Editing The Trial Course

[[File:SMRPG Trial Course.png|thumb|[[Mario]] before the doors]]
{{quote2|Of the 6 doors... 2 open onto action courses! You can handle a lot of action, right? 2 others will lead to battle courses. You can fight, right?! The last 2 open onto puzzle courses. No sweat for a great puzzle solver like you, right?! Once you choose a course, there's no turning back! The only way to know what's behind a door is to walk through it! You must pass 4 of the 6 courses to move ahead.|Narration|[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]}}
'''Six-Door Chamber''' is a series of corridors located deep within [[Bowser's Castle#Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars|Bowser's Keep]] in ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]''. It begins with a room of six numbered doors. Two of the doors lead to "action courses" where [[Mario]] must use his jumping ability to navigate obstacles and enemies (which do not lead to battle encounters) and collect items, two lead to "battle courses" with a series of consecutive fights against enemies summoned by [[Wizakoopa]], and two lead to "puzzle courses" where the player is challenged by quizmaster [[Dr. Topper]]. Each door's destination is randomized each playthrough. When a course is completed, the player is sent back to the room with the doors, where that course's door is now marked with an X. Each course has a reward at the end, and four must be completed to progress; once the fourth is completed, the paths leading back to the room with the doors and the castle before become inaccessible until Bowser's Keep is exited upon [[Exor]]'s defeat.
==Action courses==
Mario gets ten tries to get through a series of obstacle-filled rooms; if he makes 10 faults before the course is complete, he is booted back to the room with the doors. Every fault also causes a loss in [[coin]]s.
===Action course 1===
;Room 1:
A series of rising-and-falling gray [[Block (Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars)|block]]s between a stone overhang and a [[lava]] pit must be jumped across. A [[treasure chest|treasure box]] on top of the overhang contains a [[Croaka Cola]].
;Room 2:
Mario must balance on an iron ball to jump to high places as two [[Bob-omb]]s loosely pursue him, exploding if they touch him off the ball. Eight large coins are up in the air. Treasure boxes contain a [[Pick Me Up]], a [[Ultra Mushroom|Max Mushroom]], a [[Rock Candy (item)|Rock Candy]], and two [[Flower (Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars)|Flower]]s.
;Room 3:
A pair of gray blocks rotate around each other when stood upon, shown previously in [[Bandit's Way]]. This time, however, it is over an enormous lava pit. Treasure boxes contain a [[Royal Syrup]], a [[Fire Bomb]], a Pick Me Up, a Croaka Cola, and two Flowers.

The reward is the [[Sonic Cymbal|Sonic Cymbals]].

===Action course 2===
;Room 1:
An invisible maze is suspended over lava. It becomes visible for an instant when jumped upon, which is demonstrated by three [[Terrapin]]s that briskly move from the beginning to the end ahead of Mario. Four large coins are in the air over the maze. Treasure boxes contain a [[Fright Bomb]], an [[Ice Bomb]], a Royal Syrup, and a Rock Candy.
;Room 2:
Several gray blocks move back-and-forth laterally across a lava pit, stopping while Mario jumps. Treasure boxes contain a Max Mushroom, a [[Red Essence]], a Fire Bomb, and a Flower.
;Room 3:
A [[Guerrilla]] imitates [[Donkey Kong]], throwing barrels down an isometric room similar to [[25m]], though without slopes or ladders. Once Mario reaches the Guerrilla at the top, it flees down the side.

The reward is the [[Super Slap]].

==Battle courses==
Magikoopa spawns an enemy at each pair of statues, leading to an encounter against a group of standard enemies.
===Battle course 1===
;Room 1:
*[[Pro Goomba]]: 5 Pro Goombas
*[[Malakoopa]]: 2 Malakoopas, 1 [[Grand Troopa]]
*[[High Boo]]: 2 [[Boo]]s, 2 [[Orbison]]s
*[[Sling Shy]]: 5 Sling Shies
;Room 2:
*[[Chewy]]: 2 Chewies, 2 [[Beezo]]s
*[[Mr. Kipper]]: 1 Mr. Kipper, 2 [[Muckle]]s
*[[Amanita]]: 2 Amanitas, 1 Orbison
*[[Glum Reaper]]: 2 [[Greaper]]s, 1 Glum Reaper
;Room 3:
*[[Lava Babble]]: 3 Lava Babbles
*[[Lakitu]]: 3 Lakitus
*[[Zeostar]]: 2 Zeostars, 2 [[Shaman]]s
*Shaman: 6 Shamans

The reward is the [[Star Gun]] ([[Drill Claw]] in the remake).

