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Kings
Species	Human
First appearance	Super Mario Bros. 3 (1988)
Latest appearance	Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition (2024)

Latest revision as of 18:59, March 24, 2025

This article is about the kings in Super Mario Bros. 3. For other uses of the term, see King.

“Oh thank heavens! I’m back to my old self again. Thank you so much. Here is a letter from the princess.”

—Kings, Super Mario Bros. 3

The kings^[1] 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 the Koopalings. 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 Toadstool, they have Toad helpers.

History

Super Mario Bros. 3

The Water Land king, after being turned into a kappa. Unlike the sprite, he does not wear a shell, and instead wears a cape.

In Super Mario Bros. 3, the Koopalings invaded seven kingdoms of the Mushroom World, stealing the royal magic wands and using them to transform their kings into various creatures. With the kings in their vulnerable state, each evil Koopaling then ruled over the world in that king's place, with Boom Boom and Bowser's Minions 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 Toadstool enclosed with a "jewel" (or 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 has already been saved beforehand, the king does not give the player a letter from her.

Grass Land king

The king of Grass Land wears a jeweled white turban and has a large black mustache and sideburns. In the original game, he wears a green robe over white clothing, while in remakes, he wears red clothing and an indigo-colored cape. In the original game, there are unused tiles depicting him moving his mouth or chin when he speaks, though in the final game, he only blinks. He is turned into a dog that constantly scratches his ear in the original game, and into a Cobrat that slithers back-and-forth in the remakes.

Super Mario Bros. 3 (transformed)
Super Mario Bros. 3 (transformed)
Super Mario Bros. 3 (transformed)
Super Mario Bros. 3 (normal)
Super Mario Bros. 3 (normal)
Super Mario Bros. 3 (normal)
Super Mario Bros. 3 (normal, unused)
Super Mario Bros. 3 (normal, unused)
Super Mario All-Stars (transformed)
Super Mario All-Stars (normal)
Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 (transformed)
Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 (normal)

Desert Land king

The king of Desert Land appears to be balding with a white mustache and a small crown. In the original game, he wears an orange robe over white clothes, while in the remakes, he wears a red robe over a white shirt and orange pants. He is turned into a silkworm that bobs on a thread over his crown in the original game, and a Hoopster that falls off a vine and continues animating on the ground in the remakes.

Super Mario Bros. 3 (transformed)
Super Mario Bros. 3 (transformed)
Super Mario Bros. 3 (normal)
Super Mario Bros. 3 (normal)
Super Mario Bros. 3 (normal)
Super Mario All-Stars (transformed)
Super Mario All-Stars (normal)
Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 (transformed)
Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 (normal)

Water Land king

The king of Water Land has a striking facial resemblance to Mario and Luigi and wears a tall crown. In the original game, he wears a green robe over white clothes, while in the remakes, he wears green clothes and a red cape. He is turned into a kappa drawn in a similar manner to a Spike in the original game, and a medium-sized purple Dino Rhino in the remakes.

Super Mario Bros. 3 (transformed)
Super Mario Bros. 3 (transformed)
Super Mario Bros. 3 (transformed)
Super Mario Bros. 3 (normal)
Super Mario Bros. 3 (normal)
Super Mario Bros. 3 (normal)
Super Mario All-Stars (transformed)
Super Mario All-Stars (normal)
Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 (transformed)
Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 (normal)

Giant Land king

The king of Giant Land wears a turban and pants without a shirt, which are white in the original and tinted orange in the remakes. He also appears thinner in the remakes compared to the original. He is turned into a small orange bipedal dinosaur with plates down his back in the original, and into Donkey Kong Jr. in the remakes.

Super Mario Bros. 3 (transformed)
Super Mario Bros. 3 (transformed)
Super Mario Bros. 3 (transformed)
Super Mario Bros. 3 (normal)
Super Mario Bros. 3 (normal)
Super Mario Bros. 3 (normal)
Super Mario All-Stars (transformed)
Super Mario All-Stars (normal)
Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 (transformed)
Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 (normal)

Sky Land king

The king of Sky Land has a crown and a long white beard. In the original, he has a long nose and the beard is angular, while in the remakes, his nose and beard are more rounded with his mustache becoming more prominent. He wears an orange and white robe in the original game and a red shirt with indigo pants in the remakes. He is turned into a large vulture that flies in-place in the original, and into an Albatoss that flies back-and-forth in the remakes.

