Dire, Dire Docks
Template:Galaxybox Dire, Dire Docks, also known as Waterworld,[1] is the ninth course in Super Mario 64 and its DS remake. The entrance to the course is through the Big Star Door to the left of the Mushroom Castle's main basement room. 30 Power Stars are needed to unlock the door. The entrance to Dire, Dire Docks is a large water-like painting, and walking or jumping through it will bring the player to the course. Before the player collects the course's first Power Star, the course's entrance painting covers the hole that leads to Bowser in the Fire Sea, but once the player collects the Power Star, the entrance to Dire, Dire Docks moves back to the end of the hall, opening Bowser in the Fire Sea. Additionally, Bowser's Submarine[2] (or the Sub)[2] in Dire, Dire Docks will not move until Bowser in the Fire Sea is completed.
This course shares the same music as Jolly Roger Bay. Similar to it, while Mario, Yoshi, Luigi, or Wario is swimming underwater, there is additional calm music; when he is on land in the second area, there is a beat to it.
Layout
![Map of Dire, Dire Docks](https://mario.wiki.gallery/images/8/84/SM64DS_Dire_Dire_Docks_Map.png)
A majority of the course is underwater. The player will immediately start falling into a body of water, and in the DS version of the game, there are some Black Bricks and Skeeters on the surface. Below the surface are Bubs, a Manta Ray, a whirlpool that will make the player lose a life if they get trapped in it, and several Treasure Chests along the bottom. A large tunnel connects the two areas of the course, and there is a place to come up for air halfway through the tunnel.
The next area of the course has several clams along the floor, a cage containing a Power Star to the left, and a grate spouting bubble rings. If Bowser in the Fire Sea has yet to be completed, Bowser's Submarine will be on the water's surface. Otherwise, the Sub will be missing and a large exit into the Castle Grounds will be open to the south. Above the surface is a boardwalk with green and blue blocks that contain the Metal Cap and Vanish Cap, respectively, as well as a Purple Switch that creates blocks to the platforms above when stood on. Several poles slide across the ceiling of this course, but they will not appear if the Sub is present.
Missions
Mission | Appears in | Summary |
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![]() Board Bowser's Sub |
Super Mario 64 Super Mario 64 DS |
This mission's objective is to collect the Power Star on Bowser's Submarine. |
![]() Chests in the Current |
Super Mario 64 Super Mario 64 DS |
This mission's objective is to open the Treasure Chests in the correct order. |
![]() Pole-Jumping for Red Coins |
Super Mario 64 Super Mario 64 DS |
This mission's objective is to collect the eight Red Coins. |
![]() Through the Jet Stream |
Super Mario 64 Super Mario 64 DS |
This mission's objective is to pass through the bubble rings at the bottom of the course's second area. |
![]() The Manta Ray's Reward |
Super Mario 64 (5th Star) Super Mario 64 DS (7th Star) |
This mission's objective is to pass through the bubble rings from the Manta Ray. |
![]() Koopa Surfin' Switch Star |
Super Mario 64 DS | This mission involves collecting the course's Switch Star. |
![]() Collect the Caps... (N64) / Inside the Cage (DS) |
Super Mario 64 Super Mario 64 DS |
This mission's objective is to obtain the Power Star trapped in a cage. |
Enemies
Bullet Bills / Turtle Cannons (DS)
Skeeters (DS)
Statistics from Super Mario 64
- Total Number of Coins: 106
- Caps Found: Vanish Cap (1), Metal Cap (1)
- Spinning Heart: (none)
- Cannons: (none)
- 1UP Mushrooms (1):
- Triggered Mushrooms : #1 Triggered by swimming into the clam by the chests in the starting area.
- Warps: (none)
Gallery
Media
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Names in other languages
Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Japanese | ウォーター ランド Wōtā Rando |
Water Land | |
Chinese | 恐怖船坞[3] Kǒngbù Chuánwù |
Horrific Shipyard | |
German | Wilde Wasserwerft | Wild Water Dockyard | |
Italian | Abisso Acquatico | Aquatic Abyss | |
Korean | 워터랜드 Woteo Laendeu |
Water Land | |
Spanish | Gran Muelle | Big Dock |
References
- ^ Nintendo Magazine System (AU) Issue #42, page 18.
- ^ a b (June 10, 1998). Course 9 - Star 1: Board Bowser's Sub Bowser in the Dark World. Nintendo: Super Mario 64 Strategy (Internet Archive: Wayback Machine). Retrieved March 15, 2022.
- ^ From the Template:Media link and the Power Star menu of Super Mario 64 DS as localized by iQue.