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Post by Koopalmier on Sept 14, 2012 15:18:10 GMT -5
And in other news, Mario and Luigi do NOT have a last name, and Dr. Mario is NOT an actual doctor. www.screwattack.com/news/koopalings-are-not-related-bowserOn a very unrelated note: sorry for forgetting this place. I'm actually replaying every main series Mario game and Mariologizing right now. I promise I'll be back eventually. |
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Post by PDoogan on Sept 14, 2012 15:34:27 GMT -5
.............
Well.........as much as I disagree with that...I suppose you can't argue with facts....
*mutters to herself*
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Post by Koopalmier on Sept 14, 2012 15:36:47 GMT -5
............. Well.........as much as I disagree with that...I suppose you can't argue with facts.... *mutters to herself* Makes sense though. The Koopalings were never said to be Bowser's children in the Japanese games - they were both called "Little Bowsers" and "Bowser's Minions", but nothing directly saying they are blood-related. They are definitely the same species however. |
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Post by PDoogan on Sept 14, 2012 15:38:16 GMT -5
Yeah, I guess.
And if you want to get technical, none of them really resemble him much anyway.
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Post by Koopalmier on Sept 14, 2012 15:44:06 GMT -5
Yeah, I guess. And if you want to get technical, none of them really resemble him much anyway. They all have a perfectly round shell, while Bowser's and Jr.'s are more turtle-like. They also have weird birthmarks (all differents too), and one of them doesn't have the same skin color as the others. I guess this clears that problem then. Here's my completely baseless theory now: it's a Koopa Kingdom rule that there must be 8 "big" Koopas (Bowser's species) at the top of the tribe. 1 of them must be the king and must be older than the others, while the 7 others must be the tribe's highest elite soldiers, and army generals. They must all have a single child, who will continue their role once they're old enough (as in, around 10), while the 7 soldiers retire to leave it to their children. |
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Post by PDoogan on Sept 14, 2012 15:47:17 GMT -5
Or it might just be that those 7 are the only ones of their species that were willing to join Bowser's army. Armored koopas seem to be a rather rare species, which would explain the small number.
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Post by Banzai Bill on Sept 14, 2012 16:15:02 GMT -5
You know how I feel about retcons. So how do I look at this? Well, I don't think it was ever stated in Japanese canon that the Koopalings were his children, so maybe Shigeru was just stating the Japanese canon. Then again, is isn't a stretch at all to imagine that the Koopalings and Bowser Jr. come from different "sources." Maybe the Koopalings aren't his biological children. Maybe they were created by Magikoopa magic? But he still raised them? Or clones? Or is Bowser Jr. a clone? Meh, the origin of Bowser's children/child is one of the biggest mysteries of the Marioverse that will never be completely resovled, and I kind of like it that way. Just a big, eternal mystery.
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Post by PDoogan on Sept 14, 2012 16:52:04 GMT -5
Waaait a minute...
What if Bowser is the koopalings STEP-father?
Jr. and the koopalings could share a mother but have different fathers! That would explain why theyre all refered to as Bowser's kids sometimes.
...I just remembered why I love mariology X)
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Post by Banzai Bill on Sept 14, 2012 17:12:33 GMT -5
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Post by Unknown Beta User on Sept 15, 2012 6:58:31 GMT -5
Well I guess now almost everything on Lemmy's Land is even more canonically inaccurate, as well as the official cartoon and comics. It makes sense that they're not related though, with all those different hair and skin colors.
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Post by kingkoopa on Sept 15, 2012 15:01:39 GMT -5
To be fair NoA kind of took their own creative liberties with some Mario stuff because they had very little to work with. But yeah even if the Koopalings aren't his children, they still could very well be related seeing as there dont seem to be very many of Bowser's species.
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Post by SMBBQ on Sept 16, 2012 13:44:32 GMT -5
GOOD GRAMBI I CAME BACK AS SOON AS I COULD TO TELL YOU GUYS THIS
BUT YA BEAT ME TO IT
Anyway, wow. Of all the things that I thought would happen, this wasn't one of them. It really is the end of the world!
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Post by Clive Koopa on Sept 19, 2012 13:47:27 GMT -5
The koopalings will always be Bowser's children in my eyes regardless. XD
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Post by Banzai Bill on Sept 30, 2012 20:58:35 GMT -5
Wait a minute, were the Super Mario Adventures comics originally written in Japanese? Because in that comic, the Koopalings blatantly refer to Bowser as their father. Does anybody know if the Japanese text exists? I'd love to see how they refer to Bowser in that language. |
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Post by Unknown Beta User on Sept 30, 2012 21:19:27 GMT -5
The comic artist, Tamakichi Sakura (a.k.a. Charlie Nozawa), is Japanese so I'd imagine the comic was in Japanese too... After some quick research I've found this:  The comic is called マリオの大冒険 in Japan, if anyone else wants to look. I can't read Japanese or anything, so... |
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Post by Banzai Bill on Oct 1, 2012 11:56:31 GMT -5
Excellent, Unknown Beta User! Where did you find that? So, does anyone know someone who knows Japanese? EDIT: Whoa, found some other strips! |
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Post by Unknown Beta User on Oct 1, 2012 18:46:11 GMT -5
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Post by rhinotaur on Oct 13, 2012 4:07:19 GMT -5
My crazy fan theory: They're his nephews and niece. Still related, but not his offspring. That would also explain why Bowser Jr. got so much precedence over the Koopalings for so long.
Lemmy's Land's probably going up in smoke right now...
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Post by Clive Koopa on Oct 15, 2012 2:58:30 GMT -5
Lemmy's Land is pretty much dead (well the site is), the forum hasn't said much about it.
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