Editing History of Bowser

One of Bowser's earliest chronological appearances in-universe is as Baby Bowser in ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'', which was also his first time meeting with Mario. When [[Baby Mario]] and [[Yoshi]] enter his room in his castle, Baby Bowser is accidentally awakened from his nap by [[Kamek]], who is trying to demand Yoshi to give Baby Mario, and pounds him flat in retribution. Baby Bowser then notices Yoshi, referring to him as a "green donkey", and tries to ride him. However, he notices Baby Mario already riding Yoshi, leading to him attacking the two to get Baby Mario away. At this age, he is shown to have similar powers to the ones he currently possesses as an adult, such as ground-pounding and breathing fire. Yoshi eventually defeats Baby Bowser, even when Kamek turns him into a giant. Later, Baby Bowser steals the [[Super Happy Tree]] from the [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]]s and turns [[Yoshi's Island (location)|Yoshi's Island]] into a pop-up book in ''[[Yoshi's Story]]'', though he is defeated again by a newborn Yoshi. Both incidents quickly define the young Bowser as a selfish character who lacks empathy. In contrast, during the events of ''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]'', he at first teams up with the heroes to defeat future Bowser after being betrayed, and is revealed to be one of the [[star children]]. In ''[[Yoshi's New Island]]'', he plans to turn [[Egg Island]] into his vacation home, but this plan is ultimately thwarted by the Yoshis.

Once more, Bowser appears as the final boss of ''[[New Super Mario Bros. 2]]''. He is the boss of [[World 6 (New Super Mario Bros. 2)|World 6]], and he attacks using fire and iron mallets in a battle reminiscent of the original ''Super Mario Bros''. On the other side of him is a switch, which Mario presses to send him into the pit below the bridge. However, after he is defeated, the Koopalings appear in the Koopa Clown Car and use their wands' magic on Bowser. This causes him to transform into '''Super Bowser''',<ref>{{cite|author=von Esmarch, Nick|isbn=978-0-307-89552-3|title=''[[New Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' [[Prima Games|Prima]] Official Game Guide|date=2012|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|language=en-us|page=169}}</ref> also knocking the Koopalings down into the rising lava pit in the process. While Mario is using the platforms to travel upward, Super Bowser swipes at them with his claws. In two segments of the battle, the platforms disappear, and Super Bowser breathes fire at Mario on a full platform. On the roof of Bowser's Castle, there is a massive [[! Switch]], similar to the one from ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'' When the switch is pressed, Super Bowser plummets to his doom and the game is won.

Bowser appeared in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 35]]''. Like all enemies, he could be sent to other players, and this would make him appear outside castle levels. A kicked shell could defeat Bowser, but the shell was also destroyed in the process. Transferred Bowsers threw hammers if they were from World 6-4 and later. There were no fake Bowsers in this game.

In this game, whenever Bowser uses a [[List of moves|Special Move]], a diamond is superimposed over his body. In the Japanese version, when Bowser is one of the active party members during battle, he does a gesture similar to giving the middle finger for his victory pose.<ref>{{cite|url=tcrf.net/Super_Mario_RPG:_Legend_of_the_Seven_Stars#Bowser.27s_Victory_Pose|title=''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars'' - Bowser's Victory Pose|publisher=The Cutting Room Floor|language=en|accessdate=May 26, 2024}}</ref> This was changed before the game was released in America. The theme that plays during Mario's battle with him is a cover of the final battle theme in ''Super Mario Bros. 3''.

Bowser also appears in the {{wp|Western world|Western}} release, ''[[Tetris Attack]]'', replacing Corderia from ''[[nwiki:Panel de Pon|Panel de Pon]]'' as the game's final boss. In story mode, particularly VS. mode, Bowser has Kamek cast a spell over the inhabitants of [[Yoshi's Island (location)|Yoshi's Island]], brainwashing them into working for him and his Koopa Troop. He also has a massive rain cloud at his disposal, threatening to flood the world with it. He is faced in Mt. Wickedness on hard mode, on the twelfth and final stage, after Kamek is defeated. Bowser is also faced on the final stage and special stage on Stage Clear mode. His health is depleted by stringing together multiple combos.

Bowser appears as a playable character in ''[[Super Mario Party]]'', making his first fully playable appearance in the ''Mario Party'' series, leaving his role of causing misfortune to players to [[Kamek]] whenever players land on the [[Bad Luck Space]]s, which have replaced [[Bowser Space]]s.

In the game's introduction, when Mario and his friends were suggesting who would be the "Super Star", Bowser appears, bringing along [[Bowser Jr.]], [[Goomba]], [[Boo]], [[Koopa Troopa]], [[Hammer Bro]], [[Shy Guy]], [[Monty Mole]], [[Pom Pom]], and [[Dry Bones]], suggesting that he or one of his minions could also be "Super Stars". He also brings in Kamek to host the games alongside [[Toad]] and [[Toadette]]. Bowser's Dice Block is high-risk, high-reward, having two -3 coins sides, and 1, 8, 9, and 10 on the other sides, respectively.

