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| Baby Bowser | |
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| 👁 Kamek and Baby Bowser Artwork of Baby Bowser (right) alongside Kamek (left) from Yoshi's Crafted World | |
| Species | Koopa |
| First appearance | Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (1995) |
| Latest appearance | Yoshi's Crafted World (2019) |
| Latest portrayal | Caety Sagoian (2014–present) |
| Member of | Star children |
Baby Bowser, also known as Prince Bowser, Bowsie,[1][2] or Baby Koopa,[3][4] is a character introduced in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island. Being the arch-nemesis of Baby Mario, who is the infant form of Mario, he is the infant form of Bowser, and he commonly accompanies Kamek as the main antagonist in their appearances, most notably the Yoshi series (which includes the Yoshi's Island subseries). Kamek is mainly responsible for his child rearing. Baby Bowser looks almost identical to Bowser Jr., even sometimes sharing his voice. The main difference in the visual design between the two is that Bowser Jr. has a drawing on his bandana, while Baby Bowser usually lacks one entirely. Additionally, the early Mario Party series features another character who greatly resembles Baby Bowser and is likely designed after him, called Koopa Kid (himself originally localized as Baby Bowser).
Adult Bowser has been portrayed as an infant in other media, namely in the episode "Two Plumbers and a Baby" in The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! and the episode "Toddler Terrors of Time Travel" in The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3, though Baby Bowser is considered a distinct entity from these forms.
Baby Bowser is the final boss in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island and its port. He appears at the end of his castle as Kamek is demanding that Yoshi hand over Baby Mario, waking and complaining that "it's too noisy". He then Ground Pounds Kamek and kicks him away, noticing Yoshi immediately afterward and wanting to ride the "gween donkey." Baby Bowser attacks by ground pounding wherever Yoshi is, creating shockwaves on the ground, which Yoshi can also do to attack him. If Baby Mario is knocked off of Yoshi's back, Baby Bowser climbs onto his back instead; if Baby Mario is saved afterward, Baby Bowser will be stunned. After three hits, Baby Bowser is beaten. Kamek shows up and uses his magic on him, causing him to grow into the kaiju-sized Big Baby Bowser, destroying the castle around him. Baby Bowser ends up being returned to his normal size, and knocked out. Afterward, Kamek reappears and vows revenge before flying off with Baby Bowser. Yoshi then sprints up to the Stork and Baby Luigi, freeing them both and allowing the Stork to deliver the babies to their parents. Baby Bowser is also the only boss who must be defeated before Kamek casts a spell on him.
Baby Bowser is a major antagonist in Yoshi's Island DS. Baby Bowser is at his castle when his future self shows up to kidnap the star children and gain control of the universe. Baby Bowser is ironically abducted by the future Kamek from the past Kamek and brought to Bowser's Castle. When he realizes the circumstances, he insults his grown-up self and his plan. Baby Bowser is kicked out of the castle by Bowser, oblivious to Baby Bowser being one of the star children. Baby Bowser vows revenge after landing and then yells into the sky to try and remind his adult self that they are the same entity. Baby Bowser then notices Baby Mario and tells him he saw Baby Luigi in Bowser's Castle. Baby Bowser then realizes that he has just landed on Yoshi and is stoked to get a ride from him. Baby Bowser becomes playable for the remainder of World 4. Baby Bowser's fireball attack replaces Yoshi's ability to swallow, and the attack is essential for melting ice cubes. Once Big Guy the Stilted is defeated, Baby Bowser leaves Yoshi's group in an attempt to hitch a ride from the future Kamek as he flies off to report to the adult Bowser. However, Baby Bowser loses his grip and falls off of Kamek's broomstick. Baby Bowser fought with Baby Wario over treasure at some point, and he rejoins the Yoshis when they reach Bowser's Castle. Baby Bowser eventually betrays them and attacks Yoshi and the other babies, believing they are after his treasure. The fight goes much like the previous one, but faster. After a defeat, Baby Bowser is taken away by Kamek, leaving the group to the future Bowser, who is angry at what Yoshi did to his younger self. In the ending, following adult Bowser's defeat, Baby Bowser falls off Kamek's broom and lands on a barge carrying his treasure, now claimed by Baby Wario, and the two get in a fight again.
