Bowser

**King Bowser Koopa**, better known as **Bowser** (also known as **King Koopa** in Japan) is the main antagonist of the entire Mario universe, concluding the main games and the spin-offs. He rules over a tribe, called the Koopa Troop, a tribe of evil creatures capable of creating immensely powerful magic. He is in fact in love with Princess Peach, and his goal in pretty much every platforming game is to kidnap her, either by himself, or let his minions do it. His archenemy is Mario. He appears as the main antagonist in the platforming games, the main antagonist of the Mario Party series, one of the main antagonists of the Paper Mario and Mario & Luigi series, as well as the main antagonist of various manga and tv-shows.

## Background Information

Bowser's first chronological appearance is as his infant self, Baby Bowser in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, which was also the first time he met with Mario. When Baby Mario and Yoshi enter his room in the castle, Baby Bowser is accidentally awakened from his slumber by Kamek, who is trying to demand Yoshi to give Baby Mario, and pounds him flat in retribution. Though, he notices that Baby Mario already was riding Yoshi, making him attack the pair in order to make Baby Mario go away.

At his young age, he is shown to have similar characteristics and powers as his adult self, such as breathing fire and ground pounding. Yoshi does eventually beat Baby Bowser, even when Kamek used his magic to turn Baby Bowser into a giant. Subsequently, Baby Bowser steals the Super Happy Tree from the Yoshis and turns Yoshi's Island into a pop-up book, which leads to the events of Yoshi's Story, though he is beaten once again by a newborn Yoshi. Both of the occurrences showcases that Baby Bowser was a selfish character that lacked empathy. In contrast, during the events of Yoshi's Island DS, he at first co-operates with the heroes to defeat his future self after being betrayed, and is revealed to be one of the seven Star Children. In Yoshi's New Island, he plans to make Egg Island into his vacation home, but this plan got ultimately destroyed by the Yoshis. Baby Bowser returns in Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time. At the beginning of the game, he tries to kidnap Baby Peach, but ends up having his team evacuate when the Shroobs abruptly assault and shoots them down. Subsequently, he robs the Cobalt Star shards the Mario Bros. had collected and flees to Yoshi's Island, where he is found eating Yoshi Cookies he stole from islanders. After eating the shards, he, along with everybody else, is eaten by Yoob, though everybody later escapes with the aid of the Mario Bros. After abandoning Yoshi's Island, he heads towards Thwomp Volcano to build a new castle, where he finds his future self. They co-operates to defeat the Mario Bros., but are both defeated. Later on, in Shroob Castle, he reunites the Cobalt Star shards, which awakens Elder Princess Shroob (the leader of the Shroobs). She turns him into a Shroob Mushroom, but after being beaten by the Mario Bros., goes back to normal.

## Appearances

### Super Mario Series

#### Super Mario Bros.

Bowser makes his first appearance in Super Mario Bros, where he serves as the main antagonist of the game. Bowser and his army, the Koopa Troop invade and take over the Mushroom Kingdom, using a dark spell to transform all the inhabitants of the Mushroom Kingdom into inanimate objects as well as kidnapping Princess Peach (the only one with capability to undo the spell). Bowser's attack pattern is similar to the seven impostors in the seven previous worlds; he sits on the bridge spitting various fireballs and tossing mortal hammers, as well as occasionally leaping into the air. Pressing down the ax on the other side of the bridge causes him to fall into the lava, beating Bowser and rescuing Princess Peach. Bowser does also appear in all of the original game's variations: Super Mario Bros. Special, All Night Nippon Super Mario Bros., VS. Super Mario Bros., Super Mario All-Stars and Super Mario Bros. Deluxe, where he serves as the main antagonist of all games.

#### Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels

Bowser reappears in the japanese sequel to Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels where he serves as the main antagonist.

His plans in this game are basically identical to that of the first game, using dark magic to transform the inhabitants of the Mushroom Kingdom into inanimate blocks, and kidnapping Princess Peach. He keeps Princess Peach in his own castle at World 8, while Mushroom Retainers/Toads are held at the seven other castles by Bowser Impostors. Bowser does basically have the same fighting style as the first game, with him throwing hammers and breathing fire. Pressing down the ax on the other side of the bridge, causes Bowser to fall devastatingly in the lava below allowing Mario or Luigi to rescue Peach. He also appears as the boss at World D, and he is fought the exact same way.

