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Bowser- he's a bit of a conundrum
when it comes to characters
Seemingly having different portrayals in every game- and sure, they got it a bit more consistent over time
But when I was growing up, it's like Aunt Viv. Vivian Banks.
What episode is this actress? Okay, that's good. And what---
Ironically I had this idea in my head for a while. But- this FOOL
Made his own video talking about a similar topic except his more focuses on Bowser in Smash Bros and how
But I wanna take a broader look at this broad-thighed hot-and-cold big papa
I was stewing over this since my villains video but PAUSE. I've been thinking about this my whole life.
I played Super Mario World as my first Mario platformer and got to the end of the game and saw this turd of a
Dill. The valley of Bowser was creepy... set up the tone for the boss fight to come.
It had the lightning...
Insinuated that Bowser likes going through the back door
He was just creepy and reptilian- even this unsettling clown copter fit.
Now, that was my first Mario platformer
I played that shit on my GameBoy Advance in the backseat of the car at night
Calculating my movements so I could see the screen when we passed street lamps-
Why do they call them streetlamps? It's like calling these movie webcams.
Anyways, there was also
He's an atrocity to play and he's even worse to look at, but it still didn't delineate from the Bowser I knew-
Shrek: this hideous, ugly beast
It's only when I played Luigi's House, a game that released the same year as Melee, that I was confused
Luigi:  Oh M-Mario?
Madam Clairvoyant makes the shocking revelation
That hidden in the mansion,
Is Bowser!
He's hiding in this mansion?
Where? He hiding in like a small room? In this box? In the potted lamp?
But low and behold we get to the end of the game King Boo's in a Bowser with a screw-on head and besides that being weird
This is not the same as that. What gives? over the years I've decided that there are two Bowsers.
The Beast Bowser and the Bully Bowser. Each are similar on the surface
But when you break it down, they're sort of like two different characters at the core.
Sometimes they're mixed together in different proportions.
It's like full beast, half bully, decaf bully, double double. It's always something.
So what's a Beast Bowser? Well, some of the first incarnations only depicted him as a semi-
Intelligible reptilian monster. Sometimes he was even bald.
These Bowsers were just beasts. They felt like a monster but only something to take down- going back to the villains video.
They were basic narrative constructs to help move the story forward. It doesn't matter why he got to the point
He was... he's just there to serve a purpose
naturally, he looked a bit less intelligible since it's easier to make something evil if it's dehumanized-
*sniffs* And you can't smell evil without an organ.
Your fate is sealed.
1980's and 1990's there were very little variations on Bowser in this way.
It's just that like, drawings of him and how he was depicted changed,
But it was like the same character.
He was going through a lot of identity crisises, okay? Until we mosey our way over to the 2000s.
Farquad: Go on...
Mirror: *laughs*
Mirror: So...
Mirror: just sit back and relax, m'lord, because it's time for you to meet today's eligible Bowsettes,
And heeeeeere they are.
Bowsette #1 -
It's Melee Bowser!
Gross! Though he is a playable infected toe, he does reflect a beastly Bowser from his debut.
He makes weird noises, has a darker, unflattering palette and is hunched over like a beast.
It reminds me of this kid and grade two that acted like a t-rex on the playground.
(Kid) My thing's sound effects. Here's a t-rex *screeches*
But, uh...
What if I'm not into BDSM?
This is where it gets weird because we enter the Gamecube era.
This is where Bowser's characters started to settle and get way too comfortable with itself
The start of Bowser actually being portrayed as a character started in stuff like Mario
64 with the dialogue at the start of each boss fight. Then there were the Mario RPG games where shockers!
They characterized him! And I'd argue these games shaped how Bowser appears to date
Where he does have serious goals
But he's also kind of a lummox
Often he's depicted as a short-sighted, short-tempered, short-armed knucklehead.
Gone are the days of him being menacing and in come the days of him being...
(Sunshine Bowser) Mario! How dare you disturb my family vacation! *roars*
(Alax imitating Mario) Super Mario Sunshine! Woohoo... hey that was pretty close actually
Now this game makes me wet. And not ankle socks slipping off your feet in the middle of winter on the playground wet
more like "I love the beach, but the salt water's getting in my eyes!"