Baby Bowser is a major antagonist and the penultimate boss in Yoshi's New Island. He, Kamek, and his older self are all the main antagonists. Baby Bowser's plan is to turn Egg Island into his vacation home, so the Yoshis go out to stop Baby Bowser's plan and also rescue Baby Luigi along the way. The end scenario is similar to Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island: Baby Bowser is once again awakened from his slumber, only to crush and kick Kamek out. He soon notices the "familiar gween donkey" and attempts to ride Yoshi again. Baby Bowser is fought in a battle reminiscent of his battle in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island. His voice is a higher-pitched version of his future son's voice. After Mega Baby Bowser is defeated, he shrinks back to Baby Bowser, and the stork and Baby Luigi are rescued. However, if the Yoshis never used the Flutter Wings, his future self appears out of nowhere, making Yoshi and Baby Mario battle him before they can do so.
Baby Bowser is the main antagonist of Yoshi's Story. He steals the Super Happy Tree and turns the entire island into a pop-up book. The Baby Yoshis, who have been on an adventure to stop Baby Bowser, encounter him in his castle, where Baby Bowser is dueled by one of the Baby Yoshis. Baby Bowser is riding his "pet," and the player can throw Bob-bombs at Baby Bowser to knock him off. Baby Bowser then recites a "poem" about how he is the king, and intends to smash Baby Yoshi and thus demands the latter say goodbye. On the ground, the battle continues with Baby Bowser shooting fireballs, throwing bombs, and generating shockwaves. After a few more hits, Baby Bowser surrenders in defeat. Just before he is carried out by his Toadies while sobbing, Baby Bowser allows the baby Yoshis to have the Super Happy Tree back, admitting that the fruit tasted terrible.
Coincidentally, Prima Games coverage has referred to Baby Bowser as "Bowser Jr.", predating the debut of the actual character in Super Mario Sunshine.[5][6]
Baby Bowser is the final boss in Yoshi's Woolly World and its reissue. Despite being the arch-nemesis of Baby Mario (who does not appear in either version), Baby Bowser is the only baby character to appear in both versions. He retains a similar voice to Bowser Jr. Statues based on Baby Bowser are a core mechanic of the game's final course, King Bowser's Castle, and he is the boss of that course. Baby Bowser makes no appearances in the game prior to this point, and for those unfamiliar with the Yoshi franchise he could be considered a twist villain.
The final room of King Bowser's Castle is a playroom for Baby Bowser. When entered, a cutscene plays out where Baby Bowser waits impatiently for Kamek to return with the yarn so that he can have "a big new castle". Kamek shows up and gets berated for being late. When Yoshi appears, Baby Bowser does not recognize him but assumes he wants the yarn and attacks. Kamek assists Baby Bowser from the background.
Baby Bowser has a number of attacks that increase in scope across the boss battle. He always opens with high and short jumps in either direction, jumping an additional time off of the screen edges and Yoshi. Between his jumping, he can stop to breathe fire at Yoshi. This has a substantial wind up. Sometimes, he will jump in place to face Yoshi, then jump above directly above him. With a cry, he stops and performs a Ground Pound, which is potent enough to rattle the blocks of the room in the background, cause two lava geysers to appear to Baby Bowser's left and right, and cause three red Shy Guys to drop from the ceiling. The Shy Guys land equidistant from each other. Shy Guys are destroyed on contact with Baby Bowser and any of his attacks. This includes the Ground Pound, which rattles the room enough to KO them from any point in the room. Baby Bowser can be jumped on and bounced from, but this has no effect on him. Fire breath from a fire watermelon or ice breath from an ice watermelon can interrupt his attacks. Baby Bowser can be tied up by throwing a yarn ball or Poochy Pup at him. If left alone, he will break free and resume attacking. While tied up, Yoshi can ground-pound him to inflict damage.
