Bowser in the Dark World

N64
Well, it's about time we checked behind the star door and paid Bowser a visit. We walk through the door and up a short flight of stairs and see a painting of Peach. We run to the painting to save Peach, but as we approach, the picture morphs into a picture of Bowser's face. We reach an invisible wall and the floor drops away. After jumping to avoid falling in for a while, but finally fall in. We land in a place with a dark sky on a winding path over the void. We hear Bowser's laugh and he says "Bwahahaha! You've stepped right into my trap, just as I knew you would! I warn you, "Friend", watch your step!" The "Road to Bowser" music, remixed in both Galaxies, start plaing. I like this song.
We follow the narrow path and step on the switch so the blocks will appear so we can get Red Coins. Unfortunately, the switch is near a rock that periodically spews fire. The fire hit me and I ran off the level. It took me 7 takes to reach Bowser because I wanted to get the 8 Red Coins. They will give us another Star, so I decided to get them so I wouldn't have to repeat the level. They are in an order along the path. The first Red Coin is to the left of where we start, over the abyss. This isn't Galaxy, so we can't just jump out and spin back to safety. We have to leave it for now and move forward. We cross a narrow bridge and move to the area with the fire-spewing rock. We hit the switch and a block appears nearby. It appears under one of the Red Coins. When the fire isn't spewing, we get the coin. After that, we hit the switch again and head back to where we started and walk on the blocks to the Red Coin. Past the switch is another fire-spewing rock in front of a slope. We can't walk up the blue side, so we have to go around. We jump onto one of the rotating platforms and jump off on the other side. There is a 1-up in the item block near the Goombas. We cross the bridge and find another Red Coin near a crystal circled by an Amp. As we continue, there is a yellow platform sliding back and forth over the abyss. On the other side is a Red Coin, which we can get when the platform is under it. Nearby are circling platforms where the next Red Coin is. We have to ride around a couple of times to get it. When we make it to the safety of the stone platform, we find a narrow bridge to a circular, pointed structure. If we carefully walk across the bridge, we will find the 6th Red Coin. The 7th and 8th Red Coins are near the tilting platforms near the end of the path. We have to sidle along the narrow ledge and find it between two stone walls. There is a 1-up between a different set of walls. The last coin is on top of the ledges coming off of the stone walls. It is over the first ledge from where the tilting platforms start. We went past the tilting platforms, go back and use the tilting platforms as a ramp to the stone ledge. We then long-jump to the next stone platforms and get the last Red Coin. The Star appears at the end of the path, behind a large pipe. We make our way back across the tilting platforms and reach a checkered slope. We can't climb it, so we step on the nearby switch to turn the slope into a set of stairs, that will disappear once the timer runs out. We reach the top and get the Star. We get a message: "Wow! Another Power Star! Mario gains more courage from the power of the castle. Do you want to save? You Bet / Not now
Star Get #38, 58 Coins, 4 Lives
We jump into the pipe and find Bowser, who says "Tough luck, Mario! Princess Toadstool isn't here... Gwa ha ha!! Go ahead -- just try to grab me by the tail! You'll never be able to swing ME around! A wimp like you won't throw me out of here! Never! Ha!" He tells us how to defeat him- we must pick him up by the tail and swing him around into one of the bombs that surround the floating battle arena. Throwing him off the arena won't do anything.
Bowser's theme starts playing. We circle Bowser until we can grab his tail and swing him around. I threw him to a nearby bomb so I could aim better. I threw him again to adjust, then threw him a short distance into the bomb. He roars and flies to the center of the arena and says "Grrr! I was a bit careless. This is not as I had planned... but I still hold the power of the Stars, and I still have Peach. Bwa ha ha! You'll get now more Stars from me! I'm not finished with you yet, but I'll let you go for now. You'll pay for this... later!" He shrinks and spins into a gold key with a Bowser shaped head. We get the key and Mario poses with it. This key opens the door to the basement, which is where we'll continue our adventure.