#### Super Mario Bros. 3

Bowser returns in Super Mario Bros. 3. While he does not appear much in the overall game itself he is the main antagonist of the game. In this game he is not the only kidnapper and treat, as he appears with the Koopalings and Boom Boom who collectively appears as the mini-boss and boss of the seven worlds.

While the Mario Bros. are destined to save the Mushroom World from the increased peril of the Koopalings, Bowser kidnaps Princess Peach and takes her to his lair, Dark Land. He will tell the Mario Bros. of this via a letter if the player are able to free Pipe Land from Ludwig, but the player can also warp directly to the Dark World skipping this section entirely. When the player has reached the final room at his castle, Bowser falls in suddenly to begin the final battle. His attack pattern is pretty basic, with him breathing fire, leaping into the air occasionally and ground pounding. Whenever Bowser ground pounds some blocks, they are destroyed, and after destroying an entire opening of blocks in the middle of the arena, Bowser falls down the pit and hits the ground, allowing Mario or Luigi to rescue the damsel-in-distress.

He also appears in the Game Boy Advance port, Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3, and his plot and appearance has remained relatively unchanged to the original.

#### Super Mario World

Bowser returns in Super Mario World as the main antagonist. This time around, he kidnaps Princess Peach while she is vacationing with the Mario Bros. in Dinosaur Land. His minions, the Koopalings captured also a few of the native Yoshis, and trapped them in eggs guarded by them in one of their seven castles. Yoshi himself desperately attempts to stop them, but Bowser traps him in an egg as well.

The final battle against Bowser takes place on the roof of his castle, as he rides in his fully-functional Koopa Clown Car. He throws Big Steelies and Mechakoopas at the player, and attempts to ground pound him as the fight goes on. After recasting a Mechakoopa back at Bowser, will make him sink into his car for a short amount of time, while casting numbers of flames up in the air and make them rain back down at the player. Bowser will also attempt to drive right into Mario with his Koopa Clown Car before returning to his aforementioned tactics.

Bowser does not change in the Game Boy Advance port, Super Mario Advance 2: Super Mario World, with the battle being the exact same as the fight from the original SNES game, his in-game sprite looks differently, making him appearing primarily green with two giant fangs.

#### Super Mario 64/Super Mario 64 DS

Bowser makes his first 3D game appearance in Super Mario 64, and later in its DS remake Super Mario 64 DS and appears as the main antagonist of both games. In this game Bowser is responsible for Peach's kidnapping, as well as the one who stole all Power Stars in Princess Peach's Castle. He gives the Power Stars to his minions who are lurking inside the various paintings across the castle.

To attempt to hinder Mario from destroying his plans, Bowser seals off various doors in the castle, thus compelling Mario to fight for the stars, which are needed to unlock various doors in the castle. In addition, he creates doors that can only be opened with the use of his special keys.

Bowser is fought three times during the game: first in the Dark World, then in the Fire Sea and finally in the Sky. When Mario defeats Bowser the first two times, he is rewarded with a special key, allowing him to access other areas of the castle. When he is defeated the final time, he surrenders and flees, allowing Mario to obtain the Giant Star and rescue Princess Peach.

During each of the three battles, Bowser can only be attacked by grabbing his tail, spinning him around, and tossing him into one of the mines that surrounds the battle arena. Throwing Bowser himself off the platform, results in Bowser himself to jump back from the abyss that he fell down, landing in the center of the arena. During the battle in the Fire Sea, Bowser tilts the unstable platform when landing, and during the final battle he unleashes a pernicious shock wave. During their battle in the Dark World, Bowser has three forms of attack, which include his fire breath, ground-pounding and hopping. During their battle in the Fire Sea, Bowser has the ability to warp from one section of the arena to another, and can also ground-pound the arena to tilt it; he can in addition spit single balls of fire in contrast to a stream of fire. During the final battle, if Bowser leaps out of the abyss the arena may break, and after taking two hits from the mines, he causes the entire outer-ledges of the arena to fall off, creating a platform in the shape of a giant star. He can also now attack Mario by dashing ominously at him. Bowser does also have different fire-based attacks: one involves Bowser spitting a number of fireballs that vanishes after some time, one include Bowser to breathe fire into the mere air, causing numerous fireballs to fall back to the ground before vanishing, and the final one include Bowser shooting a stream of fire for a period of time.

