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{{about|the kings in ''Super Mario Bros. 3''|other uses of the term|[[King]]}}  
{{about|the kings in ''Super Mario Bros. 3''|other uses of the term|[[King]]}}  
{{character-infobox
{{character infobox
|image=[[File:Smb3mushroomkings.png|230px]]
|image=[[File:SMA4 Mushroom Kings.png|230px]]
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' ([[List of games by date#1988|1988]])
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' ([[List of games by date#1988|1988]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition]]'' ([[List of games by date#2010|2010]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Ultimate NES Remix]]'' ([[List of games by date#2014|2014]])
|species=[[Human]]}}
|species=Human}}
{{quote|Oh thank heavens! I’m back to my old self again. Thank you so much. Here is a letter from the princess.|Kings|Super Mario Bros. 3}}
{{quote|Oh thank heavens! I’m back to my old self again. Thank you so much. Here is a letter from the princess.|Kings|Super Mario Bros. 3}}


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==History==
==History==
===''Super Mario Bros. 3''===
===''Super Mario Bros. 3''===
[[File:Air Assault.jpg|left|thumb|The transformed Water Land King pointing at the Koopalings' airship in ''Super Mario Bros. 3''.]]
[[File:Air Assault.jpg|left|thumb|The transformed Water Land king pointing at the Koopalings' airship in ''Super Mario Bros. 3''.]]
The Koopalings invaded seven kingdoms of the Mushroom World, stealing the royal [[magic wand]]s and using them to transform their kings into various creatures. With the king in his vulnerable state, the evil Koopaling then ruled over the world in the king's place, with [[Boom Boom]] and the [[Koopa Troop]] forces placed all over the kingdoms. Renowned heroic brothers [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] of the [[Mushroom Kingdom]] arrived to help them, first starting with [[Grass Land]].
The Koopalings invaded seven kingdoms of the Mushroom World, stealing the royal [[magic wand]]s and using them to transform their kings into various creatures. With the king in his vulnerable state, the evil Koopaling then ruled over the world in the king's place, with [[Boom Boom]] and the [[Koopa Troop]] forces placed all over the kingdoms. Renowned heroic brothers [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] of the [[Mushroom Kingdom]] arrived to help them, first starting with [[Grass Land]].


