Designing For is a series which looks at one specific level, character, or idea in gaming and breaks down the central theme to that element to figure out what it's, well, designing for! In this episode, we extensively break down the history of perhaps the most famous baddie in all of video games, King Bowser Koopa. We tackle all of his appearances, from platformers to RPG's to spinoffs to adaptations, and see how his hundreds of appearances have contributed to the aura of one of gaming's most truly iconic characters, as well as put forth an argument for how that ends up making him the greatest villain the medium's ever had. There may be betterwritten characters than Bowser, but none of them are written to care about being a villain quite like the Koopa King!



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Director/Writer/Voice Over/Footage: Tommy Eyler/Pyrrhickong (  / pyrrhickong  )

Video Editing/Additional Direction/Script Editing:‪@TarvouldsQuest‬ & ‪@TheDukeofDorks‬

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0:00 Yowzer It's Bowser
5:03 Super Mario Bros Your Immovable Obstacle
8:07 Mario Platformers Your Eternal Adversary
11:30 The Terror of the Koopa King
15:24 Becoming His Biggest, Baddest Self Super Mario RPG
22:57 King Koopa's Kool Kontinuity Mario RPG's to 2009
28:39 SHOWTIME
32:03 The Modern Monster Bowser PostInside Story
35:20 Playable SpinOff Bowser Feel The Power!
37:33 A Bowser Revolution Mario Party
40:22 LIGHTING IN A BOTTLE ROUND
41:17 The Greatest Villain Long Live The King