Mushroom Kings

Over the years, a large number of Mario fans have probably wondered how Princess Peach can be the head of the Mushroom Kingdom despite "only" being a princess. Super Mario Bros. 3 attempted to answer this question by way of the Mushroom Kings, seven men who each rule over one of the first seven worlds of the game.
When Mario first encounters them, they've been transformed into some other creature by one of the Koopalings. He must then challenge an airship level and beat down said Koopaling to take back the wand the Koopaling used on the King. The King is then restored to his normal form.
Exactly what the King has been turned into differs between game versions. In the original NES game, they've been turned into generic creatures like dogs, spiders, and seals, but in Super Mario All-Stars and Super Mario Advance 4, they've been turned into characters from other Mario games, such as Donkey Kong Jr., a strangely purple Dino Rhino, or a Yoshi.
==Appearances==
===New Super Mario Bros. D.I.Y.===
In New Super Mario Bros. D.I.Y., the Mushroom Kings make a return, as seven of the ten hostages that can be featured in the game. The appearances of the kings when they as not transformed is almost the same as in Super Mario Bros. 3.
===Super Mario Millennium===
As this remake hasn't changed much, mainly their versions as animals have been changed, for example the desert hill king is now a pokey. The appearance of the pipe maze king has also changed, although he was still Yoshi, but his clothes have been changed so that they resemble human form more.
===St. Clair Publications===
The Kings appear in Super Mario All-Stars X, via that game's remake of Super Mario Bros. 3. They've now been changed into creatures that might actually be found in their worlds. Ironically, this results in World 7's King being a Potted Piranha Plant, the creature he was in the original NES game.
==Gallery==
SMB3 MushroomKing.jpeg|World 3's King when he's first encountered, in the original NES version of SMB3.
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