Once Yoshi bounces off and Baby Bowser stands up, Baby Bowser retreats into the background to attack. He jumps to one side of the screen and shoots fire breath into the sky, raining down the main plane. The first volley drops in a staircase pattern on one side of the screen, leaving space on the opposite side. The sides are reversed for a second volley. with Baby Bowser hopping to the other side of the screen to fire. Lastly, Baby Bowser stands in the center of the screen and shoots two streams of fire at once. These streams come down from the left and right sides of the screen, leaving space in the center. This is followed up by a Bowser's Flame launched up to the center of the top of the screen. Before it comes down, Kamek causes it to grow and reknit itself to be more solid. Then it drops, splashing a puddle against the ground. Note that the splash does not inflict damage.
Baby Bowser returns to the main plane. He gains the ability to jump straight up and flutter, then spit a stream of fire directly at Yoshi while in the air. He cannot turn around during this jump, and therefore cannot fire backward. There is less time between each of his normal jumps. He can also jump to Kamek in the background, getting a ride from him while he sends streams of fire across the ground and back to the main plane. They move to Yoshi's current position, then Baby Bowser sends sends three streams forward in a spread pattern. He does this twice, with the second version using a center stream with double the width. This sequence ends on a third attack with two wide streams aimed to Yoshi's left and right. After this attack, Baby Bowser jumps back to the main plane, landing on the nearest screen edge before dropping down. Baby Bowser does not use the basic fire breath attack.
After being hit again, Baby Bowser retreats to the background and repeats his falling fire attack. However, this version ends with three Bowser's Flames, the second and third landing to the left and right of the first. Before returning to the main plane, he jumps onto and off of Kamek, aiming for the far edge of one side of the screen. While still in the air, Kamek uses his magic to increase Baby Bowser's size temporarily. In this state, Baby Bowser is immune to all attacks. Baby Bowser uses a Ground Pound, and the resulting lava geysers are larger. Shy Guys do not appear for this attack. Baby Bowser repeats this twice more, aiming for Yoshi on the remaining two Ground Pounds. The background is noticeably more rattled by these attacks, but Shy Guys are unaffected by this rattling. After the third Ground Pound, Baby Bowser returns to normal size. He can use any of his prior attacks now except for breathing fire while riding Kamek. He can even repeat the magic enhanced ground-pound attack, though he has to jump to Kamek in order to start, which telegraphs it heavily. If Baby Bowser takes damage one more time, he is defeated.
After switching to a cutscene, Kamek uses power of the Wonder Wool to transform Baby Bowser into Mega Baby Bowser. The drastic size increase knocks the roof of the tower and both Kamek and Yoshi away, leading to the final battle. After Mega Baby Bowser is defeated, Baby Bowser returns to normal, though he stays unconscious The Wonder Wool that made up his larger body is reknit into all of the single-color-and-white Yoshis. Baby Bowser is taken away by Kamek, leading into the ending where they fly past the moon. Baby Bowser wakes up and begins throwing a tantrum. Poochy startles the both of them from the moon, spooking Kamek and causing him to drop Baby Bowser. A skit plays out across the ending credits involving all three characters and a Bomb Guy.
If the player collects all five of the Wonder Wool in King Bowser's Castle (the Wonder Wool that are collected in the level, not all the ones in the cutscenes), they reknit Baby Bowser Yoshi, who is a playable character. Baby Bowser is the final boss of the Boss Tent where he must be fought alongside Mega Baby Bowser in a single Boss Challenge with no checkpoint between the battles. As with other Boss Challenges, Baby Bowser and Kamek move faster in this version.
