| To get to "Bowser in the Dark World", start on the sun rug in the main
entrance to the castle. Head up the stairs and turn left. Open the red
door with the giant star on it and run down the hall on the
other side. The portrait will change from peach to bowser and you
should fall through the floor.
Bonus Star | Collect the 8 Red Coins:
Start out by following the obvious path of the level. When you get to the flamethrower trap, you'll see a switch. Press the switch
and run towards the screen. There should be a block there that wasn't
before and a red coin. Be careful not to be hit by the fire, you'll
probably end up thrown off the side.
The next coin needs the same switch. Wait for the switch
to turn off and hit it again. Then run back to where the level started.
Go to the farthest edge of the blue platform and run towards the
screen. There will be blocks there with a red coin at the end.
Continue
along the level, dodging all traps, Make sure you open the yellow box,
theres a 1-up inside. The next red coin is located on the blue walkway with the crystals, behind the third crystal you'll pass is a red coin.
The
fourth red coin is immediately after the blue walkway. You'll reach an
area where a yellow block will move back and forth through a white
block. On the other side of the white block is a red coin. Jump down
onto the yellow block and run towards the white block and you should
come to it.
The next one is pretty obvious. Its located on the blue moving platforms. Just jump on one and wait for it to come around to the coin. Jump off once you get the coin and continue along the level.
Once
your off the moving platforms, run to the far end of the platform your
now on, coming towards the screen. Turn left when you get the chance.
Theres a red coin hidden behind the blue spike in the middle of this yellow platform. Theres another 1-up in the yellow box.
Return
to the blue platform and jump onto the leaning platform, also blue.
There will be a second leaning platform after that. Run to the right
side of this leaning platform. Once it leans a good way, run to
the left and jump up to the overhanging platform. Jump left again to
the next hanging platform to find another coin.
Jump back down
to the leaning platform you were just on and jump down to where all the
goombas are. Kill them, it will be easier if they aren't there.
Jump to the area between the two poles holding up the hanging
platforms. Its behind the leaning platform. Run to the left until you
hit the next pole. There should be a red coin up against this pole. Its hard to see where your walking, so be careful. Use the C if you need a better view.
Once you've collected all the coins, head to the end of the level, collect the star, and jump into the warp pipe.
Time for
your first bowser battle. Read what bowser has to say, he tells you how
to beat him. Ya, he's smart. Beating bowser may actually be easier than
some of the previous battles. He only takes 1 hit! Just run around him
and grab him by the tail, and toss him into one of the bombs lining the
level. Throw him off, though, and he'll come right back. Once you beat
him, he'll talk to you and give you a key. Grab the key, and get out of
there.
I bet you want to know where that key goes. Well, I'll
tell you. Start at the sun rug at the main entrance. Now, head over to
one of the brown, wooden doors. Once inside, run down the stairs that
splits the two doors. At the bottom of the stairs is the basement door.
Run up to it, and the key will do the rest.
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