Each world features a final stage with a boss to defeat ; the first seven worlds feature an airship controlled by one of the Koopalings, while the player battles Bowser in his castle in the eighth world.

In his final design, Miyamoto commented that he could make Bowser " look cool now ".

Bowser himself eventually appears in the final boss battle of the game.

He is eventually restored by Bowser Jr. and acts as the final world's boss along with his son.

Bowser also appeared in the CD-i game Hotel Mario as a final boss in the last hotel in the game.

After progressing to the castle and completing one of the final courses, the Yoshi in play will face Baby Bowser in a final showdown.

The character was designed as another antagonist to Mario ( besides Bowser ), and first appeared in the 1992 Game Boy title Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins as the main antagonist and final boss.

After Mario defeats Bowser in the final battle, Peach is released from the stained-glass window above the castle's entrance.

This is because the final board in this game, Bowser Land only requires the player to play all other boards to unlock.

After players win 5 boards, they face Bowser in a final stage mini-game called " Frightmare ," in which it is a one-on-one mini-game with Bowser.

Part 4 is the final battle, where Bowser grows.

After throwing fireballs and hitting Bowser with them 5 times, the game is cleared and the final board unlocked.

Answering the questions correctly will lead the player to the final boss fight with Bowser.

Gameplay mainly focuses on the player assuming the role of many Mario series characters to challenge any opposing teams compatible in the Challenge Mode, the final being Bowser, having baseball matches to see who will win the Cup of the mode.

In the final battle, Bowser Jr. flees once more across a lava chasm to a larger castle, where he throws his father's bones into a cauldron and revives Bowser in a more powerful form.

In New Super Mario Bros., Bowser is the boss of the first world, which features a battle similar to that of Super Mario Bros. After being defeated, he falls into lava and transforms into a skeletal version of himself known as Dry Bowser.

At the end of every third level, Mario has to fight a boss by either battling it or getting around it to reach a point behind them that will end the battle, similar to fighting Bowser in the original Super Mario Bros. After the game is completed, the game returns to the title screen, and the player is given the option to play in " Hard Mode.

Bowser Jr. later appeared in New Super Mario Bros., in a role similar to Boom Boom from Super Mario Bros. 3, as the boss of every tower, the midpoint in each of the game's worlds.

They also said named the Bowser boss battle for New Super Mario Bros. the tenth Bowser battle ever, because " Bowser Jr. has to help his dad fight Mario "; and thus " he can't do it himself and is basically helpless without his son.

A notable workaround does exist and can be seen in the second boss battle in Contra III: The Alien Wars and the battles against Reznor ( platform wall support ), Iggy ( battle platform ), Larry ( also the platform ), Morton, Ludwig, Roy, and Bowser in Super Mario World.

He has appeared as a character separate from Bowser in games like Mario Kart Wii and Mario Tennis Open, and has appeared as the boss of the Special World castles in Super Mario 3D Land.

He is last seen heading for Corona Mountain, a volcano where Bowser is holding a family vacation of his own.

It is also seen in the credits reel of Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga when they drop off Bowser.

Bowser himself is seen hovering over the topmost spire in his flying Koopa Clown Car.

Over the end credits, Bowser Jr. is seen dragging his unconscious father across the floor.

Other games which feature graffiti include Bomb the World ( 2004 ), an online graffiti simulation created by graffiti artist Klark Kent where users can virtually paint trains at 20 locations worldwide, and Super Mario Sunshine ( 2002 ), in which the hero, Mario must clean the city of graffiti left by the villain, Bowser Jr. in a plotline which evokes the successes of the Anti-Graffiti Task Force of New York's Mayor Rudolph Giuliani ( a manifestation of " broken window theory ") or those of the " Graffiti Blasters " of Chicago's Mayor Richard M. Daley.

* Bowser, Pearl and Jean Eckstein, A Pinch of Soul, Avon, New York, 1970

In New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Peach is kidnapped on the day of her birthday by Bowser Jr. and the Koopalings.