Baby Bowser reappears alongside Kamek as one of the two main antagonists in Yoshi's Crafted World. Despite being the arch-nemesis of Baby Mario (who also does not appear), Baby Bowser is once again the only baby character to appear. During the start of the game, he is seen riding on Kamek after he learned about the Sundream Stone, where Kamek casts a spell pulling the Sundream Stone, resulting in the Yoshis pulling and tackling the Sundream Stone, resulting in Baby Bowser, Kamek, the Yoshis and the Sundream Stone flying into a forest, with the Sundream Stone's five Dream Gems being scattered around the island.[7] Unlike in the game's predecessor, Baby Bowser actively searches with Kamek for the Dream Gems. In the first level, Rail-Yard Run, Kamek and Baby Bowser appear and disassemble the train, preventing Yoshi from progressing. The pair are also responsible for creating all the bosses at the end of each area in the main game. The bosses they summon in order are Yarrctopus, Tin-Can Condor, Spike the Piranha, Burt the Ball, Shogun of Skewers, Gator Train, and Mr. Geary. Lastly, Baby Bowser is the final boss of the game, with the exception of Kamek being the secret final boss.
Baby Bowser's battle is a battle with the robot that was created by the Sundream Stone for him through his wish. After Mega Baby Bowser is defeated, he reverts back to Baby Bowser and Kamek picks him up and flies away with him as the game comes to an end.
Baby Bowser's artwork from Yoshi's Story is reused as a stamp in Mario Artist: Paint Studio.
Baby Bowser appears in the form of a few collectible items in the Super Smash Bros. series. In Super Smash Bros. Melee, a trophy of Baby Bowser as he appears in Yoshi's Story can be obtained randomly in single-player modes or from the Lottery randomly. In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Baby Bowser is a Legend-class Neutral-type primary spirit with two empty slots and no extra attributes. The spirit battle is a stamina battle which involves first fighting a tiny, orange Bowser on the Omega version of Find Mii. The stage is covered entirely in flames, meaning players get damaged if they have no lava immunity support spirits equipped. After the tiny Bowser is defeated, a large Bowser appears with more HP and with super armor.
Baby Bowser makes a cameo in Yoshi Touch & Go as one of the selectable high score icons. He also appears when Yoshi gets a Game Over with over 3000 yards on the Challenge Mode, laughing with Kamek.
Baby Bowser is the secondary antagonist of Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time. At the start, Baby Bowser is first seen trying to kidnap Baby Peach. Luckily, Baby Mario and Baby Luigi show up in the nick of time to play with Baby Peach. In the first battle, Baby Bowser shoots fireballs that must be jumped over. After Baby Mario defeats him however, the Shroobs attack Peach's Castle. Fortunately, everyone manages to escape on Baby Bowser's Koopa Cruiser. On the way to his castle, Baby Bowser picks the Mario and Luigi from the present to get Baby Peach to stop crying. On the Koopa Cruiser, he receives a transmission from Princess Shroob at Shroob Castle. She tells the crew something in the Shroobs' language and shoots down the Koopa Cruiser with a Shroob missile.
Baby Bowser is flung away from the Koopa Cruiser on the impact, into his castle. Eventually, he realizes his archenemies and their adult selves have stolen his Cobalt Star Shard from his castle and tracked them down to the Vim Factory, where he swipes both his Cobalt Star Shard and the one the Bros. have just obtained from Swiggler.
Baby Bowser then flees to the peak of Yoshi's Island with his caretaker, Kamek, where he orders Kamek to snatch the Yoshi Cookies from the Yoshis. When the Mario Bros. catch up to Baby Bowser at the peak, he scarfs down all the Yoshi Cookies, but starts choking. Baby Bowser then leaves to the other side of the peak after Kamek had given him some "evil" milk. While Mario and Luigi try to negotiate with him, Baby Mario and Baby Luigi gobble up all the cookies, causing Baby Bowser to become enraged. He runs off while the Mario Bros. defeat Kamek, and they corner him at the other side of the peak. Without thinking his plans through, Baby Bowser eats the Cobalt Star Shards in retribution for the cookies. As Mario and Luigi restrain him while Baby Mario attacks him to make him cough up the shards, Shroob saucers notice them. Soon after, he and the Mario Bros. are eaten by Yoob.
Inside Yoob, Baby Bowser, along with the Yoshis already eaten, are put inside an egg. When the Mario Bros. confront Sunnycide, a monster within Yoob, he throws the egg Baby Bowser is in at Luigi, breaking it open. After the Mario Bros. defeat Sunnycide, Baby Bowser and all of the swallowed Yoshis escape Yoob.
