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The '''Bowser Challenge''' is a challenge issued mostly to advanced players in certain [[tournament]]s, to beat a team of three {{SSBM|Bowser}}s on [[Fountain of Dreams]]. The challenge was originally developed by the [[Superfriends]] crew of Southern California, and posted by [[HugS]] in February 2005.
The '''Bowser Challenge''' is a challenge issued mostly to advanced players in certain [[tournament]]s, to beat a team of three {{SSBM|Bowser}}s on [[Fountain of Dreams]]. The challenge was originally developed by the [[Superfriends]] crew of Southern California, and posted by [[HugS]] in February 2005.


The goal is to see how many times the challenger can KO the Bowsers before losing. While the match can seem very lopsided in favour of the challenger due to Bowser's glaring weaknesses (especially against faster characters such as {{SSBM|Marth}} and {{SSBM|Fox}}), the three Bowsers can easily cover most of the stage in hitboxes, giving the challenger very little opportunity to attack safely. Combined with Bowser's weight requiring lots of damage to be delivered before a KO is plausible, the match itself is considered extremely difficult (if not impossible) to win, provided that the Bowser players are semi-competent. Even famed ''Melee'' player [[Ken Hoang]] was unable to beat a Bowser Challenge; at the same tournament, the closest player to winning only got 4 KOs, as {{SSBM|Ganondorf}}. The known record is 5 KOs, shared by multiple players.
The goal is to see how many times the challenger can KO the Bowsers before losing. While the match can seem very lopsided in favour of the challenger due to Bowser's glaring weaknesses (especially against faster characters such as {{SSBM|Marth}} and {{SSBM|Fox}}), the three Bowsers can easily cover most of the stage in hitboxes, giving the challenger very little opportunity to attack safely. Combined with Bowser's weight requiring lots of damage to be delivered before a KO is plausible, the match itself is considered extremely difficult (if not impossible) to win, provided that the Bowser players are semi-competent. Even famed ''Melee'' player [[Ken Hoang]] was unable to beat a Bowser Challenge; at the same tournament, the closest player to winning, [[Captain Jack]], only got 4 KOs, as {{SSBM|Ganondorf}}. The known record is 5 KOs, shared by multiple players.


There is no well-known equivalent to the Bowser Challenge in either ''SSB64'' or ''Brawl'', though the concept would be simple to carry across: a fight against a team of the heaviest character on one of the smallest legal stages.
There is no well-known equivalent to the Bowser Challenge in either ''SSB64'' or ''Brawl'', though the concept would be simple to carry across: a fight against a team of the heaviest character on one of the smallest legal stages.