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[[File:Bowser intro HM.png|thumb|Bowser in the intro of ''Hotel Mario'']]

In ''[[Hotel Mario]]'', Bowser and the Koopalings turned the entire Mushroom Kingdom into their own personal resorts and retained Princess Toadstool as a "permanent guest" in one of his Koopa Hotels. Mario and Luigi destroyed the hotels of each Koopaling, but Toadstool evaded their possession. Mario fought Bowser in his own hotel and defeated him, rescuing the princess.

===''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars''===

{{quote2|I'm the biggest, baddest brute around, and don't you forget it.|Bowser|[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]}}

====''Super Paper Mario''====

{{quote2|Trust me, any problem comes up, I'll stomp it into next week. I'll Bowserize it!|[[Bowser]]|[[Super Paper Mario]]}}

Bowser joins forces with Mario in ''[[Super Paper Mario]]''. During the beginning of the story, Mario and Luigi find Princess Peach missing and rush to Bowser's Castle thinking that he was the perpetrator. Oddly, he is surprised as well, for he was only preparing to kidnap Peach and wasn't ready yet. While talking to each other, a mysterious figure named [[Count Bleck]] abducts Luigi, Bowser, and his minions. He leaves Mario unconscious on the floor of Bowser's Castle, but Tippi finds Mario and takes him to Flipside. Count Bleck forces Bowser and Peach to get married in order to open [[The Void]] to end all worlds, although Bowser is unaware of his plans.  

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=====Adventure Mode: The Subspace Emissary=====

In the [[Adventure Mode: The Subpsace Emissary]] storyline of ''Brawl'', Bowser, a leader of the Subspace Emissary, orders his minions to steal [[Donkey Kong]]'s [[Banana Hoard]]. After Donkey Kong and [[Diddy Kong]] have recovered it, he faces them himself. He reveals his [[Dark Cannon]] and turns Donkey Kong into a trophy, though not before Diddy is sent to safety with Donkey's Giant Punch. He pursues Diddy and [[Fox McCloud]] with the assistance of a [[False Character|shadowy clone]], as well as capturing the princess rescued by [[Kirby]], creating a false copy of her to assist in capturing heroes. It's later shown that Bowser is working closely with [[Ganondorf]] in running the Subspace Army, though he dislikes him and prefers [[Master Hand]]. He reluctantly follows his orders, however, and retrieves the princess not rescued by Kirby from [[Castle Dedede]], though he was briefly attacked by Mario's team as he is returning to the [[Halberd]]. He then attacks Diddy and Fox again, this time managing to turn Diddy into a trophy and cloning him. However, his Dark Cannon is destroyed as a result of [[Falco Lombardi]]'s intervention, forcing him to retreat.

====''Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time''====

When Mario and Luigi defeat the [[Elder Princess Shroob]], she turns into a small mushroom. Back in the present, Bowser, who's been resting unconscious in Peach's throne room, eats it and becomes [[Shrowser]], who fights Mario and Luigi (and doesn't allow them to attack). However, Mario and Luigi did find a way to attack by reflecting Shrowser's own attacks and using them against Elder Princess Shroob. After this, the Elder Shroob is completely destroyed, and Bowser faints with the brothers doing a victory pose on him.

====''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story''====

{{quote|You got THAT right, buddy! I'm Bowser, the Koopa king!|Bowser|Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story}}

[[File:ML3 Bowser.png|thumb|200px|left|Bowser, as he appeared in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]''.]]

===''Mario Pinball Land''===

In the beginning of ''[[Mario Pinball Land]]'', Mario, Princess Peach, and a group of Toads went to a fair and were enjoying a day of merriment. Princess Peach rode a special ride, the Air Cannon, made by Professor E. Gadd. The machine turned Princess Peach into a pinball and allowed her to play a special pinball game. Two of Bowser's Goombas took advantage of her pinball state and changed direction of the cannon, and shot her to Bowser's Castle. Mario used the machine to become a pinball and followed Bowser through five different worlds with some Toads trailing behind. Mario had to use the power of the Power Stars to pass each world.<br>

When Mario finally got to battle Bowser, the plumber had to drop [[Thwomps]] on him to cause Bowser to lose balance.  After three hits, Bowser rolled into a giant-sized pinball and was used to break a hole in the castle wall.  Mario then continued on to save Princess Peach.