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In ''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', if the player defeated Bowser before saving the kings, upon selecting the castle, the player is treated to a cutscene where it shows the Koopaling of the respective world invading the castle, snatching the magic wand and using it to transform the king, and then escaping seconds before Mario arrives. In addition, because Princess Toadstool has already been saved beforehand, the king does not give the player a letter from her.
In ''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', if the player defeated Bowser before saving the kings, upon selecting the castle, the player is treated to a cutscene where it shows the Koopaling of the respective world invading the castle, snatching the magic wand and using it to transform the king, and then escaping seconds before Mario arrives. In addition, because Princess Toadstool has already been saved beforehand, the king does not give the player a letter from her.
[[File:SMB3_MushroomKing.jpg|thumb|right|The Water Land King, after being turned into a kappa.]]
[[File:SMB3_MushroomKing.jpg|thumb|The Water Land king, after being turned into a kappa. Unlike the sprite, he does not wear a shell, and instead wears a cape.]]
Each king had been transformed into a creature of some sort by the Koopalings:
Each king had been transformed into a creature of some sort by the Koopalings:
*[[Grass Land]] King – Turned into a [[dog]] (a [[Cobrat]] in the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]] and [[Game Boy Advance]] remakes).
*[[Grass Land]] king – Turned into a dog (a [[Cobrat]] in the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]] and [[Game Boy Advance]] remakes).
*[[Desert Land]] King – Turned into a spider (a [[Hoopster]] in the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]] and [[Game Boy Advance]] remakes).
*[[Desert Land]] king – Turned into a spider (a [[Hoopster]] in the SNES and Game Boy Advance remakes).
*[[Water Land]] King – Turned into a kappa, resembling a [[Spike]] (a [[Dino Rhino]] in the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]] and [[Game Boy Advance]] remakes).
*[[Water Land]] king – Turned into a [[Spike]]-like {{wp|Kappa (folklore)|kappa}} (a [[Dino Rhino]] in the SNES and Game Boy Advance remakes).
*[[Giant Land]] King – Turned into a dinosaur ([[Donkey Kong Jr.]] in the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]] and [[Game Boy Advance]] remakes).
*[[Giant Land]] king – Turned into a dinosaur ([[Donkey Kong Jr.]] in the SNES and Game Boy Advance remakes).
*[[Sky Land]] King – Turned into a vulture (an [[Albatoss]] in the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]] and [[Game Boy Advance]] remakes).
*[[Sky Land]] king – Turned into a bird (an [[Albatoss]] in the SNES and Game Boy Advance remakes).
*[[Ice Land]] King – Turned into a seal (a [[Monty Mole]] in the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]] and [[Game Boy Advance]] remakes).
*[[Ice Land]] king – Turned into a seal (a [[Monty Mole]] in the SNES and Game Boy Advance remakes).
*[[Pipe Land]] King – Turned into a [[Fire Piranha Plant|Venus Fire Trap]] ([[Yoshi (species)|Green Yoshi]] in the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]] and [[Game Boy Advance]] remakes).
*[[Pipe Land]] king – Turned into a [[Piranha Plant]] (a [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]] from ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' in the SNES and Game Boy Advance remakes).
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*[[King Windbag]] – the ruler of a domain implied to be Ice Land
*[[King Windbag]] – the ruler of a domain implied to be Ice Land
*[[Emperor Ed]] – the ruler of Sky Land
*[[Emperor Ed]] – the ruler of Sky Land
===''Super Mario'' Kodansha manga===
{{quote2|"スーマリ3には七人も王さまが出てくるからどれがほんものかわからないのよ" ("In Super Mario Bros. 3, there are seven kings, so who knows which one is the real one.")|Princess Peach|Super Mario Kodansha manga}}
[[File:SMB3 Kings KC Mario.png|200px|thumb|left|The kings seen in the first 4koma volume]]
The kings can be seen in the first 4koma volume of the ''[[Super Mario (Kodansha manga)|Super Mario]]'' Kodansha manga. They appear only in the "7 Kings" (7人の王さま) strip, in which [[Princess Peach|Peach]] states that one of the seven kings is her father. It is never fully confirmed which king is truly her father, though Peach wishes that the king from Water Land would be him. The kings' transformed states are the same as in ''Super Mario All-Stars''.
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==Gallery==
==Gallery==
===Human Kings===
===Human kings===
<gallery caption="Grass Land King">
<gallery caption="Grass Land king">
GrassLandKing.png|Sprite of King of Grass Land (NES)
GrassLandKing.png|Sprite of the Grass Land king (NES)
SNES King of Grass Land.png|King of Grass Land (SNES)
SNES King of Grass Land.png|Sprite of the Grass Land king (SNES)
SMAS 1-A4.png|In throne room (SNES)
SMAS SMB3 Grass Land King Screenshot.png|In the throne room (SNES)
Grasslandking.png|Sprite of the king of Grass Land (GBA)
Grasslandking.png|Sprite of the Grass Land king (GBA)
</gallery>
</gallery>


<gallery caption="Desert Land King">
<gallery caption="Desert Land king">
SMB3-NES-DesertKing.png|Sprite of Desert Land King (NES)
SMB3-NES-DesertKing.png|Sprite of the Desert Land king (NES)
SNES King of Desert Land.png|Sprite of Desert Hill King (SNES)
SNES King of Desert Land.png|Sprite of the Desert Hill king (SNES)
SMAS 2-A4.png|In throne room (SNES)
SMAS SMB3 Desert Hill King Screenshot.png|In the throne room (SNES)
</gallery>
</gallery>


