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{{about|the Fake Bowsers from ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]''|other uses|[[Fake Bowser (disambiguation)]]}}
{{Redirect|Fake Bowser|other uses|[[Fake Bowser (disambiguation)]]}}
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|image=[[File:Tanooki_Bowser.png|250px]]<br>Artwork of a Fake Bowser in ''Super Mario 3D Land''.
|image=[[File:SMPJ Bowser Magic.png|250px]]<br>Artwork from ''Super Mario Party Jamboree''
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' ([[List of games by date#1985|1985]])
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' ([[List of games by date#1985|1985]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions]]'' ([[List of games by date#2017|2017]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario Party Jamboree]]'' ([[List of games by date#2024|2024]])
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'''Fake Bowsers''' (or '''Bowser Imposters''') are various standard enemies that were transformed by [[Bowser]]'s black magic into duplicates of himself. They first appeared in ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]''
{{quote|It's shocking how much Impostor Bowser looks like the real [[Bowser|Mr. Bowser]]. Magic is an amazing thing, huh?|Lakitu|Super Mario Party Jamboree}}
'''Impostor Bowsers''', originally known as '''fake Bowsers''' and alternatively known as '''Bowser's decoys''' in ''[[NES Remix]]'', are standard enemies that were transformed to resemble [[Bowser]] and serve a comparable role to him. They first appear as [[list of bosses|bosses]] in the original ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'', in which they were transformed by Bowser himself using his black magic.
 
==Concept and creation==
The concept of fake Bowsers came about during development of ''Super Mario Bros.'' Since all enemies have their sprites flipped upside-down when they are defeated (except for [[Piranha Plant]]s, which simply disappear, and [[Bullet Bill]]s, which stay rightside up), one of the programmers accidentally inserted an upside-down Koopa Troopa shell when portraying Bowser's death animation as if he were defeated with fireballs. The developers liked this idea, and as a result, this idea was extended to most of the Bowser battles in the game.<ref>https://www.giantbomb.com/false-bowser/3015-8320/{{better source}}</ref>


==History==
==History==
===''Super Mario'' series===
===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Super Mario Bros.'' / ''Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels''====
====''Super Mario Bros.'' / ''Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels'' / ''Super Mario Bros. Deluxe''====
[[File:Bowser_Impostor_All-Stars_Version.png|thumb|A Fake Bowser in ''Super Mario All-Stars''.]]
[[File:SMB W1-4 Fake Bowser Screenshot.png|thumb|The fake Bowser from World 1-4 in ''Super Mario Bros.'']]
[[Mario]] has to fight seven Fake Bowsers (one in each castle) before he can reach [[Bowser's Castle]] and fight the real one. Defeating a Fake Bowser with five [[fireball]]s reveals that they are really just common enemies disguised as Bowser. The enemies and their abilities are:
In ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'', the seven fake Bowsers are placed in each [[castle]], with [[World 8-4 (Super Mario Bros.)|Bowser's Castle]] containing the real one. Defeating a fake Bowser with five [[fireball]]s reveals that they are really just common enemies disguised as Bowser. The enemies and their abilities are the following:
 
*'''World 1''': [[Goomba|Little Goomba]] - [[Bowser's Flame|fire]]
*'''World 1''': [[Goomba]] - fire
*'''World 2''': [[Green Shell|Green]] [[Koopa Troopa]] - fire
*'''World 2''': [[Green Shell|Green]] [[Koopa Troopa]] - fire
*'''World 3''': [[Buzzy Beetle]] - fire
*'''World 3''': [[Buzzy Beetle]] - fire
*'''World 4''': [[Spiny]] - fire
*'''World 4''': [[Spiny]] - fire
*'''World 5''': [[Lakitu]] - fire
*'''World 5''': [[Lakitu]] - fire
*'''World 6''': [[Blooper]] - fire and hammer ([[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]]) / hammer ([[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]])
*'''World 6''': [[Blooper|Bloober]]<!--DO NOT CHANGE TO "BLOOPER". "Bloober" was the name at the time of this game and should be the name displayed here. --> - [[hammer]]
*'''World 7''': [[Hammer Bro]] - fire and hammer (NES) / hammer (SNES)
*'''World 7''': [[Hammer Bro]]ther - hammer
 
''[[Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels]]'' additional worlds (in the ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'' version, the final fake Bowser is now replaced with the actual Bowser):
''[[Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels]]'' additional worlds:
*'''World A''': Goomba - fire ([[Family Computer Disk System|FDS]]) / [[Red Shell|Red]] [[Koopa Troopa]] - hammer (''All-Stars'')
*'''World A''': Goomba - fire ([[Family Computer Disk System|FCD]]) / [[Red Shell|Red]] [[Koopa Troopa]] - hammer (SNES)
*'''World B''': Green Koopa Troopa - fire (FDS) / Green [[Cheep Cheep|Cheep-Cheep]] - hammer (''All-Stars'')
*'''World B''': Green Koopa Troopa - fire (FCD) / Green [[Cheep Cheep]] - hammer (SNES)
*'''World C''': Buzzy Beetle - fire (FDS) / [[Bullet Bill]] - hammer (''All-Stars'')
*'''World C''': Buzzy Beetle - fire (FCD) / [[Bullet Bill]] - hammer (SNES)
*'''World D''': [[Spiny]] - fire (FDS)
*'''World D''': [[Spiny]] - fire (FCD)
 
The "You VS. Boo" challenge of ''[[Super Mario Bros. Deluxe]]'':
The "You VS. Boo" challenge of ''[[Super Mario Bros. Deluxe]]'':
*'''1-4''': Green [[Cheep Cheep]]
*'''1-4''': Green [[Cheep Cheep|Cheep-Cheep]]
*'''2-4''': [[Bullet Bill]]
*'''2-4''': [[Bullet Bill]]
 