Sort of wet. Iz good! Most of the time.
Oh my god, the Scooby-Doo villain voice! The weird CG on the mouth movement
Oh, and now that I'm looking at this, I think I figured it out the core of the problem
The core of this inconsistency is Bowser's ever-changing
voice
*64 Bowser roar*
*sound of bowling pins being hit*
*weird laughing Bowser?*
*screech*
*Dad laugh*
*anime noises*
*boom*
*screams of agony*
*guttural laugh*
*roar*
Well put son! Our royal Koopa line is as strong as ever!
Honestly when you put it together, it's mostly the voice.
First, there was Mario 64's ominous voice. This sort of played him into being a beastly monster without being too evil.
This followed through with Mario Kart, the Mario Sports titles, and Mario Party!
But then this all got rocky during the Gamecube era where they started having
Bowser talk...
It was this weird iteration of talking Uncle Hank Bowser
*Bowser pouting and slamming the ground*
This was in a lot of those Camelot Mario games at the time, and Mario Party, and Mario DDR
And Oh! Don't burn your tongue, it's new soup!
It returned Mario to the platform he was known for-
Jumping, hitting goombas, hitting those question blocks- all in only two dimensions
The Bowser here is mixed with beastly Bowser and the bully Bowser, and this is where it's history.
Galaxy 1, 2, 3D World, Odyssey
They settled on this mix of the goofy RPG Bowser and the beastly, menacing Bowser.
It only took a decade but the big guy finally came out of his shell
And man, it's finally nice to have a Bowser that's accurate in all the games he's portrayed in
But, I'm actually kind of building up an appetite for all that Bowser. So, I could eat like a Beast right now!
Let's see. I can make an egg omelet. I can just eat this apple to hold me over... a chicken sandwich
we have leftovers from last night, Bowser's portrayal in the Smash games and
Bowser's Portrayal in Smash games?!?
Okay, so Joe's video is far more comprehensive on the topic of Bowser and Smash Bros
And I don't want to like steal his thunder (entering the back door)
But a key point he brought up was Sakurai's visualization of Bowser as a child.
Playing Super Mario Bros, Sakurai saw Bowser as this beastly monster
something more terrifying than what was available in 8 bits
This is where Giga Bowser stemmed from. A more horrific, chaotic Bowser
And I don't think it's too big of a leap to say that maybe he holds Bowser to the same standard and continues to do so
Over and over again, it's why he keeps giving him this
He's he's a
creep
Scaly skin, and now a straightened back! Brawl Bowser to this day looks cute and ugly at the same time
How do you achieve this?
Sakurai has tried to include traits that make Bowser more akin to his definitive form that we see in many of the Mario platformers
But it's still a Bowser that heavily resembles the old form of Bowser- the Beast Bowser. Just give him a dance
Hey what do you know potato pa-tato.
At least I'm not up in the middle of the night anymore thinking about that Bowser from Mario Sunshine...
Now, a logical person would conclude that Bowser had these problems because Mario and the whole series have these problems
They were making the transition from 2D to 3D
they didn't know how to depict the characters in the game world and they didn't even know how to structure the gameplay and
Often Nintendo bases their games on the gameplay
Over the story, and Bowser is just used as the be-all-end-all,
The goal for most of the games and they don't really care how he's depicted and that could be why he's had a shaky
Sort of representation until today where he's finally represented correctly.
What if I told you the real Bowser was killed?
That's right, me! I'm the internet smart guy!
I make the theories!
There was this beastly Bowser in 2D Marios
But those were actually the same Bowser as Mario 64 Bowser
And then he started to become less evil in part of the Mario world after so many losses
He finally realized that you know, maybe it's good to finally settle down, have a child.
But, New Super Mario Bros has Mario,
this disgusting, reprehensible man!
Kill Bowser in front of his own son! And it's not just like he cuts the axe-
He burns to death. Mario watches intently! as his skin peels off.
disintegrates into the lava... Crushed, Bowser Jr.
Has to do anything to get his father back. Using black magic,
He resurrects his father using his bones and rebirths a new Bowser.
He no longer represents the old Bowser. He no longer has the soul or brain of the old Bowser. He's just
an instinctual husk...
MARIO: You go to hell before you die...
I need a nap.
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