The track themes in Super Mario Kart influenced later games in the series ; recurring themes that first appeared in Super Mario Kart include haunted tracks, Bowser's castle and Rainbow Road.

Bowser's first appearance in any Mario media outside the games was in the Mario anime film Super Mario Bros .: Peach-Hime Kyushutsu Dai Sakusen !, in which he is voiced by Akiko Wada.

In Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, Bowser's Castle rendered in 3-D for the first time, it was large and imposing consisting of large towers and rooms.

Superstar Saga is the first game in the Mario and Luigi RPG series and was followed by two sequels, Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time, which was released for the Nintendo DS in 2005 and Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story, which was released in 2009, also for the DS.

Despite Bowser's demise in the first level, this doesn't stop Bowser Jr. from running through the remaining worlds with Peach in tow, forcing Mario to chase after him before reaching Bowser's castle in world 8.

) Miyamoto and Tezuka then began to work together to define Bowser's appearance.

His most recent RPG appearance was in Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story, where he is one of the three main characters and is often cited as the starring character.

GameSpot listed him at # 9 in their " Top 10 Video Game Villains " article, stating " Of all the villains to make an appearance on this list, Bowser ... has got to be the most interesting ," later adding " While some people say Bowser's life may have gotten into a rut, the man has simply refined his game down to an everyday thing.

Game Informers Joe Juba wrote that Fawful's appearance in Bowser's Inside Story " ensures plenty of hilariously nonsensical one-liners ".

Bowser was originally thought to have seven other children, the Koopalings, but recently, Shigeru Miyamoto admitted in a recent interview that they are not Bowser's children in official canon.

Initially, it was because she had the power to undo Bowser's handiwork, but in recent games he has developed romantic feelings for the princess.

In Super Mario Bros. 3, not only was Bowser's Castle the final destination once again, but an entire world was built around it, called " Dark Land ".

Thanks to the addition of an overworld map screen, Bowser's Castle also had a defined exterior structure: it was built similar to a medieval fort, with a likeness of Bowser sculpted onto the front entrance.

The castle was stationed on a mountain carved in Bowser's image which is oddly extremely close to Mario's own house.

The Koopalings were originally created to be Bowser's children, as it was mentioned in Japanese Super Mario Bros. 3 instruction books as well as early materials.

However, their role was slowly retconned when Bowser Jr. made his debut, because they were called subordinates in the Japanese version of Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 and Bowser's minions starting in New Super Mario Bros. Wii.

Bowser's government was defeated in the 1916 election, losing to Liberal leader Harlan Carey Brewster, who two years later was succeeded by the more memorable John Oliver.

The series was produced by Yvette Lee Bowser's company, Sister Lee, in association with Warner Bros. Television.

He was chairman of independent candidate Charles Bowser's campaign in 1975.

One particular character created for the comics was Dirk Drain-Head, a comic book superhero favored by Mario and all of Bowser's minions, and disliked by most other characters.

A successor to the game, Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story, was released in Japan on February 11, 2009, and in the US on September 14, 2009.

A sequel to Partners in Time was announced at the Nintendo Conference on October 2, 2008, under the name Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story.

Numerous obstacles themed from the Mario series appear, such as Thwomps in the Bowser's Castle levels, the Cheep-Cheeps from Super Mario World in Koopa Beach and pipe barriers which are found in the Mario Circuit levels.

This trait would be inherited by Koopa Troopas, named as such in 1985's Super Mario Bros. for the Nintendo Entertainment System, in which they were the troops of Bowser's army-known as " King Koopa " in Japan, hence " Koopa Troopas ": they are Koopa's troopers.

In Super Mario Bros. 3, Bowser's children capture the seven Toadstool kings.

Bowser's signature castle from the Mario franchise of games, as it appears in Super Mario 3D Land.

Bowser's role in Super Mario Galaxy has been met with significant praise.

One of the programmers of Super Mario 64, Giles Goddard, explained that these few linear elements survived as a means to force players into Bowser's lair rather than to encourage exploration.

Bowser's Castle is the abode of Bowser, arch villain of the Super Mario videogames.

In Super Mario World, Bowser's Castle is located in the heart of the archipelago, directly underneath the sea.

The second-highest reviewed games are New Super Mario Bros, Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story, Super Mario Galaxy 2, Pokémon HeartGold and Pokémon SoulSilver versions, and The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, Rayman Origins, and Kid Icarus: Uprising which all scored a 9. 5.

* The Peach's Castle ( Bowser's Galaxy Reactor stage in Super Mario Galaxy ).

New Super Mario Bros. follows Mario as he fights his way through Bowser's henchmen to rescue Princess Peach.

* Dark Star, a malevolent artifact in the video game Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story

Despite making up the bulk of Bowser's ( known as " King Koopa " in Japan ) army, known as the " Koopa Troop ", Koopas as a species are generally known to be peaceful, some even teaming up with Mario such as Kooper from Paper Mario.

In Mario and Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story, she does show Bowser that she is capable of taking care of herself.

Bowser's role in Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story has been met with highly positive reception.

" 1UP. com editor Jeremy Parish stated that Bowser makes the game, describing him as more interesting than Bowser's Inside Story predecessor's partners, the baby forms of Mario and Luigi.

If Yoshi does not reunite with Baby Mario before the timer reaches 0, Baby Bowser's minions will kidnap him and the player will lose a life, beginning from the start of the level or a mid-way checkpoint.

When Yoshi finally reaches Bowser's Castle, Kamek demands that Yoshi gives back Baby Mario.

Mario in a battle against enemy Terrapins in the Bowser's Keep level.