[[File:SMBLL World D-4 Bowser Imposter.png|thumb|[[Mario]] facing the fake [[Bowser's Brother]] in [[World D (Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels)|World D-4]] of ''[[Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels]]''.]]
[[File:SMBLL World D-4 Bowser Imposter.png|thumb|[[Mario]] facing the fake Blue Bowser in [[World D (Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels)|World D-4]] of ''[[Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels]]''.]]
Like Bowser, the blue [[Bowser's Brother]] in World D-4 is also a fake revealed to be a Spiny when defeated with fireballs, and only breathes fire. In ''Super Mario All-Stars'', both of these fakes are replaced with the real ones that only throw hammers, although Bowser's Brother is now green and looks identical to his twin. Due to ''[[All Night Nippon: Super Mario Bros.]]'' also featuring Worlds A-D, all of the fake Bowsers from those worlds return, including the fake Bowser's Brother in World D-4.
Like Bowser, [[Blue Bowser]] in World D-4 is also a fake revealed to be a Spiny when defeated with fireballs, and breaths only fire.<ref>NintendoGamingHD (July 26, 2016). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJslSl0knj4 Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels - World D-4]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved April 23, 2017.</ref> In ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'', both of these fakes are replaced with Bowser and a recolored Blue Bowser who looks identical to Bowser.<ref>MasterOfHyrule (June 2, 2013). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQWywR3Oce8 Unmasking The Fake Bowsers in Super Mario Bros 2 / The Lost Levels (Super Mario All Stars on SNES)]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved March 24, 2017.</ref>


====''Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3''====
====''Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3''====
In ''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', a Fake Bowser appears as a boss in the [[World-e]] level [[Classic World 1-4]], where it plays a similar role to that played in ''Super Mario Bros.'', though it looks identical to the game's real Bowser. It is revealed that the Fake Bowser is a Goomba if it is defeated with fireballs.
In ''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', a fake Bowser appears as a boss in the [[World-e]] level [[Classic World 1-4]], where it plays a similar role to that played in ''Super Mario Bros.'', though it looks identical to the game's real Bowser. It is revealed that the fake Bowser is a Goomba if it is defeated with fireballs. Since it acts like the fake Bowsers in ''Super Mario Bros.'', it is shown walking, unlike ''Super Mario Advance 4''{{'}}s (as well as every other version of ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]''{{'}}s) depiction of Bowser, who only leaps.


====''Super Mario 3D Land''====
====''Super Mario 3D Land''====
[[File:SM3DL - False Bowser Screenshot.png|thumb|Screenshot of a Fake Bowser from ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]''.]]
While typical fake Bowsers do not appear in ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]'', variants powered by [[Super Leaf|Super Leaves]] known as [[Tail Bowser]]s make their first appearance.
Fake Bowsers appear in the [[Nintendo 3DS]] game, ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]''. They have spiky raccoon tails, and they attack like they do in ''Super Mario Bros.'', breathing giant fireballs and jumping around the stage, though they do not throw hammers.
 
However, unlike in ''Super Mario Bros.'', only two Fake Bowsers appear: one in {{world|1|castle}} and the other in {{world|5|castle}}. They are also immune to projectiles. In order to defeat a Fake Bowser, Mario or Luigi has to press a switch at the end of bridge to make it collapse and send the Fake Bowser into the lava. After falling into the lava, Fake Bowsers bounce upwards and show their true forms (a [[Goomba]] in World 1, and a [[Magikoopa]] in World 5) with a [[Super Leaf]] beside them. The [[Prima Games|Prima]] guide refers to Fake Bowsers as Tail Bowsers.


====''Super Mario Run''====
====''Super Mario Run''====
In ''[[Super Mario Run]]'', Fake Bowsers appear at the end of the [[Fortress]] levels in Worlds [[World 1 (Super Mario Run)|1]], [[World 3 (Super Mario Run)|3]] and [[World 5 (Super Mario Run)|5]]. They are a Goomba, a green Koopa Troopa, and a Buzzy Beetle, respectively.
In ''[[Super Mario Run]]'', fake Bowsers appear at the end of [[castle]] courses, excluding [[World 6 (Super Mario Run)|World 6]]'s [[Bowser's Bob-ombing Run]] and [[Make the Cut!]] which have the real Bowser. [[World 1 (Super Mario Run)| World 1]]'s castle, [[Bowser's Castle Hangout]], has a Goomba as the Fake Bowser.  [[World 3 (Super Mario Run)|World 3]]'s [[Fire Bar Castle! Youch!]] has a Green Koopa Troopa as the Fake Bowser, and [[World 5 (Super Mario Run)|World 5]]'s [[Rings of Fire!]] has a Buzzy Beetle as the Fake Bowser. They walk back and forth along their bridge, occasionally shooting a [[Bowser's Flames|Bowser's Flame]], jumping, or jumping and briefly staying in the air to shoot a Bowser's Flame. A [[Pause Block]] is placed directly before the bridge, and a cutscene forces the player to stop on it the first time the player enters the area per run of the course. Fire Bar Castle! Youch! adds a [[Fire Bar]], while Rings of Fire! adds a [[Fire Chain]]. An [[Axe]] on the other side collapses the bridge, causing the Fake Bowser to reveal its true identity before falling into the lava.


===''Mario & Luigi'' series===
Fake Bowsers do not have an entry in the Notebook. Rather, a Fake Bowser counts as the enemy using the disguise. Thus, the results screen for a course shows that enemy, and adds one to the number of that enemy defeated for the purposes of [[level up|leveling up]] that enemy.
====''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga'' / ''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions''====
[[File:Superstarfalse.PNG|thumb|left|A Fake Bowser in ''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga''.]]
A Fake Bowser makes a cameo appearance in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]'' and ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions]]''. It is seen in a special area inside [[Bowser's Castle]], which is a side-scrolling level imitating a ''Super Mario Bros.'' level, and appears at the end of that level. The Fake Bowser appears to be made of cardboard, and Mario must run underneath it and hit the [[axe]] to make it fall. It neither moves nor attacks, simply being suspended by a rope over the bridge.


