Bowser
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King Bowser Koopa (sometimes known as King Bowser, King Koopa, Lord Bowser or just Bowser) is the supreme leader of the Koopa Troop, king of the Koopas, and the arch-nemesis of Mario and Luigi. Repeatedly, he tries to kidnap Princess Peach and take over the Mushroom Kingdom. Occasionally, the Koopa King has attempted to conquer the entire Mushroom Planet.
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Paper Mario
Bowser, aided by Kammy Koopa, second in command of the Koopa Troop, took control of the Princess's castle by lifting it into the air with the power of the Star Rod in Paper Mario. Mario, along with his friends Goombario, Kooper, Bombette, Parakarry, Bow, Watt, Sushie and Lakilester, had to rescue the Seven Star Spirits in order to use the Star Beam, which would deactivate the Star Rod. After the initial fight against Bowser, he retreated to the roof of his castle. Using the Power Platform Kammy Koopa built, Kammy boosted his size and power to ensue his victory. The Star Beam failed to work against Bowser. However, Princess Peach discovered that by wishing for Mario's strength to increase, and Twink granted her wish by giving Mario the Peach Beam.
Now that Mario was able to negate the Star Rod's effects, his then able to defeat Bowser (he still put an intense fight) and returning everything to the way it once was.
Paper Mario was significant because it revealed another of Bowser's motives for kidnapping Peach; he has a crush on her and hopes to steal her away from Mario. He's also shown to have a degree respect for Mario because of the number of times that Mario has defeated him.
Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door
Bowser also appeared as a minor villain in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. In this game, Bowser had many cutscenes in which he was a playable character. These scenes were often quite humorous and involved Bowser traveling through a side-scrolling world similar to the ones in Super Mario Bros. Bowser tried to collect the Crystal Stars before Mario, but, ultimately, failed to find any of them.
Mario and his friends Goombella, Koops, Flurrie, a Yoshi Kid, Vivian, Bobbery and Ms. Mowz fought Bowser twice during the game; once in the Glitz Pit, and once before Sir Grodus woke the Shadow Queen in the Palace of Shadow.
Super Paper Mario
Bowser's latest appearance was in Super Paper Mario. During the beginning of the story, Mario and Luigi find Princess Peach missing and rush to Bowser's castle thinking that he was the perpetrator. Oddly, he is suprised as well, for he was only preparing to kidnap Peach and wasn't ready yet. While talking to each other, a mysterious figure named Count Bleck abducts the plumbers, Bowser, and his minions. Count Bleck then forces Bowser and Peach to get married in order to open The Void to end all worlds, unknowingly to Bowser. Later Bowser joins Mario, and Peach after learning the true purpose of him and Peach's marriage (he initially didn't want to, but agreed when Mario pointed out that Bowser couldn't take over the world if the world was destroyed, and when Peach informed him that Count Bleck had brainwashed Bowser's minions to "his evil bidding" and not Bowser's). Bowser can be playable when the player can either switch Mario, Peach, or Luigi with him.
Bowser fought many bosses if the player puts him playable. Bowser's main final boss is O'Chunks in Castle Bleck. At the end of the battle against Super Dimentio, Bowser witnessed the marriage of Count Bleck and Tippi in order to stop The Void.
Statistics
First Encounter
Unknown — Tippi was not present in this battle.
Second Encounter
HP: 80
Attack: 8
Defense: 2
Tattle: That's Bowser, the king of the Koopas and archenemy of Mario... Max HP is 80. Attack is 8. Defense is 2. He has spikes, so you can't stomp him. As you'd imagine, his fiery breath and stomp attack do a lot of damage. You'll need to use Pixls and items to win this battle...
