Koopa Troopa

## History

2nd most common enemies in the Mario history! Koopa Troopa is apart of the biggest family in all Mario games, Koopas. Before SMB, Koopa Troopas were in a game where only Mario fought them, it was called Mario Bros. But, in this game, Koopa Troopas are called Shell Creepers. There were three different Koopa Troopas to represent their speed.

Green: Slowest

Purple: Fast

Red: Fastest

So in that way, the game wouldn't be easier than it is now. Later, Shell Creepers, aka Koopa Troopa, were replaced with Spinys in a remake of Mario Bros. In Mario Bros, you could kill Shell Creatures in 2 ways. 1 unique, 2 common way. You jump under a block if there's a Shell Creeper on top of it or, jump on top if it. Koopa Troopa is named after Bowser's Japenese name, Kuppa. Kuppa is also a Korean dish. In Super Mario Bros, you can on Koopa Troopa's shell to make it hide in its shell. If you hop on it when it's in its shell, it will spin to the right then come back if it hits a wall, so be carful if it come back. If you hop on it if its spinning, you can kill it. You can also kill it as Invincible Mario, Fire Mario, or if it decides to walk or roll down a cliff. Later on in the game, you can find more Koopas, Hammer Bros and Bowser. In SMB3, you can pick up Koopa Troopa shells. If you put the Koopa Troopa shell down it will roll to the right iagain. You can use the Koopa Troopa shell to kill enemies, such as Angry Sun. When you use it to kill enemies, it will die when it kills the enemy. In some 3D Mario games, Red Koopa Troopas like to dance to the background music when the singer says, "Hah hah!". That makes it easier to get more time to dodge the Koopa Troopa or kill it. Troopa stands for troop. That means Koopa Troopas are the troops of Bowser. Koopa Troopas are thought to be turtles, no, they are not turtles, they are tortises. If you jump on a Koopa Troopa shell, you get 500+ or 400+. Later, Para Troopas were made. They made it harder to dodge do people wouldn't call Koopa Troopas, "Easy" to dodge and kill. To kill a Para Troopa, you needed to jump on it, it would lose its wings and would turn into a normal Koopa Troopa. Then you know how to kill a normal Koopa Troopa. Then Hammer Bros were found in levels. Hammer Bros are really annoying Koopas, they throw hammers at you. That's the only difference between Koopa Troopas and Hammer Bros. To make Hammer Bros more annoying, they added Fire Bro, Sledge Bro, and Frisbee Bro.

Frisbee Bro: Threw a frisbee at you. Then the frisbee would come back at you.

Sledge Bro: Fatter than all the bros so you could touch them on mistake easier. Same as their weapon, a sledge hammer.

Fire Bro: Fire Mario, but an enemy.

In SMB3, they might Giant Koopa Troopas so they were harder to dodge, not a big change. Also, you don't just throw Koopa Troopa shells in SMB3, you can kick them also. It's a low range attack than high range. Later in SMB3, we find Dry Bones, Dry Bones are dead Koopa Troopas. If you jump on Dry Bones, it turns into a pile of bones. In a few seconds, the pile of bones turn back into Dry Bones. Then the creators of Mario made all Koopa Troopas change appearence in 3D Mario games. Koopa Troopas smiled, had shoes, and stood on 2 feet. When they first brought Yoshi, there were new Koopa Troopas. Yellow could remove its shell or not. If you hop on it or it gets its shell back, it will turn into an invincible shell and will chase while rolling in its shell. If Yoshi eats any of the Koopa Troopas, he gets a special ability.

## Facts and Features

In Mario 64, you can surf on top of Koopa Troopa shells like you are surfing on waves.

If a Koopa Troopa shell is off, you can see it wears a T-shirt.

Koopa Troopas does a silly dance to the background music. (Not all games)

In Mario 64, there is a good Koopa Troopa named, Koopa the Quick.

Koopa Troopas were the first enemies to come out pipes. Not Piranha Plants.

