The following is a master game list of all of the video game appearances Bowser has made since the first Super Mario Bros. in 1985:
Date |
Game Title |
Platform |
Description |
Role |
1985/10/18 | Super Mario Bros. | NES |
Kidnaps Princess Peach | |
1989/11/?? | Tetris | GB |
Seen playing an accordian | |
1990/02/12 | Super Mario Bros. 3 | NES/GBA |
Kidnaps Princess Peach | |
1991/08/?? | SimCity | SNES |
Monster disaster parodying Godzilla | |
1991/08/23 | Super Mario World | SNES/GBA |
Kidnaps Princess Peach | |
1991/11/13 | Mario Teaches Typing | PC |
Cameo appearance | |
1992/??/?? | Mario is Missing | PC/NES/SNES |
Kidnaps Mario | |
1992/09/01 | Super Mario Kart | SNES |
Heavyweight racer; highest top speed, slowest acceleration | |
1993/04/?? | Yoshi's Cookie | GB/NES/SNES |
Selectable to make a cookie | |
1993/08/01 | Super Mario All-Stars (The Lost Levels) | SNES |
Kidnaps Princess Peach | |
1993/09/?? | Yoshi's Safari | SNES |
Kidnaps king and prince of Jewelery Land | |
1993/12/?? | Mario's Time Machine | PC/NES/SNES |
Steals historical artifacts | |
1994/04/05 | Hotel Mario | CD-i |
Takes over Mushroom Kingdom, captures the princess, and builds 7 Koopa Hotels | |
1994/09/?? | Mario's Early Years!
Fun with Numbers | PC/SNES | Cameo appearance | |
1994/10/?? | Mario's Early Years!
Fun with Letters | PC/SNES | Cameo appearance | |
1994/11/?? | Mario's Early Years!
Preschool Fun | SNES | Cameo appearance | |
1995/10/04 | Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island | SNES/GBA |
(Baby Bowser) Final boss | |
1995/12/31 | Mario's Game Gallery /
Mario's FUNdamentals | PC |
Cameo appearance | |
1996/05/13 | Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars | SNES |
Member of your party (playable); fights to regain his keep | |
1996/08/?? | Tetris Attack | GB/SNES |
Cameo appearance | |
1996/09/29 | Super Mario 64 | N64 |
Captures Princess Peach's Castle imprisoning everyone inside | |
1996/10/31 | Mario Teaches Typing 2 | PC |
Cameo appearance | |
1997/02/10 | Mario Kart 64 | N64 |
Heavyweight racer; highest top speed, slowest acceleration | |
1997/05/?? | Game & Watch Gallery | GB |
Boss of the mini-game "Oil Panic" | |
1998/01/31 | Gex: Enter the Gecko | PSX |
Gex states that Bowser must be on vacation | |
1998/03/10 | Yoshi's Story | N64 |
(Baby Bowser) steals the Yoshis' Super Happy Tree | |
1998/11/01 | Game & Watch Gallery 2 | GB/GBC |
Playable character of the unlockable game "Ball" | |
1998/11/23 | The Legend of Zelda:
Ocarina of Time | N64 |
Talon and Malon wear Bowser brooches; Bowser painting in Zelda's castle | |
1999/02/08 | Mario Party | N64 |
Bully; steals player's coins and stars | |
1999/05/?? | Super Mario Bros. Deluxe | GBC |
Kidnaps Princess Peach |
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1999/07/26 | Mario Golf 64 | GBC/N64 |
Power hitter; longest drive, smallest contact area |
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1999/12/01 | Game & Watch Gallery 3 | GBC |
Cameo appearance | |
2000/01/24 | Mario Party 2 | N64 |
Bully; steals player's coins and stars | |
2000/08/28 | Mario Tennis | GBC/N64 |
Power hitter; fastest serve, slowest runner | |
2000/10/26 | The Legend of Zelda:
Majora's Mask | N64 | Romani wears a Bowser brooch | |
2001/02/05 | Paper Mario | N64 |
