Super Mario 5 Worst Things Mario Did To Bowser & 5 Worst Bowser Did To Him

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Super Mario 5 Worst Things Mario Did To Bowser & 5 Worst Bowser Did To Him

Over the years of Super Mario Bros. games, Mario and Bowser have clashed many times. Here are the worst things they did to each other. We’ve seen many timeless rivalries in the history of gaming. versus the nefarious Eggman (or Dr. Robotnik, if you prefer). Mega Man versus Dr. Wily. versus Sephiroth. Of them all, though, there’s no grudge match quite as iconic as that between Nintendo’s main man and the villainous King of the Koopas. The franchise, essentially, is the story of the many, many times Bowser has kidnapped Princess Peach and Mario has taken off in pursuit to rescue her. It’s like the world’s most predictable soap opera, and we can’t get enough of it. Mario might be the hero of this long-running story, but that’s not to say that he hasn’t committed some terrible deeds too. Here are some of the worst things Mario and Bowser have ever done to each other. THEGAMER VIDEO OF THE DAY

Mario Burned Bowser Down To Dry Bowser

More recently, the Mushroom Kingdom roster has expanded to include Dry Bowser. How did this menacing, skeletal apparition come into being? We’ll tell you how: Mario scorched all of Bowser’s flesh off, that’s how. As Mario fans will know, Dry Bones is a fleshless skelly-koopa that will reanimate itself however many times Mario bops it on the head. Dry Bowser was based on the hardy little koopa’s design, born after Mario hit that button and dunked Bowser into a lava pit one time too many.

Bowser He Plotted To Marry Peach

Via: Nerdburglars Gaming Now, it’s true that Mario and Princess Peach have never been confirmed to be in an actual romantic relationship. She seems quite happy as the princess of the kingdom, barely even giving an inkling of looking for a prince. Nevertheless, You know how the Mushroom Kingdom paparazzi can be. We’ve no idea how those Goombas can write gossip columns with no hands, but an affectionate kiss on the cheek or two after a rescue and the tongues start wagging. Bowser, meanwhile, is in love with the princess, and his most dastardly scheme yet was the one he initiated in Super Mario Odyssey. His plot to marry the princess must have thrown Mario for a loop, despite the hero’s complicated relationship with Peach.

Mario Crushed Bowser Flat With A Tyrannosaurus Rex

Oh, yes indeed. This was an absolutely real thing that happened. Mario’s Time Machine is an educational title (with a focus on history) that hit the NES, SNES, and MS-DOS in 1993/94. It saw Bowser using a time machine he’d invented to steal priceless artifacts from throughout history. Mario, of course, was having none of that nonsense, so he set out after the tyrannical lizard to recover the items and return them to their rightful places in history. It’s barely a footnote in Nintendo history, but Mario’s Time Machine did have a hilarious ending: if you returned the items in the right order in a timely fashion, the good ending saw Bowser being stranded in the prehistoric era. He was then suddenly stomped flat (literally) by a huge dinosaur’s foot. So, there’s something you don’t see every day.

Bowser Framed Mario For The Isle Delfino Graffiti

Mario isn’t the kind of person who performs heroic deeds for attention or adulation. He hops right in there and does it because it’s the right thing to do, which is the kind of great mustachioed example we should all be following in this bad world of ours. As a result, it’s even worse that Bowser and his scheming son set out to besmirch his good name by framing the hero for the pollution and graffiti that plagued Isle Delfino. The beginning of Super Mario Sunshine sees the main man sentence to clear up the island using his spangly new FLUDD (Flash Liquidizer Ultra Dousing Device), and it isn’t until later that we learn Bowser Jr. was the real culprit.

Mario Wiped Out Thousands Of Bowser s Mostly Harmless Minions

Via: Business Insider Bowser, as we know, has long been the king of the koopas. As such, he’s got numerous lackeys at his command. His minions mostly consist of goombas and koopa troopas, though Bob-ombs and other such beings seem to flock to his cause as well. As far as Mario’s concerned, though, they’re all just fodder. It doesn’t matter who you are, you’re going to feel the righteous fury of his stompin’ boots. Yes, some creatures (like those pesky piranha plants) actively target Mario and fire at and/or attack him, but Goombas are often just wandering along and minding their own business. Why are you so bloodthirsty, Mario?

Bowser Manipulates Mario For His Own Ends

Bowser’s first appearance was in 1985’s Super Mario Bros. Since then, he and Mario have relentlessly thrown down countless times. Rarely is there ever an olive branch offered, or a chance for even a temporary break from the hostilities between them. In Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, however, we see such a rare occurrence. Mario and Bowser temporarily join forces to throw invaders out of the latter’s castle, though it’s an uneasy alliance. All the Koopa King wants is to use Mario to achieve his own goal, so he can go back to being the only one who threatens the Mushroom Kingdom and everything else he has designs on. While this isn’t exactly a surprising development, it’s still pretty dang shady on Bowser’s part.

Mario Destroyed Bowser s Ultimate Ambition

Oftentimes, Bowser just doesn’t think his dastardly schemes through. Yes, he’s devised some cunning ways to abduct Princess Peach, but that’s sometimes as far as he gets. In Super Mario Galaxy, however, he’s got an actual plan, and quite the humdinger too: he’s creating his own galaxy and working on a “great galactic empire,” with Peach alongside him, which will go on forever. Before he gets a chance to go full Palpatine on us, though, Mario gives him a handy pummelling and sends him free-falling into the nearest lava-infested astral body. That one must have really stung.

Bowser Actually Succeeds In Capturing Mario

Via: The Verge By this point in their respective careers, it’s become a bit of a meme that all of Bowser’s plans are doomed to failure. It just seems that he has absolutely no chance of defeating Mario, whatever he tries to do. It hasn’t always been that way, though. In Mario Is Missing! (another obscure educational title from the Nintendo archives), Luigi gets his first starring role. In this 1993 geography-based title, Bowser has traveled to the real world and set up an Antarctic base, from which she steals the planet’s treasures to make some cash. Having (somehow) captured Mario, it’s up to Luigi to visit various cities and answer questions about them to retrieve the artifacts. Not exactly Mario’s finest hour, this one.

Mario Humiliates Bowser Over And Over Despite Being Thoroughly Out-Gunned

Via: Nintendo Soup As easy as it is to question Bowser’s status as an evil genius at times, one thing nobody can deny is that he’s got some serious brawn. He’s big, strong and a major heavyweight (as anybody who plays him in the series will tell you). When it comes to a one-on-one battle between Mario and the Koopa King, then (which tends to be the case in almost every Super Mario title), you’d think that Mario would be crushed into teeny hunks of sad, salty, spam in a second or two. That’s never the case, though, is it? It must be utterly humiliating for your archenemy - who’s half your size at most - to toss you around like a rag doll (literally, in Super Mario 64).

BOWSER Unleashes The Power Of Meowser

Needless to say, Bowser uses every possible kind of trick and power-up to gain the upper hand in Mario match-ups. One of the most devious, the most brilliantly absurd, would have to be Meowser. This ridiculous abomination first appeared in Super Mario 3D World. Bowser adopted this form during the last boss fight, and could then create multiples of himself using the Double Cherries item. Up to five of these things, jumping, clawing, swiping and generally obnoxious? No thanks.