Each course was controlled by a different spirit, and each demanded that the green dinosaur fulfill a specific task before he or she would allow Yoshi to move on. Ultimately, after satisfying the task of every spirit, Yoshi was allowed to confront King Bowser. Of course, the green dinosaur emerged victorious in the end, and Bowser was once again defeated. With the threat of Bowser eliminated, the spirit Hongo released Yoshi's Island, restoring it to its natural state.

===''Mario Baseball'' series===

Bowser is a playable character in ''[[Mario Superstar Baseball]]''  and its sequel, ''[[Mario Super Sluggers]]''. Bowser is a team captain and a very powerful batter. In ''Mario Super Sluggers'', Bowser's special move is the [[Killer Ball]], where he hit or pitched a [[Bullet Bill]]. In ''Mario Super Sluggers'', Bowser Jr. is jealous that Mario and his friends have their own baseball stadium so he takes over the stadiums in [[Baseball Kingdom]]. After Bowser Jr. is beaten by Mario's team, Bowser faces Mario in a baseball game. Mario's team emerges victorious and celebrates. Bowser and Bowser Jr. are invited to the celebration out of pity. Bowser refuses but goes anyways since Bowser Jr. wants to have fun, so Daisy leads them to the table. To the dismay of Bowser and Bowser Jr., they only get a small portion of food. Wario and Waluigi attempt to take Mario out with a sneaked Bullet Bill in the Bob-omb Derby during the celebration, but Bowser jumps in front and deflects it back at them. The reason Bowser did this is unknown, though it is likely that either if it hit Mario, he would have no archrival, or that he thinks it is his job to take Mario out.

In ''[[Super Princess Peach]]'', Bowser built [[Bowser's Villa|a villa]] on [[Vibe Island]]. There, his troops found the mysterious [[Vibe Scepter]], which Bowser used to capture Mario, Luigi, and Toad. Princess Peach was out on a walk, and when she found out what happened, she went on a quest to rescue them. Bowser sent many of his minions to capture Peach, sure that she would be easy to capture with the Mario Bros. out of the way. Peach surprised everyone when she defeated Bowser's generals and rescued Luigi and Toad. Peach defeated Bowser when she reached his villa, but he grew bigger and attempted to defeat her. However, Peach used the power of her emotions to defeat Bowser again and she rescued Mario.

===''Mario & Sonic'' series===

====''Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games''====

Bowser was a playable character in ''[[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games]]''. He was given a high power stat, and his speed stat was also quite high too.  In the DS version of the game, in the Adventure Tour mode, Bowser is one of the two main antagonists. He, along with [[Dr. Eggman]] tried to stop the 2010 Olympic Winter Games by capturing all the [[Snow Spirit|Snow Spirits]].

====''The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time''====

During the events of this game, Bowser himself does not physically appear, though when [[Young Link]] entered [[Hyrule Castle]], oddly enough he found Bowser's portrait hanging on the wall, and later when visiting Lon Lon Ranch he found that both Malon and Talon wore broaches of Bowser's face. This is slightly ironic as Talon bears a great resemblance to Mario, in the way he looks and dresses, and Mario would be unlikely to wear a Bowser broach.

When Link traveled to the world of Termina, he met a pair of sisters named Romani and Cremia, who also seemed to like Bowser as they too wore Bowser broaches. On the technical side of things, this was due to them sharing the same models as Malon's child and adult forms, respectively. Only a small handful of characters in the game did not share a model with someone from ''Ocarina of Time''.

