Bowser (PM)

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Bowser in Project M and Project+
Universe	Mario
Base game appearance	Brawl
Alternate costume	Dry Bowser

Bowser is a playable character in the Brawl mod Project M. He was made to be similar to his Melee counterpart, but with a large amount of buffs to make him competitively viable.

Attributes

Bowser's alternate costume.

Changes from Melee and Brawl to PM

Seeing as how he was bottom tier in the former, Bowser was heavily buffed overall from Melee to Project M.

• Significantly larger, allowing him more reach in his attacks.
• Slightly heavier.
• Bowser gains an armor mechanic, where many moves and animations now have some sort of launch resistance: for example, his crouch, crawl, and charging up smash have weak damage-based resistance, while his dash attack, smashes, neutral air, Koopa Klaw, and Bowser Bomb have strong knockback-based resistance (shown by a red flash).
• Many of Bowser's attacks, most notably his forward smash, up smash, back air, forward air, up air, forward throw, back throw, and down throw, do much more damage, shield damage, and knockback than either one of his past incarnations.
• Flame cancel implemented from Melee, allowing Bowser lagless Fire Breath startup.
• Regains the Koopa Klaw move from Melee, allowing Bowser another set of powerful grabs and more utility than his Flying Slam.
• Fortress Hogging is made possible again, allowing Bowser to quickly and efficiently grab the ledge to edgeguard opponents.
• Bowser Bomb's fall is stronger and deals 24% damage. It also grabs ledges from both sides, and can be canceled with a jump before the max leap height when used from the ground, letting Bowser follow up combos or even KO them outright after using a move that knocked his foe airborne.
• Larger size increases Bowser's hurtbox, making him more vulnerable to projectiles and combos.
• Bowser Bomb no longer has a hitbox during its jump.
• The second hit of down tilt is now optional; it is activated by pressing the attack button a second time.
• Pummel now involves biting opponents, like with Koopa Klaw in Melee.
• Giga Bowser now has alternate colourations to match whatever colouration of Bowser is currently being used.
• Similar to how Zero Suit Samus was playable in Brawl, Giga Bowser is also playable by holding down L and R, however, one must keep them pressed down until the battle begins and not until the stage selection screen for it to work.

In terms of cosmetics, Bowser now has just one idle pose, where he roars slightly while leaning his head backwards. The former second idle pose is now used as his new down taunt, where he emits a roar reminiscent of that from Melee. He has a new costume based off of his "Dry Bowser" appearance from the New Super Mario Bros. series.

Moveset

Up to date as of version 3.0.

	Name	Damage	Description
Neutral attack	Double Scratch
Forward tilt	Koopa Knuckle
Up tilt	Ceiling Scratch
Down tilt	Floor Scratch
Dash attack	Horn Charge
Forward smash	Hammer Head
Up smash	Shell Shock
Down smash	Buzzsaw
Neutral aerial	Gyroscope
Forward aerial	Jump Slash
Back aerial	Spike Stretch
Up aerial	Horn Toss
Down aerial	Scrub Brush
Grab
Pummel	Bite
Forward throw	Catapult
Back throw	Reverse Throw
Up throw	Blender
Down throw	Bowser Slam
Floor attack (front)	Worm
Floor attack (back)	Claw Spin
Floor attack (trip)	Floor Spin
Edge attack (fast)	Quick Spin
Edge attack (slow)	Slow Swipe
Neutral special	Fire Breath
Side special	Koopa Klaw
Up special	Whirling Fortress
Down special	Bowser Bomb
Final Smash	Giga Bowser

In competitive play

Notable players

•  Cmart
•  DJ Nintendo
•  Gimpyfish
•  JaimeHR
•  Kirk
•  Mew2King

External links

• Project M character page