Monday, September 17, 2012

New Super Mario Bros.: 8-Bowser's Castle

It the final battle! It will take a while to get there. First, we have to platform over the lava and Podoboos to the door. There's an item in one of the blocks, and a ? Switch in another. The ? Switch rotates the room 180 degrees, so you can access the other door in the room. There are several jet engines in this room, as well as doors that you can't reach. Go to the right to the only right-side-up you can reach. It will take you to a room with a giant Thwomp. In one of the item blocks is another ? Switch that rotates the room. The ceiling and floor change to a tan color where the Thwomp will land. Go through the door on the left back into the room with the jet engines. There will be an accessible door up and to the left. Run and duck under the jet engine to reach it. You'll be in a maze with more Thwomps and Dry Bones. The first Star Coin will be up and over to the left. Make your way down the maze. There will be brick blocks over some spikes. One of them has an item. The ? Switch is in a brick block over the stairs. With the room rotated, go up, and go quickly under a Thwomp to reach the door. It will take you back to the room with the engines. Go as far left as you can and hit a brick block for a ? Switch. This one makes a platform appear so you can reach a door to the left. The door takes you to a split room. The low path has the second Star Coin. The top path has the door to the final area before the boss door. This room also has lava. The midpoint is here. In this area, the first part has a chime maze. You'll come across paths that will either buzz or chime when you make it to the end. If you hear a buzz, you'll have to do that area again. The correct paths are the low path, the upper path, then the middle path. Afterwards, you'll find the third Star Coin blocked by brick blocks. Break the brick blocks as Super Mario. Get on the next platform, then run to the left and duck to get it. The boss door is nearby. We see Bowser Jr. next to Bowser's bones and a giant cauldron. Peach is high above on a platform. Bowser Jr. throws the bones into the cauldron and it explodes, revealing a flesh-and-blood Bowser. We have to battle them both.Jr. is wearing his mask for this battle. I recommend having two Fire Flowers or reaching the switch as soon as possible. Once you defeat them, Peach floats down, says "Thank you!" and kisses Mario's ear.
The credits roll, showing us pictures of levels we've completed. After that, we see Bowser Jr dragging  his father. He squawks at us. We save our game and see a new background, which says "Select a File: [L] + [R] + (A)= Luigi's silhouette. While on the file select screen, if you hold [L], [R] and select the file with (A), you'll hear Luigi and be able to play as him.
That's all for this game! I had a great time playing it and we'll dive into Mario's latest adventure next!

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