====''Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam''====
In Remix 10, some areas end in castles, with the [[VS Bowser]] course. A Fake Bowser must be defeated, through the same means as before. For doing so, the player receives all three of the course's [[Bonus Medal]]s. The Fake Bowser is always the disguised form of a Goomba. VS Bowser allows the player to enter with a [[Super Star]] or while [[Invincible Mario|invincible]], and touching a Fake Bowser while invincible defeats it instantly. It is knocked off the bridge without losing the disguise. Area 30's version instead has the real Bowser.
While a Fake Bowser never appears physically in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam]]'', one appears on a [[Battle Card (Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam)|Battle Card]], taking its design from ''Super Mario 3D Land''.


===''Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games''===
===''Super Mario Party Jamboree''===
[[File:Fake Bowser vs. Real Bowser.jpg|thumb|right|A Fake Bowser as it appears in Dream Figure Skating chasing the real Bowser, [[Bowser Jr.|his son]], [[Dr. Eggman]], and [[Metal Sonic]].]]
{{quote|Bet you didn't see that coming. Bye-bye, Toady! Hello, humongous Impostor Bowser!|Kamek|Super Mario Party Jamboree}}
A Fake Bowser appears as a boss in ''[[Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games]]'', specifically in the Mario World version of [[Dream Figure Skating]]. The appearances of the stage and its boss are based off ''Super Mario 3D Land''. He chases the team across a giant collapsing bridge, spitting fireballs at them. The team must hit four buttons at the same time to cause the Fake Bowser to fall into lava, where he turns into a Goomba and a Super Leaf.
In ''[[Super Mario Party Jamboree]]'', [[Kamek]] transforms a [[Toady]] into a massive fake Bowser called Impostor Bowser. Unlike other Fake Bowsers, Impostor Bowser has a purple glow and Magikoopa magic symbols coming out of him. He replaces Bowser himself as the host of [[Bowser Space]]s due to Bowser being a playable character.


===''Yoshi Topsy-Turvy''===
Impostor Bowser appears prominently on the [[King Bowser's Keep]] board, where he is in the middle of the Bowser Byway. Periodically, he will transform more spaces on the byway into Bowser Spaces, as well as changing the direction of travel should one of the [[Event Space]]s surrounding him be landed on. Uniquely on this board, he will grab players that land on Bowser Spaces instead of them being transported to another location, and even occasionally destroy the roulette to instantly steal a star or all of their coins. He also serves as the boss of that board in the Party-Planner Trek mode, being faced in the [[Bowser Crashers]] [[minigame]].
[[File:YTT-Spirit of Surprises Screenshot8.png|thumb|left|The Fake Bowser being controlled by the Spirit Who Loves Surprises]]
In ''[[Yoshi Topsy-Turvy]]'', a Fake Bowser appears exclusively in [[The Tale of Bowser's Fields]] chapter. It is made out of cardboard, but it is capable of shooting [[Fireball]]s at [[Yoshi]] which deal two points of damage. At the end of the level, it is revealed that the [[Spirit Who Loves Surprises]] was controlling the Fake Bowser the whole time, which makes Yoshi angry.
{{br}}


==Gallery==
Aside from Mario Party mode, Impostor Bowser is also a focal point in the "Bowser Challenges", Koopathlon and Bowser Kaboom Squad. Both involve surviving attacks from Impostor Bowser, with the ultimate goal of the latter being to defeat him within the time limit.
<gallery>
FalseBowsa.PNG|The Fake Bowser from World 1-4.
FalseBowsa2.PNG|The Fake Bowser of World 1's true form: a Goomba.
</gallery>
{{br|right}}


==Game appearances==
==List of appearances==
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! width=20% | Description
!width=20%|Release date
! width=20% | Release Date
!width=10%|Format
! width=10% | System/Format
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|-
| ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]''
|''[[Super Mario Bros.]]''
| Boss
|Boss
| 1985
|1985
| [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]]
|[[Family Computer]] / [[Nintendo Entertainment System]]
|-
|-
| ''[[Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels]]''
|''[[Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels]]''
| Boss
|Boss
| 1986
|1986
| [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]]
|[[Family Computer Disk System]]
|-
|-
| ''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]''
|''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]''
| Boss
|Boss
| 2003
|1993
| [[Game Boy Advance|GBA]]
|[[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]]
|-
|-
| ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]''
|''[[Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World]]''
| Enemy
|Boss
| 2003
|1994
| [[Game Boy Advance|GBA]]
|Super Nintendo Entertainment System
|-
|-
| ''[[Yoshi Topsy-Turvy]]''
|''[[Super Mario Bros. Deluxe]]''
| Boss
|Boss
|2004
|1999
| [[Game Boy Advance|GBA]]
|[[Game Boy Color]]
|-
|-
| ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]''
|''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]''
| Boss
|Boss
| 2011
|2003
| [[Nintendo 3DS|3DS]]
|[[Game Boy Advance]]
|-
|-
| ''[[Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games]]''
|''[[Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition]]''
| Boss
|Boss
| 2013
|2010
| [[Wii U]]
|[[Wii]]
|-
| ''[[Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam]]
| Cameo on Battle Card
| 2015
| [[Nintendo 3DS|3DS]]
|-
|-
| ''[[Super Mario Run]]''
|''[[Super Mario Run]]''
| Boss
|Boss
| 2016
|2016
| iOS, Android
|iOS, Android
|-
|-
| ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions]]''
|''[[Super Mario Party Jamboree]]''
| Enemy
|Boss
| 2017
|2024
| [[Nintendo 3DS|3DS]]
|[[Nintendo Switch]]
|}
|}


==Name in other languages==
==Gallery==
<gallery>
SMB W1-4 Fake Bowser revealed Screenshot.png|''[[Super Mario Bros.]]''
Bowser_Impostor_All-Stars_Version.png|''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]''
SuperMarioRun - screen3.jpg|''[[Super Mario Run]]''
SMPJ King Bowser's Keep icon.png|''[[Super Mario Party Jamboree]]''
SMPJ King Bowser's Keep.png|''Super Mario Party Jamboree''
</gallery>
{{br|right}}
 
