Bowser/Appearances/Super Mario 3D World

Bowser makes an appearance in Super Mario 3D World and its re-release on the Nintendo Switch as the main antagonist and boss fights.
==In Super Mario 3D World==
Bowser and his crew invade the Sprixie Kingdom and imprisons six of the seven Sprixie Princesses. The green Princess arrives in the Mushroom Kingdom through a mysterious clear pipe and warns Mario, Luigi, Peach, and Toad begging them to help her. Bowser emerges from the pipe and grabs the Sprixie Princess, trapping her in a bottle and retreats down the pipe, with the group in pursuit. Bowser fights the group in World 1 and World Castle in his luxurious car, the Bowser Mobile. The heroes defeat him in both cases. After defeating him the second time, all seven Sprixie Princess are united (or five if the Sprixie Princesses from Worlds 1 and 4 were skipped). Suddenly, Bowser returns and stuffs all seven (or five) princesses within a larger bottle and escapes to World Bowser. The group chase after him again, confronting the Koopa King at the Great Tower of Bowser Land, where he uses a Super Bell to transform into Meowser. While chasing him up the tower, Meowser uses a Double Cherry to create clones of himself. At the top, Meowser is on top of a giant POW Block holding the bottle with the Sprixie Princesses. Hitting it enough times defeats Meowser, sending him into the distance and burst into fireworks. After the group save the Sprixie Princesses and use the pipe to return to the Mushroom Kingdom, Bowser can be seen trapped within a large bottle, however it is presumed he is later released by Boom Boom and Pom Pom who are also seen in the credits.
===Battles===
====First battle====
The first battle with Bowser occurs at the end of the last level of World 1, serving as the first boss of that level and is overall the very first boss of Super Mario 3D World. 
Bowser will ride around in his car, the Bowser Mobile. Bowser's main method of attack is breathing fireballs at the heroes, that will create lava puddles which will deal damage to Mario and/or co. should they make contact with it. Bowser will also throw soccer bombs which is required to hit back at him to cause damage. Bowser will always be moving forward switching platform to platform until the player runs out of room. This battle is fairly simple as the player just needs to avoid the fireballs and kick the Soccerbombs back at Bowser three times in order to defeat him, the Player(s) can also use either the Fire Flower or Boomerang Flower to deal chip-damage on Bowser as well.
====Second battle====
The second battle agents Bowser appears in the seventh/penultimate World of Super Mario 3D World, World Castle, serving as the third/final boss of that level and is overall the twelfth boss of the game. 
In this battle, most of Bowser's attacks remain the same. However, there are now Spikes on the ground and mesh grounds where Lava Plumes gush through from the lava below that can deal damage. Bowser's fireballs become more frantic and often fires them when the player is near spikes or lava. The method to damage and defeat Bowser remains the same: Wait for him to toss soccer bombs and kick them back at him three times in order to defeat him, much like the previous battle, the Player(s) can also use either the Fire Flower or Boomerang Flower to deal chip-damage on Bowser as well.
====Third battle====
Meowser is the form of Bowser after using the Super Bell power-up. He makes his only appearance in the final stage of the game.
Meowser's battle is similar to the final battle against Bowser in Super Mario 3D Land. The player doesn't directly fight Meowser head on but has to climb up the tower while avoiding all of Meowser's attacks. Meowser will destroy platforms which forces the player(s) to move out of the way without falling into the pit below. After the player hits the Pow-Block at the end of the first phase, Meowser is apparently sent falling to his doom. At the halfway point up the tower, however, Meowser will use a Double Cherry to make clones of himself. With two Meowsers, one of them will actually slam through the tower attempting to attack the player while the other one scales the tower as usual. Eventually, more Meowsers will appear and the player(s) must be more careful. Once the player(s) reach the very top, Meowser is seen holding the Sprixie Princesses in a jar and will attack by breathing fire at the players. The giant POW Block must be hit a total of four times in order to finish off Meowser and his duplicates once and for all.
==In Bowser's Fury==
In Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Furys Bowser's Fury campaign, Bowser Jr. paints Bowser black as a prank, causing him to go berserk, becoming the dark, massive, frightful Fury Bowser. Bowser Jr. summons Mario to Lake Lapcat to help him stop Bowser's rampage and turn him back to normal. Bowser will awaken after some time has passed, unleashing flames and meteors to alter the landscape of Lake Lapcat. Bowser will eventually return to his slumber after some time or if a Cat Shine is collected, activating a lighthouse that drives him away. After collecting a certain number of Cat Shines, a Giga Bell can be awakened to transform Mario into Giga Cat Mario to stand a battle against Fury Bowser, defeating him by ground-pounding his belly.
Once Fury Bowser is defeated, he sinks into the black paint, some of which clear up and reveal a new portion of the map. Upon defeating Fury Bowser three times, the black paint is removed from Fury Bowser. However, he is still massive and furious, and takes all three Giga Bells within a large shield. Mario has to ride on Plessie to reach the shield and damage it. Once it is broken three times, Plessie absorbs the three Giga Bells and grows enormous, slamming on Fury Bowser, causing him to be launched into the air and burst into fireworks. Once he comes back down, Bowser is back to normal but still angry at Mario, although Bowser Jr. holds him back.
Once all hundred Cat Shines are collected, Fury Bowser's appearance is altered to where his hair, spikes, and chest turn white.
== Trivia ==
* Much like Petey Piranha of Super Mario Sunshine, Dino Piranha of Super Mario Galaxy, Gobblegut of Super Mario Galaxy 2 and Boom Boom of Super Mario 3D Land, Bowser starts off as the very first boss of the game, but later on near the end of the game, he gets refought as the boss of the penultimate world.
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