Super Mario 64 DS retains the same plot as the original game, however, this time around Mario, Luigi and Wario enters the castle to capture Bowser. The trio are eventually captured and locked behind special doors by Bowser's minions. Bowser later locks the entrance to the castle. Additionally, in the first two battles pretty much anyone can battle Bowser, but Bowser does only accept Mario as his opponent in the final battle. The battles themselves remains the same as the original game.

#### Super Mario Sunshine

Bowser reappears in Super Mario Sunshine, and serves as the secondary antagonist and bigger bad of the game. In this game, his son Bowser Jr is introduced, and Bowser tells his son that Princess Peach is his mother and that Mario abducted her. Bowser Jr then disguise himself as Shadow Mario, and covers the entire Isle Delfino with graffiti and fools Mario to put him in jail and return Peach to Bowser.

After Bowser Jr. flees from Pinna Park, Bowser, Peach and Bowser Jr are seen relaxing in a floating, slime-filled tub above Corona Mountain as Mario arrives. Bowser gets quickly angered at Mario for disturbing his "Family Vacation" and starts attacking Mario, thus beginning the final battle. In this fight, Bowser attacks Mario by breathing colossal flames at him and by splashing the poisonous slime at him. To defeat Bowser, Mario must Ground-Pound each of the five sections of the tub, using F.L.U.U.D's (Flash Liquidizer Ultra Dousing Device) Rocket Nuzzle, and after doing that the entire slimy tub flips over, causing everyone to fall back to the world below.

During the game's ending, it is shown that Bowser and his son, Bowser Jr. landed on the flipped tub, landing in the ocean close to Isle Delfino. While out at the sea, Bowser tries to confess to Bowser Jr. that he had used him as a pawn, but Bowser Jr. then reveals to his father that he always knew that Peach wasn't his mother. However, he is mentions that he is very keen to challenge Mario again sometime in the future. Filled with pride for his only son, Bowser decides that they relax for a while, before preparing next plan.

#### New Super Mario Bros.

In New Super Mario Bros. Bowser serves as the secondary antagonist and bigger bad of the game. While he is responsible for Princess Peach's capture, this time around he sends his son, Bowser Jr. to kidnap her. He first appears as the boss of World 1 at World-1 Castle, in a fight that bears heavy similarities to Super Mario Bros. He attacks Mario by breathing fireballs at him and jumping occasionally in the air. After Mario presses down the switch on the other side of the room, defeats him with a Mega Mushroom or shooting him multiple times with fireballs, Bowser once again falls into the lava, but this time around, the lava turnes him into his skeleton version, known as Dry Bowser.

Dry Bowser does later appear as the boss of the first half of World 8 at World 8-Castle. His attacks are pretty similar to the World 1 battle, but he is also able to throw bones at Mario, similar to the later bosses in Super Mario Bros.. He is also able to withstand fireballs in this form. Pressing down the switch on the other side of the room causes Dry Bowser to fall down to the pit below and crashing. Once Mario reaches the end of Bowser's Castle, Bowser Jr. revives Bowser. The duo then fights Mario for a final time. During this final fight Bowser attacks Mario by approaching him, and leaping and breathing fireballs at him. Later on in the battle, he shoots a barrage of blue fire at Mario. He and his son, Bowser Jr. can once again be defeated by pressing the Skull Switch located at the other end of the room, which sends them both falling back into the pit below. Additionally, Mario can defeat them by using a Mega Mushroom or shooting them with Fireballs.

#### Super Mario Galaxy

Bowser is the main antagonist of Super Mario Galaxy. Before the game's events, Bowser attacks The Comet Observatory and steals all Power Stars, including the 7 Grand Stars that power-up the Comet Observatory. Bowser then uses the might of the Power Stars and Grand Stars to unleash his entire fleet upon the cosmos and take over numerous galaxies. He plots to build a Galaxy Reactor powered by the 7 Grand Stars to create his own galaxy at the center of the universe.