Super Mario Bros. 3 (transformed)
Super Mario Bros. 3 (transformed)
Super Mario Bros. 3 (transformed)
Super Mario Bros. 3 (normal)
Super Mario Bros. 3 (normal)
Super Mario Bros. 3 (normal)
Super Mario All-Stars (transformed)
Super Mario All-Stars (normal)
Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 (transformed)
Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 (normal)

Ice Land king

The king of Ice Land appears to be balding and has a crown, a black mustache, and a heavy coat. In the original, he uses unique palettes that gives him peach skin with gray hair and a brown coat, while in remakes he shares his palette with others and has tan skin, blond-yellow hair, and a purple coat over a red suit. He is turned into a seal that balances his crown on its nose in the original and into a Monty Mole that dashes back-and-forth in the remakes.

Super Mario Bros. 3 (transformed)
Super Mario Bros. 3 (transformed)
Super Mario Bros. 3 (normal)
Super Mario Bros. 3 (normal)
Super Mario Bros. 3 (normal)
Super Mario All-Stars (transformed)
Super Mario All-Stars (normal)
Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 (transformed)
Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 (normal)

Pipe Land king

The king of Pipe Land has a full beard and wears a horned helmet. In the original, he has pale white skin with an orange beard and black clothes, while in the remake, he has the same tan skin tone as the other kings, a white beard, and a red suit. He is turned into an orange Piranha Plant (with a pose resembling a Venus Fire Trap) with a small pipe in the original, and a Yoshi in the remakes.

Super Mario Bros. 3 (transformed)
Super Mario Bros. 3 (transformed)
Super Mario Bros. 3 (transformed)
Super Mario Bros. 3 (normal)
Super Mario Bros. 3 (normal)
Super Mario Bros. 3 (normal)
Super Mario All-Stars (transformed)
Super Mario All-Stars (normal)
Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 (transformed)
Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 (normal)

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.

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 palace that may be in Desert Land
King Mackerel – the ruler of Mertropolis, a domed underwater city
Wizard King of the West – the wizard of an unknown location that resembles Sky Land
King Windbag – the ruler of a domain implied to be Ice Land
Emperor Ed – the ruler of Sky Land

Super Mario Kodansha manga

“"スーマリ3には七人も王さまが出てくるからどれがほんものかわからないのよ" ("In Super Mario Bros. 3, there are seven kings, so who knows which one is the real one.")”

—Princess Peach, Super Mario Kodansha manga

The kings seen in the first 4koma volume

The kings can be seen in the first 4koma volume of the Super Mario Kodansha manga. They appear only in the "7 Kings" (7人の王さま) strip, in which Peach states that one of the seven kings is her father. It is never fully confirmed which king is truly her father, though Peach wishes that the king from Water Land would be him. The kings' transformed states are the same as in Super Mario All-Stars.

Gallery

Artwork

Nintendo Power artwork of the Water Land king
Notebook from Pigna with the Water Land king

Screenshots

Super Mario All-Stars (Grass Land)
Super Mario All-Stars (Desert Land)
Super Mario All-Stars (Water Land)

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	王様おうさま^[2] Ōsama	King
Japanese	国王こくおう^[3] Kokuō	King
Chinese (traditional)	國王^[4] Guówáng	King
French	roi^[?]	king
German	König^[?]	King
Italian	Regnanti del Mondo dei Funghi^[5]	Mushroom World's rulers
	7 Re^[6]	7 Kings
	Sovrano^[7]	Ruler
	Re^[8]^[9]	King
Spanish	Reyes^[?]	Kings

Notes

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.
All of the transformed kings are depicted with generic crowns either on or near them, despite the fact that only four of the non-transformed kings wear crowns.

References

^ 1990. Super Mario Bros. 3 instruction booklet. Nintendo of America (English). Page 5 and 25.
^ 1988. Super Mario Bros. 3 Japanese instruction booklet. Nintendo (Japanese). Page 2 and 24.
^ Super Mario Bros. 3 Japanese instruction booklet. Page 2 (Larry's speech balloon).
^ 瑪利歐歷史｜超級瑪利歐兄弟 35週年｜任天堂. Nintendo of HK (Traditional Chinese). Retrieved February 8, 2021.
^ Super Mario Bros. 3 | NES | Giochi | Nintendo IT. Nintendo (Italian). Retrieved August 6, 2024.
^ Super Mario Bros. 3 booklet. Nintendo (Italian). Page 5.
^ 2010. Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition instruction booklet. Nintendo of Europe (Italian). Page 15.
^ Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition Italian manual. Page 17.
^ 2003. Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 instruction booklet. Nintendo of Europe (Italian). Page 106.

[1] 1990. Super Mario Bros. 3 instruction booklet. Nintendo of America (English). Page 5 and 25.

[2] 1988. Super Mario Bros. 3 Japanese instruction booklet. Nintendo (Japanese). Page 2 and 24.

[3] Super Mario Bros. 3 Japanese instruction booklet. Page 2 (Larry's speech balloon).