Bowser reappears in ''[[Mario Golf: Super Rush]]'' as a Power character. He has his own golf course known as [[Bowser Highlands]]. Bowser's [[Special Shot (Mario Golf: Super Rush)|Special Shot]] is the Meteor Strike while his [[Special Dash]] is the Volcano Dash. In the Story Mode, Bowser helps the player defeat the [[Snow King]].

Bowser also appears as a recurring villain in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''. In this game, Kammy Koopa summons Bowser to tell him that Mario is attempting to find treasures known as the [[Crystal Stars]]. Bowser decides to find them himself because he believes they are "good world-conquering tools." She also states that Princess Peach has been taken by someone else, after having just been told herself, so he makes it his mission to find and kidnap her himself. Optionally, prior to Kammy Koopa delivering this news, Bowser can also listen in to two Hammer Bros. talking, with one talking about seeing Bowser swooning over a portrait of Princess Peach before realizing that Bowser was right behind him, although Bowser apparently finds it amusing enough to attempt to get him to continue with the story, to the Hammer Bros.' reluctance. Accompanied by Kammy, Bowser appears in many cutscenes, in which he is a playable character. These scenes sometimes involve Bowser traveling through a side-scrolling world similar to the ones in ''Super Mario Bros.'' (these levels partially inspired ''Super Paper Mario''). During these segments, Bowser can breathe fire or jump to defeat enemies, and can collect the [[Meat]] found in blocks to increase in size, becoming invincible and being able to destroy blocks and pipes after eating three. He also has infinite lives. Throughout these cutscenes, Bowser always appears to be a step behind Mario, and ultimately fails to find a single Crystal Star.

After the incident, Bowser returns to Rogueport, and is sulking when Kammy informs him that their scouts found a hidden underground chamber in [[Rogueport Underground]] (Bowser's exact dialogue when recounting his various failures varies depending on whether Mario or Bowser won their earlier fight at the Glitz Pit). Kammy directs him to the chamber, which turns out to be a workout room, and they find what they believe to be the [[Gold Star]] on a belt. Rawk Hawk then enters the room, and is impressed that Bowser was able to infiltrate his workout room, but refuses to let him take his championship belt. Bowser, however, calls him weak, and Rawk Hawk attempts to attack Bowser, but fails when he jumps on him. However, his attack does hit Kammy. She is knocked into to the champ belt, resulting in the star on the belt breaking. They are shocked at first, but Kammy realizes that it is a fake, and Rawk Hawk tells Bowser that the "Great Gonzales" possesses the real one.

After Mario opens the Thousand-Year Door, Bowser and Kammy Koopa enter the [[Palace of Shadow]] to take Peach and steal the treasure that is rumored to be held behind the door. Meanwhile, [[Sir Grodus]] threatens to murder Princess Peach after his defeat at the hands of Mario, but Bowser accidentially crashes through the floor above them and landing on the X-Naut leader (either as a result of his own weight damaging the floor foundations in the original, or the palace's foundation itself being fragile in the remake). Bowser admits that he has no idea as to what is going on, but that he is going to "end it right NOW!" Bowser and Kammy are battled before the player gets a chance to save after battling Grodus, and thus wind up supplanting Grodus as the penultimate bosses. His attacks are the same as when he is fought in the Glitz Pit. When the two are beaten, they are left dazed on the floor of the Palace of Shadow. If the player leaves the room and re-enters, they are gone.

When Mario, Luigi, and the babies reach the bottom of [[Thwomp Caverns]], Bowser and Baby Bowser appear before they can save the princess and challenge them, revealing that they have teamed up. They are the tenth boss of the game. Bowser can attack by jumping, which creates a shockwave, which can either be slow or fast moving. If it is the fast shockwave, it also sends down debris to be jumped over; normal rocks hit both bros., red [[Thwack]]s hit Mario, and green ones Luigi. He can also breath a stream of fire, though he sometimes fakes it and does it a second later; the player can tell if he is when Bowser laughs before he attacks (In the Japanese version, Bowser automatically uses this attack after being attacked, and is one of three bosses that counterattacks no matter whose turn it currently is.<ref name="PIT Japan">[https://themushroomkingdom.net/mlpit_j2e.shtml TMK | Mario in Japan | Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time]. The Mushroom Kingdom. Retrieved January 3, 2016.</ref>{{better source}}). Some of Baby Bowser's attacks also involve Bowser. One attack involves ground pounding Bowser to have him spit flames at them, and another involves Bowser retreating into his shell, and Baby Bowser using his hammer to smack him at Mario and Luigi; if the attack is deflected enough Bowser spins off-screen and does not return for another turn. Finally, Baby Bowser can restore 100 HP to Bowser (60 HP in the Japanese and European versions<ref name="PIT Japan"/>) with a Mushroom. Both of them are weak to the [[Ice Flower]]. When the duo are defeated, a lava geyser sends the Thwomp they are on flying out of the volcano. Bowser is knocked off by a Shroob UFO, telling his baby self to grow up and become stronger and more evil before falling into the time hole back to the present.