After that, he kidnaps Princess Peach during the Star Festival, using a gigantic UFO and several of his airships to uproot her castle and taking it to the center of the universe, where he desires to rule the galaxy alongside Peach as his empress. Mario, with the aid of Rosalina, assembles the Power Stars and the Grand Stars and destroys a good portion of the Koopa Troop. Mario battes Bowser twice in his attempt to save Peach, first at Bowser's Star Reactor and the second time at Bowser's Dark Matter Plant. At the Star Reactor, before Mario can battle him, Bowser tries to stop Mario by ruining the staircase that leads up to him by breathing numerous Meteors at him. During the battle itself, Bowser's attacks include ground-pounding and stomping the ground, which generates a shock wave. However, if Bowser is unlucky enough to ground-pound one of the glass areas of the arena, they will disintegrate, resulting in Bowser to fall into the lava and run around aimlessly. Mario can now Spin Attack him, resulting in Bowser to spin around the arena inside his shell, much like an ordinary Koopa Troopa. When Mario repeats this action again, he falls unconsciously over, only to get back up again seconds later. Mario defeats Bowser after doing this a few times.

At the Dark Matter Plant, Bowser uses the same aforementioned tactics, but can generate even more shock waves than before and even has his ovn variation of the spin attack, but are defeated in the same way as the previous battle with him. Regardless of these drawbacks, Bowser remains very self-confident in his victory and his plan to create his new, own galaxy.

Mario eventually battle Bowser again at his near-created galaxy reactor. During the final battle, Bowser Jr. holds Princess Peach as a prisoner in his airship while Mario battles Bowser on several planets. On the first planet, Bowser primarily attacks by using his shock waves. Afterwards, he curls up into a stone-covered ball and rolls around the planet, with his head vulnerable to attack. On the second planet, Bowser's primary form of attacks include curling up into two combined shells and rolling around the planet, as well as fireballs. If Mario hit Bowser by using a Stretch Plant, Bowser is knocked onto his back and begins moving around the planet itself; he can be beaten as normal. At this point, the nearby's sun gravity then pulls them towards it, and they begin the true final battle at the center of Bowser's soon-to-be galaxy. Bowser's attacks are simply improved tactics from the first two battles, meaning that he once again can be defeated by ground-pounding the glass and burning himself, giving Mario an opportunity to spin attack him. The defeated Bowser then flies into the magma of the sun itself. Afterwards, the final grand stars breaks free from The Galaxy Reactor. But, the lack of the Grand Star's power causes the sun to collapse, resulting in the creation of a ginormous Black hole that begins to devour the entire universe. Bowser, however is on the sun's surface, on a tiny rocky platform, before it explodes. As the universe is being sucked inside, the Lumas head into the Black Hole, and break it from the inside. Bowser later awakens at Toad Toad, close to both Mario and Peach.

#### New Super Mario Bros. Wii

Bowser returns in New Super Mario Bros. Wii as the final boss and primary antagonist, though only appears in the end. In this game, he appears together with Bowser Jr. and all the Koopalings. In the final castle of World 8, Bowser resides in the last room of the castle and breaths fireballs at Mario, very similar to his appearance in the very first Super Mario Bros. game. When the battle starts, Bowser is battled in a similar way to the fight in Super Mario Bros., as well as the first and final battles of New Super Mario Bros.; attacking by jumping up in the air and breathing fireballs.

When the switch is pressed down, the floor destroys itself, and Bowser falls down into the pit below. However, the so-called Princess Peach that were locked into the cage turned out to be Kamek in disguise. He breaks free from the cage and casts a magical spell over the pit that Bowser fell down, causing Bowser to reappear, now at a ginormous size. He accidentally knocks Kamek over his broom and chases after Mario. His attacks include clawing away the walls, breathing enormous fireballs and leaping very far jumps. After the game's credits, Bowser is seen outside his castle, having survived the fall and returned to ordinary size. Bowser Jr and the Koopalings are trying to push him over and succeeds on that. However, due to that, the entire castle falls upon them all.

#### Super Mario Galaxy 2

In Super Mario Galaxy 2, Bowser serves as the main antagonist. At the start of the game, he attacks Mushroom Kingdom yet again, but this time at a ginormous size, due to the might of the Power Stars and Grand Stars that he stole earlier. He kidnaps Princess Peach once again and escapes into the space, plotting to construct his own galactic empire to suit his new size and put its capital at the center of the universe.