Steals Star Rod; imprisons seven Star Spirits; hijacks Princess Peach's Castle | |
2001/05/06 | Mario Party 3 | N64 |
Bully; steals player's coins and stars | |
2001/08/27 | Mario Kart: Super Circuit | GBA |
Heavyweight racer; highest top speed, slowest acceleration | |
2001/11/18 | Luigi's Mansion | GCN |
King Boo as the final boss is inside a Bowser costume | |
2001/12/03 | Super Smash Bros. Melee | GCN |
Selectable fighter; powerful but slow | |
2002/08/26 | Super Mario Sunshine | GCN |
Gets Bowser Jr. to kidnap Peach; frames Mario | |
2002/10/21 | Mario Party 4 | GCN |
Bully; steals player's coins and stars | |
2002/10/28 | Game & Watch Gallery 4 | GBA |
Acts as a boss for a few of the games | |
2003/02/18 | Mario Party-e | GBA |
Bully; steals player's coins and stars | |
2003/07/29 | Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour | GCN |
Power hitter; longest drive, smallest contact area | |
2003/11/10 | Mario Party 5 | GCN |
Bully; steals player's coins and stars | |
2003/11/17 | Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga | GBA |
Journeys with Mario Bros. to rescue Princess Peach's voice so he can capture her | |
2003/11/17 | Mario Kart: Double Dash!! | GCN |
Heavyweight racer, with Bowser's shell as special item | |
2004/06/22 | Mario Golf: Advance Tour | GBA |
Power hitter; longest drive, smallest contact area | |
2004/10/04 | Mario Pinball Land | GBA |
Bowser ruins a funfair Mario and Peach attend | |
2004/10/11 | Paper Mario:
The Thousand-Year Door | GCN |
Bowser has his own side-scrolling minigames mimicking the original Super Mario Bros. | |
2004/11/08 | Mario Power Tennis | GCN |
Power hitter; Fire Breath Power Shot with Whirling Fortress Defensive Power Shot | |
2004/11/21 | Super Mario 64 DS | NDS |
Captures Princess Peach's Castle imprisoning everyone inside | |
2004/12/06 | Mario Party 6 | GCN |
Bully; steals player's coins and stars | |
2005/03/28 | Mario Party Advance | GBA |
Bully; steals player's coins and stars | |
2005/06/13 | Yoshi Topsy-Turvy /
Yoshi's Universal Gravitation | GBA |
Attacks Yoshi's Island | |
2005/08/29 | Mario Superstar Baseball | GCN |
Power hitter; slowest baserunner | |
2005/10/24 | Dance Dance Revolution:
Mario Mix | GCN |
Challenges Mario to a breakdancing competition | |
2005/11/?? | Mario Kart Arcade GP | Arcade |
Heavyweight racer; highest top speed, slowest acceleration | |
2005/11/07 | Mario Party 7 | GCN |
Bully; steals player's coins and stars | |
2005/11/14 | Mario Kart DS | NDS |
Heavyweight racer; highest top speed, slowest acceleration | |
2005/11/28 | Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time | NDS |
Kidnaps Baby Princess Peach | |
2005/12/05 | Mario Tennis: Power Tour | GBA |
Power hitter; Fire Breath Power Shot with Whirling Fortress Defensive Power Shot | |
2005/12/05 | Super Mario Strikers | GCN |
Disruption; tilts the field, breathes fire, and throws items at players | |
2006/02/27 | Super Princess Peach | NDS |
Kidnaps Mario, Luigi, and Toad; obtains Vibe Sceptre | |
2006/03/20 | Tetris DS | NDS |
Mario fighting Bowser backdrop every 20 levels achieved | |
2006/05/15 | New Super Mario Bros. | NDS |
Kidnaps Princess Peach | |
2006/09/11 | Mario Hoops 3-on-3 | NDS |
Power dunker | |
2006/11/13 | Yoshi's Island 2 | NDS |
(Baby Bowser) Rides Yoshi and spits fireballs | |