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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]]}}
{{character-infobox
{{Distinguish|Mechakoopa|Mekakuppa}}
|image=[[Image:Mechabowser.jpg|250px]]
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|full_name=Mecha Bowser
|image=[[File:SMS Mecha Bowser Artwork.png|250px]]
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'' (2002)
|species=[[Mechakoopa]]
|species=[[Mecha-Koopa]]
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'' ([[List of games by date#2002|2002]])
|affiliation=[[Koopa Troop]]
|latest_appearance=''[[Mario Party Superstars]]'' (cameo) ([[List of games by date#2021|2021]])
|latest_appearance=''[[New Play Control: Mario Power Tennis]]'' (2009)
}}
}}
'''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.
'''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.
 
==History==
In ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'', Mecha Bowser was 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>
===''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.
Mecha Bowser also appeared in ''[[Mario Power Tennis (Nintendo GameCube)|Mario Power Tennis]]''. This lead players to assume that he was re-built by [[Bowser]] or [[Bowser Jr.]]. In this game he tilts the court. 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]].


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, he is a ''toy'' robot and he 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 were captured inside it. <br clear=all>
===''Mario Golf'' series===
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]]''.


==Game Appearances==
===''Mario Power Tennis'' / ''New Play Control! Mario Power Tennis''===
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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.
 
===''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 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=20% | Description
!width=20%|Description
!width=20% | Release Date
!width=20%|Release Date
!width=10% | System/Format
!width=20%|System/Format
|-
|-
|''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]''
|''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]''
|Boss
|Boss
|2002
|[[List of games by date#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]]
|Nintendo GameCube
|-
|''[[Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour]]''
|Name appears on the scoreboard
|2003
|2003
|[[Nintendo GameCube]]
|Nintendo GameCube
|-
|''[[Mario Golf: Advance Tour]]''
|Name appears on the scoreboard
|[[List of games by date#2004|2004]]
|[[Game Boy Advance]]
|-
|-
|''[[Mario Power Tennis (Nintendo GameCube)|Mario Power Tennis]]''
|''[[Mario Power Tennis]]''
|Boss in mini-game and appears in background of a certain court.
|Boss in a minigame and appears in the 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]]''
|His 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]]''
|Boss
|[[List of games by date#2007|2007]]
|Arcade
|-
|-
|''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''
|''[[Mario Power Tennis#"New Play Control!" Series|New Play Control: Mario Power Tennis]]''
| Giant toy in the [[Toy Time Galaxy]].
|It reprises its role from ''Mario Power Tennis''.
|2007
|[[List of games by date#2009|2009]]
|[[Wii]]
|[[Wii]]
|-
|-
|''[[New Play Control: Mario Power Tennis]]''
|''[[Mario Party 9]]''
|Boss minigame.
|Its head is on the stage [[Bowser Station]] although slightly altered into a "Jackpot Machine."
|2009
|[[List of games by date#2012|2012]]
|[[Wii]]
|Wii
|-
|''[[Minecraft|Minecraft: Wii U Edition]]''
|Block in the Super Mario Mash-up
|[[List of games by date#2015|2015]]
|[[Wii U]]
|-
|''[[Minecraft|Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition]]''
|Block in the Super Mario Mash-up
|[[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
|[[List of games by date#2018|2018]]
|[[Nintendo 3DS#New Nintendo 3DS/New Nintendo 3DS XL|New Nintendo 3DS]]
|-
|''[[Minecraft]]'' (Bedrock version)
|Block in the Super Mario Mash-up
|[[List of games by date#2018|2018]]
|[[Nintendo Switch]]
|-
|-
|''[[Super Mario 3D All-Stars]]''
|Boss
|[[List of games by date#2020|2020]]
|[[Nintendo Switch]]
|}
|}


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


==Names in Other Languages==
===Names in other languages===
{{Foreignname|
{{foreign names
|Fra=Mecha Bowser / Mécabowser
|Jap=メカクッパ
|FraM=Literal translation.
|JapR=Mekakuppa
|JapM=Mecha-Bowser; same as [[Mechakoopa#Names in other languages|Mechakoopa]] and [[Mekakuppa]]
|JapC=<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
|ItaM=Portmanteau of ''Bowser'' and ''automatic''}}
|ItaC=<ref>{{cite|quote=[[Mecha-Bowser Appears!|Attenzione a Bowsermatic!]]|author=''Super Mario Sunshine''|language=it}}</ref>
 
|ItaM=Portmanteau of ''Bowser'' and ''automatic''
==Trivia==
|Ger=Robo-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 Mecahgodzilla appears theme from Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla.
|GerM=Robo-Bowser; portmanteau of ''Robot'' and ''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''.
|Spa=Mech Bowser
}}