===Battle course 2===
;Room 1:
*[[Terra Cotta]]: 4 Terra Cottas
*[[Urspike]]: 2 Urspikes, 1 [[Star Cruster]]
*[[Sackit]]: 1 Sackit, 2 [[Big Blaster]]s
*[[Chow]]: 2 Chows, 1 [[Forkie]]s
;Room 2:
*[[Alley Rat]]: 1 Alley Rat, 2 [[Armored Ant]]s
*[[Blooper]]: 3 Bloopers, 1 Star Cruster
*[[Stinger]]: 5 Stingers
*[[Geckit]]: 2 Geckits, 1 [[Chained Kong]]
;Room 3:
*[[Bob-omb]]: 1 [[Rob-omb]], 2 Big Blasters
*[[Vomer]]: 4 Vomers
*[[Magmus]]: 2 Magmuses, 2 [[Pulsar]]s
*[[Huhwhat]] family "item" icon: 1 [[Comeon]] (can spawn [[Bahamutt]]s)

The reward is the Drill Claw (Star Gun in the remake).

==Puzzle courses==
[[Dr. Topper]] challenges Mario to solve his brainteasers. Failure puts Mario back in the room with the doors.
===Puzzle course 1===
;Room 1:
Coin collecting: Mario and Dr. Topper take turns hitting a coin-filled treasure box up to four times in a row, trying to avoid collecting the 21st coin.
;Room 2:
Dr. Topper introduces Mario to a game called "Magic Buttons." Mario needs to depress a 4x4 group of 16 [[! Switch|button]]s, which each invert the state of all cardinally surrounding buttons.
;Room 3:
Dr. Topper has Mario play "Ball Solitaire." Mario must kick iron balls into bouncing over each other, similar to {{wp|checkers}}, to reduce a 4x4 grid of 15 balls down to one. It is automatic failure if a ball is made to leapfrog over two at once or bounces over nothing.

The reward is a Rock Candy.

===Puzzle course 2===
;Room 1:
Dr. Topper gives Mario a trivia quiz consisting of 12 questions about the game, chosen randomly from a pool of 40. He has five seconds to answer each, with correct answers raising the block Mario stands on by one step, wrong answers lowering it by two, and timing out lowering it by one. The goal is eight steps high. The correct answers are highlighted in green. 