In the ''Pikmin 2'' game, Bowser made another minor appearance. A matchbox with Bowser's face on it appeared as a treasure there.

== Personality ==

When Bowser was developed, he was a typical villain of pure evil with immense hatred and anger. Cruel and ruthless, he was typically portrayed as a power-hungry tyrant who lead violent attacks that threatened the lives of hundreds. Bowser's ultimate goal was to conquer the Mushroom Kingdom, and eventually, the entire universe. His infamous plans and numerous crimes, ranging from kidnapping to terrorism, have earned him a reputation feared by the entire Mushroom World. While this status of evil is still very prevalent in the series, Bowser has recently had a humorous tone added to his personality and is shown to be more complex in terms of his relationship with his rivals.  

While Bowser is primarily more comical in RPGs, ''Paper Mario'' had him considerably more evil due to his focus as the main villain. Though Bowser still had a humorous tone, he was also shown to be very cruel and sinister in certain scenes. Outside the RPG series, Bowser is usually not as comical, and in many instances is shown to be pure evil. The ''Mario Party'' series has also depicted Bowser as more serious-driven and angry. ''New Super Mario Bros.'', and ''Super Mario Galaxy'' remove Bowser's usual comical undertones completely and make him a much more sinister villain than he is found typically in the RPGs.

While Bowser has shown intellect and a sarcastic wit in many of the games, he has also acted with incompetence. The RPGs primarily depict him with an almost comical lack of common-sense. Two prime examples are when he breaths fire on a [[Superbombomb]] in ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' when it doesn't explode, and in ''Super Paper Mario'', he must be explicitly told by Mario that he cannot rule the world if the world was destroyed.

===Emotions===

Bowser's temperament has been depicted varying from pure, driven evil to a comical child-like villain. Despite this widely-opposing personality, any emotions other than anger or hatred have been shown. Bowser has never been seen acting remorseful for his numerous atrocities and destruction to both the localized Mushroom Kingdom and the outer reaches of the universe. He also seems to lack a sense of empathy, which results in a disregard for any other life. In ''Paper Mario'', Mario's defeat at the hands of Bowser, to which Bowser simply mockingly laughed at, was essentially murder before Mario was revived by the combined energy of the Star Spirits. Perhaps Bowser's most extreme disregard for other life was in ''Super Mario Galaxy'', where his plot consisted of wiping out entire galaxies to create a cosmos he can control.  

In sharp contrast to his usual disregard for other life, and that throughout the game his intent was to save the world only so he could rule it himself, Bowser did seemingly sacrifice himself to save Princess Peach, Mario, Luigi, and even [[Count Bleck]]'s henchman [[O'Chunks]] during ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'' in Castle Bleck when the ceiling was falling, during which he was arguing with O'Chunks and telling him to get to safety before both were seemingly crushed (it is later revealed that they survived).

Bowser is a huge, burly, green-shelled [[Koopa]] with spikes, horns, and hair. His bushy eyebrows and mane are fittingly a bright, fiery orange. He sports two small horns, many spikes on his shell (similar to a [[Spiny]]), as well as along his tail. He wears several spiked collars around his neck and arms. He has three claws on each of his massive feet, which support his impressive girth. While his face and his shell are green, his underbelly and snout are flesh-colored, and his tail and limbs are an orange-tinged yellow. In the original ''Super Mario Bros.'', however, his underbelly was also green as. On each of his hands are four claws. His arms are noticeably burly, indicating his vast physical strength. His bright red eyes are always a bit menacing, and this is heightened by his bushy, often-scrunched eyebrows. Bowser had green scales and skin in ''Super Mario Bros.'', but this has been changed to yellow scales and skin.

The ''Super Mario Bros.'' film is often cited as having the most drastic change to Bowser's physical appearance. This version of him is almost entirely [[human]] in appearance, though possessing some reptilian traits, such as a long, pointed tongue and slitted pupils. Near the end of the film, Bowser is forcibly [[De-Evolution|de-evolved]] into a snarling green Tyrannosaurus Rex, then into a large glob of primordial ooze.

