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{{about|the kings in ''Super Mario Bros. 3''|other uses of the term|[[King]]}} | {{about|the kings in ''Super Mario Bros. 3''|other uses of the term|[[King]]}} | ||
{{character infobox | {{character-infobox | ||
|image=[[File: | |image=[[File:Smb3mushroomkings.png|230px]] | ||
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' ([[List of games by date#1988|1988]]) | |first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' ([[List of Mario games by date#1988|1988]]) | ||
|latest_appearance=''[[ | |latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition]]'' ([[List of Mario games by date#2010|2010]]) | ||
|species=Human}} | |species=[[Human]]}} | ||
{{quote| | {{quote|Hey [[Hammer Mario|you]]! How about lending me [[Hammer Suit|your clothes]]? No dice? What a drag!|Kings|Super Mario Bros. 3}} | ||
The '''kings'''<ref> | |||
The '''kings'''<ref>''Super Mario Bros. 3'' English instruction booklet, pages 5 & 25</ref> are the monarchs of the various lands of the [[Mushroom World]]. Seven of them are featured in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', and each was turned into a different creature by [[Bowser|King Bowser]]'s [[Koopalings|children]]. The kings are unnamed individually, although ''[[The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' gave some of them unique identities, and ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'' even introduced several similar characters and territories. Like [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]], they have [[Toad (species)|Toad]] helpers. | |||
==History== | ==History== | ||
===''Super Mario Bros. 3''=== | ===''Super Mario Bros. 3''=== | ||
[[File:Air Assault. | [[File:Air Assault.Jpg|left|thumb|The transformed Water Land King pointing at the Koopalings' airship in ''Super Mario Bros. 3''.]] | ||
The [[Koopalings]] invaded seven kingdoms of the Mushroom World, stealing the royal [[magic wand]]s and using them to transform their kings into various creatures. With the king in his vulnerable state, the evil Koopaling then ruled over the world in the king's place, with [[Boom Boom]] and the [[Koopa Troop]] forces placed all over the kingdoms. Renowned heroic brothers [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] of the [[Mushroom Kingdom]] arrived to help them, first starting with [[Grass Land]]. | |||
To save a king, the Mario Bros. have to go to his castle, where the Toad pleads the heroes to restore the king by taking the magic wand back from the Koopaling. After that, Mario and Luigi must assault the [[airship]], defeat the Koopaling, and return the king back into his human shape. He thanks the Mario Bros. for saving him, and he delivers a letter from [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]] enclosed with a "jewel" (or [[List of power-ups|power-up]]). If the player manages to restore the kings to their human forms while wearing a special suit, then they get different rescue dialog for each different suit. This continues until the brothers reach the forbidden kingdom of [[Dark Land]], where [[Bowser]] ended up holding the princess hostage. | To save a king, the Mario Bros. have to go to his castle, where the Toad pleads the heroes to restore the king by taking the magic wand back from the Koopaling. After that, Mario and Luigi must assault the [[airship]], defeat the Koopaling, and return the king back into his human shape. He thanks the Mario Bros. for saving him, and he delivers a letter from [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]] enclosed with a "jewel" (or [[List of power-ups|power-up]]). If the player manages to restore the kings to their human forms while wearing a special suit, then they get different rescue dialog for each different suit. This continues until the brothers reach the forbidden kingdom of [[Dark Land]], where [[Bowser]] ended up holding the princess hostage. | ||