In Paper Mario, there are 4 Koopas wearing ninja masks. A refrence to Ninja Turtles.

In SMB3, there are Koopa Troopas wearing Mario and Luigi masks to trick you into thinking they are your alleys.

In SML, there are Koopa Troopas that has a bomb as a shell, they are called Bombshell Koopa. Sadly, they were never brought back.

## Game Changes

In SMB1, nothing much changed about the koopas, they still walked on four feet but, there was only green koopas. We also had Bowser, Hammer Bros, and Lakitu. That's all.

SMB2 had giant Koopas to make the game harder. When you jump on its shell, a giant shell might kill you. It's a really hard enemy to dodge, kill, and get around it.

In SMB3, the Koopa Troopas are the same as Shell Creepers but no purple Koopa Troopa. Nothing really changed. You can pick up, throw, and kick Koopa shells as a weapon. Then the Koopa Troopa will die if it kill an enemy.

In SML,you can find an enemy called, Bombshell Koopa. If you jump on it, it will explode and die. If you walk into it, you will die. If you enter its explosion at any time, you will die. This is something new.

In SMW, you only find Red Koopa Troopas. There are also enemies called Mask Koopa. They come out of lucky blocks randomly. Mask Koopas have masks on their face that look like Luigi and Mario.

There's a spinoff game called Mario Teaches Typing. In that game, there are Koopa Troopas blocking your way with letters on their shell. If you type the letter on their shell, you kill it. These Koopa Troopas are harmless and don't move.

Yoshi's Safari didn't change a bit. In Yoshi's Safari, we saw the Kooplings.

Mario's Time Machine didn't change that much, the Koopa Troopas just got faster and there was a minigame going back to Mario Bros.

Mario's Game Gallery is pretty strange. You play checkers against Mario, you have Yoshi pieces, Mario has Koopa pieces.

Mario 64 had some cool features. You had to take its shell off to kill it. If you took its shell off, you could see Koopa Troopas wore T-shirts. You were able to surf on Koopa Troopa shells as a special ability. There was also Koopa called Chargin Chuck. It's a football player. It's faster, stronger, and bigger than the Koopa Troopa.

In the first Paper Mario game, there are way too many types of Koopa Troopas. So we can't involve all of them.

SMW SMA2 didn't change that much. It's the same as Mario 64 Koopa Troopas but, you can't surf on their shell. Chargin Chuck was brought back from Mario 64.

WarioWare barely has Koopa Troopas in this game. There is a tiny minigame with Koopa Troopas.

SMA SMB3: Same as SMB3, but harder.

Mario Kart Double Dash brings back Koopa the Quick. He races you again in a Mario Kart race. You can also use a Koopa Troopa shell as a sweet powerup to slow down the other people racing against you.

Mario Party 5 has many Koopa Troopas you can find. It's just you against your friends playing many and various minigames. You can find the Koopa Kids in Mario Party 5.

In Mario Power Tennis, we see Bowser and Lakitu. You can Koopa Troopas as an audience member watching you against somebody playing tennis.

Mario Party 6 also has the Koopa Kids. In a round, there are pictures of a Koopa Troopa shell. Lakitu is in the backgound.

Mario Party Advance brings in Koopa Kids. There is also many minigames with Koopa Troopas.

Mario Superstar baseball only has Koopa Troopas as an audience member. Magikoopas play the baseball game.

Mario Kart Arcade GP only has Koopa shells as a powerup.

Mario Party 7 is still the same.

Mario Kart DS is the same as Mario Kart Aracde GP.

(More games coming)

## Other Koopa Troopas

Lakitu: These enemies were first in airplanes. Nobody knows why they changed to clouds. Its creator says it represents because they both like thinking up in the clouds.

Hammer Bros.: These annoying freaks keep throwing things at you. There are different Hammer Bros. Sledge Bro and Frisbee Bro.

Bowser: The first boss in SMB franchise! This is now Mario's main rival. A big replacement of Donkey Kong but was easier, to harder to kill.

(More coming soon)