Since Bowser is the King of Koopas, he possess the powers of many of the Koopa subspecies, such as [[Fire Bros]]' fire breath, [[Spiny]]'s shell spikes, and [[Hammer Bros]]' hammers. Bowser's signature ability is breathing fire. He can choose to either breathe a long breath of flame or shoot many fireballs. Bowser is quite advanced in his fire-breathing, he can shoot blue flames that follow Mario in ''Super Mario 64'' and ''New Super Mario Bros.'' and can even breathe fire underwater in ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' and ''Super Paper Mario''. Another one of Bowser's most-often used abilities is his power and durability, something that Bowser prides himself in. Bowser is often the most powerful character in sports games and can create shockwaves by doing a simple ground pound in several games. Bowser's durable nature is evident seeing that he has fallen into lava, been blown up, etc., but has managed to survive all this many times. Bowser is also shown to have an extremely loud and powerful roar that often sends weak enemies running away before a battle even begins. In ''Super Mario Bros.'', Bowser also threw hammers like a [[Hammer Bro.]] but has rarely used the technique since, only to be used once again in [[Super Princess Peach]] and by his alter-ego Rookie in [[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]. He briefly used it in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars when after battling him at the beginning, he throws a hammer at Mario's Kinklink.

Bowser's speed and agility are very inconsistent and they greatly vary from game to game. In some games Bowser is actually faster and more agile than Mario is, such as in ''Super Mario 64'' where Bowser can jump hundreds of feet in the air if Mario tosses him off the platform. In that game for short distances, he can also run faster then Mario can. Despite his size, Bowser has demonstrated the ability to pull off a move similar to Mario's [[Spinning]] during a boss fight in ''Super Mario Galaxy''. However, Bowser is usually slower than Mario in playable appearances and sports games. In ''Super Paper Mario'', Bowser is the slowest usable character and also has poor climbing abilities. If Bowser tries to climb a ladder, he would only move his arms a little bit and then say "Can't climb this"; however he can climb ladders in ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''. In ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'', Bowser is shown to have good swimming abilities, just like Mario, though he reportedly hates swimming (though this may derive from the fact that his Koopa Clown Car crash-landed in the sea and he was forced to swim back to Rogueport). Another example is in the ''Mario & Sonic at the Oylmpics'' series. In the summer games he is the slowest runner with a 2/10 stat, while in the winter games he has an 8/10 stat; most power characters have a good speed stat in that game, though their speed is still inferior to Sonic's, and they lacked accelerating abilities.

== Family ==  

[[File:NSMBwii koopalings.jpg|thumb|250px|right|The [[Koopalings]], Bowser's seven children.]]

The UK [[Nintendo Power]] once said that Bowser had a wife named [[Clawdia Koopa]]; however, as Clawdia is never referenced to again, neither in any games or later issues of Nintendo Power UK, it is often believed that Clawdia was simply a joke. In ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'', Bowser and Princess Peach are forcibly wedded by the sinister [[Count Bleck]] and [[Nastasia]]. Though Bowser regards this wedding as official and Princess Peach as his wife, Princess Peach herself cites the wedding as a sham and disregards it as official. Throughout the game Bowser calls Peach his wife, with her to refute his words each time he does. However, a girl koopa with black hair and glasses appears in [[Koopa's High School Yearbook]], and is a member of the "Koopa Fan Club" and "Future Wives of Tyrants Club", suggesting she is Clawdia. Because Bowser Jr does not know who his mama is, Clawdia most likely died when Bowser Jr was very young.