==References==
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Latest revision as of 16:39, December 11, 2024

This article is about the boss that first appears in Super Mario Sunshine. For the planet also named Mecha-Bowser in Super Mario Galaxy, see Toy Time Galaxy § Mecha-Bowser. For the giant statue also known as "Mecha Bowser" or "Mechanical Bowser" in some Mario Kart games, see Bowser Statue.
Not to be confused with Mechakoopa or Mekakuppa.
Mecha-Bowser
Mecha-Bowser
Species Mechakoopa
First appearance Super Mario Sunshine (2002)
Latest appearance Mario Party Superstars (cameo) (2021)

Mecha-Bowser, also known as Mechakoopa,[1] 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 Mechagodzilla in appearance.

History[edit]

Super Mario Sunshine[edit]

In Super Mario Sunshine, Mecha-Bowser is found in Episode 1 of Pinna Park and is controlled by Bowser Jr. To fight it, Mario, riding the park's Roller Coaster, must collect and fire water rockets (via FLUDD) at Mecha-Bowser. Mecha-Bowser attacks by shooting Bullet Bills 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.

Mario Golf series[edit]

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[edit]

In Mario Power Tennis and its Wii port, Mecha-Bowser is the boss of the Mecha-Bowser Mayhem minigame, in which it rotates the court and battles players, firing Bullet Bills and Bob-ombs that can be deflected back at it. Players must attack it with charged tennis balls until it is defeated.

Mario Party series[edit]

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 ? 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 Stars, and players can earn these stars by playing minigames or by landing on Jackpot+ Spaces.

Mario Kart series[edit]

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 Shells at the pillars supporting Mecha-Bowser to defeat him.

Minecraft[edit]

In the Super Mario Mash-up in Minecraft, Mecha-Bowser's head replaces the original game's furnace block.

Gallery[edit]

List of appearances[edit]

Title Description Release Date System/Format
Super Mario Sunshine Boss 2002 Nintendo GameCube
Mario Party 5 Appears as NPC in Toy Dream 2003 Nintendo GameCube
Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour Name appears on the scoreboard 2003 Nintendo GameCube
Mario Golf: Advance Tour Name appears on the scoreboard 2004 Game Boy Advance
Mario Power Tennis Boss in a minigame and appears in the background of a certain court. 2004 Nintendo GameCube
Mario Kart Arcade GP Boss 2005 Arcade
Mario Party 7 Its head cameos in Bowser's Enchanted Inferno!. 2005 Nintendo GameCube
Mario Kart Arcade GP 2 Boss 2007 Arcade
New Play Control: Mario Power Tennis It reprises its role from Mario Power Tennis. 2009 Wii
Mario Party 9 Its head is on the stage Bowser Station although slightly altered into a "Jackpot Machine." 2012 Wii
Minecraft: Wii U Edition Block in the Super Mario Mash-up 2015 Wii U
Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition Block in the Super Mario Mash-up 2017 Nintendo Switch
Mario Party: The Top 100 Cameo 2017 Nintendo 3DS
Minecraft: New Nintendo 3DS Edition Block in the Super Mario Mash-up 2018 New Nintendo 3DS
Minecraft (Bedrock version) Block in the Super Mario Mash-up 2018 Nintendo Switch
Super Mario 3D All-Stars Boss 2020 Nintendo Switch

Additional names[edit]

Internal names[edit]

Game File Name Meaning

Super Mario Sunshine tinkoopa[2] Tinkoopa Tin-Bowser

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese メカクッパ[3]
Mekakuppa
Mecha-Bowser; same as Mechakoopa and Mekakuppa
French Mecha Bowser / Mécabowser[?] -
German Robo-Bowser[?] Robo-Bowser; portmanteau of Robot and Bowser.
Italian Bowsermatic[4] Portmanteau of Bowser and automatic
Spanish Mech Bowser[?] -

References[edit]

  1. ^ Super Mario Sunshine entry on the official Mario Portal. Nintendo (English). Retrieved August 13, 2022. (Archived August 12, 2022, 23:33:20 UTC via archive.today.)
  2. ^ Super Mario Sunshine, internal filename root/data/scene/pinnaBoss0.szs/scene/tinkoopa
  3. ^ Sakai, Kazuya (Ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2015). "Super Mario Sunshine" in 『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』. Tokyo: Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 978-4-09-106569-8. Page 100.
  4. ^ "Attenzione a Bowsermatic!" – Super Mario Sunshine.