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{{about|the boss that first appears in [[Super Mario Sunshine]]|the planet also named Mecha-Bowser in [[Super Mario Galaxy]]|[[Toy Time Galaxy#Mecha-Bowser|Toy Time Galaxy § Mecha-Bowser]]|the giant statue also known as "Mecha Bowser" or "Mechanical Bowser" in some [[Mario Kart (series)|Mario Kart]] games|[[Bowser Statue]]}}
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{{Distinguish|Mechakoopa|Mekakuppa}}
{{character-infobox
{{character infobox
|image=[[File:Mechabowser.jpg|250px]]
|image=[[File:SMS Mecha Bowser Artwork.png|250px]]
|full_name=Mecha Bowser
|species=[[Mechakoopa]]
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'' ([[2002]])
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'' ([[List of games by date#2002|2002]])
|species=[[Mecha-Koopa]]
|latest_appearance=''[[Mario Party Superstars]]'' (cameo) ([[List of games by date#2021|2021]])
|affiliation=[[Koopa Troop]]
|latest_appearance=''[[Mario Party 9]]'' ([[2012]])
}}
}}
'''Mecha-Bowser''', also known as '''[[Mechakoopa]]''',<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario Sunshine'' entry on the official Mario Portal|url=www.nintendo.co.jp/character/mario/archives/sunshine/?lang=en|publisher=Nintendo|language=en|accessdate=August 13, 2022|archive=archive.today/2022.08.12-233320/https://www.nintendo.co.jp/character/mario/archives/sunshine/?lang=en}}</ref> is a giant robot in the likeness of [[Bowser]] that first appears in ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'', and has since made several appearances in some form or another in other games, mostly various spin-offs. It is likely inspired by {{wp|Mechagodzilla}} in appearance.
{{Distinguish|Mecha-Koopa}}
==History==
'''Mecha Bowser''' is a huge Bowser-shaped robot used by [[Bowser Jr.]] to attack Mario, and escape from him. Mecha Bowser is vaguely similar to [[Giga Bowser]], because of height, weight, and appearance.
===''Super Mario Sunshine''===
 
In ''Super Mario Sunshine'', Mecha-Bowser is found in [[Mecha-Bowser Appears!|Episode 1]] of [[Pinna Park]] and is controlled by [[Bowser Jr.]] To fight it, Mario, riding the park's [[Pinna Park#Roller Coaster|Roller Coaster]], must collect and fire [[water rocket]]s (via [[F.L.U.D.D.|FLUDD]]) at Mecha-Bowser. Mecha-Bowser attacks by shooting [[Bullet Bill]]s at Mario, and by breathing fire on the Roller Coaster track, which can be doused using FLUDD. When firing Bullet Bills or damaged, the cannons shown resemble the controller ports on the [[Nintendo GameCube]]. After enough hits, the robot explodes, and Bowser Jr. pilots its head away to escape.
In ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'', Mecha Bowser is found in the first episode of [[Pinna Park]], being controlled by [[Bowser Jr.]] To fight him, [[Mario]] must board a rollercoaster and fire Water Rockets (via [[F.L.U.D.D.]]) at Mecha Bowser when he gets close enough. Mecha Bowser will attack by shooting [[Bullet Bill]]s at Mario, and by breathing fire on the rollercoaster tracks. Eventually, Mecha Bowser is destroyed by Mario.<ref name="SMS Episode 11">[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AC-dRwTFkzc Super Mario Sunshine - Episode 11 Mecha Bowser]</ref>
 
Mecha Bowser also appear in ''[[Mario Power Tennis]]''. This leads players to assume that he is a re-built version by [[Bowser]] or [[Bowser Jr.]]. In this game it tilts the court and battles players. Later, in ''[[Mario Party 5]]'', he is a giant toy that shoots characters out of a [[cannon]]. Also in ''[[Mario Party 7]]'' his head appears in [[Bowser's Enchanted Inferno]].


===''Mario Golf'' series===
In ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'', Mecha-Bowser appears in the [[Toy Time Galaxy]]; however, he appears very different from how he has appeared in the past games. In this game, instead of a robot, it is a ''toy'' robot and it has little resemblance to Bowser compared to the previous versions. This is probably because this Mecha Bowser is blue and green instead of the normal Bowser colors. To "defeat" Mecha Bowser, Mario must climb to the head of Mecha Bowser (similar to [[Megaleg]]) and then [[Ground Pound]] through the rocks on top and into its head to destroy it and free the [[Gearmo]]s that are captured inside it. <br clear=all>
While Mecha-Bowser does not physically appear in the series, its name appears on scoreboards in ''[[Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour]]'' and ''[[Mario Golf: Advance Tour]]''.


