Koopa Kid

"Mr. Bowser will totally give me a raise after this."

- Koopa Kid



The Koopa Kids (also known as Mini-Bowsers in PAL territories or Baby Bowsers in the first, second and third Mario Party games) (not to be confused with Baby Bowser) are minions of Bowser who have only appeared in the Mario Party series. The Koopa Kids resemble miniature versions of Bowser (and are nearly identical to Bowser Jr. and Baby Bowser) and are usually attempting to crash the various parties Mario and his friends have. Originally, the Koopa Kids were nothing more than minions indirectly fought by the Mario crew, but in Mario Party 5 one was finally made playable (despite this Bowser shows them no mercy when they land on his space).

Mario Party 5 also introduced Green K. Kid, Red K. Kid and Blue K. Kid who, as their names imply, are colored differently. The aforementioned colored kids are one Koopa Kid split into three, its unknown if other Koopa Kids are capable of duplicating like this also.

It is unknown how many Koopa Kids there are, originally there seemed to be only a few, but Mario Party Advance seemed to imply that there are close to hundreds of them.

In Mario Party 7 Koopa Kid is no longer playable. He has his own orb that Bowser sometimes sells in his shops. When it's used it will add a Koopa Kid Space to the board.

Koopa Kid did not appear in Mario Party 8. It is unknown if Koopa Kid will appear in Mario Party DS.

Roles
In Mario Party, a group of seven Baby Bowsers appeared on the Eternal Star board, and each had to be dueled to win a Star by rolling a Dice Block for twenty Coins. The player had to roll a higher number, which usually happened, as their Dice Block was often rigged to ensure a high roll. Once all seven Baby Bowsers were defeated, a new set appeared.

In Mario Party 2, Baby Bowser appeared on every board. On most boards, he waited in one spot, much like Toad, and would steal five Coins from each player that passed him. On ocassion, he would mess up and give a player five coins by mistake. Whenever Toad moved after selling a Star to someone, Baby Bowser would move to Toad's old spot. Baby Bowser also hosted Bowser Land, where he took over Toad's roll as host. Here, Baby Bowser ran the Bowser Parade. A particular Baby Bowser Banker also ran the shady Bowser Bank, while a certain Baby Bowser Shopkeeper ran an unethical Item Shop, where players were forced into buying random itmes.

In Mario Party 3, Baby Bowser ran his own Item Shop, which sometimes appeared in place of Toad's, where he sold sneaky items such as Lucky Lamps, Reverse Mushrooms and Boo Bells. Baby Bowsers also appeared in the Item Mini-game, where they often symbolized losing, such as the Baby Bowser space in Winner's Wheel.

In Mario Party 4, a Koopa Kid would usually come in place of Bowser whenever someone landed on a Bowser Space, and would steal Coins from either the player who landed there, or from all the players. Sometimes, the Koopa Kid would then call Bowser after stealing coins, and a Bowser event would begin. In the Bowser Mini-games, two Koopa Kids worked as Bowser's servants; one of which was seen fanning him.

In Mario Party 5, Koopa Kid was playable, but not in the Story Mode. In the Story Mode, Koopa Kid split up into Red K. Kid, Blue K. Kid and Green K. Kid, and the player had to steal all their coins on abridged versions of the regular boards to defeat them.

In Mario Party 6 Koopa Kid retained a role similar to that in 5, except that Red K. Kid, Blue K. Kid and Green K. Kid were the rivals in the Solo Mode, and the goal was not to defeat them. Rather, they just served as opponents during Mini-games. In Mario Party 7, Koopa Kid was no longer playable. Instead, he appeared whenever someone landed on a Koopa Kid Space, and would do things such as swapping players' coins or positions, or use a Cursed Mushroom on the player/team who landed on his space. Red K. Kid, Blue K. Kid and Green K. Kid were also the main antogonists in the three multiplayer Bowser mini-games, and operated the cannons in Bowser's Enchanted Inferno!.

In Mario Party Advance, Koopa Kids could be seen working with Bowser, and appeared in some of his mini-games, where the object was usually for the player to defeat them. One main Koopa Kid appears throughout the game as Bowser's right-hand man, often appearing to antagonize the player by doing things such as stealing Mushrooms from them or flinging them somewhere else on the Board Map.

Notable Koopa Kids

 * Baby Bowser Banker
 * Baby Bowser Shopkeeper

Trivia

 * In Mario Party 4, whenever a Koopa Kid called for Bowser, he would refer to him as "Dad". However, it is unlikely that Bowser is the biological father of all the Koopa Kids, and that the Koopa Kids may just be clones of some nature.