In addition to those evil schemes, he destroys Lubba's Starship before the events of the game, stealing all the ship's power stars. Bowser is battled three times in the game. All the battles take place on small planetoids, where Bowser attempts to crush Mario with his fists, and by sending various meteors crashing down. He also uses his fire breath after each cycle. When using his fist attack at Mario, Bowser's hand get stuck briefly inside the planetoid and every meteors on the planetoid at that time rises up and turn yellow, giving Mario an opportunity to strike the meteor back at Bowser. After each battle, when Bowser is beaten, he coughs up a Grand Star, resulting in Bowser to shrink down to his ordinary size and fall to the ground. However, he is not discouraged after his defeats and flees, telling Mario every time that his plan is unstoppable. The final battle of the game takes place at Bowser's Galaxy Generator, and unlike previous battles with him has two phases instead of one. The first phase is the same as before, but after Bowser is defeated, Mario tries to collect the Grand Star that were coughed up by Bowser, but Bowser returns, swallowing the Grand Star, regains his massive size, and then the two falls into a vortex to fight for a final time. Bowser gets closer to Mario as time proceeds, eventually allowing Bowser to attack Mario with a punch. Then Mario pushes him further back by ground-pounding the meteorites at him. After Mario defeats Bowser for the final time, Bowser is sucked inside the vortex and is not seen again until the credits with Mario, Princess Peach and the Toad Brigade, where Bowser is significantly smaller than usual and unconscious. Mario can spin him or jump onto him, resulting in Bowser waking up and getting angry.

#### Super Mario 3D Land

Bowser reappears in the 2011 3DS Mario game Super Mario 3D Land and serves as the game's primary antagonist. On one windy day, a storm blows all the Super Leave of the Tail Tree. Once Mario and his three Toad companions, they find an envelope containing an image showing Princess Peach being abducted by Bowser.

It appears through the various letters that Mario obtains, that Princess Peach attempts to escape, but Bowser's forces eventually overpower her. Bowser then locks Princess Peach in a cage and place him right beside his throne. At Bowser's Castle in World 8, Mario challenges the real Bowser, though he is fough in a similar way like the Bowser Impostors. However, Bowser had already planned that Mario would defeat him, so he set up a pictured version of Peach onto a wooden cutout at the top of the castle. After Mario discovers this, Bowser appears from above, holding the actual Princess Peach in his hands and heads to his second castle. Inside Bowser's quarters of his second castle, Mario finds out that Peach is bounded to the level's flagpole and attempts to save her. However, Bowser falls once again from above and attempt to kill him by ground-pounding him. He missed, and the floors beneath them begin to fall.

During the final battle, Bowser attacks Mario with spiked balls at the first portion, with fireballs at the second portion and with barrels at the third portion. On the bridge before the switch, Bowser's attack pattern is identical to the previous battles. After Mario presses down the switch, the bridge collapses, however, Bowser reemerges from below. While progressing through an obstacle-filled area, Bowser hops to various platforms, shooting colossal white fireballs at Mario. Bowser then chases after him again upon reaching a second bridge. When Mario presses down the definitive switch, Bowser falls gracefully into the lava below, being constantly hit by debris. After beating Bowser, Peach is restored back to her castle with the assistance of Tanooki Mario and three Tanooki Toads. The credits scene, shows Bowser attempting to reach Mario with the aid of a giant Goomba Tower, but failing. After completing Special World 8, it is shown that Princess Peach is yet again kidnapped by Bowser, and must be defeated yet again at his castle.

#### New Super Mario Bros. 2

Bowser returns in New Super Mario Bros. 2 as the true main antagonist and final boss of the game. He is the boss of World 6. In the first phase he attacks by using iron mallets and fireballs reminiscent to the battle in the original Super Mario Bros. On the other side of him is a switch, which Mario presses down to send him falling into the pit below. However, after he is beaten, the Koopalings appears in the Koopa Clown Car and uses their dark magic on Bowser. This causes him to grow to a gargantuan size, also knocking the Koopalings down into the rising lava pit in the process. During the second phase of the battle, Mario is using platforms to travel upward. Bowser attacks the platforms by using his claws. In two segments of the battle, the platforms vanishes and Bowser attempts to breath fire at Mario on a full platform. On the roof of Bowser's Castle there is a gigantic ! Switch, similar to the one from New Super Mario Bros.. When the switch is pressed down, Bowser falls to his doom and the game is finished.

He and the Koopalings appears during the credits scene, with Bowser being at ordinary size and the Koopalings carrying him away in the Koopa Clown Car, Bowser being held outside of the car by his tail. However, the weight causes the Koopa Clown Car to fall to the ground, scattering the occupant throughout the area. Bowser is then seen with his face stuck in the ground. He also appears in the Gold Classics Pack and is defeated in the same way, though not growing in size.