[4] 瑪利歐歷史｜超級瑪利歐兄弟 35週年｜任天堂. Nintendo of HK (Traditional Chinese). Retrieved February 8, 2021.

[5] Super Mario Bros. 3 | NES | Giochi | Nintendo IT. Nintendo (Italian). Retrieved August 6, 2024.

[6] Super Mario Bros. 3 booklet. Nintendo (Italian). Page 5.

[7] 2010. Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition instruction booklet. Nintendo of Europe (Italian). Page 15.

[8] Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition Italian manual. Page 17.

[9] 2003. Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 instruction booklet. Nintendo of Europe (Italian). Page 106.

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Kings

Species	Human
First appearance	Super Mario Bros. 3 (1988)
Latest appearance	Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition (2024)

[Edit] Super Mario Bros. 3 / Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3
Protagonists		Mario • Luigi • Princess Toadstool • Toads • Kings
Bosses		Boom Boom • Big Boo^a • Fake Bowser^a • Koopalings (Larry Koopa • Morton Koopa Jr. • Wendy O. Koopa • Iggy Koopa • Roy Koopa • Lemmy Koopa • Ludwig von Koopa) • Bowser
Items		1-Up Mushroom • 3-Up Moon^a • Advance Coin^a • Anchor • Blue Coin • Boomerang^a • Cape Feather^a • Card • Coin • e-Coin^a • Fire Flower • Frog Suit • Goomba's Shoe • Hammer • Hammer Suit • Lakitu's Cloud • Magic ball • Magic Wand • Magic Whistle • Music Box • P-Wing • Poison Mushroom^a • Starman • Super Leaf • Super Mushroom • Tanooki Suit • Vegetable^a
Objects	Main game	? Block • Beanstalk • Big Block • Bolt Lift • Brick Block • Brick floor • Bridge • Buzzy Beetle Shell • Canoe • Cloud Block • Cloud Lift • Coin Block • Coral • Directional Lift • Donut Lift • Drawbridge • Elevator block • Empty Block • Flimsy Lift • Frozen Coin • Giant Shell • Goal • Green Shell • Hidden Block • Ice Block • Island • Jump Block • Lift • Locked Door • Magic Door • Magic Note Block • Magical ball • Mega ? Block • Mushroom Coin^a • P Warp Door • Quicksand • Red Shell • Rock • Rotary Lift • Semisolid Platform • Spiny Shell • Switch Block • Track • Treasure box • Warp Door • Warp Pipe • Waterfall • White Block • White Block (platform) • Wood Block
Objects	World-e^a	!-Switch • Axe • Balance Lift • Bubble • Control Coin • Dotted-Line Block • Goal Pole • Flipper • Giant Gate • Grass • Jumping Board • Key • Key Door • Power Meter Block • Rock Block • Rotating Block • Roulette Block • Seesaw • Snake platform • Soft sand • Stretch Block • Triangular Block • Vanishing Block
Forms		Small Mario • Super Mario • Fire Mario • Raccoon Mario • Frog Mario • Tanooki Mario (Statue Mario) • Hammer Mario • Invincible Mario • Caped Mario^a
Switch Cards^a		1UP Kinoko ga 3UP Moon ni kawaru! • Blue Green Switch • Luigi Power Up!! • Orange Switch • Sugu ni mantan! Power Meter!! • Teki Power Up! Tokuten x2!! • Timer yukkuri!
Worlds		Grass Land • Desert Land • Water Land • Giant Land • Sky Land • Ice Land • Pipe Land • Dark Land • Warp Zone • World-e^a
Locations		e-Coin Castle^a • Enemy Course • Panel (N-Mark Spade Panel • Spade Panel • Start Panel) • Toad's House • Treasure Ship
Enemies	Main game	Angry Sun • Baby Cheep • Big Bertha • Bloober • Bloober baby • Bloober with kids • Bob-omb • "Boo" Diddly • Boomerang Brother • Boss Bass • Bullet Bill • Buster Beetle • Buzzy Beetle • Chain Chomp • Cheep-Cheep • Colossal Koopa Paratroopa • Dry Bones • Fiery Walking Piranha • Fire Brother • Fire Chomp • Firesnake • Giant Koopa • Goomba • Grand Goomba • Hammer Brother • Hot Foot • Jelectro • Koopa Paratroopa • Koopa Troopa • Kuribo's Goomba • Lakitu • Lava Lotus • Micro-Goomba • Missile Bill • Muncher • Para-Beetle • Para-Goomba • Pile Driver Micro-Goomba • Piranha Plant • Piranhacus Giganticus • Podoboo • Ptooie • Rocky Wrench • Scattering Bloober • Sledge Brother • Spike • Spiny Cheep-Cheep • Spiny • Spiny Egg • Stretch • Thwomp • Venus Fire Trap • Walking Piranha
Enemies	World-e^a	Amazing Flyin' Hammer Brother • Big Boo • Bony Beetle • Bowser Statue (Super Mario World) • Bumpty • Chargin' Chuck • Flurry • Goomba (Super Mario World) • Hoopster • Hothead • Jumping Piranha Plant • Lil Sparky • Magikoopa • Monty Mole • Para-Goomba (Super Mario World) • Porcupo • Rip Van Fish • Spike Top • Thwimp • Wiggler
Obstacles		Bowser Statue • Candy ring • Cannon • Cannonball • Diagonal cannon • Falling spike^a • Fire-Bar^a • Giant cannon • Giant cannonball • Lava • Pit • Quartet-cannon • Rocket Engine • Roto-Disc • Shifting wall • Spike • Tornado • Turtle Cannon
World-e mini-games^a		Blue Mushroom House • Orange Mushroom House • Red Mushroom House
Music		Airship BGM • Athletic BGM • Bros. Battle • Fortress Boss • Ground BGM • King of the Koopas • P Switch BGM / Toad's House • Slot Game BGM / Memory Game BGM • Underwater BGM • World 1 Map (Grass Land) • World 3 Map (Water Land) • World 4 Map (Giant Land) • World 8 Map (Dark Land)
Miscellaneous		Game Over • Extra life • P-Meter • Time Limit
Further info		Completion • e-Reader^a • e-Reader cards^a • Gallery (Super Mario Advance 4) • Glitches (Super Mario Advance 4) • Multimedia • Nintendo Music • Pre-release and unused content (Super Mario Advance 4) • Quotes • Staff
^a Exclusive to Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3