==Relationships==

===Mario===

{{main|Mario}}

While Bowser has many enemies, no one has caused him more anger than Mario himself. Bowser has had a deep-rooted hatred for Mario because he has continuously disrupted his plans and won the heart of Princess Peach. Though Bowser despises Mario with a passion, he has a grudging respect for him and sees him as a worthy opponent, although he's tried to hide this reluctant respect. This is shown most strongly in ''Super Mario Galaxy'', where Bowser says that he picked the right guy to be his archenemy since Mario always puts up a fight, and even more strongly in ''Mario Super Sluggers'' where Bowser saved Mario from being hit with a Bullet Bill sent from [[Wario]] and [[Waluigi]]. Of course, Bowser only saved Mario so that he could destroy him himself. Mario himself seems to have some sort of sympathy for the villain, going as far as even letting Bowser go in ''Mario Party DS''. Though this is most likely due to the fact that Bowser's scheme unintentionally led Mario and his friends to have fun and that his plans weren't nearly as brutal as past ones. Although it should also be noted that Mario celebrated after viewing Bowser's seemingly permanent destruction in ''New Super Mario Bros.'', although he did eventually return. In the first two ''Paper Mario'' games, Bowser tries to defeat Mario once and for all using new strategies; stealing the [[Star Rod]] to become invincible in the [[Paper Mario|first]] (though he is defeated the second and third times he is fought) and attacking him twice, each directly after a previous battle (which may leave Mario worn out before he fights Bowser), in the [[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door|second]]. Their battle seems to be an eternal one as Bowser has survived numerous situations and even came back from the dead.  

===Children===

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{{main|Bowser Jr.}}

===Luigi===

{{main|Luigi}}

Another one of Bowser's odd, if not comical, interactions with other characters are his ones with Luigi. While Luigi has often helped Mario disrupt the Koopa King's plans, Bowser briefly forgets who Luigi is in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]'' and in [[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]] where he call's Luigi 'Green Stache', showing how little Bowser thinks about Luigi. When Bowser kidnapped Mario in ''[[Mario is Missing!]]'' he thought he was unstoppable until Luigi stopped him. Since then, it seems he has realized Luigi's potential threat level, Bowser had Luigi captured in ''Super Princess Peach'' and in ''Super Mario Galaxy'', Bowser apparently saw Luigi as so much of a threat that he placed him under heavy guard in a haunted mansion guarded by Boos. Even though he sees Luigi as a threat, Bowser holds Luigi in low esteem; he is shocked and disgusted at himself when he believes that he even lost to Luigi in getting a Crystal Star in ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''. On many occasions though, Bowser seems to hate Luigi mostly for the simple fact that he is related to the man who has caused so much harm to the king and his Koopa Troop. Regardless, Bowser and Luigi are considered enemies, but can get along when the situation calls for it such as in ''Super Paper Mario''.

===Wario===

{{main|Wario}}

===Koopa Troop===

{{main|Koopa Troop}}

Bower’s relations with his army and underlings are usually held in good regards. Bowser has respect for all his underlings, but cares very little for them if they fail him. He seems to somehow bring some of his defeated minions in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' back to life to give them another shot at beating Mario. If they betray him however, Bowser sees them as enemies and will not hesitate to eliminate them. His minions also, surprisingly, hold Bowser in extremely high regard and serve him out of respect more than in fear. While many do fear his wrath, his minions believe Bowser to be the strongest and best suited to run the army. Nearly every single one of his henchmen, while failing numerous times, is a hundred percent loyal to their king and serve him faithfully. Kammy Koopa and Kamek are prime examples as they treat Bowser as a god and never complain about him, even when he's not around. This applies to most of his other troops with the only complaint being that Bowser may be overly nervous about Peach escaping, though this nervousness is rational.

===Dr. Eggman===   

In the [[Nintendo DS]] version of ''[[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games]]'', in the Adventure Tour mode, Bowser and [[Dr. Eggman]] are the two main antagonists. They did try to stop the 2010 Olympic Winter Games but failed to do so, and also they also failed in capturing all the Snow Spirits which they demanded they would do.