Bowser appears as the final boss of ''[[Mario Pinball Land]]''. The player must collect the four [[Star Key]]s to enter Bowser's castle in the [[Fiery Stage]], and they must have fifteen Stars in order to face him. He does not attack Mario, instead roaming around the room and jumping, his landing temporarily disabling the [[flipper (Pinball)|flipper]]s. Bowser spins around if Mario hits him from behind, and Bowser is momentarily dazed if hit from the front. The player must use the flippers to hit Mario into the cogs in the back of the room to raise at least one of the [[Thwomp]]s in the room as high as possible, so that the [[! Switch|Blue Switch]] in the center begins to flash. By hitting it, the Thwomps fall, causing Bowser to fall over backward and leaving him temporarily vulnerable; each successful attack gives the player 100,000 points. After three hits, Bowser rolls into a giant-sized pinball. Mario must knock him into the cogs and the wall to create a hole. Once a large-enough hole in the wall is formed, Mario can launch him through it out of the castle and onto a nearby hill. Bowser's defeat earns the player 100,000 points times the number of Stars the player has collected without getting a [[Game Over]]; if the player has all 35 Stars without getting a Game Over, the bonus is 5,000,000 points.

Bowser makes an appearance in ''[[Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle]]''. Here, he is on vacation for the majority of the game, leaving Bowser Jr. to lead the Koopa Troop in his absence, although he does call his son to ask if he has done his homework and is not throwing a party. During Bowser's absence, the [[Rabbid]]s are transported to the Mushroom Kingdom due to [[Spawny]]'s actions. Bowser Jr. ends up befriending Spawny and abusing his power of fusing things together to create an army of Rabbid-fused enemies, intending to take over the Mushroom Kingdom and make his father proud upon his return. As Mario's team (itself consisting of four Rabbids) defeat the Rabbid-fused enemies, the [[Megabug]], a vortex that appeared above the Mushroom Kingdom upon the Rabbids' entry, increases in size. Eventually, the Megabug grows large enough to obtain a physical, phoenix-like form, which absorbs Spawny and flies off to Bowser's Castle, creating more Rabbid-fused enemies in the process. Immediately after, Bowser texts his son, revealing that he has decided to come home early. Believing the Megabug to pose a threat to his father, Junior hurries to the castle, and Mario's group follow. Upon Mario's group's arrival, Bowser is at the castle, although barely conscious and near the Megabug. The Megabug fuses with Bowser, creating [[MegaDragonBowser]], and proceeds to attack Mario's group. MegaDragonBowser is defeated, causing Bowser and the Megabug to separate. With the threat averted, Junior attempts to convince Mario's group to be chastised in his place after Bowser regains consciousness. However, they decline.

{{quote|After years of searching for the [[Super Star]], IT IS FINALLY [[Koopa Troop|OURS]]! I AM NOW THE MOST POWERFUL TURTLE IN THE WORLD! Soon we will arrive at the Mushroom Kingdom, where after years of being sworn enemies, I will ask their princess to marry me IN A FAIRY TALE WEDDING!|Bowser|The Super Mario Bros. Movie}}

Bowser appears as the main antagonist of the 2023 film ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Movie]]''. His goal is marrying Princess Peach through coercion, using Super Star that he stole from the Snow Kingdom as a bartering chip, while he and his army to conquer the entire  world, the Mushroom Kingdom and the other surrounding lands, including the Jungle Kingdom. [[Kamek]] is his assistant, who helps Bowser with his wedding speech and other plans. Throughout the film, he also captures Luigi, who is lost in the Dark Lands. He also tries to stop Mario, who arrives with Princess Peach to save the world and rescue Luigi. He is voiced by [[Jack Black]] in the English version of the film, who provides a slightly deepened voice to portray the character. His voice actors in the film's dubs in other languages include [[Kenta Miyake]] in the Japanese version. The film features a dedicated [[Peaches|song]] to Bowser, who plays a piano and serenades about his love for Peach.<ref>{{cite|author=@JoeMoor01284044|date=March 10, 2023|url=x.com/GameXplain/status/1634263510715891712|title=The Super Mario Bros. Movie Got A Brand New TV Spot And Had New Footage. We’re So Close To April 5th!|publisher=X|accessdate=March 10, 2023}}</ref>