Back on Yoshi's Island, Baby Bowser tells the Yoshis that he saved them from Yoob. Having believed him, the Yoshis give him the rest of their cookies. Baby Bowser then eats all of the Yoshi Cookies and gets sick. He vomits the Cobalt Star Shards, which, seemingly with a mind of their own, hit him and fling him off of Yoshi's Island. The Mario Bros. and Toadbert show up afterwards to tell the Yoshis that Baby Bowser was lying.
Later on, Baby Bowser heads off to Thwomp Volcano to build a new castle, where he meets his future self, Bowser. After a minor argument, Baby Bowser and Bowser team up, not knowing the other ones' identity, against the Mario Bros. In battle, Baby Bowser can ground pound on Bowser to make him breathe fire (which has to be jumped over), and he can also use his hammer to knock Bowser into the Mario bros., which can be countered with hammers. When Baby Bowser misses, Bowser will be out of the battle for a few turns. When Baby Bowser is on his own, he'll breathe fireballs, which can be countered with hammers. They end up being beaten after the battle and flung into the sky by an Thwomp Elevator, where Bowser ends up in a time hole and Baby Bowser ends up on top of the Shroob Mother Ship.
Baby Bowser shows up again after the Bros. have defeated Princess Shroob and, despite being warned by the adult Princess Peach, he puts the Cobalt Star Shards together and completes the Cobalt Star, releasing the Elder Princess Shroob, who turns him into a Shroob mushroom. After the battle with the Elder Princess Shroob, Baby Mario and Baby Luigi play on Baby Bowser's Shroobified form, until Baby Luigi gets hurt and his tears turn Baby Bowser back to his normal state. While the Mushroom Kingdom is cleansed of all traces of the Shroobs thanks to Professor E. Gadd's Hydrogush, Baby Bowser goes home, complaining about losing the Cobalt Star with Kamek telling him to let it go.
Baby Bowser shares many physical qualities with his adult counterpart, Bowser. They both have red hair and black cuffs on their arms. Baby Bowser has cuffs on his neck in both Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island and Yoshi's Story. In these appearances, Baby Bowser appears with spiked cuffs, while in Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time and Yoshi's Island DS, his cuffs appear with no spikes. Like Bowser, Baby Bowser has two red eyebrows (black on his Super Mario World 2: Yoshi Island's sprite), a green shell with spikes, and two small nostrils on his nose. Baby Bowser also has claws on his hands and his feet. Unlike Bowser, Baby Bowser either has no horns or his horns are small and stubby, much like Bowser Jr.'s, depending on the game. When Baby Bowser is in the dark in Yoshi's Island, he is shown to have yellow eyeshine. Additionally, he sports deep red blush on his cheeks in Yoshi's Island, a trait that is omitted from later depictions (barring his debut game's reissue). Overall, his current physical appearance is nearly identical to that of his future son Bowser Jr. with the only notable difference being that he does not wear a bandana in any of his appearances other than in Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time.
His personality is that of a spoiled child. He frequently throws tantrums when his minions do not give him what he wants. Also, unlike his adult self who is generally caring if a little short-tempered towards his minions, he is shown to be very abusive and disrespectful to them, which is best demonstrated by how he flattens Kamek, his guardian, after the latter accidentally woke him when confronting Yoshi and demanding Baby Mario in two separate instances, as well as implied in key artwork for Yoshi's New Island, where Baby Bowser had beaten Kamek with the latter's wand while undergoing a tantrum. He is greedy and also very gluttonous, as shown in Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time, where he eats a huge pile of Yoshi Cookies and the Cobalt Star shards with Toadbert calling him a "little piggie". He even insulted his future self in Yoshi's Island DS and Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time. He was also shown to be extremely protective of his treasure to the extent of being paranoid, turning on his allies in an instant if he even slightly suspected that they may be after it, as demonstrated in Yoshi's Island DS. In Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island and Yoshi's New Island, Baby Bowser has a tendency to speak in baby-like language, with phrases such as "gween donkey" being heard from him. Even though Baby Bowser shows no awareness of his future archenemy, Baby Mario, in Yoshi's Island or Yoshi's New Island (even simply shoving him aside so he could ride Yoshi), he does directly reference the latter in Yoshi's Story by referring to Yoshi as "Mario's little pet." Owing to his age, he also tended to mispronounce words that have "l"s or "r"s, having them come out as "w"s, mispronouncing his "th"s as "d"s, as well as mispronouncing his "i"s as "y"s, as evidenced by his speeches to Kamek and Yoshi in both Yoshi's Island and Yoshi's New Island.