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-{{Articleabout|the Mushroom Kings in ''Super Mario Bros. 3''|the king of the Mushroom Kingdom|[[Mushroom King|here]]}}
+{{about|the kings in ''Super Mario Bros. 3''|other uses of the term|[[King]]}}
-{{character-infobox
+{{character infobox
-|image=[[File:Smb3mushroomkings.png]]
+|image=[[File:SMA4 Mushroom Kings.png|230px]]
-|full_name=Grass Land King<br>Desert Hill King<br>Sea Side King<br>Big Island King<br>Sky King<br>Iced Land King<br>Pipe Maze King
+|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=''[[Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition]]'' ([[List of games by date#2024|2024]])
-|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition]]'' ([[List of Mario games by date#2010|2010]])
+|species=Human}}
-|species=[[Human]]
+{{quote|Oh thank heavens! I’m back to my old self again. Thank you so much. Here is a letter from the princess.|Kings|Super Mario Bros. 3}}
-}}
+The '''kings'''<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario Bros. 3'' instruction booklet|page=5 and 25|date=1990|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en}}</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 the [[Koopalings]]. 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.
-{{quote|Hey [[Hammer Mario|you]]! How about lending me [[Hammer Suit|your clothes]]? No dice? What a drag!|Mushroom Kings|Super Mario Bros. 3}}
+==History==
+===''Super Mario Bros. 3''===
+[[File:SMB3_MushroomKing.jpg|thumb|The Water Land king, after being turned into a kappa. Unlike the sprite, he does not wear a shell, and instead wears a cape.]]
+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 kings in their vulnerable state, each evil Koopaling then ruled over the world in that king's place, with [[Boom Boom]] and [[Bowser's Minions]] 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.
+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 has already been saved beforehand, the king does not give the player a letter from her.
+;Grass Land king
+The king of [[Grass Land]] wears a jeweled white turban and has a large black mustache and sideburns. In the original game, he wears a green robe over white clothing, while in remakes, he wears red clothing and an indigo-colored cape. In the original game, there are [[List of Super Mario Bros. 3 pre-release and unused content|unused]] tiles depicting him moving his mouth or chin when he speaks, though in the final game, he only blinks. He is turned into a dog that constantly scratches his ear in the original game, and into a [[Cobrat]] that slithers back-and-forth in the remakes.
+<gallery widths=64px heights=64px>
+SMB3 Grass Land Dog King Sprite.png|''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' (transformed)
+SMB3 King W1 changed crowned.gif|''Super Mario Bros. 3'' (transformed)
+SMB3 King W1 changed crownless.gif|''Super Mario Bros. 3'' (transformed)
+GrassLandKing.png|''Super Mario Bros. 3'' (normal)
+SMB3 King W1 normal wandless.gif|''Super Mario Bros. 3'' (normal)
+SMB3 King W1 normal wanded.gif|''Super Mario Bros. 3'' (normal)
+SMB3 King W1 normal wandless unused.gif|''Super Mario Bros. 3'' (normal, [[List of Super Mario Bros. 3 pre-release and unused content|unused]])
+SMB3 King W1 normal wanded unused.gif|''Super Mario Bros. 3'' (normal, unused)
+GrassLandKing-cobrat.png|''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'' (transformed)
+SNES King of Grass Land.png|''Super Mario All-Stars'' (normal)
+SMA4 King Cobrat sprite.png|''Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3'' (transformed)
+Grasslandking.png|''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' (normal)
+</gallery>
+;Desert Land king
+The king of [[Desert Land]] appears to be balding with a white mustache and a small crown. In the original game, he wears an orange robe over white clothes, while in the remakes, he wears a red robe over a white shirt and orange pants. He is turned into a silkworm that bobs on a thread over his crown in the original game, and a [[Hoopster]] that falls off a vine and continues animating on the ground in the remakes.
+<gallery widths=64px heights=64px>