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
{{foreign names
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|Jap=にせクッパ
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|JapR=Nise Kuppa
|JapM=Fake Koopa
|JapM=Fake Bowser
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|JapN=Shared with [[Bowser Clone]]
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|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 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=19, 27|isbn=978-4-09-106569-8}}</ref><ref name=SMBsite>{{cite|author=[[Nintendo]]|url=www.nintendo.co.jp/character/mario/characters/smb/index.html|language=ja|title=CHARACTERS of ''Super Mario Bros.'' and ''Super Mario Bros. 2''|date=2020|publisher=Nintendo|accessdate=March 20, 2021|archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210074011/https://www.nintendo.co.jp/character/mario/characters/smb/index.html|archivedate=February 10, 2021|deadlink=yes}}</ref>
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==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*The World 3 and World C (original) Fake Bowsers are the only Buzzy Beetles that can be defeated by fireballs, and the World C (''All-Stars'') and "You VS. Boo" 2-4 (''Deluxe'') ones are the only Bullet Bills that can be defeated by fireballs.
[[File:Superstarfalse.png|thumb|A cardboard Bowser in ''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga''.]]
*Fake Bowser's ''Super Mario 3D Land'' artwork is in almost the exact same pose as [[Dry Bowser]]'s artwork for ''[[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games]]'' and ''[[Mario Kart Wii]]''.
*The World 3 and World C (original) fake Bowsers are the only Buzzy Beetles that can be defeated by fireballs (outside of ''[[Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyūshutsu Dai Sakusen!]]''), and the World C (''All-Stars'') and "You VS. Boo" 2-4 (''Deluxe'') ones are the only Bullet Bills that can be defeated by fireballs.
**The World A and World C fake Bowsers in ''All-Stars'' are the only fake Bowsers whose true forms are right-side-up instead of upside-down.
*In ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]'' and ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions]]'', an exaggerated cardboard Bowser suspended by a pair of ropes over a bridge is seen at the end of a special area inside [[Bowser's Castle]], which is a side-scrolling level imitating a ''Super Mario Bros.'' castle. [[Mario]] must move underneath the stationary object and touch the [[axe]] to make it fall.
**In both Lemmy and Wendy's boss fights, they have doppelgangers that are disguised Spinies, similar to the Fake Bowsers (although they bore more similarities to the [[Decoy (obstacle)|decoys]] from ''Super Mario World'' in overall role).
*If the player beats [[Bowser's Sky Scuffle]] with any character barring [[Bowser Jr.]] in ''[[Mario Party: Island Tour]]'', Bowser will reveal that the "Bowser" they defeated had been a decoy, which may have been a reference to the fake Bowsers.


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"Fake Bowser" redirects here. For other uses, see Fake Bowser (disambiguation).
Impostor Bowser
Impostor Bowser artwork for Super Mario Party Jamboree
Artwork from Super Mario Party Jamboree
First appearance Super Mario Bros. (1985)
Latest appearance Super Mario Party Jamboree (2024)
Variant of Koopa
Variants
“It's shocking how much Impostor Bowser looks like the real Mr. Bowser. Magic is an amazing thing, huh?”
—Lakitu, Super Mario Party Jamboree

Impostor Bowsers, originally known as fake Bowsers and alternatively known as Bowser's decoys in NES Remix, are standard enemies that were transformed to resemble Bowser and serve a comparable role to him. They first appear as bosses in the original Super Mario Bros., in which they were transformed by Bowser himself using his black magic.

Concept and creation[edit]

The concept of fake Bowsers came about during development of Super Mario Bros. Since all enemies have their sprites flipped upside-down when they are defeated (except for Piranha Plants, which simply disappear, and Bullet Bills, which stay rightside up), one of the programmers accidentally inserted an upside-down Koopa Troopa shell when portraying Bowser's death animation as if he were defeated with fireballs. The developers liked this idea, and as a result, this idea was extended to most of the Bowser battles in the game.[1]

History[edit]

Super Mario series[edit]

Super Mario Bros. / Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels / Super Mario Bros. Deluxe[edit]

Fire Mario encounters the fake Bowser in World 1-4 of Super Mario Bros.
The fake Bowser from World 1-4 in Super Mario Bros.

In Super Mario Bros., the seven fake Bowsers are placed in each castle, with Bowser's Castle containing the real one. Defeating a fake Bowser with five fireballs reveals that they are really just common enemies disguised as Bowser. The enemies and their abilities are the following:

Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels additional worlds (in the Super Mario All-Stars version, the final fake Bowser is now replaced with the actual Bowser):

  • World A: Goomba - fire (FDS) / Red Koopa Troopa - hammer (All-Stars)
  • World B: Green Koopa Troopa - fire (FDS) / Green Cheep-Cheep - hammer (All-Stars)
  • World C: Buzzy Beetle - fire (FDS) / Bullet Bill - hammer (All-Stars)
  • World D: Spiny - fire (FDS)

The "You VS. Boo" challenge of Super Mario Bros. Deluxe:

Fake Bowser's Brother in Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels
Mario facing the fake Bowser's Brother in World D-4 of Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels.

Like Bowser, the blue Bowser's Brother in World D-4 is also a fake revealed to be a Spiny when defeated with fireballs, and only breathes fire. In Super Mario All-Stars, both of these fakes are replaced with the real ones that only throw hammers, although Bowser's Brother is now green and looks identical to his twin. Due to All Night Nippon: Super Mario Bros. also featuring Worlds A-D, all of the fake Bowsers from those worlds return, including the fake Bowser's Brother in World D-4.

Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3[edit]

In Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3, a fake Bowser appears as a boss in the World-e level Classic World 1-4, where it plays a similar role to that played in Super Mario Bros., though it looks identical to the game's real Bowser. It is revealed that the fake Bowser is a Goomba if it is defeated with fireballs. Since it acts like the fake Bowsers in Super Mario Bros., it is shown walking, unlike Super Mario Advance 4's (as well as every other version of Super Mario Bros. 3's) depiction of Bowser, who only leaps.

Super Mario 3D Land[edit]

While typical fake Bowsers do not appear in Super Mario 3D Land, variants powered by Super Leaves known as Tail Bowsers make their first appearance.