Bowser also appeared in New Super Mario Bros. 2 along with his Koopalings in order to capture Peach once more.

Bowser will be the main villain of New Super Mario Bros. U along with his eight kids and this time, they will invade Castle Toadstool.

This was the first game in the Mario series which included Bowser Jr .; he has since appeared in New Super Mario Bros., New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Super Mario Galaxy, and Super Mario Galaxy 2, and in later Mario spin-off and sports games.

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.

William John Bowser ( Rexton, New Brunswick December 3, 1867 – October 25, 1933 Vancouver ) was a politician in British Columbia, Canada.

Alongside the Koopalings, Bowser Jr. re-appeared in New Super Mario Bros. sequel, New Super Mario Bros. Wii, appearing on an airship.

Charles Martinet returned to voice Mario and Luigi, along with Nicole Mills as Princess Peach, Scott Burns as Bowser, and Dolores Rogers as Bowser Jr. New Super Mario Bros. features original music composed by Asuka Ota and Hajime Wakai, under the direction of the original Super Mario Bros. composer, Koji Kondo, who also created the " Aboveground BGM ", the main theme for regular levels.

New Super Mario Bros. introduces Dry Bowser, who has gone on to appear in other games in the series.

Around this time Mike Bowser decided to move to New York for a new job and after a guitar search that ended with Ed Lalli ( currently singing for The Welch Boys ) they returned to the studio for 2003's Digital Warfare ( I Scream Records ) followed by 2005's Tear It Down ( Thorp Records ), along with several more European tours.

Super Mario Kart features eight playable characters from the Mario series – Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, Yoshi, Bowser, Donkey Kong Jr., Koopa Troopa and Toad.

Mario Kart: Super Circuit screenshot with ( L-R ) Bowser ( character ) | Bowser, Yoshi, Donkey Kong ( character ) | DK and Wario on Peach Circuit

Peach first appeared in Super Mario Bros. and has been kidnapped by the series ' main antagonist, Bowser, many times since.

In Super Mario World, Mario, Luigi and Peach were having a vacation in Dinosaur Land when Bowser once again kidnapped her.

In Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, Peach was one of Mario's party members, along with Mallow, Geno and Bowser.

In Super Mario 64, Peach invited Mario to her palace for a cake, but before Mario arrived at the palace, Bowser came and took control of the Power Stars.

In Super Paper Mario, Peach is forced by Count Bleck to marry Bowser against her will, in order to unleash the destructive Chaos Heart.

In Super Mario Galaxy, Peach's castle was lifted into space by Bowser, who wanted Peach to rule the universe by his side.

In Super Mario Galaxy 2 Peach gets kidnapped by Giant Bowser and Mario has to save her by going through different galaxies once again.

She is also in Super Mario Galaxy 2 when Bowser kidnaps her and puts her in the center of the universe.

In the United States, the character was first referred to as " Bowser, King of the Koopa " and " The sorcerer king " in the Super Mario Bros. instruction manual.

Bowser is the leader and most powerful of the turtle-like Koopa race and is the greedy archnemesis of Mario beginning with his first appearance, in the game Super Mario Bros. His ultimate goals are to marry Princess Peach, defeat Mario, and conquer the Mushroom Kingdom.

In the Super Mario Bros. film, Bowser, known as King Koopa in that adaption, was portrayed by Dennis Hopper.

Bowser and his seven underlings reappear in Super Mario World, where they conquer Dinosaur Land and kidnap Peach while she and Mario are on vacation on Yoshi's Island.

He returns in Super Mario Sunshine, in which his youngest, but favorite son, Bowser Jr., who is disguised as an evil version of Mario, kidnaps Peach.

In Super Mario Galaxy, Bowser steals Power Stars from Rosalina's Comet Observatory and kidnaps Peach, taking her to the center of the universe to recreate it, with the intention of taking over the universe, and is voiced by Kenny James.

Bowser appears in the sequel Super Mario Galaxy 2, once again as the main villain.