+SMB3-NES-DesertKingTransformed.png|''Super Mario Bros. 3'' (transformed)
+SMB3 King W2 changed.gif|''Super Mario Bros. 3'' (transformed)
+SMB3-NES-DesertKing.png|''Super Mario Bros. 3'' (normal)
+SMB3 King W2 normal wandless.gif|''Super Mario Bros. 3'' (normal)
+SMB3 King W2 normal wanded.gif|''Super Mario Bros. 3'' (normal)
+SMAS SMB3 Hoopster King Sprite.png|''Super Mario All-Stars'' (transformed)
+SNES King of Desert Land.png|''Super Mario All-Stars'' (normal)
+SMA4 King Hoopster sprite.png|''Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3'' (transformed)
+Desert Land King.png|''Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3'' (normal)
+</gallery>
+;Water Land king
+The king of [[Water Land]] has a striking facial resemblance to [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] and wears a tall crown. In the original game, he wears a green robe over white clothes, while in the remakes, he wears green clothes and a red cape. He is turned into a {{wp|kappa (mythology)|kappa}} drawn in a similar manner to a [[Spike]] in the original game, and a medium-sized purple [[Dino Rhino]] in the remakes.
+<gallery widths=64px heights=64px>
+SMB3-NES-WaterKingTransformed.png|''Super Mario Bros. 3'' (transformed)
+SMB3 King W3 changed crowned.gif|''Super Mario Bros. 3'' (transformed)
+SMB3 King W3 changed crownless.gif|''Super Mario Bros. 3'' (transformed)
+SMB3-NES-WaterKing.png|''Super Mario Bros. 3'' (normal)
+SMB3 King W3 normal wandless.gif|''Super Mario Bros. 3'' (normal)
+SMB3 King W3 normal wanded.gif|''Super Mario Bros. 3'' (normal)
+SMAS SMB3 Dino Rhino King Sprite.png|''Super Mario All-Stars'' (transformed)
+SNES King of Water Land.png|''Super Mario All-Stars'' (normal)
+SMA4 King Dino Rhino sprite.png|''Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3'' (transformed)
+Seasideking.png|''Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3'' (normal)
+</gallery>
+;Giant Land king
+The king of [[Giant Land]] wears a turban and pants without a shirt, which are white in the original and tinted orange in the remakes. He also appears thinner in the remakes compared to the original. He is turned into a small orange bipedal [[dinosaur]] with plates down his back in the original, and into [[Donkey Kong Jr.]] in the remakes.
+<gallery widths=64px heights=64px>
+SMB3-NES-GiantKingTransformed.png|''Super Mario Bros. 3'' (transformed)
+SMB3 King W4 changed crowned.gif|''Super Mario Bros. 3'' (transformed)
+SMB3 King W4 changed crownless.gif|''Super Mario Bros. 3'' (transformed)
+SMB3-NES-GiantKing.png|''Super Mario Bros. 3'' (normal)
+SMB3 King W4 normal wandless.gif|''Super Mario Bros. 3'' (normal)
+SMB3 King W4 normal wanded.gif|''Super Mario Bros. 3'' (normal)
+SMAS SMB3 DK Jr King Sprite.png|''Super Mario All-Stars'' (transformed)
+SNES King of Giant Land.png|''Super Mario All-Stars'' (normal)
+SMA4 Donkey Kong Jr Sprite.png|''Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3'' (transformed)
+Big Island King.png|''Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3'' (normal)
+</gallery>
-The '''Mushroom Kings''' are the monarchs of the various lands of the [[Mushroom World]]. They are first found in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]''. There are seven Mushroom Kings in total, and each was turned into a different creature by [[Bowser]]'s [[Koopalings|children]]. The Kings do not have official names, although ''[[The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' gave some of them names, and ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'' even introduced several Mushroom King-like characters and their territories. Like [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]], they have [[Toad (species)|Toad]] helpers.
+;Sky Land king
+The king of [[Sky Land]] has a crown and a long white beard. In the original, he has a long nose and the beard is angular, while in the remakes, his nose and beard are more rounded with his mustache becoming more prominent. He wears an orange and white robe in the original game and a red shirt with indigo pants in the remakes. He is turned into a large vulture that flies in-place in the original, and into an [[Albatoss]] that flies back-and-forth in the remakes.