In Yoshi's Island, his "voice" is composed of three record-skips at a low volume, two when ground-pounding (as well as brief roar when yawning). In Yoshi's Story, he has a youthful, yet at the same time rasping element to his voice; when he takes damage, he uses a slightly higher-pitched version of his adult self's stock roar. In Yoshi's Island DS, he reuses the same laugh as Boo, which is also a sped-up version of the same stock laugh used for his adult self in Super Mario 64. In most games since Partners in Time, he was given a similar voice to Bowser Jr., albeit with a slightly higher pitch.
In most games, he speaks with a text box with limited voiced dialogue. His form of speech also varies from game to game: in some games, such as Yoshi's Island or Yoshi's New Island, he speaks in a somewhat childish way, using broken English and replacing some letters with "w" (e.g. "gween" instead of "green"). In other games, like Yoshi's Story and Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time, however, he speaks in fluent English.
Even as a child, Baby Bowser demonstrated some of his adult self's traits, such as breathing fire (Either large streams of fire or fireballs) and possessing a surprising amount of strength. He can also Ground Pound and Flutter like Yoshi. He can also summon minions to attack, which is demonstrated with both his pet and some Shy Guys. In Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time, he has a hammer just like the baby bros. Unlike Bowser, he seems to be more active and has a bigger appetite.
When enhanced by Kamek to become Big Baby Bowser, Baby Bowser also demonstrates some degree of telekinesis, as rubble is seen being lifted as he roars and lifts his hands up. He also is shown to breath massive fireballs, either directly at Yoshi or spraying them upwards to descend in an arc. He can also ground pound, with the quakes being potent enough to literally reshift the ground by raising it upward or sink downward.
| Trophy Baby Bowser | ||
| 👁 Baby Bowser | ||
| Game/move: Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island 10/95 | ||
| How to unlock: Random | ||
| Even as a youngster, Baby Bowser was already playing pranks and causing trouble for Baby Mario and his pal Yoshi. Even at this early age of his evil career, Baby Bowser had tons of henchmen at his disposal. Many experts speculate that Mario and Bowser have some sort of connection that can be traced back to their mutual births. | ||
| Spirit #301 Baby Bowser | ||
| 👁 Baby Bowser's art for Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 |
Series/game | Yoshi Series |
| Type | Primary | |
| Slots | 2 | |
| Class | Legend | |
| Strength / effect(s) | Neutral | |
| How to obtain | Spirit Board | |
| Spirit battle | Opponent(s) | Giant Bowser, Tiny Bowser |
| Conditions |
Hazard: Lava Floor
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| Stage | Find Mii (Ω) | |
| Song | King Bowser - Super Mario Bros. 3 |
| Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time enemy | ||||||||
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| 👁 Prince Bowser/Baby Bowser/Younger Bowser's idle from Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time, ANIMATED! |
HP | 20 | POW | 12 | Defense | 16 | ||
| Experience | 0 | Coins | 0 | Speed | 9 | |||
| Location(s) | Peach's Castle (Past) | Role | Training | Item drop | None – 0% None – 0% | |||
| Level | 1 | Battled by | Baby Mario | |||||
| Notice: Stats in parentheses are from the Japanese and European versions (if they differ from the original American release). | ||||||||
| Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time enemy | ||||||||
