At Last, Bowser's Castle!
Template:Level At Last, Bowser's Castle! is level 5-8 in Yoshi's Island DS, and takes place in Bowser's Castle.
Yoshi and all five babies went through this castle to save Baby Luigi and the other captured infants. Yoshi finds Baby Wario and Baby Bowser fighting at the beginning, and the two rejoin him. Yoshi first had to go on a rocket and go into space to get further into the castle. Then there were five paths; which baby Yoshi currently had determined which path he took as each path revolved around it.
At the start, Yoshi had to make his way through many Skeleton Goonies and platforms to make it to a door at the end, inside the door is a rocket, which takes Yoshi into Outer Space. After getting past all of the planets and Shy Guys in space, Yoshi falls back down to the castle, which has a Stork Stop and five different paths for Yoshi to take. Which path he takes depends on which baby he has with him.
In Baby Bowser's path, Yoshi must use Baby Bowser to melt the ice to continue. First, there are tons of Gusties to get through, then Yoshi must navigate past Zeus Guys and slippery ledges. After the Zeus Guys melt the ice in your path, you must hit a Winged Cloud to create a ferris wheel, which will get you across to more platforms until you can get through the door at the end.
In Baby Wario's path, Yoshi must use Baby Wario's magnet to move metal blocks and solve puzzles. Once he manages to get the metal box up the elevator using the ferris wheel. Yoshi then needs to climb the metal platforms to get to the top, then he must push a metal box down the hole to get it to fall at the bottom of the elevator. Yoshi must push the metal box near the wooden bridge, then bring the elevator back down. After putting the metal box onto the elevator, Yoshi brings it back up and sets it onto some spikes. After Yoshi gets the metal box across the pit of spikes, he must use it to flip a switch. After flipping more switches using metal boxes, Yoshi can finally exit through the door at the end.
Baby Mario's path is quite simple, Yoshi must run as fast as he can to avoid getting crushed by the Super Big Tap-Tap. There are a few Shy Guys standing around after you make it through the bumpers at the end, after that, Yoshi can make it through thedoor at the end.
Baby Peach's path is filled to the brim with spikes, so Yoshi must be careful while navigating it. The path consists of using Baby Peach's parasol to glide throgh the air. However this can be treacherous due to the spikes. There are several Winged Clouds, however, that create bridges so the Yoshi doesn't hit the spikes. After getting through som Blow Hards, Yoshi can make a hasty escape through the door.
Baby Donkey Kong's path is mainly jumping from vine to vine while collecting things such as coins and the like. However, Yoshi must also avoid the fire bars that are in his path before making it to safety at the door at the end.
After getting through one of the babies' paths, you will make it to a room where it's a short walk to the Middle Ring and boss door. After entering the boss door, Baby Bowser will attack Yoshi, thinking he is there to steal his castle's treasure. After defeating Baby Bowser, Yoshi is confronted by Bowser, who is furious that you attacked his younger self. After defeating Bowser as well, Kamek will come to Bowser's aid, making Bowser grow huge, even destroying his castle due to his size. To defeat the huge Bowser, all f the Yoshis that were aiding the babies will come together, using giant eggs to defeat the monster. They eventually succeed, defeating Bowser once and for all, saving the captured babies.
After making his way through one of the paths, Yoshi reaches the top of the castle, where Bowser was supposed to be; however he was not present. Baby Bowser wanted the treasure in the castle and thought that the others were going to get the treasure, so he attacked them.
After Yoshi defeating Baby Bowser, the future Bowser got angry with him and they battled. After Yoshi defeated Bowser, Kamek turned him into Giant Bowser. A pink, yellow and Purple Yoshi joined, and they and all the babies (except Baby Bowser) fought Giant Bowser. They each were given a large Yoshi egg. To defeat Bowser, all four eggs were thrown at Bowser at once. The only supply of big eggs the player had were on a balloon. Yoshi had to throw them six times at Bowser to defeat him.
Trivia
- Oddly, if the player dies in the final boss fight playing as Baby Wario, the player will be unable to play as him if they choose to try again. The reason for this is unknown.
