Editing Fortress

'''Fortresses''', also known as '''forts''', appear in the [[Super Mario (franchise)|''Super Mario'' franchise]] as fortified buildings appearing usually at the end of [[level]]s in the [[Super Mario (series)|namesake series]], behind [[Goal Pole]]s, and are entered by [[Mario]] or [[Luigi]] after the level is cleared. Most games feature levels set inside fortresses.

In ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels]]'', fortresses are usually made from red bricks (except for the one at the very beginning of [[World 6-3 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 6-3]] in the former game and [[World 7-3 (Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels)|World 7-3]] in the latter game, which are colored gray like the rest of the level), and are usually located at the end of most levels, except for the third and fourth levels of each world, which end with a [[castle]] and take place inside that castle respectively. They also appear at the very beginning of underground and underwater levels, where Mario or Luigi enters the level via a Warp Pipe. Additionally, castles appear to be a fortress stacked upon a larger section. [[World 5-1 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 5-1]] in ''Super Mario Bros.'' begins with Mario or Luigi outside a fortress, despite the level before taking place inside a castle; [[World 1-1 (Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels)|World 1-1]] in ''The Lost Levels'' also begins in front of a fortress.

In ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', fortresses, also known as '''Mini-Fortresses''',<ref name=SMB3>{{cite|title=''Super Mario Bros. 3'' instruction booklet|page=22|language=en-us|date=1990|publisher=Nintendo of America}}</ref> are levels usually found in the middle of [[world]]s. They feature [[Boom Boom]] as their only boss, and he must be defeated to open Locked Doors<ref name=SMB3/> and gain access to other parts of the world.

In the [[Family Computer]] and [[Nintendo Entertainment System]] version, fortresses (barring {{world link|2|fort|World 2-Fortress}} and {{world link|6|fort|World 6-Fortress 2}} 2) can have any of three different color schemes:

Some parts of some fortresses (all in Worlds 3, 5, 6, and 7) have light that usually has the same color as the pipes in whatever color scheme the appropriate part of the fortress uses. An exception is in the last interior room of {{world link|5|skytower|World 5-Tower (Super Mario Bros. 3)}}, where the light is gray rather than white.

In ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', the blue/green palette was taken out, with the affected fortresses using the blue/white palette instead. The cyan walls in the blue/white palette became darker blue. In addition, each fortress now has the same color scheme for all rooms, whereas in the NES original, rooms often alternated color schemes, most noticeable in {{world link|8|fort|World 8-Fortress}}.

The end-of-level fortresses return in ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'', ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'', ''[[New Super Mario Bros. 2]]'', and ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'' and reprise their earlier role from the first ''Super Mario Bros.'' game, allowing the player to continue to the next level. Black fortresses appear as parts of secret exits, except in the original ''New Super Mario Bros.'' Their role from ''Super Mario Bros. 3'' as mid-world levels is replaced by [[tower]]s, which in ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'' are called fortresses;<ref>{{cite|title=''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'' instruction booklet|page=9|date=2009|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref> however, one of the [[New Super Mario Bros.#Mario Vs. Luigi|Mario Vs. Luigi]] courses in the original ''New Super Mario Bros.'' is a fortress.<ref>{{cite|author=Loe, Casey|title=''New Super Mario Bros.'' Player's Guide|page=121|date=May 15, 2006|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|isbn=1-59812-009-3}}</ref>

In ''[[Super Mario Run]]'', courses do not end in Fortresses. In World Tour and Remix 10, castles that are not [[Bowser's Castle]] have fortress icons. Bowser's Fortress is a fortress replica that appears as a [[List of Kingdom Builder items in Super Mario Run|Kingdom Builder]] decoration.

In ''[[Super Mario Maker]]'', [[Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS|its 3DS port]], and ''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]'', the castle theme in the ''Super Mario Bros. 3'' style is based on the gray-wall color scheme of the fortresses from the original game. The fortresses of ''Super Mario Bros.'' and ''New Super Mario Bros. U'' return in their respective game styles.

 

In ''[[Super Mario Bros. Wonder]]'', [[Castle Bowser]] turns some [[Poplin]] houses into fortresses with black domes and white horns in the game's intro, imprisoning the Poplins inside. They appear at the end of most levels and are turned back to normal when the player touches the Goal Pole.

[[File:TheSuperMarioBrosMovieFortress.jpg|thumb|left|A screenshot from the film, with a fortress in the background]]

In ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Movie]]'', a fortress can be seen in the background when [[Mario]] is transported to the [[Mushroom Kingdom]]. A restaurant in [[Brooklyn]], named [[Castle Burger]], is shaped similarly to a fortress from ''Super Mario Bros.''

|[[File:SMBSS Fortress Opening.png|125px]][[File:Icecapades.jpg|125px]]|Fortresses as they appear in the [[Mario Brothers Rap|opening]] of ''The Super Mario Bros Super Show!'' (left), and ''Mario Ice Capades'' (right)|size=250

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SMM-SMB-Castle-Fortress.png|''Super Mario Maker'' (''Super Mario Bros.''-style, Castle theme)

SMM-SMW-Castle-Fortress.png|''Super Mario Maker'' (''Super Mario World''-style, Castle theme)

|Jpn={{hover|砦|とりで}}<ref>{{cite|title=スーパーマリオブラザーズ3 (''Sūpā Mario Burazāzu Surī'') instruction booklet|language=ja|publisher=Nintendo|page=20|date=1988}}</ref><ref>''Super Mario World'' Japanese instruction booklet (foldout)</ref>

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