+<gallery widths=64px heights=64px>
+SMB3-NES-SkyKingTransformed.png|''Super Mario Bros. 3'' (transformed)
+SMB3 King W5 changed crowned.gif|''Super Mario Bros. 3'' (transformed)
+SMB3 King W5 changed crownless.gif|''Super Mario Bros. 3'' (transformed)
+SMB3-NES-SkyKing.png|''Super Mario Bros. 3'' (normal)
+SMB3 King W5 normal wandless.gif|''Super Mario Bros. 3'' (normal)
+SMB3 King W5 normal wanded.gif|''Super Mario Bros. 3'' (normal)
+Smas-smb3 king5.png|''Super Mario All-Stars'' (transformed)
+SMAS SMB3 The Sky King.png|''Super Mario All-Stars'' (normal)
+SMA4 King Albatoss sprite.png|''Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3'' (transformed)
+SMA4 Sky King.png|''Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3'' (normal)
+</gallery>
-==History==
+;Ice Land king
-===''Super Mario Bros. 3''===
+The king of [[Ice Land]] appears to be balding and has a crown, a black mustache, and a heavy coat. In the original, he uses unique palettes that gives him peach skin with gray hair and a brown coat, while in remakes he shares his palette with others and has tan skin, blond-yellow hair, and a purple coat over a red suit. He is turned into a seal that balances his crown on its nose in the original and into a [[Monty Mole]] that dashes back-and-forth in the remakes.
-[[File:Air Assault.Jpg|left|thumb|The transformed Sea Side King pointing at the Koopalings' airship in ''Super Mario Bros. 3''.]]
+<gallery widths=64px heights=64px>
-Not long ago, the evil [[Koopalings]] invaded the seven kingdoms of the Mushroom World. Each Koopaling came to the castle of the land and knocked out the [[Toad]], then stomped the Mushroom King to steal his [[Magic Wand]] and transformed him into a creature. The evil Koopaling then ruled over the world in the king's place, the king being in his vunerable state, with [[Boom Boom]] and the [[Koopa Troop]] all over the kingdoms, until [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]], sent by the princess of the [[Mushroom Kingdom]] came to help them, first starting with [[Grass Land]].
+SMB3-NES-IceKingTransformed.png|''Super Mario Bros. 3'' (transformed)
+SMB3 King W6 changed.gif|''Super Mario Bros. 3'' (transformed)
+SMB3-NES-IceKing.png|''Super Mario Bros. 3'' (normal)
+SMB3 King W6 normal wandless.gif|''Super Mario Bros. 3'' (normal)
+SMB3 King W6 normal wanded.gif|''Super Mario Bros. 3'' (normal)
+Smas-smb3 king6.png|''Super Mario All-Stars'' (transformed)
+Ice Land king SNES.png|''Super Mario All-Stars'' (normal)
+SMA4 King Monty Mole sprite.png|''Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3'' (transformed)
+SMA4 Iced Land King.png|''Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3'' (normal)
+</gallery>
-To save a Mushroom King, the Mario Bros. have to go to his castle, where the Toad is pleading the heroes to save the world and return the Mushroom King back to the way he was, with the Magic Wand the Koopaling stole from him. After that, Mario and Luigi must defeat the Koopaling, destroy the [[airship]] and return the Mushroom King back into his human shape. As a Mushroom King, he thanks the Mario Bros. for saving him, he gives a letter from [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]] to Mario and receives a special item. Mario and Luigi may continue their way to the next kingdom of [[Dark Land]] after saving the Pipe Maze King. If the player manages to restore the Kings to their human forms while wearing a special suit, then they get a different answer for each different suit. With the Tanooki Suit, the King says "Thank you kind racoon! Please tell me your name?" With the Hammer suit he asks if they could lend him their clothes. With the Frog Suit, he asks if they want to be restored to their original form, thinking that they had been transformed into actual frogs.
+;Pipe Land king
+The king of [[Pipe Land]] has a full beard and wears a horned helmet. In the original, he has pale white skin with an orange beard and black clothes, while in the remake, he has the same tan skin tone as the other kings, a white beard, and a red suit. He is turned into an orange [[Piranha Plant]] (with a pose resembling a [[Fire Piranha Plant|Venus Fire Trap]]) with a small pipe in the original, and a [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]] in the remakes.