===''Mario Power Tennis'' / ''New Play Control! Mario Power Tennis''===
==Game Appearances==
In ''[[Mario Power Tennis]]'' and its [[Mario Power Tennis#New Play Control! series|Wii port]], Mecha-Bowser is the boss of the [[Mecha-Bowser Mayhem]] [[minigame]], in which it rotates [[Bowser Castle Court|the court]] and battles players, firing Bullet Bills and [[Bob-omb]]s that can be deflected back at it. Players must attack it with charged tennis balls until it is defeated.
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===''Mario Party'' series===
In ''[[Mario Party 5]]'', Mecha-Bowser is a giant toy on the [[Toy Dream]] board and shoots characters out of a [[cannon]] in its mouth to another location on the board whenever they land on a nearby [[Event Space|? Space]]. In ''[[Mario Party 7]]'', its head is a feature of [[Bowser's Enchanted Inferno!]]. In ''[[Mario Party 9]]'', its head is featured on the [[Bowser Station]] board as a Jackpot Machine. It stores [[Mini Star]]s, and players can earn these stars by playing minigames or by landing on [[Jackpot+ Space]]s.
 
===''Mario Kart'' series===
In ''[[Mario Kart Arcade GP]]'' and ''[[Mario Kart Arcade GP 2]]'', when finishing the Bowser Cup with Bowser, Mecha-Bowser replaces [[giant Bowser]] in a boss fight. His tactics are the same as Bowser. The player has to throw [[Black Shell]]s at the pillars supporting Mecha-Bowser to defeat him.
 
===''Minecraft''===
In the Super Mario Mash-Up Pack in ''[[Minecraft]]'', Mecha-Bowser's head replaces the original game's [[minecraftwiki:Furnace|furnace]] block.
 
==Gallery==
<gallery>
MechaBowserappears.png|Mecha-Bowser as seen in ''Super Mario Sunshine''
MechaBowser SMS.png|Mecha-Bowser close-up
Mecha-Bowser defeated.jpg|Mecha-Bowser defeated
Bowser Jr Balloon.png|Balloon attached to the head to escape
Mecha-Bowser Mayhem - Mario Power Tennis.png|The [[Mecha-Bowser Mayhem]] minigame in ''Mario Power Tennis''
</gallery>
 
==List of appearances==
 
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|-
|-
!width=40%|Title
!width=50% | Title
!width=20%|Description
!width=20% | Description
!width=20%|Release Date
!width=20% | Release Date
!width=20%|System/Format
!width=10% | System/Format
|-
|-
|''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]''
|''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]''
|Boss
|Boss
|[[List of games by date#2002|2002]]
|2002
|[[Nintendo GameCube]]
|[[Nintendo GameCube]]
|-
|-
|''[[Mario Party 5]]''
|''[[Mario Party 5]]''
|Appears as NPC in [[Toy Dream]]
|Appears as NPC in [[Toy Dream]]
|[[List of games by date#2003|2003]]
|2003
|Nintendo GameCube
|[[Nintendo GameCube]]
|-
|-
|''[[Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour]]''
|''[[Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour]]''
|Name appears on the scoreboard
|Name appears on score board
|2003
|2003
|Nintendo GameCube
|[[Nintendo GameCube]]
|-
|-
|''[[Mario Golf: Advance Tour]]''
|''[[Mario Golf: Advance Tour]]''
|Name appears on the scoreboard
|Name appears on score board
|[[List of games by date#2004|2004]]
|2004
|[[Game Boy Advance]]
|[[Game Boy Advance]]
|-
|-
|''[[Mario Power Tennis]]''
|''[[Mario Power Tennis]]''
|Boss in a minigame and appears in the background of a certain court.
|Boss in minigame and appears in background of a certain court.
|2004
|2004
|Nintendo GameCube
|[[Nintendo GameCube]]
|-
|''[[Mario Kart Arcade GP]]''
|Boss
|[[List of games by date#2005|2005]]
|Arcade
|-
|-
|''[[Mario Party 7]]''
|''[[Mario Party 7]]''
|Its head cameos in [[Bowser's Enchanted Inferno!]].
|Its head cameos in [[Bowser's Enchanted Inferno!]]
|2005
|2005
|Nintendo GameCube
|[[Nintendo GameCube]]
|-
|-
|''[[Mario Kart Arcade GP 2]]''
|''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''
|Boss
| Giant toy in the [[Toy Time Galaxy]].
|[[List of games by date#2007|2007]]
|2007
|Arcade
|[[Wii]]
|-
|-
|''[[Mario Power Tennis#"New Play Control!" Series|New Play Control: Mario Power Tennis]]''
|''[[Mario Power Tennis#"New Play Control!" Series|New Play Control: Mario Power Tennis]]''
|It reprises its role from ''Mario Power Tennis''.
|Boss minigame.
|[[List of games by date#2009|2009]]
|2009
|[[Wii]]
|[[Wii]]
|-
|-
|''[[Mario Party 9]]''
|''[[Mario Party 9]]''
|Its head is on the stage [[Bowser Station]] although slightly altered into a "Jackpot Machine."
|Its head is in the stage [[Bowser Station]] although slightly altered into "A Jackpot Machine".
|[[List of games by date#2012|2012]]
|2012
|Wii
|[[Wii]]
|-  
|-  
|''[[Minecraft|Minecraft: Wii U Edition]]''
|Block in the Super Mario Mash-Up Pack
|[[List of games by date#2015|2015]]
|[[Wii U]]
|-
|''[[Minecraft|Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition]]''
|Block in the Super Mario Mash-Up Pack
|[[List of games by date#2017|2017]]
|[[Nintendo Switch]]
|-
|''[[Mario Party: The Top 100]]''
|Cameo
|2017
|[[Nintendo 3DS]]
|-
|''[[Minecraft|Minecraft: New Nintendo 3DS Edition]]''
|Block in the Super Mario Mash-Up Pack
|[[List of games by date#2018|2018]]
|[[Nintendo 3DS#New Nintendo 3DS/New Nintendo 3DS XL|New Nintendo 3DS]]
|-
|''[[Minecraft|Minecraft: Bedrock Edition]]''
|Block in the Super Mario Mash-Up Pack
|[[List of games by date#2018|2018]]
|[[Nintendo Switch]]
|-
|''[[Super Mario 3D All-Stars]]''
|Boss
|[[List of games by date#2020|2020]]
|[[Nintendo Switch]]
|}
|}