In ''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', if the player defeated Bowser before saving the kings, upon selecting the castle, the player is treated to a cutscene where it shows the Koopaling of the respective world invading the castle, snatching the magic wand and using it to transform the king, and then escaping seconds before Mario arrives. In addition, because Princess Toadstool | In ''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', if the player defeated Bowser before saving the kings, upon selecting the castle, the player is treated to a cutscene where it shows the Koopaling of the respective world invading the castle, snatching the magic wand and using it to transform the king, and then escaping seconds before Mario arrives. In addition, because Princess Toadstool would have been saved beforehand, the king will not give the player a letter from her. | ||
[[File:SMB3_MushroomKing.jpg|thumb| | [[File:SMB3_MushroomKing.jpg|thumb|right|One of the kings who was turned into this kappa.]] | ||
Each king had been transformed into | Each king had been transformed into strange creatures by the Koopalings: | ||
*[[Grass Land]] | *[[Grass Land]] King – Turned into a [[dog]] (a [[Cobrat]] in the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]] and [[Game Boy Advance]] remakes). | ||
*[[Desert Land]] | *[[Desert Land]] King – Turned into a spider (a [[Hoopster]] in the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]] and [[Game Boy Advance]] remakes). | ||
*[[Water Land]] | *[[Water Land]] King – Turned into a kappa (a [[Dino Rhino]] in the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]] and [[Game Boy Advance]] remakes). | ||
*[[Giant Land]] | *[[Giant Land]] King – Turned into a dinosaur ([[Donkey Kong Jr.]] in the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]] and [[Game Boy Advance]] remakes). | ||
*[[Sky Land]] | *[[Sky Land]] King – Turned into a vulture (an [[Albatoss]] in the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]] and [[Game Boy Advance]] remakes). | ||
*[[Ice Land]] | *[[Ice Land]] King – Turned into a seal (a [[Monty Mole]] in the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]] and [[Game Boy Advance]] remakes). | ||
*[[Pipe Land]] | *[[Pipe Land]] King – Turned into a [[Fire Piranha Plant|Venus Fire Trap]] ([[Green Yoshi]] in the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]] and [[Game Boy Advance]] remakes). | ||
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===''The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3''=== | ===''The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3''=== | ||
''The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3'' created personalities for several rulers. Many, if not all, of them also looked different. | ''The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3'' created personalities for several rulers. Many, if not all, of them also looked different. | ||
*[[Prince Hugo]] – the new ruler of Giant Land (likely making him different from the king seen in ''Super Mario Bros. 3'') | *[[Prince Hugo]] – the new ruler of Giant Land (likely making him different from the king seen in ''Super Mario Bros. 3'') | ||
*The [[Sultan]] – the ruler of a [[Desert Land#The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3|palace]] that may be in Desert Land | *The [[Sultan]] – the ruler of a [[Desert Land#The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3|palace]] that may be in Desert Land | ||
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*[[King Windbag]] – the ruler of a domain implied to be Ice Land | *[[King Windbag]] – the ruler of a domain implied to be Ice Land | ||
*[[Emperor Ed]] – the ruler of Sky Land | *[[Emperor Ed]] – the ruler of Sky Land | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
===Human | ===Human Kings=== | ||
<gallery | <gallery> | ||
GrassLandKing.png|Sprite of | GrassLandKing.png|Sprite of King of Grass Land (NES) | ||
SMAS 1-A4.PNG|King of Grass Land (''All-Stars'') | |||
Grasslandking.png|Sprite of the king of Grass Land (''SMA4'') | |||
Grasslandking.png|Sprite of the Grass Land | SMB3-NES-DesertKing.png|Desert Land King (NES) | ||
SMAS 2-A4.PNG|King of Desert Land (''All-Stars'') | |||
SMB3-NES-WaterKing.png|Water Land King (NES) | |||
