Bowser's Castle (SSS)

:This article is strictly about how Bowser's Castle appears in Super Smash Stadium. For information about it in general, see its article on MarioWiki.
Bowser's Castle is a stage on Super Smash Stadium. Debuting almost immediately after Peach's Castle, it's been active since close to the beginning of the show and was the ninth stage to debut. It's also the second most commonly seen stage on the show, with 1,653 playings as of the end of Season 48; the most times in one season it had ever been played was 65, in Season 4.
==Stage overview==
The stage uses the typical "three platforms" setup seen on Battlefield, but with a twist: there are pools of molten lava below the platforms, with Lava Bubbles spewing out, and Thwomps in between. Occasionally, the Thwomps will be replaced with Skewers, and the side blast zones will be blocked off with Bullet Bill cannons. The only way to get a kill in this stage is via the side blast zones; the floor/lava blocks off the lower blast zone completely, and while it's technically possible to kill off the top via the holes in the ceiling, the Thwomps/Skewers make this almost completely impossible.
Ironically, despite Thwomp debuting as an Assist Trophy on this stage, Assist Trophies will never have Thwomps in them here.
===Beta Mode in the video game===
No Thwomps, Lava Bubbles, Skewers, or Bullet Bills appear. This has the side effect of opening the upper kill zone, since the Thwomps and Skewers no longer block it!
==Changes==
The last major change to this field was circa October 2017.
*The stage was a blatant recoloring of the Mushroom Castle initially.
*In 1975, Bowser's Castle became its own stage, moving indoors as a result; at this point, the stage took on the appearance of a Super Mario World 1 castle level.
*The third-generation set appeared sometime in 1984, resembling a mish-mash of the castles seen in the Super Mario All-Stars versions of both Super Mario Bros. 1 and 3.
*The fourth-generation set debuted in February 2010, resembling a New Super Mario Bros. Wii/U castle level. In Season 46, the field was redone with a "black metal" appearance similar to what would become SNES Bowser Castle 2 in Mario Kart: Ancient Circuit.
==In its own universe==
Bowser's Castle is where Bowser lives, duh. A multitude of these places have existed over the lifetime of the Mario franchise. The one used in St. Clair Publications media was most heavily based on his "Neon Castle" in Super Mario World 1, most obvious in the early days of The World of Nintendo.
sss-bowserscastle-1975.png|The second version of the stage.
sss-bowserscastle-1975-v2.png|Early in the 1980's, the second version was given a paint job.
==Name in other languages==