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| 👁 Prince Bowser/Baby Bowser/Younger Bowser's idle from Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time, ANIMATED! |
HP | 640 (700) | POW | 100 (120) | Defense | 75 (73) | ||
| Experience | 120 | Coins | 50 | Speed | 90 (89) | |||
| Location(s) | Thwomp Caverns | Role | Boss | Item drop | Max Mushroom – 42.5% Item-Fan Badge – 7.5% | |||
| Level | 20 | Battled by | Everyone | |||||
| Notice: Stats in parentheses are from the Japanese and European versions (if they differ from the original American release). | ||||||||
| Title | Description | Release | System / format |
|---|---|---|---|
| Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island | Final boss | 1995 | Super Nintendo Entertainment System |
| Yoshi's Story | Main antagonist, Final boss | 1997 | Nintendo 64 |
| Mario Artist: Paint Studio | Stamp | 1999 | 64DD |
| Super Smash Bros. Melee | Cameo as a trophy | 2001 | Nintendo GameCube |
| Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 | Final boss | 2002 | Game Boy Advance |
| Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time | Major antagonist, boss | 2005 | Nintendo DS |
| Yoshi's Island DS | Boss / playable character | 2006 | Nintendo DS |
| Yoshi's New Island | Co-Main Antagonist/Decoy final boss | 2014 | Nintendo 3DS |
| Yoshi's Woolly World | Final boss | 2015 | Wii U |
| Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World | Final boss | 2017 | Nintendo 3DS |
| Super Smash Bros. Ultimate | Cameo as a spirit | 2018 | Nintendo Switch |
| Yoshi's Crafted World | Co-Main Antagonist/Final boss | 2019 | Nintendo Switch |
The contemporaneous name for each language is listed first. Subsequent names are listed in chronological order for each language, from oldest to newest, and have the media they are associated with in the "notes" column.
| Language | Name | Meaning | Note(s) | Ref. |
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| Japanese | ベビークッパ Bebī Kuppa |
Baby Bowser | [9][14][10][15] | |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 酷霸王宝宝 Kùbàwáng Bǎobǎo |
Baby Bowser | [15] | |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 庫巴寶寶 Kùbā Bǎobǎo |
Baby Bowser | [15] | |
| Dutch | Baby Bowser | - | [16][15] | |
| French | Bébé Bowser | Baby Bowser | [17][18][15] | |
| Baby Bowser | - | Yoshi's Story | [13] | |
| German | Baby Bowser | - | [19][12][20][21][15] | |
| Italian | Baby Bowser | - | [22][23][24][25][15] | |
| Korean | 베이비쿠파 Beibi Kupa |
Baby Bowser | [26][15] | |
| Portuguese (European) | Bowser Bebé | Baby Bowser | [27] | |
| Russian | Малыш Боузер Malysh Bouzer |
Baby Bowser | [15] | |
| Spanish | Bebé Bowser | Baby Bowser | [28][29][30][15] |
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| Forms and counterparts |
| Alarm Koopa • (Mega Baby Bowser) • Black Bowser • Blockhead Bowser • Bowcien • Bowser • Bowletta • Busō Koopa • Castle Bowser • Dreamy Bowser • Dry Bowser • Fury Bowser • Gahaha Daiō • Giant Bowser • Giga Bowser • Glohm Bowser • Golf Daiō • King Koopa's alter egos • King Tetris • Kinoko no Sei • Koopa 3 • Magma Bowser • MegaDragonBowser • Meowser • Mr. K • Paper Bowser • Poseidon Koopa • President Koopa • Qix Daiō • Shiny RoboBowser • Shrowser • Torino Daiō • Wonder Bowser |
| Current in-game relatives |
| Dry Bowser • Bowser Jr. • Paper Bowser Jr. |
| Former in-game relatives |
| Fake Bowser (Blue) • Koopa Kid • Koopalings (Larry Koopa · Morton Koopa Jr. · Wendy O. Koopa · Iggy Koopa · Roy Koopa · Lemmy Koopa · Ludwig von Koopa) |
| Miscellaneous relatives |
| Bibinba • Bowser's mother • Enma Daiō • Ippa • Nippa • Zappa |
| Pets |
| Mechawiggler • Pookie • Ratso |
| President Koopa's relatives |
| Iggy • Spike |