**They have both had a name change, King Koopa to Bowser and Dr. Eggman to Dr. Robotnik and then back to Dr. Eggman.

==Stats and bios==

===''Mario Golf'' (Nintendo 64)===

*'''Manual''' (page 27): ''Bowser can boast the most power on the course. Just looking at his massive girth is enough to blow you away!''

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===''Mario Kart'' series===

====''Mario Kart: Super Circuit''====

===''Mario Baseball'' series===

*'''Team Captain:''' Yes

*'''Player Type:''' Power

His lethal Killer Ball is powerful enough to drag anyone who catches it across the field!"

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===''Super Smash Bros.'' series===

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| align=center | Bowser <br>(Classic)

| align=center | [[Super Mario Bros.]]<br>10/85

|''Bowser has a long history of kidnapping Princess Peach to lure his nemesis, Mario, into traps. He leads an enormous group of mischievous creatures, not the least of which are his seven children. With outrageous strength, flammable breath, and more spikes than you can shake a Star Rod at, Bowser is a constant threat.

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| align=center | Bowser [Smash]<br>(Adventure)

| align=center |B: Fire Breath <br>Smash B: Koopa Klaw  

|''In many ways, Bowser is the toughest character around. Not only does he have near-impervious hide, but his great mass makes him almost impossible to hurl offscreen. Of course, his weight also makes him rather slow to maneuver, so when facing him in battle, it's best to press your attack and not give him a chance to counter.

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| align=center | Bowser [Smash]<br>(All-Star)

| align=center |Up & B: Whirling Fortress<br> Down & B: Bowser Bomb  

|''Bowser's Fire Breath strikes continually, but it grows gradually smaller over time until it's barely smoldering. The Koopa Klaw rakes enemies at a distance and pulls nearby foes in close for a good gnawing. Bowser's Whirling Fortress moves laterally over the ground; it works in midair as a recovery. The Bowser Bomb is powerful and paves the way for more attacks.

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| align=center |Bowser

| align=center |'''NES''' [[Super Mario Bros.]]<br>'''GCN''' [[Super Mario Sunshine]]

|''The king of the Koopas and Mario's eternal rival. He breathes fire, hurls hammers, attacks from vehicles like the Koopa Clown Car, and uses all sorts of weapons in hopes of taking out Mario. As his size suggests, he's immensely powerful. His son Bowser Jr. is a chip off the old block who spends his time creating trouble for Mario.

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| align=center | [[Giga Bowser]]

| align=center |'''WII''' [[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]

|''Bowser, transformed into the terrible and brutal form first seen in Super Smash Bros. Melee. While in this form, he's invulnerable--he takes no damage and cannot be budged. His appearance is so fierce, it's as if he doesn't even belong in the Smash Bros. universe. He cannot maintain this form for long, so dealing out damage efficiently is key.

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| align=center | Paper Bowser

| align=center |'''WII''' [[Super Paper Mario]]

|''The great king of the Koopas who plots to rule the land with a firm fist. In a change of events, Bowser goes from being Mario's rival to adventuring side by side with him. Bowser's special skill is breathing fire and he has nearly twice the attack power of Mario or Peach, which allows him to take out foes from a distance or multiple enemies with a single blow.

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| align=center | Wedding Bowser

|align=center |'''WII''' Super Paper Mario

|''The great Koopa king in a sharp, white tuxedo. Bowser is forced into marriage with Princess Peach by Count Bleck, who plots to wipe out the universe with the Chaos Heart. Although it's all part of Count Bleck's plan, Bowser doesn't seem to be displeased with the prospect. This might just be the last time we ever see Bowser in a tuxedo.

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|''Mario Kart 64''

|[Weapon] - Attack +13<br>'''Usable by:''' Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, Peach, Bowser

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|''Mario Power Tennis

|[Darkness] - Attack +21<br>'''Usable by:''' Ganondorf

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|''Super Paper Mario

|[Arm] - Attack +23<br>'''Usable by:''' Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, Peach, Bowser

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