Editing Bowser Bomb

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The Bowser Bomb is a [[stall-then-fall]] move. If Bowser is on the ground when initiating the move, he will leap forward diagonally, pause briefly, then slam down to the ground with a high-power ground pound. When used in the air, Bowser remains airborne for a short time before landing down with the ground pound. Upon impact, the move produces small [[hitbox]]es in the form of shockwaves at both of Bowser's sides, which cause 8% damage in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'', and 11% damage in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' and ''[[Super Smash Bros. 4]]''. In ''Brawl'' and ''SSB4'', an additional hitbox was added to Bowser during the diagonal jump when used on the ground, dealing 4% damage to anyone it connects with. The [[knockback]] from this hitbox can also combo into the ground pound itself. Bowser does not get any [[freeze frame]]s when he hits someone while falling.

Bowser Bomb is shared by [[Giga Bowser]], both in his boss appearance in ''Melee'' and in his [[Giga Bowser (Final Smash)|playable appearance]] in ''Brawl'' and ''SSB4''. Giga Bowser's variation of the move also features [[Giga Bowser Bomb glitch|a glitch]] in ''Brawl''.

In ''SSB4'', Bowser Bomb deals drastically more [[shield damage]], being able to shatter a full [[shield]] if all its hitboxes connect. However, this can be troublesome to perform, as the opponent may slide out of harm's way on the initial hitbox.

# '''Turbulent Bomb''' (known as '''Turbulence Bomb''' in the [[PAL]] version): Pushes away anyone next to where the move lands. It does 4% damage rising, 9% damage on slam, and the slam has much weaker knockback. The horizontal range of the vortex extends to about a third of the length of Battlefield.

# '''Slip Bomb''': Causes enemies near the landing location to slip. Doesn't do any damage on rising, 18% damage on the slam, and 4% when the enemy is tripped. Aside from those differences, very similar to the base move, being shield-damaging, goes through projectiles, and good knockback.

[[File:BowserBombSMB3.PNG|thumb|Bowser's ground-pound style attack in the ''Super Mario All-Stars'' version of ''Super Mario Bros. 3''.]]

The move is based on Bowser's attack pattern in ''{{s|mariowiki|Super Mario Bros. 3}}'' during his final boss battle, where he jumps diagonally forward and does a {{s|mariowiki|Ground Pound}} while facing the screen to attack [[Mario]], breaking bricks below him. To beat him without powerups, Mario has to make Bowser break all bricks on an area with the move, causing him to fall downwards into a pit.

*Unusually, while CPUs in ''Melee'' rarely shield physical attacks, they have a special programmation for dodging Bowser Bomb at all costs: when using this move against a CPU, it will always [[roll]] away, or [[air dodge]] when airborne. A similar thing happens with his [[up smash]], where CPUs will always air dodge, or roll persistently back and forth when used below a CPU on a platform.

*Bowser Bomb's 2nd custom special, Slip Bomb, shares the same name with the 1st custom move of [[Bomb (Samus)|Samus's down special]].