Giant Bowser: Difference between revisions

In ''[[Paper Mario]]'', with [[Kammy Koopa]]'s secret weapon - the [[Power Platform]], Bowser is powered up significantly, increasing his size and powering up his existing range of attacks, with [[poison (status effect)|poison]] added to his claw attack. He has 99 [[HP]] and can heal three times in battle.

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In ''[[Paper Mario: Color Splash]]'', once the [[Black paint]] returns to [[Bowser]], it reverts him back to his [[Black Bowser]] form and slightly increases his size. When Mario tries to battle him, he realizes that Bowser's black paint just comes back to him and he cannot block his attacks. With this, Huey turns himself into a [[Battle Card (Paper Mario: Color Splash)|Battle Card]] for Mario to use, which allows Mario to revert Huey into his 3D form.

In battle, Black Bowser uses his initial attacks he had prior, but can now use his black paint powers to summon the paint through his attacks at the cost of weakening him. His most powerful and final attack is of a large breath of black paint, which Mario must block to return all the black paint back to Huey. If done successfully, the now-freed Bowser is helpless and any attack by Mario afterwards defeats him entirely.

[[Dry Bowser]]'s giant form: '''Big Dry Bowser'''<ref>von Esmarch, Nick. ''New Super Mario Bros. 2'' PRIMA Official Game Guide. Page 229.</ref>, debuts in this game. His boss fight in {{World|star|castlen2|World Star-Castle}} works the exact same way, except his fireballs are blue and is much faster than Bowser. Also, fireballs do not hurt him and most of the platforms are reduced in size. Also, in that castle, neither Princess Peach nor her cage appears.

===''Yoshi's Island'' series===

In ''[[Yoshi's New Island]]'', Bowser appears as the hidden final boss, traveling through time to attack Yoshi in his past. He appears in the secret level [[Make Way for King Bowser!]], unlocked after all levels are completed without [[Flutter Wings]]. Bowser is dispatched by Yoshi, but Kamek retaliates by enlarging him with his hammer, becoming Mega Bowser. He is battled in a similar manner to [[Mega Baby Bowser]], attacking from the background. He can breathe fireballs into the air, which rain back down, and summon [[Mega Guy]]s. Kamek will also assist him  by casting magic balls at Yoshi.

To defeat Mega Bowser, Yoshi must swallow a Mega Guy, turning it into a [[Mega Eggdozer]], and throw the giant egg at Mega Bowser while he is breathing fire, as he will block the attack otherwise. After each hit, Mega Bowser will slam the ground, causing section of the ground to move up and down, possibly sinking into the lava and making the battlefield uneven.

The game ends when Yoshi successfully hits Mega Bowser three times, and the Koopa King shrinks out of view and a glowing light emerges from where he shrunk and flies into the distance, apparently Bowser himself flying to his home time.

In ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]'' and its [[Nintendo 3DS|3DS]] remake, ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey]]'', Giant Bowser is a playable character, who is only used during giant battles. When he is crushed, he falls in a dying state and [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] must go to the [[Rump Command]], where they play a [[minigame]] to spike Bowser's adrenaline to revive him. Once this is done, Bowser will enter a state of {{wp|hysterical strength}} and grow large enough to fight whatever is threatening him. The first time this happens, Bowser attempts to fire a [[Banzai Bill]] at [[Bowser's Castle#Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story / Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey|his castle]], but the castle activates rockets, and it lands on top of Bowser. However, he grows giant and lifts the castle up. He then fights it as a boss. Later, he is exploring [[Blubble Lake]] when he comes across a large propeller, belonging to the [[Tower of Yikk]]. After he activates the propeller by [[Nose Deck|sneezing]], the tower comes to life and stomps on him. Bowser is enlarged once again to fight it. Later he must battle the [[Fawful Express]] at Bowser Castle (which runs Bowser over) and a robotic, "Fawfulized" version of [[Peach's Castle#Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story / Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey|Peach's Castle]] called [[Super Peach's Castle of Fury]] (which crushes Bowser).

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