Bowser Castle 2
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| Name | Bowser Castle 2 |
| Category | SNES |
| Game | Super Mario Kart |
| Section | Tracks |
| Submitted | August 8, 2016 |
| Uploaded By | Sunny Cassette |
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Reply to comment by ExoDendrite posted Jul 30, 2024 10:05 AM
The dead end also the main thing that makes SNES Bowser Castle 2 the absolute worst track in the series. If you take it but don't have a Feather, you're almost guaranteed to lose the race. The track is literally designed to infuriate players, as turns are exclusively 90 degrees (which aren't designed for the game's absolutely terrible controls), and there's a square segment in the middle of the track that has you do a bunch of turns for no reason, which, once again, is made up of sharp 90 degree turns. SNES Bowser Castle 2 is so bad that I have recently created the J Tier (Lethal) specifically for the track. That's right, I have fourteen tiers: Z Tier means Amazing, Y Tier means Outstanding, X Tier means Awesome, S Tier means Great, A Tier means Good, B Tier means Decent or Above Average, C Tier means Average, D Tier means Lackluster or Below Average, E Tier means Bad, F Tier means Awful, G Tier means Atrocious, H Tier means Intolerable or Insufferable, I Tier means Disaster, and J Tier means Lethal. SNES Bowser Castle 2 is the lowest point the Mario Kart series has ever fallen to, and the fact that the Mario Kart series has fallen to this point in the very first game in the series makes it even worse.
Don't get me wrong, by modern Bowser Castle standards, this is definitely one of the weaker ones, but I genuinely don't understand why this track is panned as one of the worst tracks ever created. Seriously, I personally feel like this track gets WAY more hate than it actually deserves. Sure, the dead end is dumb, but it doesn't kill the track because it's easily avoidable.
SNES Bowser Castle 1 is worse because it's boring, very repetitive, and the Thwomps are placed with little to no purpose. SNES Bowser Castle 2, by comparison, has a much more interesting layout, and the Thwomps are actually placed with purpose. Overall, I don't hate this track nearly as much as other people do, and I actually consider it one of the better tracks in Super Mario Kart.
SNES Bowser Castle 1 is worse because it's boring, very repetitive, and the Thwomps are placed with little to no purpose. SNES Bowser Castle 2, by comparison, has a much more interesting layout, and the Thwomps are actually placed with purpose. Overall, I don't hate this track nearly as much as other people do, and I actually consider it one of the better tracks in Super Mario Kart.
@Exo It's also a feather shortcut.
The fact that this track had the AUDACITY to have a dead end. Just goes to show how hard this game was.