Bowser Stage

[e319]

Bowser needs a stage!
Maybe an old school one like this:
The bridge in the original Super Mario Bros, with fire balls and an ax to plunge people into lava

or...
The floating one in paper Mario, with the Koopa Clown Kart that you can jump into and blast people with bullet bills!

or...
the one in Super Mario bros 3 with breakable blocks below

or...
The one in Mario Galaxy with gravity switches and black holes you knock people into
(And also, Bowser music is awesome to boot)

 

[Weltunter]

Good idea

I loved the design of the Bowsers Castle stage in Mario Kart 64. A dark-grey castle with a bridge, lava underneath it, THWOMPS...

 

[Iboid]

I want the Doomship or his castle.

 

[Monkeyjr352]

It would be great if he would finally have his own stage...

 

[Anth0ny]

All I know is that if there is a Bowser stage (which I think there definately should be), it must feature the following songs:

Super Mario 64 Bowser Stage music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIgJc9riXEg
Super Mario 64 Bowser Batle music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0O7ZZxTp_34
A remix of the Mario 64 final battle music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCZ-TDy1gP0
Original SMB Bowser castle remixed: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goIojIfB5hE

Such amazing Bowser music exists!

 

[Venraneld]

If Bowser had his own stage I always pictured it would be like his track in MarioKart 64. But an airship level could be really cool too. Now I'm hoping for both.

 

[Bluerockworld]

oooh an airship styled mario kart stage!! cool

 

[Boy Wonder]

Two words: Doom Ship

Preferably both though, a doomship and a Mario Kart-esque Bowser's castle

 

[Joeshi]

Aw man a Bowsers Castle stage would be amazing especially if they played the final battle music between him and mario in Mario 64 man that would be sweet!

 

[OhCripe119]

I've always pictured a Bowser's Castle stage to be kind of older style. I made a terrible paint rendering to show.

A rickety wooden bridge over lava, two platforms below Thwomps, those two platforms can be used to access another long platform that's level with two Bowser statues that shoot fire. Pretty basic, Old School Bowser's Castle. I also contemplated a spinning fire stick or two, but I didn't know where it/they could go.

Edit: I suppose I could extend the stage to have another ground level platform on both the left and right and between them have either just a hole (like the Retro-Style Mushroom Kingdom stages) or lava that shoots fire straight up at times. Or just make it a normal non-walkoff stage with falling to your doom capabilities.

 

[e319]

Cool ideas! Thanks for posting! I just thought up somethin' else!
This isn't actually Bowser's castle but bear with me...
Peach's Castle under attack! You play on the roof like in Melee but all sorts of Bowser minions are attacking, and they can actually damage the castle! Also, after a little while, doomships come and lift the castle into space like in Mario Galaxy!

 

[Collective of Bears]

OhCripe wins this thread.

 

[e319]

WHAA?! What do you mean by that?

 

[Bacon Man11]

He means OhCripe is awesome.

 

[Smashruler]

I think it should be like his tennis court from Mario Power tennis. This time at first it'll be connected to the ceiling by chains. Eventually the chains pop and it lands in the lava. Every now and again, one side will tip over into the lava making the players run to the other side.

 

[JoJoRukus]

MS Paint drawing = Actual reasonable layout for an acceptable Bowser stage. Kudos. :D Please tell me that bridge can fall out too. D:

I'm also inclined to agree that we need to see a Doomship or perhaps even ships... or even a transition between Doomships, tanks and submarines like in Super Mario 3, complete with the Doomship theme as it appeared remixed in Super Mario Galaxy's opening. :D

But as far as a REASONABLE Doomship stage, gimme a big ol' Doomship with flaming torches, cannonballs, bullet bills and some of them mole guys with the wrenches. Maybe even cameos of the original Koopa Kids peeking their heads out of the windows. How you like them apples!? :D

 

[luis92]

a bowser stage would be awsome i'd like the super mario3 one with the blocks under it

 

[Mario_ 101]

I totally agree. They should've put one in melee.

 

[JoJoRukus]

I bet they would have loved to add one in Melee, but weren't able to do it because of time constraints. I was fairly satisfied in Melee though, because at least for the Mario levels there were enough levels to compensate each individual character, those being Mario, Peach and Bowser, but nothing really with an individual theme towards any of them in particular... Maybe Peach's castle a little. Or a lot.

 

[jamrock]

i like your stage design...very authentic