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Published: 2008-09-23 00:43:11 +0000 UTC; Views: 74084; Favourites: 709; Downloads: 0
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Slight update to an oldie that I still like.Be sure to check out my tribute the King Koopa's voice actor:Β fav.me/dbh30ny
I drew this image using an animation cel of King Koopa as the inspiration, and it shows his different color schemes used during each of the Super Mario series (plus one of Koopa as Bowser). The larger image uses my preferred shade of green plus Bowser's set of shell spikes.
I will admit that even though I am one of the world's top Bowser fanatics I have always liked King Koopa. I grew up with him on the 3 different Super Mario series that were on tv during the late 80's and early 90's. The voice of King Koopa (preformed by Harvey Atkin) and his personality were spot on as a Bowser surrogate, though he never looked quite right.Β
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βYouβre not taking over any land, you Bowser Koopa!β
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I love the color references of King Koopa as he appeared in the DIC Mario cartoons.
Do you mind if I use it as a reference in the event that I do art of King Koopa?
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feel free, but give credit.
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I think the alternate answer is just as plausible as the first one. Why else would Wart's team work for Bowser in the Super Show?
I think it would have made the show slightly better if there were two different main villains instead of combining both of them. Bowser could look more like the very right design and only have goombas working for him and Wart could have all of the bosses and even some minor enemies working for him.
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Quite the nostalgia when I remember the old Mario cartoons, my personal choice is obviously the classic green Koopa with his crown.
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My favorite is Bowser.
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Neat stuff! 
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Thanks! I feel the exact same way about Harvey Atkins' performance. Β Wish he could a gig with Nintendo.
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Here, here!
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I like that in the movie, he's descended from the T-Rex.
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King Koopa is Bowswer. In Japan he was referred more to as Demon King Koopa, or just Koopa.Β Bowsers full name is King Bowser Koopa in the manual and in many other areas. In fact in the Super Mario 3 cartoon Mario calls him Bowser at one point.Β "YOU BOWSER KOOPA YOU."Β Why would you write this bullshit about him being a different character?
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My god! i'm a big fan of King Koopa/Bowser!
THIS IS AMAZING!Β
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I've always wonder why he looked like this and why they call him by his last name on the cartoon but first name basics on the video game? Really I thought the guy on the cartoon was better drawn then the guy on the video game. But that design went to King K. Rool of Donkey Kong Country
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Ah, King Koopa! I loved his voice in the cartoons, unlike the video games. That rumor about the producers using spites for the characters is correct! I also will miss Princess Toadstool's attitude and red hair too!
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yeah well remember in super mario cartoons? it was king koopa then...
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Personally, I kinda have to side with the Alternate Answer. Not only due to King Koopa being all green (which even the real old Bowser sprite in the original SMB was not) but also because of his choice of minions. Mouser, Tri-Clyde and even Birdo showing up in the first episode, these are all things from SMB2, where the bad guy was Wart. To me, it seemed like they were trying to make a Koopa version of Wart... probably because King Koopa in the original SMB was more memorable.
Another reason I think this is the case is because of SMB3 cartoon, the Koopa Kids look much like their sprite, but King Koopa still was all green like before, despite the Bowser sprite even having hair by then. While that much can be explaned by the animators not wanting to change the well-known villain too much, it does make you wonder why they did the green colorizing for King Koopa, but not the kids.
All that to say, I think the idea that they mostly made a Wart-esque Koopa for the series probably is more likely. But between you and me, the version you did there with more spikes, two horns on the tail and a white edge to the shell is better than the cartoon's version. Fantastic rendition, man!
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Darn it! Someone else made Bowser more video game accurate before I did! Oh well, nicely done!
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i like how you made bowser yellow like today. they made king koopa like 1985 bowser from the original game
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big difference to his usual look, he looks like K. Rool
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He does! XD XD
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I wanna be completely honest here...
What the @!#?@! were they thinking?! They're heads should've screwed on with Super Mario Bros 3, look at his sprite there! And they even gave artwork and names of the Koopalings, how in the holy heck did they screw them up?! King Koopa didn't even breath fire! Or throw hammers!
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the king Koopa design looks more formidable than that yellow bowser..
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Have you seen the ad for Wreck-It Ralph? XD
Bowser's part of a video game villain support group in it, along with Eggman and Clyde! XD He also does a spit-take! Find it on Youtube.
That aside, Sonic may be my fave videogame hero, but King Bowser Koopa is the best video game villain, in my opinion. I think he leaves more of an impression than Ganondorf.
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they're the same
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Ha! That's actually a pretty cool way to redesign King Koopa to Bowser!
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Well, I prefer the real Bowser but as far as King Koopa goes, I like my design (the large image).
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king koopa,bowser same thing
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he used to be more like king k.roll bro
am glad they changed the look >>
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Speaking of Bowser looking like K. Rool, the Koopa King once wore a red cape in Never Koop a Koopa, and given the fact that K. Rool wears a red cape most of the time, I can see where you're coming at.
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You should've included Bowser when he was supposed to resemble an ox. And when he had blonde hair and blue eyes instead of red hair and red eyes!
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You gotta do one with the Koopalings. I loved Ludwig's cartoon character model.
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like they say"a new make over" and nice background
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Is K.Koopa supposed to be Bowser in the show?
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Yep. The 80's were a weird time for the cartoon industry, LOL
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