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(Created page with "{{Infobox_Software | software_name = Bowser| software_image = 300px| developer = Shigeru Miyamoto| publisher = Nintendo| systems = Various| release = 1985-present| added_to_museum = See Bowser category }} '''Bowser''', also known as '''King Koopa (王クッパ, Ō Kuppa)''', is a character that is part of a multimedia series consisting of video games, films, television...") |
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{{Infobox_Software | | |||
software_name = Bowser| | |||
software_image = [[File:Bowser logo.jpg|300px]]| | |||
developer = [[Shigeru Miyamoto]]| | |||
publisher = [[Nintendo]]| | |||
systems = Various| | |||
release = 1985-present| | |||
added_to_museum = See [[:Category:Bowser|Bowser category]] | |||
}} | |||
'''Bowser''', also known as '''King Koopa (王クッパ, Ō Kuppa)''', is a character that is part of a multimedia series consisting of [[video game]]s, films, television shows, comics, and music. | |||
He primarily appears as the recurring villain of the [[Super Mario series|''Super Mario'' series]]. | |||
Bowser is also a playable character in most games of the [[Mario Kart series|''Mario Kart'' series]], in most games of the [[Mario sports series|''Mario'' sports series]], and in most games in the [[Super Smash Bros. series|''Super Smash Bros.'' series]]. | |||
==Fictional character biography== | |||
[[File:Bowser.png|left|100px]] | |||
Bowser, King of the Koopa, rules over the Koopa troops in his castle. | |||
He often kidnaps [[Peach|Princess Peach]] from her castle in the Mushroom Kingdom. | |||
[[Mario]], and sometimes his twin brother [[Luigi]], defeats him and rescues the princess every time. | |||
==Video games wherein Bowser is a playable character== | |||
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%" | |||
!| Title | |||
!| Developer | |||
!| System | |||
!| Release | |||
!| Notes | |||
|- | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Super Mario Kart]]'' | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development|Nintendo EAD]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1992 | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Bowser is one of the racers. | |||
|- | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Mario Kart 64]]'' | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development|Nintendo EAD]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo 64]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1996 | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Bowser is one of the racers. | |||
|- | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]'' | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development|Nintendo EAD]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1996 | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Bowser joins Mario's team to get his castle back from Smithy. | |||
|- | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Mario Golf]]'' | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Camelot Software Planning]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo 64]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1999 | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Bowser is one of the golfers. | |||
|- | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Mario Golf (Game Boy Color)|Mario Golf]]'' | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Camelot Software Planning]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Game Boy Color]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1999 | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Bowser is one of the golfers, after linking with the [[Nintendo 64]] game of the same name. | |||
|- | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Mario Tennis]]'' | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Camelot Software Planning]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo 64]]<br />[[Game Boy Advance]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2000 | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Bowser is one of the tennis players. | |||
|- | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Mario Kart: Super Circuit]]'' | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development|Nintendo EAD]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Game Boy Advance]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2001 | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Bowser is one of the racers. | |||
|- | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour]]'' | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Camelot Software Planning]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[GameCube]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2003 | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Bowser is one of the golfers. | |||
|- | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Mario Kart: Double Dash]]'' | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development|Nintendo EAD]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[GameCube]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2003 | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Bowser is one of the racers. | |||
|- | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Mario Golf: Advance Tour]]'' | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Camelot Software Planning]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Game Boy Advance]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2004 | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Bowser is an unlockable golfer. | |||
|- | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Mario Power Tennis]]'' | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Camelot Software Planning]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[GameCube]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2004 | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Bowser is one of the tennis players. | |||
|- | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Mario Kart Arcade GP]]'' | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Bandai Namco Studios|Namco]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Namco Sega Nintendo Triforce|Triforce]] [[arcade]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2005 | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Bowser is one of the racers. | |||
|- | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Mario Kart DS]]'' | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development|Nintendo EAD]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo DS]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2005 | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Bowser is one of the racers. | |||
|- | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Mario Superstar Baseball]]'' | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Bandai Namco Studios|Namco]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo 64]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2005 | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Bowser is one of the baseball players. | |||
|- | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Mario Tennis: Power Tour]]'' | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Camelot Software Planning]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Game Boy Advance]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2005 | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Bowser is one of the tennis players. | |||
|- | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Mario Hoops 3-on-3]]'' | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Square Enix]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo DS]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2006 | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Bowser is an unlockable basketball player. | |||
|- | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Mario Kart Arcade GP 2]]'' | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Bandai Namco Studios|Namco Bandai]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Namco Sega Nintendo Triforce|Triforce]] [[arcade]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2007 | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Bowser is one of the racers. | |||
|- | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Mario Strikers Charged]]'' | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Next Level Games]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Wii]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2007 | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Bowser is one of the soccer captains. | |||
|- | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Mario Kart Wii]]'' | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development|Nintendo EAD]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Wii]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2008 | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Bowser is one of the racers. | |||
|- | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Mario Superstar Baseball]]'' | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Bandai Namco Studios|Namco Bandai Games]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Wii]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2008 | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Bowser is one of the baseball players. | |||
|- | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Mario Sports Superstars]]'' | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Square Enix]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Wii]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2010 | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Bowser is one of the players. | |||
|- | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Mario Kart 7]]'' | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development|Nintendo EAD]] <br /> [[Retro Studios]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo 3DS]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2011 | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Bowser is one of the racers. | |||
|- | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Mario Tennis Open]]'' | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Camelot Software Planning]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo 3DS]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2012 | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Bowser is one of the tennis players. | |||
|- | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Mario Kart Arcade GP DX]]'' | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Bandai Namco Studios|Namco Bandai]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Namco System ES3|System ES3]] [[arcade]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2013 | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Bowser is one of the racers. | |||
|- | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Mario Golf: World Tour]]'' | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Camelot Software Planning]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo 64]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2014 | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Bowser is one of the golfers. | |||
|- | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Mario Kart 8]]'' | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development|Nintendo EAD]] <br /> [[Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development|Nintendo EPD]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Wii U]] <br /> [[Nintendo Switch|Switch]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2014 | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Bowser is one of the racers. | |||
|- | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash]]'' | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Camelot Software Planning]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Wii U]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2015 | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Bowser is one of the tennis players. | |||
|-|- | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Super Mario Maker]]'' | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development|Nintendo EAD]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Wii U]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2015 | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Bowser can be played in user-created levels via a mystery mushroom. | |||
|- | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Mario Sports Superstars]]'' | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Bandai Namco Studios]]<br />[[Camelot Software Planning]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo 3DS]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2017 | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Bowser is one of the players. | |||
|- | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Mario Tennis Aces]]'' | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Camelot Software Planning]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo Switch|Switch]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2018 | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Bowser is one of the tennis players. | |||
|- | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'' | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development|Nintendo EPD]]<br />[[DeNA]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Android]] [[iOS]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2019 | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Bowser is one of the racers. | |||
|} | |||
==Video games wherein Bowser is a non-playable character== | |||
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%" | |||
!| Title | |||
!| Developer | |||
!| System | |||
!| Release | |||
!| Notes | |||
|- | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development|Nintendo R&D4]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]] <br /> [[PlayChoice-10|Arcade]] <br /> [[Family Computer Disk System|FDS]] <br /> [[Game Boy Advance|GBA]] <br /> [[Wii]] <br /> [[Wii U]] <br /> [[Nintendo 3DS|3DS]] <br /> [[NES Classic Edition|FC Mini]] <br /> [[NES Classic Edition|NES CE]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1985 | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] rescue [[Peach|Princess Peach]] from Bowser. | |||
|- | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[VS. Super Mario Bros.]]'' | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development|Nintendo R&D4]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[VS. System|Arcade]] <br /> [[Nintendo Switch|Switch]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1986 | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] rescue [[Peach|Princess Peach]] from Bowser. | |||
|- | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels]]'' | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development|Nintendo R&D4]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Family Computer Disk System|FDS]] <br /> [[Game Boy Advance|GBA]] <br /> [[Wii]] <br /> [[Nintendo 3DS|3DS]] <br /> [[Wii U]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1986 | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] rescue [[Peach|Princess Peach]] from Bowser. | |||
|- | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[All Night Nippon Super Mario Bros.]]'' | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development|Nintendo R&D4]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Family Computer Disk System|FDS]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1986 | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] rescue [[Peach|Princess Peach]] from Bowser. | |||
|- | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Super Mario Bros. Special]]'' | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Hudson Soft]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[NEC]] [[PC-8800 series]] <br /> [[Sharp X1]] <br /> [[Samsung SPC-1500|SPC-1500]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1986 | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Mario]] rescues [[Peach|Princess Peach]] from Bowser. | |||
|- | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Super Mario Bros. (Game & Watch)|Super Mario Bros.]]'' | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo Research & Development 1|Nintendo R&D1]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Game & Watch|G&W]] Crystal <br /> Special <br /> Widescreen | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1986 | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Mario]] rescues [[Peach|Princess Peach]] from Bowser. | |||
|- | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development|Nintendo R&D4]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo Entertainment System]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1988 | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] rescue [[Peach|Princess Peach]] from Bowser. | |||
|- | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Super Mario World]]'' | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development|Nintendo EAD]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1990 | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] rescue [[Peach|Princess Peach]] from Bowser. | |||
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Super Mario 64]]''<br />''[[Super Mario 64|Super Mario 64 DS]]'' | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development|Nintendo EAD]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo 64]]<br />[[Nintendo DS]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1996 | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Mario]] (plus [[Yoshi]], [[Luigi]], and [[Wario]] in the [[Nintendo DS|DS]] remake) rescues [[Peach|Princess Peach]] from Bowser. | |||
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'' | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development|Nintendo EAD]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[GameCube]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2002 | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Mario]] rescues [[Peach|Princess Peach]] from Bowser. | |||
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix]]'' | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Konami]]<br />[[Hudson Soft]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[GameCube]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2005 | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] dance to get the music keys back from Bowser. | |||
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Super Mario Strikers]]'' | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Next Level Games]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[GameCube]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2005 | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Bowser builds robots to play against the soccer players once they reach his castle. | |||
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'' | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development|Nintendo EAD]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo DS]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2006 | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] rescue [[Peach|Princess Peach]] from Bowser. | |||
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development|Nintendo EAD]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Wii]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2007 | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] rescue [[Peach|Princess Peach]] from Bowser. | |||
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'' | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development|Nintendo EAD]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Wii]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2009 | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] rescue [[Peach|Princess Peach]] from Bowser. | |||
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'' | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development|Nintendo EAD]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Wii]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2010 | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] rescue [[Peach|Princess Peach]] from Bowser. | |||
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]'' | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development|Nintendo EAD]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo 3DS]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2011 | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] rescue [[Peach|Princess Peach]] from Bowser. | |||
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Super Princess Peach]]'' | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Tose]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo DS]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2011 | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Peach|Princess Peach]] rescues [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] from Bowser. | |||
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[New Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development|Nintendo EAD]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo 3DS]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2012 | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] rescue [[Peach|Princess Peach]] from Bowser. | |||
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'' | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development|Nintendo EAD]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Wii U]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2012 | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] rescue [[Peach|Princess Peach]] from Bowser. | |||
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'' | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development|Nintendo EAD]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Wii U]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2013 | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Mario]], [[Luigi]], [[Peach]], [[Toad]], and [[Rosalina]] rescue Sprixies from Bowser. | |||
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Super Mario Run]]'' | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development|Nintendo EPD]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[iOS]] <br /> [[Android]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2016 | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Mario]], [[Luigi]], and their friends rescue [[Peach|Princess Peach]] from Bowser. | |||
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Mario Kart Arcade GP VR]]'' | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Bandai Namco Studios|Bandai Namco]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Windows]] [[HTC Vive|Vive]] [[arcade]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2017 | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Bowser races against the playable racers, [[Mario]], [[Luigi]], [[Yoshi]], and [[Peach]]. | |||
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]'' | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development|Nintendo EPD]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo Switch|Switch]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2017 | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] rescue [[Peach|Princess Peach]] from Bowser. | |||
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Super Mario Bros. 35]]'' | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo Switch|Switch]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2020 | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Bowser appears as an enemy. | |||
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[[Category: Bowser]] | |||
[[Category: Characters]] | |||
[[Category: Characters created in 1985]] | |||
[[Category: Characters owned by Nintendo]] |
Revision as of 11:55, 3 December 2023
Bowser | |
Developer | Shigeru Miyamoto |
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Publisher | Nintendo |
Platforms | Various |
Released | 1985-present |
Added to Museum |
See Bowser category |
Bowser, also known as King Koopa (王クッパ, Ō Kuppa), is a character that is part of a multimedia series consisting of video games, films, television shows, comics, and music.
He primarily appears as the recurring villain of the Super Mario series.
Bowser is also a playable character in most games of the Mario Kart series, in most games of the Mario sports series, and in most games in the Super Smash Bros. series.
Fictional character biography
Bowser, King of the Koopa, rules over the Koopa troops in his castle.
He often kidnaps Princess Peach from her castle in the Mushroom Kingdom.
Mario, and sometimes his twin brother Luigi, defeats him and rescues the princess every time.