SMB3-NES-DesertKing.png| | SMAS 3-A4.PNG|King of Water Land (''All-Stars'') | ||
Seasideking.png|Sprite of the king of Water Land (''SMA4'') | |||
SMAS | SMB3-NES-GiantKing.png|Giant Land King (NES) | ||
SMB3-NES-SkyKing.png|Sky Land King (NES) | |||
SMB3-NES-IceKing.png|Ice Land King (NES) | |||
SMB3-NES-PipeKing.png|Pipe Land King (NES) | |||
SMB3-NES-WaterKing.png| | Smb3mushroomkings.png|Group shot (''SMA4'') | ||
Seasideking.png|Sprite of the | |||
SMB3-NES-GiantKing.png| | |||
SMB3-NES-SkyKing.png| | |||
SMB3-NES-IceKing.png| | |||
SMB3-NES-PipeKing.png| | |||
SMA4 | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
===Transformed | ===Transformed Kings=== | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
SMB3Art3.png|''[[Nintendo Power]]'' artwork of the Water Land | File:SMB3Art3.png|''[[Nintendo Power]]'' artwork of the Water Land King | ||
GrassLandKing-dog.png|King of [[Grass Land]] (NES version) | |||
SMB3-NES-DesertKingTransformed.png|King of [[Desert Land]] (NES version) | |||
SMB3-NES-WaterKingTransformed.png|King of [[Water Land]] (NES version) | |||
SMB3-NES-GiantKingTransformed.png|King of [[Giant Land]] (NES version) | |||
SMB3-NES-DesertKingTransformed.png|King of [[Desert Land]] | SMB3-NES-SkyKingTransformed.png|King of [[Sky Land]] (NES version) | ||
SMB3-NES-WaterKingTransformed.png|King of [[Water Land]] | SMB3-NES-IceKingTransformed.png|King of [[Ice Land]] (NES version) | ||
SMB3-NES-GiantKingTransformed.png|King of [[Giant Land]] | SMB3-NES-PipeKingTransformed.png|King of [[Pipe Land]] (NES version) | ||
SMB3-NES-SkyKingTransformed.png|King of [[Sky Land]] | GrassLandKing-cobrat.png|King of Grass Land (''All-Stars'') | ||
SMB3-NES-IceKingTransformed.png|King of [[Ice Land]] | SMAS 2-A1.PNG|King of Desert Land (''All-Stars'') | ||
SMB3-NES-PipeKingTransformed.png|King of [[Pipe Land]] | SMAS 3-A1.PNG|King of Water Land (''All-Stars'') | ||
SMA4SMB3DonkeyKongJr.Sprite.png|King of Giant Land (''All-Stars'') | |||
Smas-smb3 king5.png|King of Sky Land (''All-Stars'') | |||
GrassLandKing-cobrat.png|King of Grass Land | Smas-smb3 king6.png|King of Ice Land (''All-Stars'') | ||
SMAS | SMA4SMB3YoshiSprite.png|King of Pipe Land (''All-Stars'') | ||
SMAS | |||
Smas-smb3 king5.png|King of | |||
Smas-smb3 king6.png|King of | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
==Names in other languages== | ==Names in other languages== | ||
{{foreign names | {{foreign names | ||
| | |Jap=<span class="explain" title="おうさま">王様</span><ref>''Super Mario Bros. 3'' Japanese instruction booklet, pages 2 & 24</ref><br>''Ōsama''<br><span class="explain" title="こくおう">国王</span><ref>''Super Mario Bros. 3'' Japanese instruction booklet, page 2 ([[Larry Koopa|Larry's]] speech balloon)</ref><br>''Kokuō'' | ||
|JapM=King}} | |||
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== | ==Trivia== | ||
*If Mario defeats a Koopaling as [[Frog Mario]], [[Tanooki Mario]], or [[Hammer Mario]], the king says one of the following: | *If Mario defeats a Koopaling as [[Frog Mario]], [[Tanooki Mario]], or [[Hammer Mario]], the king says one of the following: | ||
**" | **"Oh me, oh my! You've been transformed! Shall I change you back with this wand?" (to Frog Mario) | ||
**" | **"Thank you, kind raccoon. Please tell me your name." (to Tanooki Mario) | ||
**" | **"Hey you! How about lending me your clothes? No dice?! What a drag." (to Hammer Mario) | ||
*The king of Water Land bears a striking resemblance to Mario. Also, the castle's island resembles Japan, with the castle itself placed where Kyoto, Nintendo's headquarters, would be. | *The king of Water Land bears a striking resemblance to Mario. Also, the castle's island resembles Japan, with the castle itself placed where Kyoto, Nintendo's headquarters, would be. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:Humans]] | [[Category:Humans]] | ||
[[Category:Kings]] | [[Category:Kings]] | ||
[[Category:Royalty]] | |||
[[Category:Hostages]] | |||
[[Category:Allies]] | [[Category:Allies]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Characters]] | ||
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