{|class="responsive" width="100%"
!Question
!Answer 1
!Answer 2
!Answer 3
|-
|data-label="Question"|How much...does a female [[Beetle (Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars)|beetle]] cost?
|data-label="Answer 1" style="background:#99ff99"|1 [[coin]]
|data-label="Answer 2" |50 coins
|data-label="Answer 3"|A frog coin
|-
|data-label="Question"|What does [[Belome]] really like to turn people into?
|data-label="Answer 1" style="background:#99ff99"|[[Scarecrow (status effect)|Scarecrow]]
|data-label="Answer 2"|Ice cream cones
|data-label="Answer 3"|Mushrooms
|-
|data-label="Question"|What is [[Raini]]'s husband's name?
|data-label="Answer 1" style="background:#99ff99"|[[Raz]]
|data-label="Answer 2"|Romeo
|data-label="Answer 3"|[[Gaz]]
|-
|data-label="Question"|Johnny loves WHICH beverage?...
|data-label="Answer 1" style="background:#99ff99"|Currant juice
|data-label="Answer 2"|Grape juice
|data-label="Answer 3"|Boysenberry smoothie
|-
|data-label="Question"|What's the name of the boss at the [[Sunken Ship]]?
|data-label="Answer 1" style="background:#99ff99"|[[Jonathan Jones|Johnny]]
|data-label="Answer 2"|Jimmy
|data-label="Answer 3"|Jackson
|-
|data-label="Question"|[[Booster]] is what generation?
|data-label="Answer 1" style="background:#99ff99"|7th
|data-label="Answer 2"|8th
|data-label="Answer 3"|78th
|-
|data-label="Question"|Where was the 3rd [[Star Piece (Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars)|Star Piece]] found?
|data-label="Answer 1" style="background:#99ff99"|[[Moleville]]
|data-label="Answer 2"|[[Forest Maze]]
|data-label="Answer 3"|[[Star Hill]]
|-
|data-label="Question"|In the [[Moleville]] blues, it's said that the moles are covered in what?
|data-label="Answer 1" style="background:#99ff99"|Soil
|data-label="Answer 2"|Dirt
|data-label="Answer 3"|Slugs
|-
|data-label="Question"|What color are the curtains in [[Mario Bros.' House|Mario's house]]?
|data-label="Answer 1" style="background:#99ff99"|Blue
|data-label="Answer 2"|Green
|data-label="Answer 3"|Red
|-
|data-label="Question"|[[Speardovich]] is what?
|data-label="Answer 1" style="background:#99ff99"|A boss
|data-label="Answer 2"|A new breed of cattle
|data-label="Answer 3"|A special attack
|-
|data-label="Question"|The [[Beetle Mania Toad|boy]] at the inn in [[Toad Town|Mushroom Kingdom]] was playing with...What?
|data-label="Answer 1" style="background:#99ff99"|[[Game Boy]]
|data-label="Answer 2"|[[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|Super NES]]
|data-label="Answer 3"|[[Virtual Boy]]
|-
|data-label="Question"|What did [[Carroboscis]] turn into?
|data-label="Answer 1" style="background:#99ff99"|A carrot
|data-label="Answer 2"|A beet
|data-label="Answer 3"|A radish
|-
|data-label="Question"|Who is the famous sculptor in [[Nimbus Land]]?
|data-label="Answer 1" style="background:#99ff99"|[[Garro]]
|data-label="Answer 2"|[[Gaz]]
|data-label="Answer 3"|Goya
|-
|data-label="Question"|What is [[Cinder Toad]] in charge of at the middle counter?
|data-label="Answer 1" style="background:#99ff99"|The inn
|data-label="Answer 2"|Weapons
|data-label="Answer 3"|Items
|-
|data-label="Question"|Who is the ultimate enemy in this adventure?
|data-label="Answer 1" style="background:#99ff99"|[[Smithy]]
|data-label="Answer 2"|[[Bowser]]
|data-label="Answer 3"|[[Goomba]]
|-
|data-label="Question"|Who is the leader of The [[Axem Rangers]]?
|data-label="Answer 1" style="background:#99ff99"|Red
|data-label="Answer 2"|Black
|data-label="Answer 3"|Green
|-
|data-label="Question"|What's the name of [[Jagger]]'s "sensei"?
|data-label="Answer 1"|Dinky
|data-label="Answer 2" style="background:#99ff99"|[[Jinx]]
|data-label="Answer 3"|Johnny
|-
|data-label="Question"|How many underlings does [[Croco]] have?
|data-label="Answer 1"|2
|data-label="Answer 2" style="background:#99ff99"|3
|data-label="Answer 3"|4
|-
|data-label="Question"|What was [[Princess Peach|Peach]] doing when she was kidnapped by [[Bowser]]?
|data-label="Answer 1"|She was playing cards
|data-label="Answer 2" style="background:#99ff99"|She was looking at flowers
|data-label="Answer 3"|She was digging for worms
|-
|data-label="Question"|Who is the famous composer at [[Tadpole Pond]]?
|data-label="Answer 1"|Toadoskfy
|data-label="Answer 2" style="background:#99ff99"|[[Toadofsky]]
|data-label="Answer 3"|[[Frog Sage]]
|-
|data-label="Question"|Which monster does not appear in [[Booster Tower]]?
|data-label="Answer 1"|[[Jester]]
|data-label="Answer 2" style="background:#99ff99"|[[Terrapin]]
|data-label="Answer 3"|[[Bob-omb]]
|-
|data-label="Question"|The boy getting his picture taken at [[Marrymore]] can't wait 'til which season?
|data-label="Answer 1"|Hunting
|data-label="Answer 2" style="background:#99ff99"|Skiing
|data-label="Answer 3"|Baseball
|-
|data-label="Question"|What technique does [[Bowser]] learn at Level 15?
|data-label="Answer 1"|[[Bowser Crush]]
|data-label="Answer 2" style="background:#99ff99"|[[Crusher]]
|data-label="Answer 3"|[[Terrorize]]
|-
|data-label="Question"|What words does [[Beezo]] use when he sings?
