Editing Valley of Bowser

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|image=[[File:ValleyOfBowser.png|256px]]<br>Screenshot from ''Super Mario World''
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|game=''[[Super Mario World]]''  ([[List of games by date#1990|1990]])
|levels=9
|before=[[Chocolate Island|<<]]
|after=[[Star World|>>]]
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[[File:Valley of Bowser entrance artwork.jpg|thumb|left|The entrance to the Valley of Bowser]]
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The '''Valley of Bowser''' is a location in ''[[Super Mario World]]''. It is the seventh and final [[world]]. The main way into the Valley of Bowser is by beating the [[Sunken Ghost Ship]] and entering the massive rock carving of [[Bowser]]'s head that rises out of the sea. A faster way to enter is using the [[Star Road (Super Mario World)|Star Road]], which has an exit leading straight to the [[Front Door]] of [[Bowser's Castle]], making it possible to beat the game while skipping almost every world. The player can also see this area by using the [[Warp Pipe]] found in [[Donut Plains]] to access [[Donut Secret 2]] (the [[level]] upon the cliff on the left). Additionally, the player can enter the valley using the secret Warp Pipe on [[Chocolate Island]], which leads to [[Chocolate Secret]] (the level at the bottom of the map). 

The map has a similar appearance to [[Vanilla Dome]]. There are frequent flashes of lightning in the background despite this level being accessed via a subterranean cavern, and these flashes briefly reveal a silhouette of Bowser in his [[Koopa Clown Car]] hovering around the castle's rooftop (though Bowser’s glowing eyes can still be seen while the background is dark). Various enemies, though mostly [[Koopa Troopa]]s and cave-dwelling enemies, can be encountered here. What is presumably the Valley of Bowser, renamed the '''Valley of the Koopas''', appears in the books ''[[Dinosaur Dilemma]]'' and ''[[Flown the Koopa]]''. Depicted as a barren, putrid, desert-adjacent wasteland filled with garbage and hostile creatures such as [[Muncher]]s and [[Dino-Torch]]es, the area contains Bowser's summer home, where he holds a party celebrating his granting of the Snowbell Prize in ''Dinosaur Dilemma''.
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==Levels==
Note that levels are listed in the order the player can access them. Also, levels with an asterisk (*) feature more than one exit.
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Sunken Ghost Ship.png|[[Sunken Ghost Ship]]
Valley of Bowser 1.png|[[Valley of Bowser 1]]
Valley of Bowser 2.png|[[Valley of Bowser 2]]*
Valley Ghost House.png|[[Valley Ghost House]]*
Valley of Bowser 3.png|[[Valley of Bowser 3]]
Valley of Bowser 4.png|[[Valley of Bowser 4]]*
Larry's Castle.png|[[7 Larry's Castle|#7 Larry's Castle]] (Boss: [[Larry|Larry Koopa]])
Front Door.png|[[Front Door]] (Boss: [[Bowser]])
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There are also a few secret levels:
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DonutSecret2.png|[[Donut Secret 2]]
ChocolateSecret.png|[[Chocolate Secret]]
ValleyFortress.png|[[Valley Fortress]] (Boss: [[Reznor]])
SMW BackDoor.png|[[Back Door]] (Boss: [[Bowser]])
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===Unused level===
[[File:SMWBetaRedPalace.png|256px|thumb|The unused Red Switch Palace in Valley of Bowser.]]
There is an unused [[Red Switch Palace]] to the left of Valley of Bowser 3. Since it leads to an "empty" level, it is probable that it was scrapped early in development. Valley of Bowser 3 connects to its path, and unlike other levels with just one exit, Valley of Bowser 3 is set to move Mario to the left when its secret exit is activated instead of up. Presumably, this means that Valley of Bowser 3 was originally going to have a secret exit at one point before it, too, got scrapped. If a secret exit is hacked in, the game glitches, activating Valley of Bowser 4's normal exit<ref>Beating a level the normal way activates an "event" in the game's code for that level. Secret exits activate the defined event plus one (i.e. if the level had Event #1 defined for it, a secret exit activates Event #2).</ref> and trapping Mario in such a way that he would be locked in an endless [[bonus game (Super Mario World)|bonus game]].

==Media==
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==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=クッパのたに
|JapR=Kuppa no tani
|JapM=Bowser's Valley
|Jap2=魔王クッパの谷<ref name=KV>{{cite|location=Tokyo|language=ja|date=December 10, 1992|title=「任天堂公式ガイドブック　スーパーマリオワールド」 (''Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook – Super Mario World'')|page=109|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|isbn=4-09-104117-5}}</ref>
|Jap2R=Maō Kuppa no tani
|Jap2M=King Bowser's Valley; written in English as "Koopa’s Valley" in the ''Super Mario World'' Shogakukan guide.<ref name=KV/>
|Chi=酷霸王山谷
|ChiR=Kùbàwáng Shāngǔ 
|ChiM=Valley of Bowser
|Ger=Bowsers Tal
|GerM=Bowser's Valley
|Fre=Vallée de Bowser
|FreM=Valley of Bowser
|Ita=Valle di Bowser
|ItaM=Valley of Bowser
|Por=Vale do Bowser
|PorM=Valley of Bowser
|Spa=Valle de Bowser
|SpaM=Valley of Bowser
}}

==Trivia==
*The entrance to the Valley of Bowser appears in the premade world for the Super Mario Mash-up in ''[[Minecraft]]''. A Nether Portal can be found inside of it, and going through it takes the player to [[Bowser's Castle]].
*A rendition of the overworld music in the Valley of Bowser is used in Super Expert mode in ''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]''.

==References==
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