Editing Bowser in the Dark World

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|image=[[File:Bowser in the Dark World.png|280px]]

|level='''''Super Mario 64'''''<br>[[#Star 1|8 Red Coins]]<br><br>'''''Super Mario 64 DS'''''<br>[[#Star 1|8 Red Coins]]<br>[[#Star 2 (DS only)|Switch Star of Bowser in the Dark World]]

|unlock=Opening 8 [[Power Star]]s Star Door.

{{quote|Bwa ha ha ha! [[Mario|You]]'ve stepped right into my trap, just as [[Bowser|I]] knew you would! I warn you, "Friend", watch your step!|Bowser|Super Mario 64}}  

'''Bowser in the Dark World''' is the first [[Bowser]] level in ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' and ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]''.  It is a puzzle-like world with many traps and enemies. The trapdoor entrance is behind the star door in the main floor. Eight [[Power Star]]s (twelve in the DS remake) are needed to open this door.

In the corridor before entering the level, a painting which depicts [[Princess Peach]] is seen on the far wall. As the player walks closer, the painting will become a picture of Bowser and a trap door will open in the ground, sending the player into the level. The Princess Peach painting is not able to be reached, as there is an invisible wall between the player and the painting.

The first section of the level is pretty straight forward. There will be a single [[Metal Box]] or [[? Block]] followed by a [[Pyro Box]]. Two moving pyramid-shaped platforms join onto a tall stone platform. The blue route is safer, but is too steep for [[Mario]] to run up normally: he will have to strategically use his jumps to get up. The stone route is longer, flatter and has coins, but there is a Pyro Box at one end of it which Mario may run into. More moving platforms lead to the next section of the level.

Next is a wooden octagonal shaped platform which three [[Goomba]]s await Mario, as well as a Yellow [[Exclamation Mark Block]] in the middle containing a [[1-Up Mushroom]]. Connected to the platform is a wooden bridge linking to a path made out of a type of green stone. Six crystals are stuck in the path, four of which are being circled by [[Amps]]. They also resemble [[Crystal (Super Mario Galaxy)|Crystal]]s from ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''; however, they cannot be broken by any attack. At the end of the path, Mario would have made a U-turn to a large stone cube, which a yellow rectangular block will continue protruding in and out of it. Another yellow Exclamation Mark Block containing three coins will hang above this. Two sets of circling platforms will lead Mario to the final section of the level before the Bowser fight.

[[File:SM64DS-Bowser in the Dark World Map2.PNG|frame|left|Map of the battle area.]]

Mario will almost instantly get ambushed by a single Goomba, which he can easily defeat. To the right are two purple tilting platforms, though behind them Mario can collect two 1-Up Mushrooms, and on the overhanging platforms he can collect another two. There will be two Goombas on a stone block after the tilting platforms, after which Mario must climb up some stone platforms to hit a [[! Switch]] which activates a staircase which leads Mario to the [[Warp Pipe]] to Bowser.

====Battle====

[[File:SM64DS Dark World Star 2.png|200px|thumb|The same fight in the remake.]]

Once Mario enters the pipe, Bowser will show up saying that [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]] isn't in the Dark World. Bowser will attack using his trademark [[Fire Breath]] in stream which can burn Mario. He can also jump up and shake the ground if Mario is too far away, stunning Mario if he is not in the air. To defeat Bowser, Mario must grab him by his tail, twirl him around to build up momentum, and then throw him into one of the four mines available (In ''Super Mario 64 DS'', there are eight mines). Upon doing so, he will admit defeat and disappear, leaving Mario with the key to the castle's basement.

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====Enemies Encountered====

[[File:Amp SM64.png|thumb|right|An Amp.]]

*[[Pyro Box]]es

*[[Goomba]]s

*[[Amp]]s

*[[Bowser]]

Upon collecting them all, the Power Star will appear near the [[Warp Pipe]] that leads to Bowser.

===Star 2 (''DS'')===

In ''Super Mario 64 DS'' when [[Mario]] gets near the end of the level, he will find a [[Star Switch]] placed next to the [[Warp Pipe]] leading to Bowser. Mario must then continue forward and jump over high ledges to reach the [[Star Switch]]. He must then go back and repeat the steps to go back to the glass containing the [[Power Star]] throughout a limited time. If Mario doesn't make it, he will have to repeat these steps all over again. As Luigi, the player can spin all over these obstacles to the Star.

The stage music is the same as in [[Bowser in the Fire Sea]] and [[Bowser in the Sky]], with "Koopa's Road" being used for the course (but not while fighting Bowser). This music is re-used for the [[Super Mario 64 DS|DS remake]] and the Bowser stages in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''.

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|Jap=やみのせかいのクッパ

|JapR=Yami no sekai no Kuppa

|JapM=Koopa in the World of Darkness

|Fra=Bowser des Ténèbres

|FraM=Bowser of Darkness

|Ita=Bowser nel Mondo Oscuro (64)<br>Bowser al Buio (DS)

|ItaM=Bowser in the Dark World<br>Bowser in the Dark

|Spa=Bowser en las Tinieblas

|SpaM=Bowser in the Darkness

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