001|2001]])<br>''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'' ([[List of games by date#2024|2024]])
|cups=[[Mushroom Cup]] (''Super Mario Kart'')<br> [[Classic course#Mario Kart: Super Circuit|Extra Mushroom Cup]] (''Super Circuit'')
|sample=''Super Mario Kart''<br>[[File:SMK-Music-BowserCastle.oga]]<br>''Mario Kart: Super Circuit''<br>[[File:MKSC-ExtraCourse-BowserCastle.oga]]
|map=''Super Mario Kart''<br>[[File:SMK Bowser Castle 1 Overhead Map.png|140px]]<br>''Mario Kart: Super Circuit''<br>[[File:MKSC SNES Bowser Castle 1 Map.png|140px]]<br>[[File:MKSC SNES Bowser Castle 1 Extra Cup Map.png|frameless|upright=0.75]][[File:MKSC SNES Bowser Castle 1 Mini Map.png|frameless|upright=0.75]]
}}
'''Bowser Castle 1''' is a race course from ''[[Super Mario Kart]]'', appearing as the fourth race of the [[Mushroom Cup]]. It was subsequently reused in ''[[Mario Kart: Super Circuit]]'' as the fourth track of the [[Classic course#Mario Kart: Super Circuit|Extra Mushroom Cup]]. It is a stone road residing in a pool of lava. The music for this course (and [[Bowser Castle 2|subsequent]] [[Bowser Castle 3|Bowser Castle]] courses) is a variation of [[Bowser]]'s battle theme from ''[[Super Mario World]]''. Other than ''Mario Kart: Super Circuit'', this is the only course in the Mushroom Cup in ''Super Mario Kart'' not to return as a [[classic course]] in ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'' and the only one that has yet to return as a classic course in any later ''[[Mario Kart (series)|Mario Kart]]'' game.

==''Super Mario Kart''==
===Course layout===
[[File:SMK Bowser Castle 1 Screenshot.png|thumb|left|Bowser racing on the course in ''[[Super Mario Kart]]'']]
As with the other Bowser Castle tracks, Bowser Castle 1 is composed entirely of straightaways and 90° turns. There are also [[Thwomp]]s as obstacles, which always appear in groups of four and remain airborne on the first lap. The course begins with a brief straight followed by a left turn and the only set of [[? Panel]]s. There is then a straightaway with the first row of Thwomps. Racers then take a left turn followed by a straightaway which has three [[Dash Panel|zippers]] on alternating sides of the track. After two more left turns, the first of which has more Thwomps, racers use three wide jump pads to cross over the lava; just before the last jump pad is another row of Thwomps. Racers then take two right turns and use another three jump pads to cross over the lava. Afterwards there is two more left turns, the first of which has one last group of Thwomps, and racers reach the finish line soon after.

==''Mario Kart: Super Circuit''==
[[File:MKSC SNES Bowser's Castle 1.png|thumb|right|The track's appearance in ''Mario Kart: Super Circuit''.]]
Bowser Castle 1 reappears in ''[[Mario Kart: Super Circuit]]''. It is the fourth and final course of the [[Classic course#Mario Kart: Super Circuit|Extra Mushroom Cup]]. It uses the background appearing in [[GBA Bowser's Castle 1|that game's own Bowser Castle 1]]. It has an extra [[Item Box]] to the right of the bend that comes before the first lava hops. The Thwomps and zippers are not present in this version of the track.
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==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=クッパじょうコース １
|JapN=''Super Mario Kart''
|JapR=Kuppa Jō Kōsu 1
|JapM=Bowser Castle Course 1
|Jap2=クッパじょう１
|Jap2R=Kuppa Jō 1
|Jap2M=Bowser Castle 1
|Chi=酷霸王城堡1
|ChiR=Kùbàwáng Chéngbǎo 1<ref>From the unreleased iQue ''Mario Kart: Super Circuit''</ref>
|ChiM=Bowser Castle 1
}}

==References==
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[[Category:Bowser's castles]]
[[Category:Volcanic areas]]
[[Category:Super Mario Kart race courses]]
[[Category:Mario Kart: Super Circuit race courses]]
[[Category:Classic courses]]
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[[de:Bowsers Festung 1 (Super Mario Kart)]]
[[it:Castello di Bowser 1 (SNES)]]