Stan owes their love of turn-based RPGs and all other things gaming to a second-hand Game Boy Advance SP and Wario Land 3. Persona, Zelda, and Pokemon rank among their all-time franchises, but they ...

How do you evolve a franchise with an almost-static main character? You look to his antagonist: Bowser, King of the Koopas. Also known by his objectively superior Japanese name: Great Demon King Koopa ...

Take back Bowser’s Castle and cut the final streamer in Paper Mario. Here’s how to beat two bosses in this iconic lair. The final streamer is smashed in Paper Mario: The Origami King. This is the most ...

It all began in a homely 1985 fire pit, lightly adorned with bubbling magma and a drawbridge that collapsed with one swift axe chop. In these hallowed days Mario was about half the size of ol’ Bowser, ...

From just a glimpse of what the trailer showed us, it feels like Bowser has a little bit of interest in classic paintings. HIs first painting shown is Mario as a Dry Bones, but also seems to evoke ...

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In 1990, Princess Peach ran a successful bid for President as the incumbent of the Mushroom Kingdom, beating rival King Koopa in a democratic election. The victory, documented in the sixth episode of ...

Every Bowser level in Super Mario 64 ends in a boss battle where you fling the giant Koopa onto spikes for massive damage. During this heroic act, it sounds like Mario says, “So long, gay Bowser” — ...

Though Dio Brando might have died at the end of the third season of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, Stardust Crusaders, Bowser has continued to live on to kidnap Princess Peach and threaten the Mushroom ...

Along with being the primary antagonist of the Super Mario franchise, Bowser is one of the most recognizable names in gaming history. Honestly, you could easily argue that he’s probably the most ...