Bowser (SSBB)

This article is about Bowser's appearance in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. For other uses, see Bowser.

Bowser
Bowser
Universe	Mario
Appears in	SSBM SSBB
Availability	Starter

Bowser (Koopa; クッパ, Kūpā) is the primary antagonist of the "Super Mario" series. His SSB debut was in Melee and he once again returns in Brawl.

Pros and Cons

Pros:

• Flying Slam can easily result in a suicide kill, which wins the match if both players are on their last stock. Can be used as a grab, even in the air, for high damage, and has very little lag if it hits.
• Strong attacks
• Forward Aerial comes out incredibly quickly
• Up Air is one of the strongest Vertical killers
• Fire Breath comes out quickly, can be angled, and has almost no lag, making it a good way to stop approaches and build a little damage
• Bowser Bomb has Super Armor frames and hits on the way up as well
• Heaviest character in the game
• Can Crawl
• Can perform Koopa Hopping
• Great horizontal recovery
• Good killer moves
• Up Special can be used to slide across solid ground and able to deal decent damage to multiple enemies
• Good at edgeguarding
• Good dash speed, especially for a heavyweight
• Forward smash has super armor frames
• Foward Smash, when fully charged, deals 46% damage, making it one of if not the most powerful non-Final Smash move

Cons:

• Largest character in the game
• Slow character
• Poor grab range
• Easy character to combo
• Many of his moves are shorter ranged
• Poor vertical recovery
• Players caught in the Flying Slam can affect Bowser's side-to-side movement in midair, thus forcing or preventing a suicide win for Bowser

Changes from Melee to Brawl

• New Side B: Flying Slam
• Fire Breath can be steered up and down
• Jump not as short
• Up Smash has longer range
• Up Air is faster, but shorter ranged
• Super Armor on Forward Smash
• Faster overall character

Role in the Subspace Emissary

Bowser first appears after Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong chase down his troops, who had stolen their bananas. Bowser confronts the two and transforms DK into a trophy, but Diddy escapes. Bowser chases him down, but finds him with Fox McCloud. Fox and Diddy make their escape. While continuing his chase, he is told by Ganondorf to hunt down King Dedede, who had stolen Wario's trophies. He also transforms Zelda/Peach into a trophy and orders her Shadowbug clone to attack Mario/Link and Pit/Yoshi. Bowser and his troops attack an abandonded church, where Dedede is hiding. Bowser steals Zelda/Peach's trophy and evades Mario and Pit's attacks. After this, he returns to the jungle and transforms Diddy into a trophy and sends his Shadowbug clone to clone the trophy. He flees after Falco Lombardi attacks him and destroys his Trophy Gun. He is next seen with Ganondorf on the Subspace Battleship. They destroy the Halberd, but fail to stop Kirby from destroying the Battleship with a Dragoon. Fleeing into the Subspace, Bowser is betrayed by Ganondorf and turned into a trophy. He is eventually brought back to life and beats up Ganondorf's trophy for revenge, Bowser then helps the heroes take down Tabuu.

Single Player Event Matches

Event 1: Two Trouble Kings - The player plays as Mario and faces the team of Bowser and King Dedede in single player and alongside Kirby in co-op. Matches Events

Event 6: Bowser Bros. - The player (as Bowser) must make it to the end of Mushroomy Kingdom before the Marios do.

Event 27: Three Giants, Giant Trouble - As R.O.B. you must KO giant Charizard, Donkey Kong, and Bowser.

Event 34: All Star Battle Melee - As any character, you must KO Bowser, Peach, Zelda, Ice Climbers, Marth, Mr. Game & Watch, Falco and Ganondorf within the time limit.

Event 40: The Final Showdown - As any character, you must KO Bowser, King Dedede, and Ganondorf.

Two Player Event Matches

Event 1: Two Trouble Kings - As Mario and Kirby, you need to KO both Bowser and King Dedede.

Event 8: All Mine! - As Wario and Bowser, you both need to collect 2,000 coins together

Event 20: Final Showdown Together - As any two characters you must alternate between KOing Wario, Dedede, Wolf, Meta Knight, Ganondorf, and Bowser.

Moveset

• Neutral: Two claw swipes
• Forward Tilt: A large claw swipe
• Forward Smash: Rears back and does a strong headbutt
• Upward Tilt: Swats the air above him
• Upward Smash: Pounces on all fours and jumps straight up, hitting with his shell
• Downward Tilt: Claw swipes while crouched
• Downward Smash: Retracts into his shell and spins

Aerial

• Neutral: Spins around inside his shell
• Forward: Swats in front of himself
• Backwards: Thrusts out his shell behind him
• Upwards: Swings his head back
• Downwards: Retracts into his shell and spins himself into the ground

Snake’s Codec Message

Colonel Campbell: Careful, Snake! That’s the great and terrible Bowser!

Snake: Bowser? Looks like a cheap movie monster.

C: Hardly. Bowser leads an entire army of monsters. But I’d worry more about his claws and fire if I where you.

S: Doesn’t look that tough to me. Seems kind of slow, actually.

C: Well, he is the king of Koopas. It’s only natural he’d be slow. But that’s only because he’s the heaviest fighter here —- by far. He’s a powerhouse of destruction. Careful he doesn’t flatten you.

Special Movements

Taunts

Up: Roars (same as Melee)

Side: Bites in front of him.

Down: Dances precarioiusly on one foot.

On-Screen Appearance: Emerges from a wall of flames.

Victory Poses

• Steps forward, builds up a little and roars.
• Spins around in his shell and comes out laughing.
• Takes two steps forward while swiping with his claws twice.

External Links

• Bowser's page at Smash Bros. DOJO!!.