Editing Bowser in the Fire Sea

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|image=[[File:SM64 Fire Sea Tide.png|200px]]<br>''Super Mario 64''<br>[[File:SM64DS Fire Sea.png|200px]]<br>''Super Mario 64 DS''

The entrance to Bowser in the Fire Sea is found in the same room as the entrance to Dire, Dire Docks, which requires 30 [[Power Star]]s to enter. Before the player obtains the first Power Star from Dire, Dire Docks, the blue portal to the water level is in front of the entrance to Bowser in the Fire Sea. Once the first Power Star of Dire, Dire Docks is obtained, the blue portal moves to the back of the room, allowing access to Bowser in the Fire Sea.

The player starts on a small platform with a metal platform near it. Stepping onto the metal platform causes it to move. At certain points, the platform dives under the lava, so the player needs to [[jump]] to nearby tilting platforms in order to avoid taking damage. After the moving platform's stopping point is a series of blue platforms that constantly go under the lava, then resurface. Beyond those is a Bully followed by three Goombas situated around a [[Spinning Heart]]. A rising pole, circled by an [[Amp]], helps the player reach the tilting platforms above. To the right of the platforms is an area with a [[! Block|yellow block]] containing three [[coin]]s, and the pole to the left at the end of the platforms leads to a cage with an elevator that brings the player up to the next level.

The second level first contains a moving platform that goes through a [[flamethrower]], which leads to a sloping mound. After the slope is a [[Chain-Link|hanging grate]] the player can use to climb to the other side of the lava pool. Beyond that are two moving platforms, followed by a couple of Bullies and a tall set of moving interconnected platforms that lead the player to the next level.

The final level starts with a stone slope containing a [[flame thrower (Flame Chomp)|flame thrower]], a [[Bob-omb]], and a yellow block. After the stone slope is a row of sinking and rising platforms that are protected by flamethrowers and Amps. Beyond those is a stone structure containing rising and falling poles. Finally, a falling bridge leads to the warp that sends the player to the Bowser fight.

SM64 The Fire Sea.png|The starting platform in ''Super Mario 64''

SM64 Fire Sea Pole.png|[[Mario]] climbing a pole in ''Super Mario 64''

SM64 Fire Sea Cage.png|Mario in the cage in ''Super Mario 64''

SM64 Fire Sea Spinner.png|Mario on a tilting platform in ''Super Mario 64''

SM64 Fire Sea Shifter.png|Mario on the shifting platforms in ''Super Mario 64''

SM64 Fire Sea Lava.png|A Bob-omb chasing Mario in ''Super Mario 64''

SM64 Fire Sea Castle.png|Mario near a yellow block in ''Super Mario 64''

SM64 Fire Sea End.png|The spring leading to Bowser in ''Super Mario 64''

The tactic to defeat Bowser is the same as that for the fight in [[Bowser in the Dark World]], though he has some additional moves. Bowser immediately starts the battle by jumping up and landing, causing the stage to tilt toward him. The same happens if the player throws Bowser off the stage but misses a [[Mine|spiked orb]], making Bowser land and cause the stage to tilt. Unlike in his previous battle, he [[Bowser's Flame|spits single balls of fire]] as opposed to a continuous stream. Bowser can also warp to a different spot if the player is close and charge at the player if they are far away. The player can [[somersault]] or [[dive]] to dodge Bowser's charging attack. If he runs into the edge of the platform, he falters, giving the player an opportunity to grab his tail. Throwing Bowser into a spiked orb defeats him, granting the player the [[Key#Super Mario 64 / Super Mario 64 DS|Big Key]] to the castle's upper floors.

===Power Star for 8 Red Coins===

Like in Bowser in the Dark World, there are eight [[Red Coin]]s to be collected, during the mission Power Star for 8 Red Coins.<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario 64'' Player's Guide|page=81|date=1996|author=Pelland, Scott and Dan Owsen|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref> These are the locations of the Red Coins:

*Floating above a central hole in a square metal floor with regular coins, found at the end of the metal floor path before the first Spinning Heart

*Floating above the third moving interconnected purple platform, indicated by a small shadow. The player must wait for the platforms to rise enough to get this coin.

*Right next to the last flamethrower in the area with sinking and rising platforms on the third level

After the player collects all eight Red Coins, the Power Star appears atop a wall shortly before the warp that leads to Bowser. The player must [[Wall Jump|wall-kick]], [[Triple Jump|triple-jump]], or use [[Luigi]]'s [[Backward Somersault]] to reach it.

Near the first Star is a [[Star Switch]]. Upon the player pressing the switch, the Power Star appears on the far side of a lava pool that the player must quickly backtrack across in order to reach it before it disappears. If playing as Luigi, the player can backward-somersault over the lava to the Star.

Fire Sea Entrance.png|Mario about to fall into Bowser in the Fire Sea in ''Super Mario 64''

SM64DS-Fire Sea Entrance.png|Luigi falls into Bowser in the Fire Sea in ''Super Mario 64 DS''.

SM64DSBowser in the Fire Sea.png|Level in ''Super Mario 64 DS''

Bowser in the Fire Sea SMKun.png|''[[Super Mario-kun]]''

|Fre=Bowser des laves

|FreM=Bowser of the Lava

|ChiS=火海中的酷霸王<ref>From the pause menu of the level in [[iQue]]'s localization of ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]''.</ref>

|ChiSR=Huǒhǎi zhōng de Kùbàwáng

|ChiSM=Bowser of the Fire Sea