<gallery caption="Water Land King">
<gallery caption="Water Land king">
SMB3-NES-WaterKing.png|Sprite of Water Land King (NES)
SMB3-NES-WaterKing.png|Sprite of the Water Land king (NES)
SNES King of Water Land.png|King of Sea Side (SNES)
SNES King of Water Land.png|Sprite of the Sea Side king (SNES)
SMAS 3-A4.png|In throne room (SNES)
SMAS SMB3 Water Land King Screenshot.png|In the throne room (SNES)
Seasideking.png|King of Sea Side (GBA)
Seasideking.png|Sprite of the Sea Side king (GBA)
</gallery>
</gallery>


<gallery caption="Giant Land King">
<gallery caption="Giant Land king">
SMB3-NES-GiantKing.png|Sprite of Giant Land King (NES)
SMB3-NES-GiantKing.png|Sprite of the Giant Land king (NES)
SNES King of Giant Land.png|Sprite of Big Island King (SNES)
SNES King of Giant Land.png|Sprite of the Big Island king (SNES)
</gallery>
</gallery>


<gallery caption="Sky Land King">
<gallery caption="Sky Land king">
SMB3-NES-SkyKing.png|Sky Land King (NES)
SMB3-NES-SkyKing.png|Sprite of the Sky Land king (NES)
Magic Scepter.png|Sprite of The Sky King (SNES)
SMAS SMB3 The Sky King.png|Sprite of the Sky king (SNES)
</gallery>
</gallery>


<gallery caption="Ice Land King">
<gallery caption="Ice Land king">
SMB3-NES-IceKing.png|Sprite of Ice Land King (NES)
SMB3-NES-IceKing.png|Sprite of the Ice Land king (NES)
Ice Land king SNES.png|Sprite of the Iced Land king (SNES)
</gallery>
</gallery>


<gallery caption="Pipe Land King">
<gallery caption="Pipe Land king">
SMB3-NES-PipeKing.png|Pipe Land King (NES)
SMB3-NES-PipeKing.png|Sprite of the Pipe Land king (NES)
File:SMB3 SNES Pipe Land King.png|Sprite of the Pipe Maze king (SNES)
</gallery>
</gallery>


===Transformed Kings===
===Transformed kings===
<gallery>
<gallery>
SMB3Art3.png|''[[Nintendo Power]]'' artwork of the Water Land King
SMB3Art3.png|''[[Nintendo Power]]'' artwork of the Water Land king
GrassLandKing-dog.png|King of [[Grass Land]] (NES version)
SMB3 notebook 01.jpg|Notebook from Pigna with the Water Land king
SMB3-NES-DesertKingTransformed.png|King of [[Desert Land]] (NES)
</gallery>
SMB3-NES-WaterKingTransformed.png|King of [[Water Land]] (NES)
 
SMB3-NES-GiantKingTransformed.png|King of [[Giant Land]] (NES)
<gallery caption="NES">
SMB3-NES-SkyKingTransformed.png|King of [[Sky Land]] (NES)
SMB3 Grass Land Dog King Sprite.png|King of [[Grass Land]]
SMB3-NES-IceKingTransformed.png|King of [[Ice Land]] (NES)
SMB3-NES-DesertKingTransformed.png|King of [[Desert Land]]
SMB3-NES-PipeKingTransformed.png|King of [[Pipe Land]] (NES)
SMB3-NES-WaterKingTransformed.png|King of [[Water Land]]
GrassLandKing-cobrat.png|King of Grass Land (SNES)
SMB3-NES-GiantKingTransformed.png|King of [[Giant Land]]
SMAS 2-A1.png|King of Desert Hill (SNES)
SMB3-NES-SkyKingTransformed.png|King of [[Sky Land]]
SMAS 3-A1.png|King of Sea Side (SNES)
SMB3-NES-IceKingTransformed.png|King of [[Ice Land]]
Smas-smb3 king5.png|King of The Sky (SNES)
SMB3-NES-PipeKingTransformed.png|King of [[Pipe Land]]
Smas-smb3 king6.png|King of Iced Land (SNES)
</gallery>
SMA4SMB3DonkeyKongJr.Sprite.png|King of Big Island (GBA)
 