+<gallery widths=64px heights=64px>
+SMB3-NES-PipeKingTransformed.png|''Super Mario Bros. 3'' (transformed)
+SMB3 King W7 changed crowned.gif|''Super Mario Bros. 3'' (transformed)
+SMB3 King W7 changed crownless.gif|''Super Mario Bros. 3'' (transformed)
+SMB3-NES-PipeKing.png|''Super Mario Bros. 3'' (normal)
+SMB3 King W7 normal wandless.gif|''Super Mario Bros. 3'' (normal)
+SMB3 King W7 normal wanded.gif|''Super Mario Bros. 3'' (normal)
+SMAS SMB3 Green Yoshi King Sprite.png|''Super Mario All-Stars'' (transformed)
+File:SMB3 SNES Pipe Land King.png|''Super Mario All-Stars'' (normal)
+SMA4 Green Yoshi Sprite.png|''Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3'' (transformed)
+SMA4 Pipe Maze King.png|''Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3'' (normal)
+</gallery>
-In the GBA remake, ''Super Mario Advance 4'', 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 Scepter, 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.
-[[Image:SMB3_MushroomKing.jpg|thumb|right|One of the '''Mushroom Kings''' who was turned into this kappa.]]
-Each Mushroom Kings had been transformed into strange creatures by the Koopalings:
-*[[Grass Land]] King &ndash; Turned into a [[dog]] (a [[Cobrat]] in the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]] and [[Game Boy Advance]] remakes).
-*[[Desert Hill]] King &ndash; Turned into a spider (a [[Hoopster]] in the remakes).
-*[[Sea Side]] King &ndash; Turned into a kappa (a [[Dino Rhino]] in the remakes).
-*[[Big Island]] King &ndash; Turned into a dinosaur ([[Donkey Kong Jr.]] in the remakes).
-*[[The Sky]] King &ndash; Turned into a vulture (an [[Albatoss]] in the remakes).
-*[[Iced Land]] King &ndash; Turned into a seal (a [[Monty Mole]] in the remakes).
-*[[Pipe Maze]] King &ndash; Turned into a [[Venus Fire Trap]] ([[Green Yoshi]] in the remakes).
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 ===''The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3''===
-''The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3'' created personalities for several of the Mushroom Kings. 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]] &ndash; the new ruler of Giant Land (likely making him different from the king seen in ''Super Mario Bros. 3'')
-*The [[Sultan]] &ndash; the ruler of a [[Desert Hill#The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3|palace]] that may be in Desert Land
+*The [[Sultan]] &ndash; the ruler of a [[Desert Land#The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3|palace]] that may be in Desert Land
-*[[Wizard King of the West]] &ndash; ancient magician of an unknown location that resembles Sky Land
+*[[King Mackerel]] &ndash; the ruler of [[Mertropolis]], a domed underwater city
+*[[Wizard King of the West]] &ndash; the wizard of an unknown location that resembles Sky Land
 *[[King Windbag]] &ndash; the ruler of a domain implied to be Ice Land
 *[[Emperor Ed]] &ndash; the ruler of Sky Land
+===''Super Mario'' Kodansha manga===
+{{quote|"スーマリ3には七人も王さまが出てくるからどれがほんものかわからないのよ" ("In Super Mario Bros. 3, there are seven kings, so who knows which one is the real one.")|Princess Peach|Super Mario Kodansha manga}}
+[[File:SMB3 Kings KC Mario.png|200px|thumb|left|The kings seen in the first 4koma volume]]
+The kings can be seen in the first 4koma volume of the ''[[Super Mario (Kodansha manga)|Super Mario]]'' Kodansha manga. They appear only in the "7 Kings" (7人の王さま) strip, in which [[Princess Peach|Peach]] states that one of the seven kings is her father. It is never fully confirmed which king is truly her father, though Peach wishes that the king from Water Land would be him. The kings' transformed states are the same as in ''Super Mario All-Stars''.
+{{br}}
 ==Gallery==
+===Artwork===
+<gallery>
+The transformed Water Land king pointing at the Koopalings' airship in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]''
+SMB3Art3.png|''[[Nintendo Power]]'' artwork of the Water Land king
+SMB3 notebook 01.jpg|Notebook from Pigna with the Water Land king
+</gallery>
+===Screenshots===
+<gallery>