#### New Super Mario Bros. U

In New Super Mario Bros. U, Bowser is the main antagonist and final boss. In the intro of the game, Bowser alongside his Koopalings, invade Mushroom Kingdom with their airships. Bowser's ship then uses a mechanical hand to grab Mario, Luigi, Blue Toad and Yellow Toad and throw them out of the castle and into Acorn Plains. After doing that, he invades and take over Princess Peach's Castle.

The first phase of the battle is very similar to the original fight from Super Mario Bros., where the player must press down the switch on the other side of the room, or pelting him with several fireballs. This causes the axe to fall and make the bridge collapse entirely, resulting in Bowser falling down in the pit. The gate then slowly opens and Mario proceeds through. When Mario reaches the peak of the castle, Peach is being held captive in a tower. After this, Bowser Jr. shows up in his Junior Clown Car, and Giant Bowser hops on top of the castle. Bowser Jr. also attempts to defeat Mario alongside his father. To beat them, the player must jump on top of Bowser Jr., making him fall out of his Junior Clown Car. This allows the player to jump into the Junior Clown Car and hover over Bowser to then ground-pound him with the Junior Clown Car, damaging Bowser. This must be done three times. Just like all of the Koopalings, he curls into his giant shell and spins around roof when hit. He also spits out a ton of giant fireballs between hits. After defeating him, he falls out of the castle and Bowser Jr. jumps of the castle on purpose.

At the end, the Koopalings and Bowser Jr. are on their broken airship and fly away. Bowser notices that and attempts to climb onto the ship himself, but his immense weight causes the entire airship to crash. Bowser is then seen holding onto Bowser Jr's Junior Clown Car, with the Koopalings holding onto his tail, reminiscent of a chain. Bowser returns in New Super Luigi U, and his fights are identical to the fights in the original game.

#### Super Mario 3D World

Bowser appears once again in Super Mario 3D World and serves as the main antagonist and final boss of the game. In the game's intro, it is revealed that Bowser has invaded Sprixie Kingdom (a kingdom linked to the Mushroom Kingdom via warp pipes). He first kidnapped six of the seven Sprixie Princesses, while he kidnaps the last one when he returned to the Mushroom Kingdom. Bowser then travels back to the Sprixie Kingdom, and Mario, Luigi, Peach and Toad chases after him in order to rescue the Sprixies.

Bowser is the main boss of World 1, appearing in World 1-Castle, Bowser's Highway Showdown. Unlike battles from previous games, Bowser does not fight Mario in legitimate combat, instead he fights them using his Bowser Mobile. His primary attack are throwing explosive soccer balls that must be kicked back at his car to damage the car. After hitting him with soccer balls, he begins to breath fireballs, and as the fight goes he breathes fireballs more frequently, while throwing soccer balls more rarely. When he is hit by the final soccer ball , Bowser's car is seen bouncing forward and causes portion of the road to collapse, ruining the car and ejecting Bowser from his own castle.

Bowser later returns as the main boss of World Castle, appearing in World Castle-Castle, Bowser's Lava Lake Keep, where he again battles Mario in his Bowser Mobile. This time around, Bowser breathes more fireballs that produces residue and only does throw soccer balls at certain times that must be kicked back at the car. When the Bowser Mobile is hit by to many soccer balls, he once again is sent falling into the lava pit below. However, as the heroes are about to rescue the final Sprixie Princess, Bowser jumps shockingly in front of them and recaptures the seven Sprixie Princesses in a giant bottle and takes them to the game's final world, World Bowser, a colorful amusement park created and owned by Bowser.

Bowser is finally encountered for the final time at the Great Tower of Bowser Land, the main game's final level. When the player reaches him, Bowser jumps down form his tower and uses a Super Bell to transform himself into his cat form, Meowser. After climbing up the tower, the player knocks him away by using a POW Block. But, he comes back and uses a Double Cherry to clone himself into Double Meowser for the next part of the final battle, and clones himself into five Meowsers. At the very peak of his tower are a giant POW Block that the player need to hit a couple of times, and defeat Meowser and frees the seven Sprixie Princesses. During the credits scene, Bowser can be seen trapped inside a bottle.