SMA4SMB3YoshiSprite.png|King of Pipe Maze (GBA)
<gallery caption="SNES">
GrassLandKing-cobrat.png|King of Grass Land
SMAS SMB3 Hoopster King Sprite.png|King of Desert Hill
SMAS SMB3 Dino Rhino King Sprite.png|King of Sea Side
SMAS SMB3 DK Jr King Sprite.png|King of Big Island
Smas-smb3 king5.png|King of the Sky
Smas-smb3 king6.png|King of Iced Land
SMAS SMB3 Green Yoshi King Sprite.png|King of Pipe Maze
</gallery>
 
<gallery caption="GBA">
SMA4 Donkey Kong Jr Sprite.png|King of Big Island
SMA4 Green Yoshi Sprite.png|King of Pipe Maze
</gallery>
</gallery>


==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
{{foreign names
|Jap=<span class="explain" title="おうさま">王様</span><ref>''Super Mario Bros. 3'' Japanese instruction booklet, pages 2 & 24</ref><br>''Ōsama''<br><span class="explain" title="こくおう">国王</span><ref>''Super Mario Bros. 3'' Japanese instruction booklet, page 2 ([[Larry Koopa|Larry's]] speech balloon)</ref><br>''Kokuō''
|Jap={{hover|王様|おうさま}}<ref>''Super Mario Bros. 3'' Japanese instruction booklet, pages 2 & 24</ref><br>''Ōsama''<br>{{hover|国王|こくおう}}<ref>''Super Mario Bros. 3'' Japanese instruction booklet, page 2 ([[Larry Koopa|Larry's]] speech balloon)</ref><br>''Kokuō''
|JapM=King}}
|JapM=King
|ChiT=國王<ref>[https://www.nintendo.com.hk/switch/mario/history/index.html Official Chinese website for the ''Super Mario Bros.'' 35th Anniversary]. Retrieved February 8, 2021.</ref>
|ChiTR=Guówáng
|ChiTM=King
|Spa=Reyes
|SpaM=Kings
|Ita=Regnanti del Mondo dei Funghi<ref>[https://www.nintendo.it/Giochi/NES/Super-Mario-Bros-3-279558.html#Panoramica ''Super Mario Bros. 3'' page on Nintendo.it]</ref><br>7 Re<ref>''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', Italian booklet, pag. 5</ref><br>Sovrano<ref>''[[Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition]]'' Italian manual, pag. 15</ref><br>Re<ref>''[[Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition]]'' Italian manual, pag. 17</ref><ref>''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' european booklet, pag. 106</ref>
|ItaM=Mushroom World's rulers<br>7 Kings<br>Ruler<br>King
}}


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
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==References==
==References==
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{{Humans}}
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Latest revision as of 09:45, March 5, 2024

This article is about the kings in Super Mario Bros. 3. For other uses of the term, see King.
Kings
Kings of the Mushroom World
Species Human
First appearance Super Mario Bros. 3 (1988)
Latest appearance Ultimate NES Remix (2014)
“Oh thank heavens! I’m back to my old self again. Thank you so much. Here is a letter from the princess.”
Kings, Super Mario Bros. 3

The kings[1] are the monarchs of the various lands of the Mushroom World. Seven of them are featured in Super Mario Bros. 3, and each was turned into a different creature by the Koopalings. The kings are unnamed individually, although The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 gave some of them unique identities, and The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! even introduced several similar characters and territories. Like Princess Toadstool, they have Toad helpers.

History[edit]

Super Mario Bros. 3[edit]

Super Mario Bros. 3 artwork: The Koopalings are in an airship with Princess Toadstool; Raccoon Mario is flying away as Luigi goes up the stairs, staring at his brother flying off, while the transformed Water Land King points at the airship.
The transformed Water Land king pointing at the Koopalings' airship in Super Mario Bros. 3.