+SMAS SMB3 Grass Land King Screenshot.png|''Super Mario All-Stars'' (Grass Land)
+SMAS SMB3 Desert Hill King Screenshot.png|''Super Mario All-Stars'' (Desert Land)
+SMAS SMB3 Water Land King Screenshot.png|''Super Mario All-Stars'' (Water Land)
+</gallery>
+==Names in other languages==
+{{foreign names
+|Jpn={{ruby|王様|おうさま}}<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario Bros. 3'' Japanese instruction booklet|page=2 and 24|publisher=Nintendo|language=ja|date=1988}}</ref>
+|JpnR=Ōsama
+|Jpn2={{ruby|国王|こくおう}}<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario Bros. 3'' Japanese instruction booklet|page=2 ([[Larry|Larry's]] speech balloon)}}</ref>
+|Jpn2R=Kokuō
+|JpnM=King
+|Jpn2M=King
+|ChiT=國王<ref>{{cite|url=www.nintendo.com.hk/switch/mario/history/index.html|title=瑪利歐歷史｜超級瑪利歐兄弟 35週年｜任天堂|publisher=Nintendo of HK|language=zh-hant|accessdate=February 8, 2021}}</ref>
+|ChiTR=Guówáng
+|ChiTM=King
+|Fre=roi
+|FreM=king
+|Ger=König
+|GerM=King
+|Spa=Reyes
+|SpaM=Kings
+|Ita=Regnanti del Mondo dei Funghi<ref>{{cite|url=www.nintendo.com/it-it/Giochi/NES/Super-Mario-Bros-3-279558.html#Panoramica|title=''Super Mario Bros. 3'' {{!}} NES {{!}} Giochi {{!}} Nintendo IT|publisher=Nintendo|language=it|accessdate=August 6, 2024}}</ref>
+|Ita2=7 Re<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario Bros. 3'' booklet|publisher=Nintendo|language=it|page=5}}</ref>
+|Ita3=Sovrano<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition]]'' instruction booklet|page=15|date=2010|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|language=it}}</ref>
+|Ita4=Re<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition'' Italian manual|page=17}}</ref><ref>{{cite|title=''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' instruction booklet|page=106|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|language=it|date=2003}}</ref>
+|ItaM=Mushroom World's rulers
+|Ita2M=7 Kings
+|Ita3M=Ruler
+|Ita4M=King
+}}
-===Mushroom Kings===
+==Notes==
-<center><gallery>
+*If Mario defeats a Koopaling as [[Frog Mario]], [[Tanooki Mario]], or [[Hammer Mario]], the king says one of the following:
-Image:SMAS 1-A4.PNG|King of [[Grass Land]]
+**"''Oh me, oh my! You've been transformed! Shall I change you back with this wand?''" (to Frog Mario)
-File:Grasslandking.png|Sprite of the king of Grass Land
+**"''Thank you, kind raccoon. Please tell me your name.''" (to Tanooki Mario)
-Image:SMAS 2-A4.PNG|King of [[Desert Hill]]
+**"''Hey you! How about lending me your clothes? No dice?! What a drag.''" (to Hammer Mario)
-Image:SMAS 3-A4.PNG|King of [[Sea Side]]
+*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.
-File:Seasideking.png|Sprite of the king of Sea Side
+*All of the transformed kings are depicted with generic crowns either on or near them, despite the fact that only four of the non-transformed kings wear crowns.
-</gallery></center>
-===Transformed Mushroom Kings===
+==References==
-<center><gallery>
+<references/>
-Image:Smb3 king1.png|King of [[Grass Land]] (NES version)
-Image:Smb3 king2.png|King of [[Desert Hill]] (NES version)
-Image:Smb3 king3.png|King of [[Sea Side|Ocean Side]] (NES version)
-Image:Smb3 king4.png|King of [[Big Island]] (NES version)
-Image:Smb3 king5.png|King of [[The Sky]] (NES version)
-Image:Smb3 king6.png|King of [[Iced Land]] (NES version)
-Image:Smb3 king7.png|King of [[Pipe Maze]] (NES version)
-Image:SMAS 1-A1.PNG|King of Grass Land (remakes)
-Image:SMAS 2-A1.PNG|King of Desert Hill (remakes)
-Image:SMAS 3-A1.PNG|King of Sea Side (remakes)
-Image:Smas-smb3_king4.png|King of Big Island (remakes)
-Image:Smas-smb3_king5.png|King of The Sky (remakes)
-Image:Smas-smb3_king6.png|King of Iced Land (remakes)
-Image:Smas-smb3_king7.png|King of Pipe Maze (remakes)
-</gallery></center>
-==Trivia==
+{{Humans}}
-*If Mario defeats a Koopaling as [[Tanooki Mario]], [[Hammer Mario]], or [[Frog Mario]], the King says one of the following:
-**"Thank you, kind raccoon. Please, tell me your name."
-**"Hey you! How about lending me your clothes? No dice? What a drag."
-**"Oh my! You have been transformed! Shall I change you back?"
-*The king of Sea Side bears a striking resemblance to Mario.
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