#### Super Mario Run

Bowser serves as the final boss and main antagonist of Super Mario Run. Bowser Impostors were used as bosses at the end of World 1, 3 and 5. The final boss battle with him, consists of Bowser in his Koopa Clown Car and attacks by breathing fireballs and shooting a Spiked Ball out of a cannon made by the Koopa Clown Car's mouth at Mario. He will occasionally cast Bob-ombs at Mario. If he successfully stomp the Bob-omb, Mario will re-shoot it back at Bowser. To defeat Bowser, the cycle must be repeated three times.

### Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars

Bowser is a major character in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, but not the main antagonist. He is an ally character to Mario making this the first game they have teamed up. At the start of the game, Bowser, in his Koopa Clown Car travels to the Mario Bros. House/Mario's Pad to abduct Princess Peach and take her back to his own keep. However, Mario heard Princess Peach's scream and chases after Bowser to his keep.

Bowser and Mario battles each other atop a pair of chandeliers in Bowser's Koopa Throne Room. In the battle, Bowser attacks Mario by launching his spikes on the back at Mario and swiping him with his claws. At first Bowser seems to be invulnerably unbeatable, but Princess Peach then advises Mario to attack the Kinklink chain holding up the chandelier. Once Mario has damaged the Kinklink chain enough times, it let's go the entire chandelier and Bowser falls to the ground. Bowser has not yet given up, as he throws Hammers at Mario's chain, making him fall to the ground as well. However, before Mario hit the ground, he hops off Bowser's head, giving Mario a slight boost up to Princess Peach to rescue her. After the battle is finished, a huge sword known as Exor crashes into Bowser's Keep, sending Mario, Bowser and Princess Peach flying in different directions.

While Mario and Mallow travel through Rose Way, they sight Bowser, accompanied by a small army of minions consisting of Goombas, Terrapins and Koopa Troopas and gives them pep talk. Then the army travel to Bowser's Keep to reclaim it from the Smithy Gang. Later, at Moleville, Bowser is appropriately there at the exact same time as Mario again, but most of his minions are gone. When arriving at Booster Tower, Bowser is once again seen, but this time he is sulking, due to the fact that all of his minions have deserted him. After noticing that Mario is directly behind him and Princess Peach on the balcony, he leaves, but reappears when Mario finds out that the door is locked. Bowser realizes now that Mario needs his assistance, and rams the door and joins the group, that consists of Mario, Mallow, Princess Peach and Geno and calls them honorary Koopa Troop members. After returning Peach to the Mushroom Kingdom, the Chancellor and his fellow Toads is shocked to see that the group is working with Bowser. Although he is rather scared to tell the truth, he managed to stretch it to a certain extent with the others when they explain what is occurring. After Exor is beaten, Bowser decides to abandon the group to regain his keep. When he finally have regained it, he tells Mario that as a leading Koopa Troop member he is needed to help with repairs. But Geno stops him, and tells him as long as Smithy is still active, the keep remains at high risk. This makes Bowser decide to rejoin the group.

When the group reaches Smithy, the entire group tells Smithy that he must give them his Star Piece. Bowser himself strictly tells him that he must leave his keep. He declines, and the group face him the game's final battle. Once Smithy is utterly defeated and the seventh and last Star Piece is obtained, Geno wishes the entire group goodbye, and the entire group witness as the Star that have possessed the Geno doll, leaves the doll and returns to the new-fixed Star Road. It is shown in the credits that Bowser returns to his keep to aid in its repair. In addition, during the credits parade, Bowser fly-chases after Crook and Croco in his Koopa Clown Car after they stole his keep. A while later in the parade, Booster's Snifits have what Croco stole, Crook and Croco chases after them, Booster is chasing them in the Koopa Clown Car and Bowser is chasing them, with a couple of beetles behind him.

Bowser's weapons are primarily varieties of his claws and Chain Chomps, as well as throwing Mario at foes, by using the Hurly Gloves. Bowser has a wide array of attacks, including Hurly Gloves, Chomp, Chomp-Shell, Drill Claw and Spiked Link. Bowser does also have several Special Attacks, including Poison Gas, in which he brings forth a Mokura to poison enemies, Terrorize, in which he brings forth a Big Boo to attack enemies, Bowser Crush, which involves Bowser bringing forth a massive Mechakoopa to attack enemies and Crusher, which involves Bowser creating a giant column of earth that emerges from the ground and strikes enemies. In addition to that, while battling enemies in Bowser's Keep, having Bowser as an active group member can frighten away enemies. If that doesn't work his mood can dumbfound them. A diamond can be seen superimposed over his body, whenever he is using a Special Move.