==Naming==
==Gallery==
===Internal names===
<center><gallery>
{{internal names
File:Pinnabowser.jpeg|<center>Mecha Bowser close-up.
|game1=''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]''
File:Smsmechabowser.jpg|<center>Mecha Bowser as seen in ''Super Mario Sunshine''.
|file1=<tt>tinkoopa</tt><ref>''Super Mario Sunshine'', internal filename <tt>root/data/scene/pinnaBoss0.szs/scene/tinkoopa</tt></ref>
File:Mecha-Bowser-SMG.png|<center>Mario flying near the Mecha Bowser toy in ''Super Mario Galaxy'', in the Toy Time Galaxy.
|name1=Tinkoopa
File:Bowser_Jr._Balloon.gif|<center>Balloon attached to the head to escape.
|meaning1=Tin-Bowser
File:Mecha-Bowser_Mayhem.jpg|<center>The [[Mecha-Bowser Mayhem]] minigame form [[Mario Power Tennis]].
}}
</gallery></center>


===Names in other languages===
==Names in Other Languages==
{{foreign names
{{Foreignname
|Jpn=メカクッパ
|Fra=Mecha Bowser / Mécabowser
|JpnR=Mekakuppa
|FraM=Literal translation.
|JpnM=Mecha-Bowser; same as [[Mechakoopa#Names in other languages|Mechakoopa]] and [[Mekakuppa]]
|JpnC=<ref>{{cite|author=Sakai, Kazuya (Ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors|language=ja|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|location=Tokyo|date=2015|title="Super Mario Sunshine" in 『[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|スーパーマリオブラザーズ百科: 任天堂公式ガイドブック]]』|page=100|isbn=978-4-09-106569-8}}</ref>
|Fre=Mecha Bowser / Mécabowser
|Ita=Bowsermatic
|Ita=Bowsermatic
|ItaC=<ref>{{cite|quote=[[Mecha-Bowser Appears!|Attenzione a Bowsermatic!]]|author=''Super Mario Sunshine''|language=it}}</ref>
|ItaM=Portmanteau of ''Bowser'' and ''automatic''}}
|ItaM=Portmanteau of ''Bowser'' and ''automatic''
 
|Ger=Robo-Bowser
==Trivia==
|GerM=Robo-Bowser; portmanteau of ''Robot'' and ''Bowser''.
*Mecha Bowser is very similar to Mechagodzilla from the Godzilla series. Both are robotic versions of a giant reptile that has appeared earlier in their respective series and when Mecha Bowser appears, the theme is very reminiscent of the Mechagodzilla appears theme from Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla.
|Spa=Mech Bowser
*Even though they don't take on this particular Mecha-Bowser in terms of appearance and aesthetic, [[Bowser???]], [[King Boo]]'s Bowser decoy, and the [[False Bowser]]s were the other previous instances of large mechanical Bowser lookalikes operated by other enemies (the latter two being magically operated to varying degrees), similarly to Mecha-Bowser, predating ''Super Mario Sunshine''.
}}


==References==
==References==
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