|data-label="Answer 1"|Dum dee dah~
|data-label="Answer 2" style="background:#99ff99"|La dee dah~
|data-label="Answer 3"|Dum lee lah~
|-
|data-label="Question"|What does [[Birdo]] come out of?
|data-label="Answer 1"|A [[barrel]]
|data-label="Answer 2" style="background:#99ff99"|An [[Shelly|eggshell]]
|data-label="Answer 3"|A basket
|-
|data-label="Question"|What's the first monster you see in the [[Pipe Vault]]?
|data-label="Answer 1"|[[Goomba]]
|data-label="Answer 2" style="background:#99ff99"|[[Lava Bubble]]
|data-label="Answer 3"|[[Nipper Plant|Chompweed]]
|-
|data-label="Question"|What's the password in the [[Sunken Ship]]?
|data-label="Answer 1"|Corals
|data-label="Answer 2" style="background:#99ff99"|Pearls
|data-label="Answer 3"|Oyster
|-
|data-label="Question"|What was [[Mallow]] asked to get for [[Frog Sage]]?
|data-label="Answer 1"|[[Honey Syrup]]
|data-label="Answer 2" style="background:#99ff99"|[[Cricket Pie]]
|data-label="Answer 3"|[[Carbo Cookie]]
|-
|data-label="Question"|[[Dyna & Mite|Mite]] is Dyna's...WHAT?
|data-label="Answer 1"|Big sister
|data-label="Answer 2" style="background:#99ff99"|Little brother
|data-label="Answer 3"|Second cousin
|-
|data-label="Question"|What does the [[Red Essence]] do?
|data-label="Answer 1"|Makes you sleepy
|data-label="Answer 2" style="background:#99ff99"|Gives you strength
|data-label="Answer 3"|Relieves back pain
|-
|data-label="Question"|How long have the couple inside the chapel been waiting for their wedding?
|data-label="Answer 1"|1 hour
|data-label="Answer 2" style="background:#99ff99"|30 minutes
|data-label="Answer 3"|45 minutes
|-
|data-label="Question"|What do [[Culex]], [[Jinx]], and [[Goomhilde]] have in common?
|data-label="Answer 1"|They are immortal
|data-label="Answer 2" style="background:#99ff99"|They live in [[Monstro Town]]
|data-label="Answer 3"|They all like bratwurst
|-
|data-label="Question"|What is the 4th selection on the Menu screen?
|data-label="Answer 1"|Important Items
|data-label="Answer 2"|Special Items
|data-label="Answer 3" style="background:#99ff99"|Equip
|-
|data-label="Question"|The [[Toad (species)|man]] getting his picture taken at [[Marrymore]] hates what?
|data-label="Answer 1"|Getting married
|data-label="Answer 2"|Mowing the lawn on Sundays
|data-label="Answer 3" style="background:#99ff99"|Getting his picture taken
|-
|data-label="Question"|Where was the 1st Star Piece found?
|data-label="Answer 1"|[[Bowser's Castle|Bowser's Keep]]
|data-label="Answer 2"|[[Mario Bros.' House|Mario's Pad]]
|data-label="Answer 3" style="background:#99ff99"|[[Toad Town|Mushroom Kingdom]]
|-
|data-label="Question"|How many legs does [[Wiggler]] have?
|data-label="Answer 1"|10
|data-label="Answer 2"|8
|data-label="Answer 3" style="background:#99ff99"|6
|-
|data-label="Question"|What's the full name of the boss at the [[Sunken Ship]]?
|data-label="Answer 1"|Johnny Jones
|data-label="Answer 2"|Jesse James Jones
|data-label="Answer 3" style="background:#99ff99"|[[Jonathan Jones]]
|-
|data-label="Question"|Who helped you up the cliff at [[Land's End]]?
|data-label="Answer 1"|Sky Troops
|data-label="Answer 2"|Flying Troopa
|data-label="Answer 3" style="background:#99ff99"|[[Koopa Paratroopa|Paratroopas]]
|-
|data-label="Question"|What color is the end of [[Dodo]]'s beak?
|data-label="Answer 1"|Yellow
|data-label="Answer 2"|Orange
|data-label="Answer 3" style="background:#99ff99"|Red
|-
|data-label="Question"|What's the chef's name at [[Marrymore]]?
|data-label="Answer 1"|Blintz
|data-label="Answer 2"|Gateau
|data-label="Answer 3" style="background:#99ff99"|[[Chef Torte|Torte]]
|}
;Room 2:
Dr. Topper shows a small pile of barrels for ten seconds and has Mario count them, including the ones hidden by the camera angle, before hiding them again and having him give an answer. If Mario is correct, he moves on to a much larger pile, which he gives 20 seconds to count. Both numbers of barrels vary each play.
;Room 3:
Dr. Topper introduces [[Boo, Goo, Bones, and Kipp]], who took part in a triathlon of swimming, cycling, and a marathon. He has Mario interview each to determine what order they finished in. Once Mario has an answer, Dr. Topper has him speak to them again in the order they came in. The one in first place said they outrode another during cycling and was never passed by them, the one in second says he fell into fourth during cycling but had a shared higher position in the other events, the one in third says he got the same position in swimming and cycling but was beaten by two in the marathon, and the one in fourth says he placed third in swimming.

The reward is a Rock Candy.

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=クッパ{{ruby|迷宮|めいきゅう}}<ref name=FE2>''Super Mario RPG'' Final Edition, page 2.</ref>
|JapR=Kuppa Meikyū
|JapM=Bowser's Maze; rendered "The Trial Course" in the Shogakukan guide.<ref name=FE2/>
|Spa=Sala de las 6 puertas
|SpaM=6-Door Chamber
|Kor=6개의 문
|KorR=6 Gae-ui Mun
|KorM=6 Doors
}}

==References==
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