Super Mario Run[edit]

In Super Mario Run, fake Bowsers appear at the end of castle courses, excluding World 6's Bowser's Bob-ombing Run and Make the Cut! which have the real Bowser. World 1's castle, Bowser's Castle Hangout, has a Goomba as the Fake Bowser. World 3's Fire Bar Castle! Youch! has a Green Koopa Troopa as the Fake Bowser, and World 5's Rings of Fire! has a Buzzy Beetle as the Fake Bowser. They walk back and forth along their bridge, occasionally shooting a Bowser's Flame, jumping, or jumping and briefly staying in the air to shoot a Bowser's Flame. A Pause Block is placed directly before the bridge, and a cutscene forces the player to stop on it the first time the player enters the area per run of the course. Fire Bar Castle! Youch! adds a Fire Bar, while Rings of Fire! adds a Fire Chain. An Axe on the other side collapses the bridge, causing the Fake Bowser to reveal its true identity before falling into the lava.

Fake Bowsers do not have an entry in the Notebook. Rather, a Fake Bowser counts as the enemy using the disguise. Thus, the results screen for a course shows that enemy, and adds one to the number of that enemy defeated for the purposes of leveling up that enemy.

In Remix 10, some areas end in castles, with the VS Bowser course. A Fake Bowser must be defeated, through the same means as before. For doing so, the player receives all three of the course's Bonus Medals. The Fake Bowser is always the disguised form of a Goomba. VS Bowser allows the player to enter with a Super Star or while invincible, and touching a Fake Bowser while invincible defeats it instantly. It is knocked off the bridge without losing the disguise. Area 30's version instead has the real Bowser.

Super Mario Party Jamboree[edit]

“Bet you didn't see that coming. Bye-bye, Toady! Hello, humongous Impostor Bowser!”
—Kamek, Super Mario Party Jamboree

In Super Mario Party Jamboree, Kamek transforms a Toady into a massive fake Bowser called Impostor Bowser. Unlike other Fake Bowsers, Impostor Bowser has a purple glow and Magikoopa magic symbols coming out of him. He replaces Bowser himself as the host of Bowser Spaces due to Bowser being a playable character.

Impostor Bowser appears prominently on the King Bowser's Keep board, where he is in the middle of the Bowser Byway. Periodically, he will transform more spaces on the byway into Bowser Spaces, as well as changing the direction of travel should one of the Event Spaces surrounding him be landed on. Uniquely on this board, he will grab players that land on Bowser Spaces instead of them being transported to another location, and even occasionally destroy the roulette to instantly steal a star or all of their coins. He also serves as the boss of that board in the Party-Planner Trek mode, being faced in the Bowser Crashers minigame.

Aside from Mario Party mode, Impostor Bowser is also a focal point in the "Bowser Challenges", Koopathlon and Bowser Kaboom Squad. Both involve surviving attacks from Impostor Bowser, with the ultimate goal of the latter being to defeat him within the time limit.

List of appearances[edit]

Title Description Release date Format
Super Mario Bros. Boss 1985 Family Computer / Nintendo Entertainment System
Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels Boss 1986 Family Computer Disk System
Super Mario All-Stars Boss 1993 Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World Boss 1994 Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Super Mario Bros. Deluxe Boss 1999 Game Boy Color
Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 Boss 2003 Game Boy Advance
Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition Boss 2010 Wii
Super Mario Run Boss 2016 iOS, Android
Super Mario Party Jamboree Boss 2024 Nintendo Switch

Gallery[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese にせクッパ[2][3]
Nise Kuppa 		Fake Bowser Shared with Bowser Clone
ニセクッパ[4]
Nise Kuppa 		Super Mario Party Jamboree
Dutch Nep-Bowser[5][6] Fake Bowser
French Faux Bowser[7][8][9] Fake Bowser
Le faux Bowser[10] The fake Bowser Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia
German Falscher Bowser[11][12] Fake Bowser
Trug-Bowser[13] Deception Bowser Super Mario Party Jamboree
Italian Falso Bowser[14][15] False Bowser
Finto Bowser[16] Fake Bowser Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia
Bowser finto[17] Super Mario Party Jamboree
Korean 가짜쿠파[18][19]
Gajja Kupa 		Fake Bowser
Portuguese Bowser Impostor[20] Impostor Bowser
Russian Лже-Боузер[21]
Lzhe-Bouzer 		False Bowser Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Лжебоузер[22]
Lzhebouzer 		Super Mario Party Jamboree
Spanish (NOA) Bowser impostor[23][24] Impostor Bowser
Spanish (NOE) Bowser falso[25] Fake Bowser Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia
Bowser de pega[26] False Bowser Super Mario Party Jamboree

Trivia[edit]

Cardboard Bowser
A cardboard Bowser in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga.
  • The World 3 and World C (original) fake Bowsers are the only Buzzy Beetles that can be defeated by fireballs (outside of Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyūshutsu Dai Sakusen!), and the World C (All-Stars) and "You VS. Boo" 2-4 (Deluxe) ones are the only Bullet Bills that can be defeated by fireballs.
    • The World A and World C fake Bowsers in All-Stars are the only fake Bowsers whose true forms are right-side-up instead of upside-down.
  • In Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga and Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions, an exaggerated cardboard Bowser suspended by a pair of ropes over a bridge is seen at the end of a special area inside Bowser's Castle, which is a side-scrolling level imitating a Super Mario Bros. castle. Mario must move underneath the stationary object and touch the axe to make it fall.
    • In both Lemmy and Wendy's boss fights, they have doppelgangers that are disguised Spinies, similar to the Fake Bowsers (although they bore more similarities to the decoys from Super Mario World in overall role).
  • If the player beats Bowser's Sky Scuffle with any character barring Bowser Jr. in Mario Party: Island Tour, Bowser will reveal that the "Bowser" they defeated had been a decoy, which may have been a reference to the fake Bowsers.

