Bowser, also known as King Koopa or Lord Bowser, is a video game character and the primary villain of Nintendo's Mario series. In Japan, the character is fully known as Daimaō Koopa (大魔王クッパ, Daimaō Kuppa, lit. "Great Demon King Koopa") and commonly called Koopa (クッパ, Kuppa).
The leader and most powerful of the turtle-like Koopa race, Bowser is Mario's archenemy, usually kidnapping Princess Peach and attempting to conquer the Mushroom Kingdom.
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Bowser, also known as King Koopa or Lord Bowser, is a video game character and the primary villain of Nintendo's Mario series. In Japan, the character is fully known as Daimaō Koopa (大魔王クッパ, Daimaō Kuppa, lit. "Great Demon King Koopa") and commonly called Koopa (クッパ, Kuppa).
The leader and most powerful of the turtle-like Koopa race, Bowser is Mario's archenemy, usually kidnapping Princess Peach and attempting to conquer the Mushroom Kingdom.
Bowser was the creation of Nintendo designer and producer Shigeru Miyamoto. Miyamoto had first envisioned Bowser as an ox, basing him on the Ox King from the Toei Animation film Alakazam the Great. However, Nintendo designer Takashi Tezuka pointed out to Miyamoto that the character looked more like a turtle than an ox. Despite popular misconception, Bowser is, in fact, supposed to be a turtle, not a dragon. Miyamoto and Tezuka then began to work together to define Bowser's appearance. Since the character was in the turtle family with the Koopa...
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