Bowser

Overview

Origin

The original incarnation of Bowser using fire blasts and hammer volleys.

Bowser was created in 1985 by legendary game designer Shigeru Miyamoto to serve as the villain for Super Mario Brothers.  His original appearance was very similar to that of the turtle like Koopas seen throughout the Mario universe, living up to his other title “King Koopa”.  He appeared as the final boss in the original game with the ability to breathe fire, and toss volleys hammers similar to the weapons of Hammer Bros. He has maintained his fire breathing ability throughout the years but no longer throws hammers. Additions to his move pool throughout the years include more advanced fire tactics, ground pounding, and in the Super Smash Bros. series he is able to grind his foes into submission using his spiky backside.  Bowser has returned as the final boss for nearly every Mario game, with very few exceptions such as Super Paper Mario and Super Mario Bros. 2.

Abilities

• Incredible Strength. Bowser has shown on several occasions that he can use his increased size and strength as an advantage in battle. When Mario had his 3D debut on the N64, Bowser gained the ability jump high in the air cause tremendous damage upon landing. In some stages Bowser pounds the ground with enough force to release damaging sonic waves, and sometimes destroy parts of the arena. He also uses his strength in the Super Smash Bros. series to fight various opponents with his Flying Slam, Bowser Bomb, and the Whirling Fortress. These moves are strong!
  

  Bowser's trademark attack, fire breath!
• Fiery Breath. Bowser's greatest asset over his lesser Koopas is his ability to breathe devastating streams of fire, including fire balls that will occasionally home in on Mario and chase him down. Fried enemies, anyone?
  
• Command of the Koopa Troop. As Bowser is a King he is in charge of a large number of followers, his army is mostly made up of common Koopas and Goombas, but he also has more deadly henchman that he uses less frequently as small bosses including his son Bowser Jr.
  
• Harnessing Star Power. Ever since Mario 64 Bowser has been utilizing power stars to try and halt Mario from pursuing him. He can use the power from these stars to seal off worlds, power his contraptions, and even create new galaxies.
  

Other Appearances

Paper Bowser from the Paper Mario series

Bowser as seen in one of his minigames in Mario Party 5. 

Family 

Bowser, Bowser Jr., and the Koopalings make one big family!

Quotes

Voice Actors 

Mario Party 

Bowser greeting the player in a Bowser minigame from Mario Party 4. 

Bowser as seen in Mario Party 4.