References[edit]

  1. ^ https://www.giantbomb.com/false-bowser/3015-8320/[better source needed]
  2. ^ Sakai, Kazuya (Ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2015). 『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 19, 27.
  3. ^ Nintendo (2020). CHARACTERS of Super Mario Bros. and Super Mario Bros. 2. Nintendo (Japanese). Archived February 10, 2021 from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved March 20, 2021.
  4. ^ Super Mario Party Jamboree official Japanese website. Nintendo (Japanese). Retrieved October 14, 2024.
  5. ^ "Een nep-Bowser?! In Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels moest Mario een blauwe nep-Bowser verslaan voor hij het tegen de echte kon opnemen. Die blauwe vorm is Bowsers achtste variatie in deze game." – Tips (7 Dec. 2018). Super Smash Bros. Ultimate by Nintendo, Sora Ltd., and BANDAI NAMCO Studios Inc. (European Localization). Nintendo of Europe SE (Germany) (Dutch).
  6. ^ Super Mario Party Jamboree official Dutch game page. Nintendo (Dutch). Retrieved October 16, 2024.
  7. ^ "Un faux Bowser ?! Dans Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels, Mario affronte un faux Bowser bleu avant le combat final. C'est aussi le huitième costume de Bowser dans ce jeu." – Smashtuces (28 Nov. 2014). Super Smash Bros. for Wii U by Sora Ltd. and Bandai Namco Games (European Localization). Nintendo of Europe SE (Germany) (French).
  8. ^ Super Mario Party Jamboree official Canadian French game page. Nintendo (Canadian French). Retrieved October 16, 2024.
  9. ^ Super Mario Party Jamboree official European French game page. Nintendo (French). Retrieved October 16, 2024.
  10. ^ 2018. "Super Mario Bros." in Super Mario Encyclopedia. Toulon: Soleil Productions (French). ISBN 2302070046. Page 19.
  11. ^ "Ein falscher Bowser? In „Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels“ kämpfte Mario gegen Bowsers blauen Doppelgänger! Blau ist übrigens Bowsers achte Farbe in diesem Spiel." – Tips (7 Dec. 2018). Super Smash Bros. Ultimate by Nintendo, Sora Ltd., and BANDAI NAMCO Studios Inc. (European Localization). Nintendo of Europe SE (Germany) (German).
  12. ^ 2017. "Super Mario Bros." in Super Mario Encyclopedia. Hamburg: Tokyopop (German). ISBN 978-3-8420-3653-6. Page 19.
  13. ^ Super Mario Party Jamboree official German game page. Nintendo (German). Retrieved October 16, 2024.
  14. ^ 2018. Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 889367436X. Page 19, 27.
  15. ^ Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, tip section: "Un falso Bowser?!"
  16. ^ 2018. Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 889367436X. Page 22.
  17. ^ Super Mario Party Jamboree official Italian game page. Nintendo (Italian). Retrieved October 16, 2024.
  18. ^ "가짜 쿠파!? "슈퍼 마리오브라더스 2"에는 파랑 쿠파가 등장한다. 물리치고 나면 그 뒤에 낯익은 초록 쿠파가 있다. "스매시 브라더스"에선 8P 컬러로 파랑 쿠파가 된다." – 스매시 팁 (7 Dec. 2018). 《슈퍼 스매시브라더스 얼티밋》 by Nintendo, Sora Ltd., and BANDAI NAMCO Studios Inc. (Korean Localization). Nintendo of Korea Co., Ltd. (Korean).
  19. ^ Super Mario Party Jamboree official Korean website. Nintendo (Korean). Retrieved October 14, 2024.
  20. ^ Super Mario Party Jamboree official Brazilian game page. Nintendo (Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved October 16, 2024.
  21. ^ "Лже-Боузер?! B игре Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels перед встречей с Боузером Марио сражался с синим Лже-Боузером. B этой игре это восьмая внешность Боузера как бойца!" – Советы (7 Dec. 2018). Super Smash Bros. Ultimate by Nintendo, Sora Ltd., and BANDAI NAMCO Studios Inc. (European Localization). Nintendo of Europe SE (Germany) (Russian).
  22. ^ "Неожиданно, да? Прощай, мелкий маджикупа! Да здравствует великий Лжебоузер!" – Super Mario Party Jamboree. Nintendo (Russian).
  23. ^ "¡¿Un Bowser impostor?! En Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels, Mario se enfrentaba a un Bowser azul falso antes de pelear contra el real. ¡Y ya había vencido a otros siete!" – Consejos (7 Dec. 2018). Super Smash Bros. Ultimate by Nintendo, Sora Ltd., and BANDAI NAMCO Studios Inc. (North American Localization). Nintendo of America Inc. (Spanish).
  24. ^ Super Mario Party Jamboree official Mexican Spanish game page. Nintendo (Latin American Spanish). Retrieved October 16, 2024.
  25. ^ 2017. "Super Mario Bros." in Enciclopedia Super Mario Bros. Madrid: Planeta Cómic (Spanish). ISBN 8491462236. Page 19.
  26. ^ Super Mario Party Jamboree official European Spanish game page. Nintendo (European Spanish). Retrieved October 16, 2024.
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Koopas
Characters Bowser, forms, and counterparts Alarm Koopa • Baby Bowser (Mega Baby Bowser) • Black Bowser • Blockhead Bowser • Bowcien • Bowser • Bowletta • Castle Bowser • Dreamy Bowser • Dry Bowser • Fury Bowser • Giant Bowser • Giga Bowser • Glohm Bowser • Golf Daiō • King Koopa's alter egos • King Tetris • Koopa 3 • MegaDragonBowser • Meowser • Molten Bowser • Paper Bowser • Qix Daiō • Shiny RoboBowser • Shrowser • Torino Daiō
Bowser's current game relatives Dry Bowser • Bowser Jr. (Wonder Bowser Jr.) • Paper Bowser Jr.
