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Bowser (; known in Japan as ), is a video game character and the primary antagonist of Nintendo's ''Mario'' franchise. In Japan, the character bears the title of . In the United States, the character was first referred to as "Bowser, King of the Koopa" and "The sorcerer king" in the ''Super Mario Bros.'' instruction manual. Bowser is the leader and most powerful of the turtle-like Koopa race, and has been the greedy nemesis of Mario ever since his first appearance, in the game ''Super Mario Bros''. His ultimate goals are to kidnap and marry Princess Peach, defeat Mario, and conquer the Mushroom Kingdom. Since his debut, he has appeared in almost every ''Mario'' franchise game, usually serving as the main antagonist. Bowser has been called "the most successful video game character".〔http://www.cracked.com/article_18863_5-reasons-bowser-most-successful-video-game-character.html?wa_user1=1&wa_user2=Tech&wa_user3=article&wa_user4=companion〕 Currently, Bowser is voiced by Kenny James. In addition to his usual animated and video game appearances, he was also portrayed by Dennis Hopper in the 1993 critically reviled live-action film, in which he was shown as the crooked and corrupt President/King Koopa, unopposed king and acting president of Dinohattan. Unlike his in-game counterpart, President Koopa is a humanoid of reptilian inter-dimensional origin, descending from the Tyrannosaurus Rex (most people in Koopa's dimension descend from dinosaurs, as well). ==Concept and creation== Bowser was the creation of Nintendo designer and producer Shigeru Miyamoto. Miyamoto had first envisioned Bowser as an ox, basing him on the Ox King from the Toei Animation film ''Alakazam the Great''. However, Nintendo designer Takashi Tezuka pointed out that the character looked a lot more like a turtle than an ox. Miyamoto and Tezuka then began to work together to define Bowser's appearance. Since the character was the leader of the turtle-like Koopa Troopas the two began to base his new appearance on them, creating a new illustration. In his final design, Miyamoto commented that he could make Bowser "look cool now".〔2009-08-11〕 Miyamoto named him ''Daimaō Kuppa''. ''Kuppa'' came from the Japanese name for , ''gukbap'', a Korean dish. Miyamoto had also considered the names ''Yukke'' and ''Bibinba'', also Japanese names of Korean dishes ( ''yukhoe'' and ''bibimbap'' respectively). The Korean name for the character Bowser/Kuppa is not ''Gukbap'', but ''Kupa'', which is essentially a phonetic round-trip translation.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Characters in Mario Kart DS at Nintendo of Korea's website )〕 The name was anglicized Kuppa rather than Koopa in the Japanese versions up until the release of ''Super Mario World''. In the ''Super Mario Bros.'' film, Bowser was known as President Koopa also briefly referred to as King Koopa in that adaptation, was portrayed by Dennis Hopper. In the film, he is almost entirely human in appearance, with blonde hair he gels in the shape of a crown, and he frequently wears a black business suit and tie. However, after being briefly exposed to his own Devo machine by the Mario Bros., he started occasionally possessing some reptilian traits. The final climax of the film sees Koopa devolve into an enormous Green Tyrannosaurus Rex to battle the Mario Bros, but he is de-evolved into primordial ooze. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bowser (character)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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