Nintendo DS
We need Mario for this mission since Yoshi can't do the job. We approach the Star Door and Mario pulls out a Star to unlock the door. We get the message: "The Power Stars have broken the lock Bwoser put on the Star Door. Now anyone can enter the door." The door slides open and reveals a short flight of stairs to a painting of Peach. If this is anything like what happens in Mario's painting, we should find her here. As we approach, the face in the painting turns from Peach into Bowser. The floor drops away, and we fall in. The same music plays and Bowser gives the same speech, without the quotations marks around "friend".
There is an item block where we can get a Power Flower and float over to other parts of the path. We got the Red Coin near the fire-spewing rock, but the flames hit us. We got the Red Coin near the start, but walked off.
Take 2- We got the Red Coin near the flames and were burned twice off the level. Take 3- We got the first two coins, and were burned once. We move up to where the Goombas where we get a 1-up in the item block. We get the third Red Coin by the crystal and the Amp. The fourth and fifth coins are in the same place as in the N64. We fell off after the fifth coin.
Take 4- We got one coin and fell off from a burn.
Take 5- We get the first two coins without incident. We take two hits from Goombas and get a 1-up. We also get coins 3-6 without issue and got another 1-up. We take a hit from an Amp twice after we get the 6th coin. We sidled from the side closer to the pipe to get the seventh coin. We got a 1-up on top of the stone platform from the stone wall. We got the 8th Red Coin and the Star appears behind the pipe. We got another 1-up jumping toward the switch. We activate the switch to generate the stairs and we get the Star. We get a message: "Wow! Another Power Star! You're getting stronger from the power of the castle. Do you want to save? You bet / Not now
Star Get #44, 50 Coins, 6 Lives
Near where the Star was is a Star Switch. The Star Sphere is next to where the last Red Coin was. Each Bowser mission on the Nintendo DS will have a Red Coin Star and a Switch Star. We activate the switch and slide off the level. Take 6- As we already have the Red Coin Star, we use the Power Flower to float near the Star Sphere. We go up the stairs, activate the Star Switch, and go back down the stairs. We just ran out of time to get the Switch Star. We get two 1-ups. We got the Switch Star with ease on the second try. Star Get #45, 11 Coins, 7 Lives At the top of the stairs is a sign: "Watch out for Bowser's flames! To beat him, get behind him and grab his tail by pressing (A)! Spin him around with the (Control Pad) before you send him flying. The faster you spin him, the farther he'll go! Or use the Wrist Strap's thumb pad on the Touch Screen to spin him more smoothly! Take a good look aroudn with the arrows on the Touch Screen. Find the spiked orbs in the corners. To defeat Bowser, throw him into one. Aim carefully and press (A) to fling him far, far away." Good to know. Let's save Peach. We go into the pipe.
Bowser approaches, with an updated sprite. He says "Tough luck! Looks like Princess Toadstool isn't here... Gwa ha ha!! Go ahead -- just try to grab me by the tail! You'll never be able to swing ME around! A wimp like you could never throw me out by circling the Touch Screen. Never! Gwa ha ha!!" Once again, he tells us how to beat him. The Bowser theme is still the same.
We have 8 orbs to use to defeat him, however, we can be damaged by them, should we run into them. We throw him twice and the second throw was into an orb. He flies to the center of the arena, squirming like a turtle on its back. He says "Grrr! I was a bit careless. This is not what I had planned... But I stilll hold the power of the Stars... AND I still have Peach. Gwa ha ha! You'll get no more Stars from me! I'm not done with you yet, but I'll let you go for now. You'll pay for this... later! Gwa ha ha!" He shrinks and spins into puffs of smokes. A key shaped like the one in the N64 version appears, but this one is swirled with white. We get it and Mario poses with the key. We can now open the door to the basement.
The next mission is The Key to Luigi.