Bowser's former game relatives Bowser's Brother • Koopa Kid • Koopalings (Iggy Koopa · Larry Koopa · Lemmy Koopa · Ludwig von Koopa · Morton Koopa Jr. · Roy Koopa · Wendy O. Koopa)
Bowser's adaptation relatives Bowser's father • Bowser's mother • Bowser's sister • Enma Daiō • King Koopa's great-great grandkoop • Poopa La Koopa
Other Bowser X • C. Everett Koopa • Dark Bowser (Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story) • Dark Bowser (Super Paper Mario) • Darkmess Bowser • Francis Ford Koopola • Gary Koopa • James Fennimore Koopa
Species Impostor Bowser • Koopa Kid • Koopa Zombie • Tail Bowser
Facsimiles and other constructs Robots Blasta Mechakoopa • Bowser??? • Bowser's mech • Flying Mechakoopa • Mecha-Bowser • Mecha Hand • Mechakoopa • Mega Mechakoopa • Mekakuppa • Mini Bowser • Mini Bowser Jr. • Rabbid Mechakoopa • Robo-suit • The Great King Bowser • Zappa Mechakoopa
Statues Abominable Snowkoopa • Bowser cannon • Bowser Monument • Bowser Snow Statue • Bowser Statue • Bowser Stunner • Guard Door • Koopa no Yukidaruma • Papercraft Bowser • Papercraft Bowser Jr.
Buildings Bowser's Castle • Bowser's Galaxy Generator • Koopamart • Temple of Koopa
Vehicles Bone Rattler • Flame Runner • Gilded King • Holiday King • Koopa Cruiser • Koopa King • Silver King
Related items Bowser Bomb • Bowser Candy • Bowser Capsule • Bowser Suit • Bowser's Shell • Grand Spiky Shell • Koopa Kid Orb • Spiky Shell
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Super Mario Bros. / Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels / Super Mario Bros. Deluxe
Characters Playable Mario • Luigi
Unplayable Mushroom King • Mushroom retainer • Princess Toadstool • Boo2 • Yoshi2
Worlds Super Mario Bros. World 1 • World 2 • World 3 • World 4 • World 5 • World 6 • World 7 • World 8 • Hard Mode
The Lost Levels World 1 • World 2 • World 3 • World 4 • World 5 • World 6 • World 7 • World 8 • World 9 • World A • World B • World C • World D
Misc. Coin Heaven • Minus World • Sub-area • Warp Zone
Items 1 up Mushroom • Coin • Fire Flower • Magic Mushroom • Poisonous Mushroom1,2 • Red Coin2 • Starman • Yoshi Egg2
Objects ? Block • 3-2-1 Block2 • Ax • Balance Scale • Beanstalk • Brick Block • Bridge • Buzzy shell • Cloud • Coral • Door1 • Dotted-Line Block2 • Face Block2 • Fireworks • Flagpole • Flimsy Lift • Hidden Block • Horsehair plant • Jumping board • Koopa shell • Lift • Pipe • POW Block3 • Small cloud • Staircase • Super Mushroom • Super Spring1,2 • Water • Wind1
Forms Fiery Mario • Invincible Mario • Regular Mario • Super Mario
Enemies and obstacles Bloober • Bottomless pit • Bowser's Brother1,2 • Bullet Bill • Buzzy Beetle • Cheep-cheep • Enemy clone3 • Fire-Bar • Hammer Brother • Koopa Paratroopa • Koopa Troopa • Koopa's fire • Lakitu • Lava • Little Goomba • Piranha Plant • Podoboo • Sky Blooper1,2 • Spike Trap2 • Spiny • Spiny's egg • Turtle Cannon
Bosses Bowser • Fake Bowser
Music Ground BGM • Invincibility BGM • Underground BGM • Underwater BGM • Castle BGM
Miscellaneous Gallery (The Lost Levels · Deluxe) • Glitches (The Lost Levels) • Media • Pre-release and unused content • References in later media • Staff (Deluxe) • Super Mario Bros.: Mario Syndrome
Related games All Night Nippon: Super Mario Bros. • BS Super Mario Collection • Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros. • Super Mario All-Stars (+ Super Mario World · Limited Edition) • Super Mario Bros. 35 • Super Mario Bros. Special • VS. Super Mario Bros.
1 Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels
2 Super Mario Bros. Deluxe
3 Super Mario Bros. 35
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Super Mario Bros. 3 / Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3
Protagonists Mario • Luigi • Princess Toadstool • Toads • Kings
Bosses Boom Boom • Big Booa • Fake Bowsera • 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 Moona • Advance Coina • Anchor • Blue Coin • Boomeranga • Cape Feathera • Card • Coin • e-Coina • Fire Flower • Frog Suit • Goomba's Shoe • Hammer • Hammer Suit • Lakitu's Cloud • Magic ball • Magic Wand • Magic Whistle • Music Box • P-Wing • Poison Mushrooma • Starman • Super Leaf • Super Mushroom • Tanooki Suit • Vegetablea
Objects Main game ? Block • Beanstalk • Big Block • Bolt Lift • Brick Block • Buzzy Beetle Shell • Cloud Block • Cloud Lift • Coin Block • Coral • Directional Lift • Donut Lift • Empty Block • Flimsy Lift • Frozen Coin • Giant Green Shell • Giant Red Shell • Goal • Green Shell • Hidden Block • Ice Block • Jump Block • Lift • Magic Door • Magic Note Block • Magical ball • Mega ? Block • Mushroom Coina • P Warp Door • Quicksand • Red Shell • Rotary Lift • Semisolid Platform • Spiny Shell • Switch Block • Track • Treasure box • Warp Door • Warp Pipe • White Block • Wood Block
World-ea !-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 Marioa
Switch Cardsa 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-ea
Locations e-Coin Castlea • Enemy Course • Panel (N-Mark Spade Panel • Spade Panel • Start Panel) • Toad 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