The Koopalings invaded seven kingdoms of the Mushroom World, stealing the royal magic wands and using them to transform their kings into various creatures. With the king in his vulnerable state, the evil Koopaling then ruled over the world in the king's place, with Boom Boom and the Koopa Troop forces placed all over the kingdoms. Renowned heroic brothers Mario and Luigi of the Mushroom Kingdom arrived to help them, first starting with Grass Land.

To save a king, the Mario Bros. have to go to his castle, where the Toad pleads the heroes to restore the king by taking the magic wand back from the Koopaling. After that, Mario and Luigi must assault the airship, defeat the Koopaling, and return the king back into his human shape. He thanks the Mario Bros. for saving him, and he delivers a letter from Princess Toadstool enclosed with a "jewel" (or power-up). If the player manages to restore the kings to their human forms while wearing a special suit, then they get different rescue dialog for each different suit. This continues until the brothers reach the forbidden kingdom of Dark Land, where Bowser ended up holding the princess hostage.

In Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3, if the player defeated Bowser before saving the kings, upon selecting the castle, the player is treated to a cutscene where it shows the Koopaling of the respective world invading the castle, snatching the magic wand and using it to transform the king, and then escaping seconds before Mario arrives. In addition, because Princess Toadstool has already been saved beforehand, the king does not give the player a letter from her.

Sea Side King
The Water Land king, after being turned into a kappa. Unlike the sprite, he does not wear a shell, and instead wears a cape.

Each king had been transformed into a creature of some sort by the Koopalings:

The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3[edit]

The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 created personalities for several rulers. Many, if not all, of them also looked different.

Super Mario Kodansha manga[edit]

“"スーマリ3には七人も王さまが出てくるからどれがほんものかわからないのよ" ("In Super Mario Bros. 3, there are seven kings, so who knows which one is the real one.")”
Princess Peach, Super Mario Kodansha manga
The kings seen in the first 4koma volume of KC Mario
The kings seen in the first 4koma volume

The kings can be seen in the first 4koma volume of the Super Mario Kodansha manga. They appear only in the "7 Kings" (7人の王さま) strip, in which Peach states that one of the seven kings is her father. It is never fully confirmed which king is truly her father, though Peach wishes that the king from Water Land would be him. The kings' transformed states are the same as in Super Mario All-Stars.

Gallery[edit]

Human kings[edit]

Transformed kings[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning
Japanese 王様[2]
Ōsama
国王[3]
Kokuō

King

Chinese (traditional) 國王[4]
Guówáng
King

Italian Regnanti del Mondo dei Funghi[5]
7 Re[6]
Sovrano[7]
Re[8][9]
Mushroom World's rulers
7 Kings
Ruler
King
Spanish Reyes
Kings

Trivia[edit]

  • If Mario defeats a Koopaling as Frog Mario, Tanooki Mario, or Hammer Mario, the king says one of the following:
    • "Oh me, oh my! You've been transformed! Shall I change you back with this wand?" (to Frog Mario)
    • "Thank you, kind raccoon. Please tell me your name." (to Tanooki Mario)
    • "Hey you! How about lending me your clothes? No dice?! What a drag." (to Hammer Mario)
  • The king of Water Land bears a striking resemblance to Mario. Also, the castle's island resembles Japan, with the castle itself placed where Kyoto, Nintendo's headquarters, would be.
  • All of the transformed kings are depicted with generic crowns either on or near them, despite the fact that only four of the non-transformed kings wear crowns.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Super Mario Bros. 3 English instruction booklet, pages 5 & 25
  2. ^ Super Mario Bros. 3 Japanese instruction booklet, pages 2 & 24
  3. ^ Super Mario Bros. 3 Japanese instruction booklet, page 2 (Larry's speech balloon)
  4. ^ Official Chinese website for the Super Mario Bros. 35th Anniversary. Retrieved February 8, 2021.
  5. ^ Super Mario Bros. 3 page on Nintendo.it
  6. ^ Super Mario Bros. 3, Italian booklet, pag. 5
  7. ^ Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition Italian manual, pag. 15
  8. ^ Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition Italian manual, pag. 17
  9. ^ Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 european booklet, pag. 106