Bowser (SSB4)

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Bowser in Super Smash Bros. 4
Universe	Mario
Other playable appearances	in Melee in Brawl
Final Smash	Giga Bowser

Bowser (クッパ, Kuppa) is a playable character in Super Smash Bros. 4. He was confirmed in the reveal trailer at E3. In Smash 4, Bowser appears to have a more cartoonish appearance that is more inline with his look in the Mario games, rather than the more realistic look he had in Brawl. He has additionally been shown to have several changes in his moveset and his general animations.

Confirmed information

Out of all of the returning characters seen so far, Bowser appears to have changed the most:

• He stands upright as opposed to his hunched-over posture from previous games.
• He has a new dashing animation where he runs upright instead of scuttling along the ground.
• He appears to have multiple new attacks, such as a two-footed dropkick, a dashing kick, and an aerial front-kick.
• His down tilt has the same animation, but seems to be a pair of punches instead of claw slashes.
  • This change also seems to have been applied to his neutral attack.
• Bowser Bomb now has a larger hitbox.
• Bowser appears to have more launch resistance, with him being seen in Little Mac's reveal trailer unflinching from Mega Man's normal Mega Buster shots, and Sakurai implying some sort of armor in this miiverse post. The extent of this new launch resistance, and which moves it applies to, is currently unknown.
• Bowser now spins when performing his Up smash.
• The following attacks are visually unchanged:
  • Forward tilt
  • Forward aerial
  • Down aerial
  • Down taunt
  • Fire Breath
  • Flying Slam
  • Whirling Fortress

Gallery

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  Bowser's appearance during E3.

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  Bowser's new front kick attack.

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  Bowser's appearance in the 3DS version of the game.

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  Bowser shielding.

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  Bowser using the Whirling Fortress near Fox.

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  Bowser uses Flying Slam in the Nintendo 3DS version.

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  Bowser and Samus fighting on Arena Ferox in the Nintendo 3DS version.

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  Bowser and Mario on the Battlefield stage (3DS).

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  Sonic jabs his foot into Bowser.

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  Mario, Pikachu, Bowser and Pit on a red plane in Wuhu Island.

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  Mega Man, Bowser and the Wii Fit Trainer in the Wii Fit stage.

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  Down taunt or new item grabbing animation, with Peach and a Bottled Fairy.

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  Getting blasted by Diddy Kong.