World-ea 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 spikea • Fire-Bara • Giant cannon • Giant cannonball • Lava • Pit • Quartet-cannon • Rocket Engine • Roto-Disc • Spike • Tornado • Turtle Cannon
World-e mini-gamesa Blue Mushroom House • Orange Mushroom House • Red Mushroom House
Music Map 1 World • Map 3 World • Ground Theme • Athletic Theme • Airship Theme • Enemy Course • Fortress Boss • Spinning Slots • Toad House
Miscellaneous Game Over • Extra life • P-Meter • Time Limit
Further info Completion • e-Readera • e-Reader cardsa • Gallery (Super Mario Advance 4) • Glitches (Super Mario Advance 4) • Media • Pre-release and unused content (Super Mario Advance 4) • Quotes • References • Staff • Unwinnable state
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Super Mario Run
Playable characters Mario • Luigi • Princess Peach • Toad • Toadette • Yoshi • Red Yoshia • Blue Yoshia • Yellow Yoshia • Purple Yoshia • Daisyb
Enemies and obstacles Big Spiny • Bob-omb • Boo • Bull's-Eye Bill • Bullet Bill • Burner • Buzzy Beetle • Cannonball • Dry Bones • Fire Bar • Fire Chain • Fishing Boob • Fuzzy • Gold Goombac • Goomba • Goombratb • Grinder • Kodeka Kakibōb • Koopa Paratroopa • Koopa Troopa • Lakitu • Lava Bubble • Muncher • Ninji • Piranha Plant • Poison Bubbleb • Pokey • River Piranha Plantb • Rocky Wrench • Scaredy Ratb • Scuttlebugb • Spike • Spike Trap • Spiny • Spiny Egg • Stretch • Swoop
Bosses Boom Boom • Bowser • Fake Bowser
Items and objects ? Block • ! Switch • Axe • Backflip Block • Blue Coin • Brick Block • Bonus Medalb • Bonus ? Blockb • Bubble • Cannon • Checkpoint Flag • Cloud Block • Coin • Coin Rush Star • Color coin (Black Coin • Pink Coin • Purple Coin) • Flower coinc • Goal Pole • Hard Block • Hidden Coin • Key • Key Door • Lift • Long Jump Block • Mushroom Platform • Pause Block • Rally Ticket • Red Block • Red Coin • Red Ring • Semisolid Platform • Spike Barb • Super Mushroom • Super Star • Time Block • Warp Door • Warp Pipe • Wonder Flowerc
Forms Small Mario • Super Mario • Invincible Mario • Headphone Mariob
Worlds World 1 • World 2 • World 3 • World 4 • World 5 • World 6 • World Starb
your kingdom your castle • Toads • Toad • Princess Peach • Gift Box • Toad wearing headphonesb
Moves Backflip • Climbing Jump • Coin Rush • Double Jump • Edge Climbing • Floaty Jump • Flutter Jump • High Jump • Jump • Landing Roll • Long Jump • Low Jump • Midair Spin • Midair Stall • Rolling Jump • Slope Slide • Spin Strike • Stomp • Vaulting • Vaulting Jump • Wall Jump
Miscellaneous Gallery • Kingdom Builder items (in other languages) • Lightning • Enemy Leveling • Media
a In version 2.0.0 or later
b In version 3.0.4 or later
c Seen only in events
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Super Mario Party Jamboree
Playable characters Mario • Luigi • Princess Peach • Princess Daisy • Wario • Waluigi • Yoshi • Toadette • Toad • Rosalina • Pauline • Donkey Kong • Birdo • Bowser • Goomba • Shy Guy • Koopa Troopa • Monty Mole • Bowser Jr. • Boo • Spike • Ninji
Other characters Amp • Ant Trooper • Baby Penguin • Biddybud • Blooper • Blooper Baby • Blooper Nanny • Bob-omb • Boo • Boom Boom • Bomber Bill • Boomerang Bro • Broozer • Bullet Bill • Buzzy Beetle • Chain Chomp • Chargin' Chuck • Cheep Cheep • Cooligan • Dorrie • Dragoneel • Dry Bones • Fire Bro • Fuzzy • Gold Goomba • Goomba • Grrrol • Hammer Bro • Horned Ant Trooper • Huckit Crab • Impostor Bowser • Kamek • King Bob-omb • King Boo • Koopa Paratroopa • Koopa Troopa • Lakitu • Lava Bubble • Look-alike • Magmaargh • Mega Para-Biddybud • Mega Wiggler • Monty Mole • Para-Beetle • Para-Biddybud • Peepa • Penguin • Piranha Plant • Plessie • Pokey • Pom Pom • Peepa • Petey Piranha • Rocky Wrench • Shy Guy • Sledge Bro • Spiny • Snifit • Steamer • Stingby • Sushi • Swoop • Thwomp • Toad • Toady • Ty-foo • Ukiki • Walleye • Whomp • Wiggler • Yoshi
Boards Mega Wiggler's Tree Party • Roll 'em Raceway • Goomba Lagoon • Rainbow Galleria • Western Land • Mario's Rainbow Castle • King Bowser's Keep
Items 10-Coin Steal Trap • Boo Bell • Bowser Byway Lever • Bowser Phone • Cellular Shopper • Chomp Call • Creepy Dice Block • Creepy Dice Block Tickets • Custom Dice Block • Double Dice • Dueling Glove • Golden Pipe • Half-Coins Steal Trap • Hidden-Block Card • Item Bag • Loadstone • Markup Sticker • Mini Star • Mushroom • Mushroom Tickets • Payday Double Dice • Payday Triple Dice • Pipe • Plunder Chest • Shop Hop Box • Skeleton Key • Star • Star Steal Trap • Steamer Ticket • Super Creepy Dice • Super Dueling Glove • Super Swap Mirror • Swap Mirror • Tide Shell • Tower Turner • Triple Dice • Turbo Dice • Warp Box • Wiggler Bell
Koopathlon items Amp • Blooper • Bullet Bill • Coin Bag • Double Medal • Impostor Bowser • Kamek • Star
Bowser Kaboom Squad items Banana • Bowser Bell • Dash Panel • Hammer • Heart • Iron Hammer • Lightning • Mighty Glove • Trampoline • Super Heart
Spaces Blue Space • Bowser Space • Chance Time Space • Event Space • Item Space • Lucky Space • Red Space • Star Exchange • Start Space • Unlucky Space • VS Space
Other Achievements • Bowser Kaboom Squad • Gallery • Jamboree Buddy • Minigames • Quotes • Staff
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