Screenshot fromSuper Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars

Nimbus Castle^[1] is the home ofKing Nimbus,Queen Nimbus, and their many pet birds inSuper Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars andits Nintendo Switch remake. Normally, it is open to the public, but when first visited during the game, it has been occupied by the vain former advisorValentina who is enacting a plan to gain control ofNimbus Land. To that end, she has closed it off and replaced the guards with her hired monsters. In order to get inside,Mario is disguised by the sculptorGarro among many statues Valentina ordered of herself. After getting inside, Mario first needs to avoid or fightDodo.

The castle has a confusing layout, and some of the statues are not of Valentina, but ofBirdies, which reveal themselves to actually be real ones in disguise — like Mario — and attack if approached. ManyPinwheels also appear to blow him around, though they also serve as a distraction for theSling Shies. Certain doors are guarded by aJawful orBig Troopa, marking one of the few times in the game where "big" enemies appear on the overworld.

The former staff can be found in a guarded room. Speaking to a former guard gets theCastle Key 1, which can be used to open a door to whereBeezo is watering a giant egg calledShelly. After Beezo fails to escape due to the next door also being locked, Shelly asks Mario and company to "play" with it; during the ensuing battle, it hatches intoBirdo. Upon defeat, Birdo gives theCastle Key 2 and returns to being inside Shelly, while Mario and the party find that Valentina is holding a supposedly bedridden King Nimbus locked in a small room. Shy Away informs Valentina of Mario's approach, and she, Beezo, and Dodo flee. In the hallways after, there are several patrollingBluebirds, along with a fleeing Dodo, though there is also aStarman with which to instantly defeat many of them. Continuing causes Mario to fall from a door in the side of the castle, falling through the topmost section of theBeanstalk.

Once Valentina has been run off, the castle returns to the control of theNimbus royalty, it is reopened to the public, all the monsters are removed, the Valentina statues are replaced with King Nimbus statues, and Shelly's room now has statues of all of Mario's group.

Enemies[edit]

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Note: All enemies disappear after Valentina is defeated.

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  Birdy

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  Big Troopa

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  Sling Shy

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  Pinwheel

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  Muckle

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  Jawful

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  Shaman

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  Orbison

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  Bluebird

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  Dodo (optional boss on two occasions)

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  Shelly (initial boss)

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  Birdo (main boss)

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  Eggbert (boss helper)

Items[edit]

Field/Given[edit]

Item	Image	Location	Location image
			Original	Remake
Feather		Picked up after succesfully completing the statue minigame withDodo.
Flower Jar		In the room with 3 doors, Mario should take the left one. After reaching the very end, he can get a Flower Jar by talking to the man in the blue clothing. After defeatingValentina, given by a man in the "king's bedroom".
Castle Key 1		In the room with 3 doors, Mario should take the left one. After reaching the very end, he can get a key to the middle one from the guy in the left corner.
Castle Key 2		Given byBirdo after defeating her.

Treasure Boxes[edit]

Item	Image	Location	Location image
			Original	Remake
Flower		After Mario goes to the entrance of the castle, then to the left and through 2 hallways, the treasure is found at the end of the second one. In the grand hallway with the three doorways, found in the corner between a left doorway and a birdcage. In the grand hallway with the three doorways, Mario should go through the left one and through the next room, to reach a dead end in the next one. Here, he can find another Treasure.
Mushroom		In the crossroads room, Mario should go through the one with a door and through the following hallway. He then comes across a room with a lone statue and a treasure behind it.
Star (first time), Flower (second time)		After confrontingValentina in the throne room and following her through three hallways, this treasure is found high in the air in the middle of the second hallway. To reach it, Mario must jump under it to make a block appear. During the "chase", this treasure contains a Star, but after Valentina has been defeated and Mario returns here, it will be filled up again, this time with a Flower.

Hidden Treasure[edit]

Item	Image	Location	Location image
			Original	Remake
Frog Coin		This Hidden Treasure is only available after defeatingValentina. Inside the castle, in the grand hallway with the three doorways, Mario should find a bird in a cage near the northwestern corner of the room. Jumping at the corner reveals the Hidden Treasure. In the same area, Mario should enter the middle doorway to the next room, and -- after defeatingBirdo -- proceed to the next area and jump on the visible treasure box. Jumping from it reveals the Hidden Treasure. Back into the grand hallway with the three doorways, Mario should enter the one on the left and continue until he finds a set of stairs in the second room. Just near the entrance to a room with a Save Block, Mario should jump against the wall to reveal the Hidden Treasure. In the same area, at the bottom of the stairs, Mario should walk along the boundary of the hallway until he eventually walks on an invisible path. Mario should jump at the end of this invisible path to reveal another Hidden Treasure.

Gallery[edit]

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  The castle's facade in the remake

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  The throne room in the remake

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  A hallway in the remake

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  Another hallway in the remake

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  Room with golden statues of the party members after Valentina is defeated, as seen in the remake

Names in other languages[edit]

References[edit]

• Castles
• Sky areas
• Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars locations

• Articles with unsourced foreign names